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Health Book Summaries

On the Threshold of Transformation
by Richard Rohr • 2010
A year of meditations for the inner life most men were never taught they had.
4.37
171
On the Threshold of Transformation Summary
On the Threshold of Transformation
A year of meditations for the inner life most men were never taught they had.
by Richard Rohr 2010 400 pages
4.37
171 ratings
The Meaning of Madness
by Neel Burton • 2008
Mental disorders have hidden purposes: windows into meaning, creativity, and transformation.
3.97
275
The Meaning of Madness Summary
The Meaning of Madness
Mental disorders have hidden purposes: windows into meaning, creativity, and transformation.
by Neel Burton 2008 220 pages
3.97
275 ratings
Coffee is Good for You
by Robert J. Davis • 2012
Coffee is fine. Detox is nonsense. The evidence behind nutrition's most stubborn myths.
3.31
250
Coffee is Good for You Summary
Coffee is Good for You
Coffee is fine. Detox is nonsense. The evidence behind nutrition's most stubborn myths.
by Robert J. Davis 2012 240 pages
3.31
250 ratings
Beyond Willpower
by Alexander Loyd • 2015
A 40-day protocol that reprograms the subconscious fears blocking your success, without willpower.
3.62
281
Beyond Willpower Summary
Beyond Willpower
A 40-day protocol that reprograms the subconscious fears blocking your success, without willpower.
by Alexander Loyd 2015 288 pages
3.62
281 ratings
El puente donde habitan las mariposas
by Nazareth Castellanos • 2025
Your brain sculpts itself. The tools are already in your biology, and this neuroscientist maps them.
4.19
1k+
El puente donde habitan las mariposas Summary
El puente donde habitan las mariposas
Your brain sculpts itself. The tools are already in your biology, and this neuroscientist maps them.
by Nazareth Castellanos 2025 264 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
New Abnormal
by Aaron Kheriaty • 2022
The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.
4.38
148
New Abnormal Summary
New Abnormal
The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.
by Aaron Kheriaty 2022 304 pages
4.38
148 ratings
The Little Book of Big Weight Loss
by Bernadette Fisers • 2016
Simple rules, real food, and walking: a stylist's no-gimmick formula for lasting weight loss.
3.46
449
The Little Book of Big Weight Loss Summary
The Little Book of Big Weight Loss
Simple rules, real food, and walking: a stylist's no-gimmick formula for lasting weight loss.
by Bernadette Fisers 2016 144 pages
3.46
449 ratings
Pleased to Meet Me
by Bill Sullivan • 2019
Everything you think you chose, from your breakfast to your beliefs, biology chose first.
4.02
1k+
Pleased to Meet Me Summary
Pleased to Meet Me
Everything you think you chose, from your breakfast to your beliefs, biology chose first.
by Bill Sullivan 2019 336 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
The Vaccine
by Joe Miller • 2021
Science dismissed mRNA for decades. Two immigrants bet on it anyway, and won the pandemic race.
4.24
500+
The Vaccine Summary
The Vaccine
Science dismissed mRNA for decades. Two immigrants bet on it anyway, and won the pandemic race.
by Joe Miller 2021 288 pages
4.24
500+ ratings
Raquel
by Raquel Welch • 1984
From the woman who defied Hollywood's expiration date: a complete guide to aging powerfully.
3.38
220
Raquel Summary
Raquel
From the woman who defied Hollywood's expiration date: a complete guide to aging powerfully.
by Raquel Welch 1984 285 pages
3.38
220 ratings
The Blood Sugar Solution Cookbook
by Mark Hyman • 2013
Over 175 whole-food recipes to reverse insulin resistance and lose weight.
3.88
500+
The Blood Sugar Solution Cookbook Summary
The Blood Sugar Solution Cookbook
Over 175 whole-food recipes to reverse insulin resistance and lose weight.
by Mark Hyman 2013 384 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
Tapping
by David Feinstein • 2024
10-min tapping routine resolved PTSD in 86% of veterans. Retrain the amygdala without talk therapy.
4.36
59
Tapping Summary
Tapping
10-min tapping routine resolved PTSD in 86% of veterans. Retrain the amygdala without talk therapy.
by David Feinstein 2024 428 pages
4.36
59 ratings
Emotion and Healing in the Energy Body
by Robert Henderson • 2015
What tight hips and aching shoulders reveal: a bodyworker's guide to emotional blockages.
