The Exhaustion Cure

This audio aims to help listeners get excited about improving their energy level and productivity. The author describes well-known practices that lower stress, boost feel-good hormones, and promote the steady supply of energy everyone needs to be productive. She sounds energetic: Her perky reading will motivate people to consider adopting habits like better sleep and relaxation, healthy eating, regular intellectual stimulation, good sex and relationships, and reasonable exercise. She doesn't mince words in describing energy-draining states like overwork, extreme emotions, or substance abuse and offers a backdrop of medical/technical information, all without sounding tedious. With her genuine optimism never far from center stage, this is a well-crafted reminder that with a few lifestyle changes we can give ourselves what we need to enjoy life more. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

September 1, 2008
Personal productivity expert Stack (Leave the Office Earlier) identifies elements that drain our energy and lays out a plan for positive change. Unfortunately, the many listed items (e.g., recommended foods) sound monotonous and somewhat stilted, and a self-assessment test requires pen and paper, difficult for commuters. Despite Bernadette Dunne's best effort, this is a title better read than listened to, as it requires rapt attention and the ability to take expanded notes. Optional for larger audio collections. [Also available from Random House Audio as a retail ed. abridged CD (ISBN Risa Getman, Hendrick Hudson Free Lib., Montrose, NY

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