ashton, jennifer

"[In this book], [the author] upends her life one month at a time, using her own experiences to help you improve your health and enhance your life. [She] becomes both researcher and subject as she focuses on twelve separate challenges. Beginning with a new area of focus each month, she guides you through the struggles she faces, the benefits she experiences, and the science behind why each month's challenge--giving up alcohol, doing more push-ups, adopting an earlier bedtime, limiting technology--can lead to better health"--Provided by publisher.

Jennifer Ashton, M.D., has witnessed firsthand the impact of a loved one?s suicide. When her ex-husband killed himself soon after their divorce, her world?and that of her children?was shattered. Though she held a very public position with one of the world?s largest media companies, she was hesitant to speak about the personal trauma that she and her family experienced following his death. A woman who addresses the public regularly on intimate health topics, she was uncertain of revealing her devastating loss?the most painful thing she?d ever experienced. But with the high-profile suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, Dr. Ashton recognized the importance of talking about her experience and the power of giving voice to her grief. She shared her story with her Good Morning America family on air?an honest, heartbreaking revelation that provided comfort and solace to others, like her and her family, who have been left behind.