In Your Hands Rests a Gold-Sealed Invitation to Love Your Body. Are you in a battle with your body? Are you discouraged by what you should be doing for your well-being versus what you have time, money and energy for? Are you tired of only two options for better health: restrictive diets and vigorous exercise? In her provocative debut book, "Getting Happy with Your Body", Jill Pagano daringly asserts it's time to stop pursuing weight loss and exercise as your only solutions. In fact, she uniquely proposes the answer to feeling better in your body really starts between your ears. Using breakthrough self-care and journal exercises, you’ll learn how to let go of the “shame and blame” and discover your body as your constant companion, solely dedicated to you. Refreshing and invitingly sweet, Jill’s approach will help you develop a relationship mindset with arguably the most important relationship you are in—the one with your body. Equal parts love story, guide, and workbook, this delightfully uplifting book will inspire and nurture you on a path of renewed self-image, self-love and better health—regardless of your age, shape or size!Getting Happy with Your Body guides you through exercise and journal entries to help you understand, respect, and appreciate your body while being compassionate to yourself. You will: Start your journey by taking the Happy Body Assessment getting clear on what you want from your body. Recognize if you typically look for a “Prince Charming” to swoop in and rescue you with a fairy tale fix, whether it be a miracle cleanse to lose five pounds, or the latest fad exercise to produce the perfect thighs. Begin to understand how your childhood and past events have shaped how you feel about your body today. Define your personal Relationship Touchstones so you can stay guided, daily, by how you want to feel about your body. Learn the language of your body –SENSATION—so your body can tell you when it is hungry, when it needs to rest, and what exercise is healthy for it. Become body-centered. You’ll practice how to turn to your body for answers, instead of relying on the latest diet, nutritional supplement or trainer’s advice. Learn a lifelong self-compassion tool, the Be with your Body Practice which helps you continually foster a loving relationship between you and your body, even when aren’t feeling very loving towards yourself.