Overview

How do you define the good life? For many, success is measured not by health and happiness but by financial wealth. But such a worldview overlooks the important things in life: personal contentment, family time, spirituality, and the health of the planet and those living on it. A preoccupation with money and possessions is not only unhealthy, it can also drain the true joy from life. In recent years, millions have watched their American Dreams go up in smoke. The international financial collapse, inflation, massive layoffs, and burgeoning consumer debt have left people in dire financial straits--including John Robbins, a crusader for planet-friendly food and lifestyle choices, who lost his entire savings in an investment scam. But Robbins soon realized that there was an upside to our collective financial downturn: Curtailed consumerism could lead us to reassess our lives and values. The New Good Life provides a philosophical and prescriptive path from conspicuous consumption to conscious consumption. Where the old view of success was measured by cash, stocks, and various luxuries, the new view will be guided by financial restraint and a new awareness of what truly matters. A passionate manifesto on finding meaning beyond money and status, this book delivers a sound blueprint for living well on less. Discover how to: --create your own definition of success based on your deepest beliefs and life experience --alleviate depression, lower blood pressure, and stay fit with inexpensive alternatives to high-cost medications --develop a diet that promotes better health--and saves you money --plan for, and protect yourself from, future economic catastrophes --cut down on your housing and transportation costs --live frugally without deprivation --follow in the footsteps of real people who have effectively forged new financial identities The New Good Life provides much-needed hope and comfort in a time of fear and uncertainty. Here is everything you need to develop high-joy, low-cost solutions to life's challenges. Practical and timely, this book equips you with the skills needed not only to survive but to thrive in these challenging times.

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"There is today a profound hunger for precisely the information, the advice, and the perspectives in The New Good Life.-- ""Vicki Robin, coauthor of Your Money or Your Life"" ""There is today a profound hunger for precisely the information, the advice, and the perspectives in The New Good Life...John Robbins brings so many unique talents and perspectives that his book is sure to be a bestseller and a best-loved resource."" -- ""Vicki Robin, coauthor of Your Money or Your Life"" ""While we may not choose to live like Thoreau on a remote island (as Robbins did), this examination will make us consider how our consumer choices impact our family and, perhaps, society as a whole."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"""

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John Robbins is the bestselling author of Diet for a New America, which became a PBS series; The Food Revolution; and Reclaiming Our Health. He received the Rachel Carson Award and the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award, and he is the founder of the nonprofit organization EarthSave International. His work has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and other publications. He has appeared on many television shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show. John lives in Soquel, California. Read by Paul Boehmer, Gabrielle de Cuir, Carrington MacDuffie, Stefan Rudnicki, Emily Janice Card, Ellen Datlow, Bob Duncan, Dan Jenkins, Richard Lim, Margie Moore, Scott Peterson, Tom Schiff, Mirron Willis, Judy Young, David Birney, Rosalyn Landor, and Arte Johnson

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