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Get Hollywood Hot
Half of all Canadians are classified as overweight. Only one-third of us manage our minimum servings of fruit and veggies every day. The good news? In reports gathered by The Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute a majority of Canadians fully intend to be active in the next six months.
 For Harley Pasternak, the author of Five-Factor Fitness, all we need to get a winning figure is the magic number five. A personal trainer to such Hollywood stars as Halle Berry and Christian Slater, Pasternak has developed a weight loss program centred on a combination of five five-minute workout cycles a week plus a five-week meal plan of five meals a day with food that can be prepared in just five minutes.
Though his system may seem deceptively simple, Dr. David Klein of the University of Toronto says Pasternak is a "true pioneer in bringing science into the gym and the kitchen to help make fitness and nutrition a fundamental and easy part of our daily lives."
Get Tjuzed
 A style shape-up may also be in order. While even some pre-teen boys have become "metrosexuals," not all men have been converted to fashion's cause quite yet. For them, caring about clothes comes somewhere after learning midwifery in their list of to-dos. After all, what's wrong with white sports socks and black dress shoes anyways? At least the socks match.
But for every woman who yearns to see her honey in something other than a pair of pleated khakis, there's Off The Cuff: The Essential Style Guide for Men and the Women Who Love Them. Written by Carson Kressley, the outrageous style expert on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, this fashion handbook helps men discover their best look. Acid washed jeans and mandals (thick chunky sandals for men) be gone!
Get Real
 In addition to your bathroom or bedroom, your bank account may need a cleanup job. According to a recent report by CBC, in 2003, Canadian households owed more than their annual take-home pay for the first time ever. Little surprise, since Canadians carry 74 million credit cards and have racked up $450 billion in consumer debt. That debt can lead to depression, as well as empty pockets for what really matters like education, retirement, or owning a home.
But Jean Chatzky—the financial editor for the Today Show and a columnist in Money magazine and Time—believes you can back out of arrears by saving just $10 a day. In accessible language her book, Pay It Down!, shows how passing up those extra-large lattes and trips to the movie theatre can free up funds to settle your bills, lower interest rates, and improve credit scores. Still a skeptic? Chatzsky includes real-life success stories of those transformed from spendthrifts to future millionaires.
Get a Raise
 What you bring in is as vital to your finances as what you spend. But for women in particular, making money can be harder than saving it. Long-time social conditioning has taught women to shy away from talking about cold, hard cash with their bosses and some women (and men for that matter) have trouble telling the difference between wise career investments and bum deals. How can we make our unique skills and abilities pay off and still do rewarding work?
In a companion to her first book, Wildly Sophisticated, Nicole Williams shares her advice on how to Earn What You're Worth. Packed with useful information as well as inspiring stories, this is a must-read for women of all ages on how to invest in that most important stock of all—themselves.
Get Spiritual
 Of course, pay stubs are only one aspect of working life. Some of us work for food and shelter, but for many more of us careers are about a drive to achieve—even to fulfill a higher purpose. Who better then to explore the nature of work than His Holiness the Dalai Lama?
In The Art of Happiness at Work psychiatrist Howard Cutler talks to the Dalai Lama about earning a living. What is the link between self-awareness and work? How can we cope with our dissatisfactions and conflicts? How should we deal with boredom or unfair criticism? As in the bestseller The Art of Happiness, this book applies the Dalai Lama's wisdom to everyday situations, offering both food for thought and a source of strength and guidance.
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