Healthy, Happy, Sexy: Ayurveda Wisdom for Modern Women is an Ayurvedic selfcare manual with a funny and nakedly honest voice that is irresistible. Recognizing readers’ crazymaking lifestyles and resulting self-care deficit, Katie Silcox clears the chaff, offering her wealth of expertise to bring us into balance. Reading Katie’s book is like being in the company of your most hilarious, wisest, and generous friend. She tells the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the relevant, timeless, and brilliant truth of the ancient teachings of Ayurveda and yoga, guiding readers on this step-by-step path (the “goddess schedule”) to shine more beautifully and to feel beloved, energized, and fulfilled at the deepest levels. Her advice is simple and brilliant. Katie can laugh at herself, and you can’t help liking and relating to her. Within the grand and chaotic arc of our lives, she recognizes that to succeed at anything, we must first love ourselves. Her writing is a love letter from the Divine that shows you how. The result is a light from within: radiant skin, healthy hearts, and higher-quality food, sleep, sex, intimacy, and joy. Her book belongs at the top of this year’s must-read list.

—SARAH NORISS