Attention Shoppers! The Woman's Guide to Enlightenment Through Shopping by Eve Eliot
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Book Description

What is it about shopping that makes it at once so appealing and so anxiety producing? The opportunity for self-knowledge is both seductive and frightening. But the same self-knowledge that enables us to choose just the right handbag and leads us to making confident shopping decisions allows us the experience of our own nature and, finally, a sense of being all right.

Therefore, learning how to shop mindfully, in a way that enhances self-awareness—even if only to acknowledge that one's self needs some work—can help a person find the peace that has always seemed just out of reach. This book will show you how to do just that, and provide encouragement and inspiration every step of the way.

Included are short anecdotes from women interviewed by Eliot, depicting different aspects of the shopping experience, along with suggested practices to help readers stay in the present. Divided into short, easy-to-read sections that cover a wide array of topics, this fits-in-a-purse-size book is jam-packed with useful information and delivered with empathy, wisdom and a loving sense of humor.

By learning to shop more mindfully, you'll discover how to better understand yourself and find fulfillment. You'll find ways to connect with that image in the mirror, and know without hesitation how to dress her and furnish her home and celebrate her—and most important, how to trust her. Through that trust, you'll find what you've been shopping for, searching for and longing for . . . increased self-awareness.

For every reader who has thrown up her hands in despair for lack of time or inclination to meditate or practice yoga, this book is a must-read that shows why a jaunt to the mall offers as great an opportunity for self-discovery and soul-enrichment as a Himalayan mountaintop.

About the Author

Eve Eliot

A therapist for the past twelve years, during which time she has treated patients individually and in groups, Eve is also a consultant for The Caron Foundation, where she is a facilitator in their week-long compulsive eating treatment program. Eve has appeared on television with Barbara Walters, as well as on radio and local cableshows. She participated in the Choice Opens Our Lives (C.

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