Alice D. Domar

Alice Lesch Kelly

Do you think you would be happier if only you could lose weight, be a better parent, work smarter, reduce stress, exercise more, and make better decisions? You're not perfect. But guess what? You don't have to be. All of us struggle with high expectations

How to Break Free from the Perfection Deception

Be Happy Without Being Perfect

A comprehensive guide to overcoming infertility shows women how to work their way through the medical options and deal with the psychological implications of this common condition. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

Dr. Alice Domar's Mind/Body Guide to Enhancing Fertility and Coping with Infertility

Conquering Infertility

Alice Domar

هل تعانين مشكلة في الذهاب إلى النوم ليلًا، عندما تعم الفوضى منزلك؟ هل تعتقدين أنك ستكونين أكثر سعادة إن استطعت أن تخفِّضي وزنك فحسب، وتكوني أمًّا أكثر صلاحًا، وتعملي ببراعة أكبر، وتخفِّفي إجهادك، وتتمرني أكثر، وتتخذي خيارات أفضل؟ لستِ مثالية، لكن أتعلمين أمرًا؟ لا يجب أن تكوني مثالية نعاني جميعًا التوقعات الكبيرة من حين إلى آخر. لكن بالنسبة إلى كثير من النساء يمكن أن تصبح الهواجس ضعفًا أو وهنًا – وغالبًا ما لا نعرف أننا ندع التوقعات غير الواقعية تلوِّن تفكيرنا. والخبر الجيد هو أن لدينا القوة لنتحرر من إغواء هوس الكمال – يمكن أن تعلِّمك الدكتورة والعالمة التي ذاع صيتها، أليس د. دومار، كيفية ذلك. يقدم كتاب «كوني سعيدة دون أن تبلغي الكمال» طريقة لكسر القيود التي تفرضها الذات، ويسببها التفكير، إضافة إلى حلول حقيقية، ونصائح عملية، وخطط عمل تعلِّمك كيفية: • تقويم ميلك إلى هوس الكمال في مجالات حياتك شتى. • وضع أهداف واقعية. • تقليص الشعور بالذنب والخجل الذي يسبِّبه هوس الكمال. • التحكُّم في القلق الذي يساورك عبر إستراتيجيات الرعاية الذاتية المبرهن عليها سريريًّا. • التخلص نهائيًّا من التوقُّعات غير الواقعية الضارة التي تؤلمك. كتاب «كوني سعيدة دون أن تبلغي الكمال» زاخر بتجارب شخصية لأكثر من خمسين امرأة؛ لذا فهو مفتاح لحياة أكثر سعادة وإمتاعًا. العبيكان للنشر

Be Happy Without Being Perfect: How to Break Free from the Perfection Deception

كوني سعيدة دون أن تبلغي الكمال: كيف نتحرر من وهم هوس الجمال

Siobhan Dolan

Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby is the ultimate pregnancy guide. Authors Siobhan Dolan, M.D., and Alice Lesch Kelly offer clear, friendly, authoritative, and essential advice, based on the latest research and findings, empowering mothers-to-be and new moms with more information and positive steps than have even been available before to ensure both a healthy pregnancy and a healthy, happy newborn. Supported and sponsored by the March of Dimes—one of America’s largest, most widely recognized non-profit organizations and the country’s #1 most trusted source of health information for parents, according to a 2011 Gallup Poll—Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby is a must-read for all mothers-to-be.

The Ultimate Pregnancy Guide

Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby (A March of Dimes Book)

BE HAPPY WITHOUT BEING PERFECT is about learning how to reset unrealistically high expectations and replace them with realistic, attainable goals - for your home, family, relationships, job, body and bank account. Dr Alice Domar will share lessons such as:* Why we expect so much of ourselves and how failure to live up to our own expectations can have an adverse affect our emotional and physical health* How to stop being so hard on yourself when you fall short of your own expectations* How to alleviate the guilt and shame that perfectionism can trigger* How to accept inadequacies in the areas in which perfectionist thinking is particularly prevalent and damaging BE HAPPY WITHOUT BEING PERFECT provides the keys to releasing women from the straitjacket of stress and worry, showing them how to relax, enjoy and embrace what they have.

Infertility is a heartbreaking condition that affects nine million American couples each year. It causes tremendous stress, can trigger debilitating sadness and depression, and can tear a marriage to shreds. In Conquering Infertility, Harvard psychologist Alice Domar—whom Vogue calls the “Fertility Goddess”—provides infertile couples with what they need most: stress relief, support, and hope. Using the innovative mind/body techniques she has perfected at her clinic, Domar helps infertile women not only regain control over their lives but also boost their chances of becoming pregnant. With Conquering Infertility, women learn how to cope with infertility in a much more positive way and to carve a path toward a rich, full, happy life.

Dr. Alice Domar's Mind/Body Guide to Enhancing Fertility and Coping with Inferti lity

A thought-provoking look at the problem of women who are overwhelming their lives in a quest to be the perfect everything, with a perfect body, life, and home, examines the repercussions of setting unrealistic expectations in terms of health and happiness and explains how to scale back demands, create realistic goals, alleviate guilt and shame, and regain the joy of life. Reprint.

How to Worry Less and Enjoy Life More

Alice D. Domar, Ph.D.

Do you have trouble going to bed at night when there’s a mess in the kitchen? Do you think you would be happier if only you could lose weight, be a better parent, work smarter, reduce stress, exercise more, and make better decisions? You’re not perfect. But guess what? You don’t have to be. All of us struggle with high expectations from time to time. But for many women, the worries can become debilitating–and often, we don’t even know we’re letting unrealistic expectations color our thinking. The good news is, we have the power to break free from the perfectionist trap–and internationally renowned health psychologist, Dr. Alice Domar can show you how. Be Happy Without Being Perfect offers a way out of the self-imposed handcuffs that this thinking brings, providing concrete solutions, practical advice, and action plans that teach you how to: • Assess your tendency toward perfectionism in all areas of your life • Set realistic goals • Alleviate the guilt and shame that perfectionism can trigger • Manage your anxiety with clinically proven self-care strategies • Get rid of the unrealistic and damaging expectations that are hurting you–for good! Filled with the personal insights of more than fifty women, Be Happy Without Being Perfect is your key to a happier, calmer, and more enjoyable life.

Alice Lesch Kelly

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