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Joy : life lessons from a Tuscan villa / Debbie Travis with Jacky Brown, Nutritional Therapist ; photos by Stacey Van Berkel.

Travis, Debbie, (author.). Brown, Jacky, (author.). Van Berkel, Stacey, (photographer.).

Summary:

Looking for the keys to a vibrant, joyful, vital life? Lifestyle pioneer Debbie Travis has found them in the Tuscan hills. And in her lively, inspiring way, she shares how to bring all that healthful magic home in Joy, a glorious book infused with the warmth and colour of life at the Villa Reniella, the thirteenth-century farmhouse retreat to which she welcomes guests from around the world.For more than ten years, Debbie Travis has watched the guests who come to her Tuscan retreats transform over the course of a single week of talking, walking, and eating together, until even the most driven and stressed-out feel so much better about themselves. When it's time to leave, they tell her it's the simple priorities of Tuscan life--the way the village locals, from young to old, take time for each other every day--that hit them in their hearts, and they pepper her with questions about how to retain what they've experienced when they get home. In Joy, Debbie offers the answers she gives them to all of us, capturing the essentials of the Tuscan lifestyle in a series of ten engaging and practical lessons--on everything from how to get a good night's sleep, to how to find community and rediscover purpose, to how to eat and drink like an Italian--designed to make our lives sweeter and healthier. Delightfully down-to-earth, Debbie draws on her own life experience, the example of her Tuscan neighbours, whose fabled longevity springs from the wisdom she captures in her lessons, and the expertise of her long-time friend and colleague, nutritional therapist Jacky Brown. Whether you wish to hit the reset button, start a new endeavour, regain your confidence, turn a page in your relationship, make changes to your worklife or your community, or simply reboot your vitality, these lessons will help guide you to a life filled with joy.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780735280106
  • Physical Description: 335 pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: [Toronto, Ontario] : Random House Canada, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Map on endpapers.
Includes index.
Subject: Joy.
Happiness.
Health > Popular works.

Available copies

  • 8 of 9 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Valemount Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Valemount Public Library anf 158 tra (Text) 35194014324222 Adult non-fiction Volume hold Available -

Ciao Ciao 8(9)
Introduction 17(35)
Life at the Villa
23(7)
What Is Vitality, Where Did It Go and How Do We Get It Back?
30(7)
Longevity Is Not Just About Living Longer
37(3)
Meet Jacky Brown, Nutritional Therapist
40(9)
The Joy Ladder
49(3)
Lesson 1 Build Your Community 52(18)
Lesson 2 Live with Purpose 70(16)
Lesson 3 Unlock the Power of Sleep 86(26)
Lesson 4 Tuck in Like a Tuscan 112(106)
Lesson 5 Drink Like an Italian 218(30)
Lesson 6 Move the Body, Calm the Mind 248(16)
Lesson 7 Worry Less 264(22)
Lesson 8 Divorce Your Devices 286(10)
Lesson 9 Stay in Touch 296(10)
Lesson 10 Just Smile 306(8)
Andiamo Let's Get Going 314(13)
Arrivederci 327(1)
Acknowledgements 328(4)
Index 332


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