Lipman - Revive

More praise for Dr. Frank Lipman and Revive
(previously published as Spent)

When youre running on empty, the first step can be the hardest. Dr. Lipman provides 42 options to jump-start your body and keep it cruising.

Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., professor and vice chair of surgery, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and New York Times bestselling coauthor of YOU: The Owners Manual

Lipman helps the tired, the exhausted, and the just plain spent. His approach is a holistic one, with prescriptions for proper nutrition and exercise. But he also gives some simple, scientific steps for maximizing the benefits of our regular sleep routines.

Departures Magazine

Offers life-enhancing wisdom for better health. Fabulous.

Dr. Marie Savard, ABC News Now

Regain your energy and enthusiasm.

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Frank Lipman has been our trusted friend and doctor for more than fifteen years. Time and time again, Frank has helped us to restore our bodies to their natural rhythms and health. [Revive] is his detailed, engaging, and inspiring road map for how to heal your body and sustain your energy for life!

Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon

Lipman mixes standard health advice with alternative medicine tactics to combat the fatigue of daily life.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

If you need more vitality and vigorand who doesnt?[Revive] is the book for you. This practical guidebook has been crafted and field-tested by Dr. Frank Lipman, one of Americas geniuses in helping people renew and balance their lives. Trust it, believe it, use it.

Larry Dossey, M.D., author of The Power of Premonitions

A six-week solution for a whole-life makeover. Draws from Western and alternative medicine to help you remove factors that lead to energy depletion and add elements that help the body heal more quickly and feel better fast.

The Indianapolis Star

A pioneer in holistic medicine. Chock-full of so much rich information.

Doctor on Call with Dr. Jane Greer, HealthyLife.net

Depleted, depressed, and dog tired, millions search in the wrong places to find restoration, renewal, and replenishment. You need look no further than Dr. Lipmans groundbreaking solution-oriented program for rebuilding your energy and restoring your body and soul. A science-based guide to unparalleled wellness. Buy it, use it, and you will feel rich, not Spent.

Mark Hyman, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of The UltraMind Solution

Lipman tackles this coast-to-coast problem by first pinpointing the problems and then laying out daily beats, simple actions that we can take to reenergize ourselves.

BarnesandNoble.com

Were huge fans of Dr. Frank Lipman. In fact, weve already read his new book a few times. Lipman has come up with a system for us simple layfolk.

Cult Beauty Blog

We all look to go away to rejuvenate, but the key is how to live in chaos and find the calm. A bible for how to heal and thrive in the midst of it all.

Donna Karan

A wake-up call and a guide for changing this disastrous direction of living, showing us how to turn our overwhelmed and exhausted bodies and minds into healthy, energized, and thriving selves. Simple, practical, wise, and essential.

Rodney Yee, author of Moving Toward Balance

Frank Lipman is arguably the countrys most prominent holistic M.D. after Andrew Weil.

W Magazine Editors Blog

Essential reading for anyone feeling exhausted by modern life. Frank Lipmans daily beats are a series of simple steps you can follow to restore and recover your natural rhythms. I cant recommend it enough.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Just the program to help you find your bodys natural rhythm and boost your energy.

Bride & Groom

A gold mine of life-enhancing, energy-restoring health wisdomall presented in easy-to-follow, bite-sized pieces that go down easily. Following the instructions in this book will change your life!

Christiane Northrup, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of Womens Bodies, Womens Wisdom

A six-week program to detoxify, change eating habits, work daily exercise into ones schedule, and support those who are trying to clean up our environments. Excellent.

Library Journal

Lipman may actually have some of the answers to our exhaustion problems.

Metro (UK)

Identifies the key irritants that exacerbate our sense of exhaustion. Lipman outlines ways that the modern professional woman can be more in tune with her bodys natural programming.

Daily Mail (UK)

ALSO BY FRANK LIPMAN

Total Renewal:
7 Key Steps to Resilience, Vitality,
and Long-Term Health

STOP FEELING SPENT AND START LIVING AGAIN

FRANK LIPMAN, M.D.,
with Mollie Doyle

A FIRESIDE BOOK
Published by Simon & Schuster
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This publication contains the opinions and ideas of its author. It is intended to provide helpful and informative material on the subjects addressed in the publication. It is sold with the understanding that the author and publisher are not engaged in rendering medical, health, or any other kind of personal professional services in the book. The reader should consult his or her medical, health, or other competent professional before adopting any of the suggestions in this book or drawing inferences from it.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Lipman, Frank, 1954
Spent: end exhaustion and feel great again / Frank Lipman,
with Mollie Doyle.
p. cm.
1. Stress management. 2. Nutrition. 3. Exercise. 4. Burnout (Psychology)
Prevention. I. Doyle, Mollie. II. Title.
RA785.L57 2008
613.7dc22 2008003316

ISBN 978-1-4165-4941-3
ISBN 978-1-4165-4942-0 (pbk)
ISBN 978-1-4165-9452-9 (ebook)
Originally published as Spent in 2009 by Fireside.

To all those out of rhythm who are trying to find their beat

And to my patients, whose journeys have guided my path