A breakthrough women’s health book: the surprising secrets of managing your weekly hormonal changes to your best advantage

All women have it, but may never have thought about it-it’s the one week of the month when you feel great about yourself, more attractive, focused, and receptive to others. Your hair shines; your skin glows. But why does this happen? And why do we often feel so out of balance the rest of the month?Leading gynecologist Dr. Rebecca Booth created the Venus Week metaphor to help her patients better understand what influences the constant physical, emotional, and sexual changes they feel. Now, in The Venus Week, she reveals the surprising ways you can manage your body’s weekly hormonal shifts to your best advantage, no matter what your age or stage in life. You’ll discover how to: Find your Venus Week and maximize its positive effects Improve your chances of achieving-or avoiding-pregnancy Increase your energy and boost your libido Lessen the effects of the Minerva Phase: acne, irritability, weight gain and mood swings Manage common “Venus Interrupters” like stress, insulin resistance, and health conditions Ease the changes of perimenopause and menopause Knowing the secret of The Venus Week can help you feel less at the mercy of your hormones and more in control. You’ll learn how these variations affect your body, your relationships, and your life in general, from your early twenties through menopause and beyond. Combining cutting-edge medical information with a diet, beauty, and lifestyle plan, The Venus Week helps you channel that look-good, feel-good phenomenon and make it work for you-not only during those few days, but all month long.

Blogcritics.org
“The book is valuable for the medical, nutritional and ‘lifestyle’ advice it gives to women who would more fully experience this important, but fleeting, seven to 10 days in their lives each month.…An invaluable book for women of any age…Essential if women want to understand their bodies.”

Publishers Weekly online “Review Annex,” starred review, 5/26/08
”Booth writes sympathetically and knowledgeably about the female struggle for self-knowledge…using simple, clutter-free metaphors to break down the ‘dance’ of the female cycle…It’s refreshing to find a self-help in which ‘the secret’ refers to knowledge; Booth’s belief in its power to overcome suffering is admirable and infectious. Any woman who feels her body is beyond her understanding should find Booth’s first book eye-opening and empowering.”

Kentuckiana Healthy Woman
“Offers a way for women to understand the changes in their bodies through simple and elegant metaphors.”

WashingtonPost.com, “The Checkup” health blog
“Booth keeps it simple; she doesn't take readers too far outside the mainstream in her recommendations…But the thing I like best about The Venus Week is that it shifts focus away from the negative aspects of the menstrual cycle and encourages appreciation of the beauty and power of the whole, intricately crafted system.”

Louisville Voice-Tribune
“Most patients have to wait for their next doctor’s appointment to find answers to questions about what’s going on inside their bodies. However, Dr. Rebecca Booth is putting information at women’s fingertips through her first book.”

Midwest Book Review, 8/08
“Reveals how to manage a body's weekly hormonal shifts to best advantage…Any women's health collection will find this an intriguing, hopeful study.”

Rebecca Booth, M.D., an obstetrician and gynecologist, has been practicing medicine for over twenty years. She lives in Kentucky.

Imprint: Da Capo Press
Distributor: Perseus Books Group
Publication Date: 05-05-2008
Pages: 256
Measurements: 9.00in X 6.00in