4.03
31
Emotion and Healing in the Energy Body Summary
Emotion and Healing in the Energy Body
What tight hips and aching shoulders reveal: a bodyworker's guide to emotional blockages.
by Robert Henderson 2015 320 pages
4.03
31 ratings
Brief Counseling That Works
by Gerald B. Sklare • 2014
Too many students, too few sessions: brief therapy that skips the problem, asks what already works.
4.11
136
Brief Counseling That Works Summary
Brief Counseling That Works
Too many students, too few sessions: brief therapy that skips the problem, asks what already works.
by Gerald B. Sklare 2014 248 pages
4.11
136 ratings
Meditations from the Mat
by Rolf Gates • 2002
Yoga's full architecture goes far beyond the mat: a day-by-day guide to living the whole practice.
4.35
3k+
Meditations from the Mat Summary
Meditations from the Mat
Yoga's full architecture goes far beyond the mat: a day-by-day guide to living the whole practice.
by Rolf Gates 2002 448 pages
4.35
3k+ ratings
The New Naked
by Harry Fisch MD • 2014
Good sex is a learned skill, and your sex life reveals your relationship's health.
2.93
162
The New Naked Summary
The New Naked
Good sex is a learned skill, and your sex life reveals your relationship's health.
by Harry Fisch MD 2014 304 pages
2.93
162 ratings
Why Am I Still Depressed? Recognizing and Managing the Ups and Downs of Bipolar II and Soft Bipolar Disorder
by James R. Phelps • 2006
Your depression might be bipolar. The drugs that should help could be hurting you instead.
4.09
374
Why Am I Still Depressed? Recognizing and Managing the Ups and Downs of Bipolar II and Soft Bipolar Disorder Summary
Why Am I Still Depressed? Recognizing and Managing the Ups and Downs of Bipolar II and Soft Bipolar Disorder
Your depression might be bipolar. The drugs that should help could be hurting you instead.
by James R. Phelps 2006 317 pages
4.09
374 ratings
Ready, Set, Go!
by Sarah Ockwell-Smith • 2018
Skip the sticker charts. Potty training has a biological window, and hitting it changes everything.
3.69
500+
Ready, Set, Go! Summary
Ready, Set, Go!
Skip the sticker charts. Potty training has a biological window, and hitting it changes everything.
by Sarah Ockwell-Smith 2018 208 pages
3.69
500+ ratings
Estimula tu nervio vago
by Antonio Valenzuela • 2024
The body's master switch for calm, digestion, and immunity is a nerve you can train directly.
4.08
341
Estimula tu nervio vago Summary
Estimula tu nervio vago
The body's master switch for calm, digestion, and immunity is a nerve you can train directly.
by Antonio Valenzuela 2024 400 pages
4.08
341 ratings
Stronger
by Michael Joseph Gross • 2025
Why doctors called muscle a disease, and how the frailest 90-year-olds proved them wrong.
3.85
408
Stronger Summary
Stronger
Why doctors called muscle a disease, and how the frailest 90-year-olds proved them wrong.
by Michael Joseph Gross 2025 480 pages
3.85
408 ratings
Shut Up and Run
by Robin Arzón • 2016
The ultramarathon coach's playbook for becoming a runner for life, starting exactly where you are.
3.86
3k+
Shut Up and Run Summary
Shut Up and Run
The ultramarathon coach's playbook for becoming a runner for life, starting exactly where you are.
by Robin Arzón 2016 192 pages
3.86
3k+ ratings
How Are You, Really? Living Your Truth One Answer at a Time
by Jenna Kutcher • 2022
The exhaustion, the lost hobbies, the ignored gut: they are messages. Here is your decoder.
3.86
4k+
How Are You, Really? Living Your Truth One Answer at a Time Summary
How Are You, Really? Living Your Truth One Answer at a Time
The exhaustion, the lost hobbies, the ignored gut: they are messages. Here is your decoder.
by Jenna Kutcher 2022 320 pages
3.86
4k+ ratings
Main Street Vegan
by Victoria Moran • 2012
No-judgment veganism: handling dinner parties, protein myths, and a leather-shoe habit for good.
4.09
1k+
Main Street Vegan Summary
Main Street Vegan
No-judgment veganism: handling dinner parties, protein myths, and a leather-shoe habit for good.
by Victoria Moran 2012 382 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old
by Steven Petrow • 2021
The anti-bucket list for aging: name what you won't do, and the rest falls into place.
3.67
5k+
Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old Summary
Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old
The anti-bucket list for aging: name what you won't do, and the rest falls into place.
by Steven Petrow 2021 272 pages
3.67
5k+ ratings
Psychotherapy and the Highly Sensitive Person
by Elaine N. Aron • 2010
One in five clients feels therapy more deeply; standard methods overwhelm them without adaptation.
