Taking charge of my mind & Body - Amy Hyun

Taking charge of my Mind and Body
Reviewed by Amy Hyun

Taking Charge of my Mind & Body

            The most significant for people in their life would be taking care of their body and live longer and healthier lives. I read a great book that can help you understand more about your body and make an informed decision. It gives guideline for girls about the alcohol, drug, smoking, and eating problems. The title of this book is “Taking charge of my mind & body” which published by Gladys Folkers and Jeanne Engelmann in 1947. As a teenager, it’s important to have all of your wits about you in order to understand yourself and your surroundings, choose actions that will help you to be successful in any situation, and take step to meet your goals. Girls sometimes more struggle with shame and self-esteem than boys such ad social and cultural trends - ideas made by television and movies. So, how we can overcome these problems? The author suggested that increase your ability to think yourself, make good decisions, and take positive action to protect yourself and your future.

“Be sure that if you drink or use drugs you know why you’re doing it. If you’re doing it to feel better, don’t it. Just look at people who are using and what losers they are.” (Yvonne, 16) The reason of people’s common problems over drinking, drugs, smoking, and eating disorders are from feeling and mistaken beliefs. Feelings are often confusing people and it lead them to start drinking and drugs because those kinds of things are temporally make you feel better.  According to Alfred Adler, a famous psychiatrist who lived from 1870- 1937, and whose ideas are still changing lives today, mistaken beliefs often play a role in leading people of all ages into problem behavior.(5) This book gave you some tips to say no towards  drinking, drugs, and  smoking and how to stay back with it.

Another thing what we should know about is eating disorders. Many people don't notice the important of food and how it can possibly be a problem. For many girls and young women are struggle with overreacting, dieting, bingeing and purging, or starving themselves. But the good news about eating disorders is that more you know about what eating disorders are and how someone acts when they having a problem with eating, the more likely you'll be prevent this from happing in your life. (86) "If you don't het massed up with eating problems, you can stay healthy and feel good." (Brit, 15)

Lastly, this book gives you some places that you can get some helps from a clinic or other agency and how to make a healthy relationship with other people. Sometimes doing something that unfamiliar to you can be scary and make you feel angry. But one good change can effects on your whole life and as you are young, you can change yourself more easily and faster than adults. I think this book is one of the best I’ve ever read and I learned how I can say no to drinks, drugs, and smoking. I would give 4.5 stars by rating system. I strongly recommend teenagers to read this book!!