The Phoenix Guide to Self Renewal is a motivational guide to creating lifestyle changes while empowering yourself emotionally and spiritually. This
book is not a weight loss program per se. The author does not describe or promote any one particular
diet or
exercise regime. Instead, it is left up to the reader to
choose the program(s) that best suit his or her needs. The author merely encourages the reader to choose a program that includes healthy food choices, active living, and an honest examination of the causes of one’s weight issues. The main purpose of this book is to create a strong foundation for permanent life changes by setting out tangible goals and then following through with these plans. The author uses an approach called POWVIP (an acronym for Passion, Overcome, Write, Visualize, Imagine, and Persist). She also suggests that readers don’t go on a diet that they go on a teid, opposite of diet meaning a permanent lifestyle changes rather than a quick temporary fix. The Phoenix Guide to Self Renewal includes journal pages with daily exercise, nutritional, and mood information to fill out as well as motivational quotes to keep the reader moving towards his or her goals.