4.11
337
Psychotherapy and the Highly Sensitive Person Summary
Psychotherapy and the Highly Sensitive Person
One in five clients feels therapy more deeply; standard methods overwhelm them without adaptation.
by Elaine N. Aron 2010 288 pages
4.11
337 ratings
How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable
by Suzette Haden Elgin • 1997
Disagreement does not need to hurt. The tools for holding your ground without the casualties.
3.87
201
How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable Summary
How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable
Disagreement does not need to hurt. The tools for holding your ground without the casualties.
by Suzette Haden Elgin 1997 208 pages
3.87
201 ratings
Food Rules
by Catherine Shanahan • 2010
What if vegetable oils, not butter, drive heart disease? A doctor rewrites healthy eating rules.
4.18
422
Food Rules Summary
Food Rules
What if vegetable oils, not butter, drive heart disease? A doctor rewrites healthy eating rules.
by Catherine Shanahan 2010 176 pages
4.18
422 ratings
Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest
by Ruth Haley Barton • 2022
The ancient practice of Sabbath can free you from burnout, one stopped day at a time.
4.29
500+
Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest Summary
Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest
The ancient practice of Sabbath can free you from burnout, one stopped day at a time.
by Ruth Haley Barton 2022 264 pages
4.29
500+ ratings
Stretching to Stay Young
by Jessica Matthews • 2016
Years of sitting have stiffened your body; daily stretching can undo the damage in minutes.
4.05
433
Stretching to Stay Young Summary
Stretching to Stay Young
Years of sitting have stiffened your body; daily stretching can undo the damage in minutes.
by Jessica Matthews 2016 210 pages
4.05
433 ratings
Memorizing Pharmacology
by Tony Guerra • 2016
Two hundred drugs, seven body systems: the mnemonic framework that makes pharmacology stick.
4.13
123
Memorizing Pharmacology Summary
Memorizing Pharmacology
Two hundred drugs, seven body systems: the mnemonic framework that makes pharmacology stick.
by Tony Guerra 2016 305 pages
4.13
123 ratings
Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy in Practice
by Emmy Van Deurzen • 1998
What if anxiety is the starting point? Existential therapy for lives clients actually choose.
4.37
153
Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy in Practice Summary
Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy in Practice
What if anxiety is the starting point? Existential therapy for lives clients actually choose.
by Emmy Van Deurzen 1998 224 pages
4.37
153 ratings
The New Feminine Brain
by Mona Lisa Schulz • 2005
Women's brains are evolving. The same wiring that enables intuition also drives chronic anxiety.
3.91
161
The New Feminine Brain Summary
The New Feminine Brain
Women's brains are evolving. The same wiring that enables intuition also drives chronic anxiety.
by Mona Lisa Schulz 2005 480 pages
3.91
161 ratings
Soulbriety
by Elisa Hallerman • 2022
Why sobriety fails without soul work, and how to rebuild the self addiction buried.
4.01
242
Soulbriety Summary
Soulbriety
Why sobriety fails without soul work, and how to rebuild the self addiction buried.
by Elisa Hallerman 2022 272 pages
4.01
242 ratings
Knocking on Heaven's Door
by Katy Butler • 2013
Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.
4.12
3k+
Knocking on Heaven's Door Summary
Knocking on Heaven's Door
Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.
by Katy Butler 2013 322 pages
4.12
3k+ ratings
Future Tense
by Tracy Dennis-Tiwary • 2022
Anxiety isn't the problem. It's an ancient tool for facing the unknown. Suppressing it is.
3.70
500+
Future Tense Summary
Future Tense
Anxiety isn't the problem. It's an ancient tool for facing the unknown. Suppressing it is.
by Tracy Dennis-Tiwary 2022 256 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
Your Brain On Nature
by Eva M. Selhub • 2012
Screens and concrete drain your brain. The science of what trees, soil, and daylight restore.
3.98
428
Your Brain On Nature Summary
Your Brain On Nature
Screens and concrete drain your brain. The science of what trees, soil, and daylight restore.
by Eva M. Selhub 2012 256 pages
3.98
428 ratings
Unbearable Lightness
by Portia de Rossi • 2010
At 82 pounds, she collapsed on set, and her eating disorder still demanded more.
