Body & Soul: A Girl's Guide to a Fit, Fun and Fabulous Life by Bethany Hamilton #BookReview

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About "Body & Soul: A Girl's Guide to a Fit, Fun and Fabulous Life":

Bethany Hamilton has become a fitness expert by virtue of being a professional athlete who has excelled---and she's done it while overcoming incredible challenges. Whether you know Bethany or not, whether you surf or not, everyone has challenges, and in Body and amp; Soul, Bethany shares some of her core experiences with body, mind and spirit. Sharing her expertise as an athlete, Body and amp; Soul helps young girls develop a healthy lifestyle, understand their changing bodies, gain confidence, and establish a pattern of healthy living starting at a young age. This book includes workouts specially developed for young girls by Bethany’s personal trainer, recipes and information on healthy eating based on “Bethany’s food pyramid,” which follows the Mediterranean diet, and advice on deepening your spiritual health, for a total body wellness book perfect for growing girls. This isn't a book about Bethany, this is a book about wellness, becoming your best “you,” through physical and spiritual balance, because spiritual health is just as important as physical health.

My Thoughts:

If you know any young woman that might need a positive role model in their life, then I highly recommend giving them this outstanding book. While I don't have any daughters I do plan on giving a copy to some girls that I feel would benefit from it since the book is full of recipes, encouraging sayings and scripture, plus exercises to get your body and soul into shape. I have really enjoyed reading about Bethany Hamilton's inspiring story and learning about how her faith inspires her life. 

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About Bethany Hamilton: 

Bethany Hamilton: Bethany has become a source of inspiration to millions through her story of determination, faith and hope. In 2003, Bethany lost her left arm while surfing to a 14-foot tiger shark. Rather than let her career as a rising surf star come crashing down, Bethany miraculously returned to the water one month after the attack, a year later won her first National title, and has since realized her dream of surfing professionally. Her unbelievably positive attitude fascinated the world, and her story has been told in an autobiography and later adapted to the 2011 film, Soul Surfer. Bethany and her husband, Adam Dirks, are involved in many charitable efforts, including Friends of Bethany, which she and her family created to help shark attack survivors, traumatic amputees, and serves to inspire others through her life story. Now as a professional surfer, motivational speaker, and healthy lifestyle advocate, Bethany continues to touch and inspire lives globally.

Bethany was nominated for the Best Female Comeback Athlete category in the very first Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports Awards! This book is a great addition to inspirational summer reading lists. Nickelodeon announced the winners of the 1st annual Kids' Choice Sports Awards on July 17th, 2014.