KR

Not messing around!

Reviewed: 05-18-21

As someone who already knows how to be healthy but is having trouble making the necessary changes, this book was a great motivator. Ooonagh doesn’t mince words, and she already knows every single excuse you will try to use. She is compassionate but pushes you to not give up at the first sign of resistance. I already plan to re-listen to this on my treadmill rather than in my car!

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Lifelong Democrat loved this book

Reviewed: 10-17-20

I sit on the opposite side of the aisle from Dr. Saphier. I have worked in healthcare for 17 years, and there is a lot about her analysis that I do find valid and thought-provoking. I’m very someone finally wrote a book about this because it acknowledges that people have a responsibility to take care of their own health. I am for universal healthcare, but I also believe in triaging. The current healthcare system is stretched beyond capacity for a number of reasons-unethical insurance and price gouging practices, runaway executive salaries, terrible infrastructure and networks held together with duct tape, etc. But one that we seem to be afraid to talk about is “patient expectations.” You cannot repeatedly stab yourself in the eye with a pencil and then demand to be first in line every time you go to the ER. By the 3rd or 4th time in, you’re going to have to wait because, well....you did it again, and we’ve got an ER waiting room full of people already. The same can be said of preventative care. If you repeatedly trash your own body with terrible health conditions, you do not also get to demand priority care.
I do think Dr. Saphier is light on the socioeconomic factors impacting one’s ability to make healthy choices. For example, people living in “food deserts” are going to have a hard time getting access to affordable fresh produce and lean proteins, non-processed foods. So, there are some structural issues that play a huge role here, but I don’t want to throw the baby out with the bath water. Her point that we Americans are too entitled and demanding when it comes to our healthcare system is extremely important and we will never see any lasting change to our failing system until we address that cultural deficiency.

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Nothing new

Reviewed: 01-20-19

Nothing new, special, or insightful, really, just another motivational book. I got halfway through then stopped.

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Not what I expected

Reviewed: 01-20-19

I thought this would be more of an advice book on how to achieve the things listed into the title, but it was more of an autobiography than "life lessons". Got halfway through and bailed.

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