3.83
41k+
Unbearable Lightness Summary
Unbearable Lightness
At 82 pounds, she collapsed on set, and her eating disorder still demanded more.
by Portia de Rossi 2010 320 pages
3.83
41k+ ratings
Tactical Barbell II
by K. Black • 2015
Why strong athletes gas out: the missing aerobic foundation and a structured plan to build it.
4.57
500+
Tactical Barbell II Summary
Tactical Barbell II
Why strong athletes gas out: the missing aerobic foundation and a structured plan to build it.
by K. Black 2015 179 pages
4.57
500+ ratings
Depression the Comedy
by Jessica Holmes • 2018
A comedian's depression hid in plain sight. The recovery was as funny as it was hard.
3.45
139
Depression the Comedy Summary
Depression the Comedy
A comedian's depression hid in plain sight. The recovery was as funny as it was hard.
by Jessica Holmes 2018 202 pages
3.45
139 ratings
Christians Get Depressed Too
by David P. Murray • 2010
Christians get depressed for physical reasons, not spiritual failure. A pastor dismantles the guilt.
4.22
500+
Christians Get Depressed Too Summary
Christians Get Depressed Too
Christians get depressed for physical reasons, not spiritual failure. A pastor dismantles the guilt.
by David P. Murray 2010 112 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
The Big Book of Small Stuff
by Richard Carlson • 2006
A hundred pocket-sized prompts to help you tell a real crisis from a trivial annoyance.
3.82
307
The Big Book of Small Stuff Summary
The Big Book of Small Stuff
A hundred pocket-sized prompts to help you tell a real crisis from a trivial annoyance.
by Richard Carlson 2006 275 pages
3.82
307 ratings
The Matrix of the Mind
by Thomas H. Ogden • 1986
Inner fantasy and outer fact must stay in productive tension. Their collapse is psychic deadness.
4.35
151
The Matrix of the Mind Summary
The Matrix of the Mind
Inner fantasy and outer fact must stay in productive tension. Their collapse is psychic deadness.
by Thomas H. Ogden 1986 288 pages
4.35
151 ratings
Physical Intelligence
by Scott Grafton • 2020
Movement is the foundation of thought, and fatigue is your brain's way of holding you back.
3.60
194
Physical Intelligence Summary
Physical Intelligence
Movement is the foundation of thought, and fatigue is your brain's way of holding you back.
by Scott Grafton 2020 288 pages
3.60
194 ratings
A Letter to Liberals
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • 2022
Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.
4.39
359
A Letter to Liberals Summary
A Letter to Liberals
Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2022 123 pages
4.39
359 ratings
Get Off Your But
by Sean Stephenson • 2009
Every excuse starts with 'but.' A therapist who broke 200 bones shows how to silence yours.
3.95
1k+
Get Off Your But Summary
Get Off Your But
Every excuse starts with 'but.' A therapist who broke 200 bones shows how to silence yours.
by Sean Stephenson 2009 240 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Aging Backwards
by Miranda Esmonde-White • 2014
A 30-minute daily routine that works all 620 muscles, using lengthening movements to reverse aging.
3.87
1k+
Aging Backwards Summary
Aging Backwards
A 30-minute daily routine that works all 620 muscles, using lengthening movements to reverse aging.
by Miranda Esmonde-White 2014 288 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot
by Richard Restak • 2001
Rewire your brain at any age: a neurologist's exercises for memory, focus, and emotional clarity.
3.63
500+
Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot Summary
Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot
Rewire your brain at any age: a neurologist's exercises for memory, focus, and emotional clarity.
by Richard Restak 2001 220 pages
3.63
500+ ratings
Healing SIBO
by Shivan Sarna • 2021
Most IBS and bloating share one hidden cause: SIBO. A 21-day plan to fix it.
3.98
197
Healing SIBO Summary
Healing SIBO
Most IBS and bloating share one hidden cause: SIBO. A 21-day plan to fix it.
by Shivan Sarna 2021 256 pages
3.98
197 ratings
The Obesity Paradox
by Carl J. Lavie • 2014
Thin and unfit is riskier than overweight and active. A cardiologist's case against the scale.
3.69
177
The Obesity Paradox Summary
The Obesity Paradox
Thin and unfit is riskier than overweight and active. A cardiologist's case against the scale.
by Carl J. Lavie 2014 288 pages
3.69
177 ratings
Booster Shots
by Adam Ratner • 2025
Measles erases immune memory. It also erases societal memory, and that amnesia is more dangerous.
4.33
500+
Booster Shots Summary
Booster Shots
Measles erases immune memory. It also erases societal memory, and that amnesia is more dangerous.
by Adam Ratner 2025 288 pages
4.33
500+ ratings
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