Body Odyssey – What People Are Saying

New Review Praises Body Odyssey

“In Body Odyssey, Samples bucks most peoples’ perceptions of aging by listening and learning from her body. Her stories put a human touch to an aging issue, resulting in an engaging account of what it feels like to shun the body’s typical aging process. Instead of ‘going downhill’ as she ages, Samples continues to rise because of her awareness of the stories her body has to tell.”
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“Inspiring, soulful, practical — a ‘must-have’ for anyone who has a body! Samples helps to free us from the dread of aging.”
Deborah Antinori, drama therapist and licensed professional counselor

“I have read the book and found my eyes opened to great possibilities. I am using her suggestions. This is a book I will read again and again.”
Virgie

“Body Odyssey beautifully unveils the creative promise of aging. It’s an important book, worth studying and discussing for its provocative wisdom, worth savoring for its dramatic, honest storytelling.”
Susan Perlstein, executive director, National Center for Creative Aging and Elders Share the Arts

“I got the book last night. I’m through Chapter 5 and am finding that it is hard to put down. You have inspired me and caused me to be stop and listen to what my body has been telling me loud and clear.”
Sheila McCutchan

“An insightful and intriguing work.”
Richard J. Leider, Founder of The Inventure Group; best-selling author of The Power of Purpose, Repacking Your Bags, and Claiming Your Place At the Fire

“I loved it! It made me think about my body in a whole new way. I’ll be buying copies to give to my friends.”
Jan Hively, senior advisor, Vital Aging Network

“Many mid-life people are taking responsibility for their own health and personal development as they age. Pat Samples offers them a fresh and fascinating approach to self-exploration.”
Connie Goldman, former NPR reporter on aging; author ofThe Ageless Spirit.

“Body Odyssey brings to life the passion– the fire — of aging in a beautiful and thought-provoking manner. Samples, in telling the story of her own ‘Body Odyssey,’ awakened me to the stories carried in my body.”
Barbara Ginsberg, Ed.D., My Turn director, Kingsborough Community College, CUNY

“This is a must-read, a breath of fresh air for a society fixated on youth. It is filled with personal insights, heartfulness, humor, and revelation.”
Karen Roeper, founder/director, Essential Motion

“Our bodies can be beautifully expressive at all ages, and Body Odyssey offers stunning close-ups of their wisdom and creativity. Samples magically captures the language of movement on the page.”
Manfred Fischbeck, artistic director, Group Motion Dance Company

“I started reading the book from the back. I saw the word “pain,” and I reacted immediately. It was so good, I have been reading that chapter aloud to my husband. Her words seem so appropriate to us now at the 33rd day of my painful illness, his 24-hour caregiving, and we identify with all her thoughts. “
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“This writing is engaged and vital, possessing an urgency and passion that keep me reading. I trust what this voice tells me about how to work and live in the body and find myself repeatedly attracted to the way of living described on these pages.”
Barrie Jean Borich, author of My Lesbian Husband: Landscapes of a Marriage

“This is not only a riveting book to read, but one to savor in memory long after.”
Margot Fortunato Galt, author of The Story in History: Writing Your
Way into the American Experience