Joy, Debbie Travis
Joy, Debbie Travis
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Joy
Life Lessons from a Tuscan Villa

Author: Debbie Travis, Jacky Brown

Narrator: Debbie Travis, Jacky Brown

Unabridged: 6 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/02/2021


Synopsis

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Looking for the keys to a vibrant, joyful, vital life? Lifestyle pioneer Debbie Travis has found them in the Tuscan hills. And in her lively, inspiring way, she shares how to bring all that healthful magic home in Joy, a glorious book infused with the warmth and colour of life at the Villa Reniella, the thirteenth-century farmhouse retreat to which she welcomes guests from around the world.

For more than ten years, Debbie Travis has watched the guests who come to her Tuscan retreats transform over the course of a single week of talking, walking, and eating together, until even the most driven and stressed-out feel so much better about themselves. When it's time to leave, they tell her it's the simple priorities of Tuscan life—the way the village locals, from young to old, take time for each other every day—that hit them in their hearts, and they pepper her with questions about how to retain what they've experienced when they get home.
     In Joy, Debbie offers the answers she gives them to all of us, capturing the essentials of the Tuscan lifestyle in a series of ten engaging and practical lessons—on everything from how to get a good night's sleep, to how to find community and rediscover purpose, to how to eat and drink like an Italian—designed to make our lives sweeter and healthier. Delightfully down-to-earth, Debbie draws on her own life experience, the example of her Tuscan neighbours, whose fabled longevity springs from the wisdom she captures in her lessons, and the expertise of her long-time friend and colleague, nutritional therapist Jacky Brown. Whether you wish to hit the reset button, start a new endeavour, regain your confidence, turn a page in your relationship, make changes to your worklife or your community, or simply reboot your vitality, these lessons will help guide you to a life filled with joy.

About The Author

DEBBIE TRAVIS is an international television host and producer, a bestselling author, a sought-after public speaker, and the designer of the Debbie Travis Home Collection. Her shows, Debbie Travis’s Painted House, Debbie Travis’s Facelift, From the Ground Up, All for One and La Dolce Debbie, have been seen in Canada, the United States and 80 other countries. She has authored 11 previous books (eight on decorating) and currently co-hosts a podcast, Trust Me, I’m a Decorator, with television personality and designer Tommy Smythe, drawing guests such as Rachael Ray and Marilyn Denis. After stepping back from TV producing, Debbie renovated a 13th-century farmhouse on a 100-acre farm in Tuscany, turning it into a luxury boutique hotel where she offers wellness retreats and classic car rallies.JACKY BROWN is a graduate of the London College of Naturopathic Medicine, a qualified Nutritional Therapist, Dip CNM, registered with BANT (British Association of Nutritional Therapists), CNHC and the ANP. Jacky lives with her family in London, England.STACEY VAN BERKEL is a passionate creator of beautiful images who has travelled all over the world in search of them. Her work has been featured in numerous international magazines and ad campaigns. She lives in North Carolina.


Reviews

In a complicated world and restrained travel this book is a wonderful escape to another way of life. Debbie Travis summarizes a series of lessons designed to optimize joy learned from observing her community in Tuscany. I approach lifestyle and self improvement books with a light touch - if there are......more

Goodreads review by Diane

Tips throughout the book on how to take Tuscany home provide some good advice for living la dolce vita. I like the tip about drinking espresso just before taking a short nap in the afternoon. The caffeine is timed to kick in just as you are waking up. Perfetto! Some great recipes and nutritional advic......more

Goodreads review by Claire

Loved this book. It set out to entice, educate, excite the reader about all things Tuscan with the Debbie Travis vibe. Mission accomplished. If you want to disappear in a visually lovely, realistically written book that is about all things positive and supportive - give this a try. It has excerpts o......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn

Good life lessons to remember and great recipes......more


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