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Joan Lunden
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Joan Lunden
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An award-winning journalist, bestselling author, motivational speaker, and women's health & wellness advocate, Joan Lunden has been a trusted voice in American homes for more than 30 years. For nearly two decades, Lunden greeted viewers each morning on Good Morning America making her the longest-running female host ever on early morning television.
Lunden continues to be one of America's most recognized and trusted personalities which has made her a sought-after speaker for events across the country. Lunden has testified before the Food and Drug Administration advocating mandatory mammogram reporting and the Congressional House Ways and Means Committee advocating for the Family and Medical Leave Act. Premiering September 30, 2020, Joan hosts the Washington Post Podcast series, Caring for Tomorrow on the future of medicine. Lunden also hosts of the upcoming PBS television series, Second Opinion with Joan Lunden, premiering January 2021. As a senior advocate, Lunden has become ambassador to the Poynter Institute's MediaWise for Seniors program which aims to educate individuals over 50 on media literacy - separating fact from fiction online. On her website JoanLunden.com and social media, American's interact with her every day about health, wellness, lifestyle tips, family, and boomer information.
As a part of the sandwich generation, Lunden's demographic is far-reaching. She is a mother of 7 including two sets of teenage twins. Like many Boomers in America, she has juggled being a working mom while caring for an aging parent and brings this experience to her role as the spokesperson for the nation's leading senior referral service, A Place for Mom, a company helping caregivers and families find the right care and resources for their loved one.
Lunden encourages Americans to ensure that they have adequate medical insurance coverage to protect their health and wellbeing as the spokesperson for the Assurance Medicare Advantage program.
In June of 2014, Lunden was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer, which required chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation. An eternal optimist, Lunden turned her diagnosis into an opportunity to help others, chronicling her breast cancer journey in a memoir Had I Known.
One of the most visible women in America, Lunden has graced the covers of more than 60 magazines and book covers. Lunden's newest book, Why Did I Come into This Room: A Candid Conversation About Aging released in March 2020 to rave reviews and quickly became a New York Times Best Seller.
Lunden has served as the national spokesperson for various organizations such as The American Heart Association, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, The American Lung Association, The American Red Cross, The American Academy of Pediatrics, and The Colon Cancer Alliance.
Joan Lunden's books include Why Did I Come into This Room: A Candid Conversation About Aging; Had I Known; Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Caregiving; Growing Up Healthy: Protecting Your Child From Diseases Now Through Adulthood; Wake-Up Calls; A Bend in the Road is Not the End of the Road; Joan Lunden's Healthy Living; Joan Lunden's Healthy Cooking; Mother's Minutes; Your Newborn Baby; and Good Morning, I'm Joan Lunden.
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Had I Known
My Breast Cancer Journey
Joan Lunden shares her personal experience of breast cancer and what she has learned through her journey about health, fitness and the importance of family, friends and community. She gives the patient’s perspective on her treatment from her own personal experience and from what she has heard from the thousands of women who write into her website. Joan includes advice on how to be the CEO of your own health.
How To Be the CEO of Your Own Health
Joan Lunden speaks on how we need to reform the way we approach the management of our own health, and how we interact with our doctors and medical institutions. Joan gives strategies on how to take charge of your health as well as be a better patient, helping you to live healthier, happier and longer.
The Ten Best Secrets to Success
Having interviewed top business tycoons and a myriad of world leaders over her three decades as a journalist, Joan Lunden shares what she has learned throughout her career along with advice from the most successful people in the world and their common traits. Joan shares her personal journey of making it to the top of the tough television news business as well as how she reinvented herself launching her own business based on her focus in women’s health and wellness. As one of the most well-known working moms in the country, Joan can also talk about balancing home and family—how to keep your family values while being a successful working woman.
Women’s Empowerment
Joan helped pave the way for working women in America after a long career in a male-dominated industry. Joan has a unique perspective with tips and anecdotes that transcend any industry. In her empowering talk, Joan shares how she navigated it all with optimism, determination, and of course, her witty sense of humor.
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Secrets of a Successful Woman: Risk, Passion, Humor, and Perseverance.
Now That We Have It All, How Do We Do It All
Strategies for Success: Women’s Path to Power and Reinvention
Joan Lunden
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Why Did I Come Into This Room?
by Joan Lunden
Why Did I Come into This Room? is a funny "What to Expect When You're Expecting" for the aging woman. "I'm too old for Snapchat, but too young for Life Alert." In her most candid and revealing book yet, acclaimed broadcast journalist and Baby Boomer Joan Lunden delves into the various phases of aging that leave many feeling uncomfortable, confused, and on edge. In her hilarious book, Lunden takes the dull and depressing out of aging, replacing it with wit and humor. After all, laughing is better than crying--unless it makes you pee! Whether you're in your 40s, 50s, 60s, or more, this book is full of helpful information to embrace--or at least prepare for--the inevitable. Funny, captivating, and raw, no topic is off limits. Lunden goes where others fear to tread, openly talking about wrinkles and age spots (which Lunden insists are sunspots), expanding waistlines (no, you didn't shrink your jeans), diminished energy (my get-up-and-go got up and went), weak pelvic floors (yes, we're talking about leaking), hot flashes (they suck), disrupted sleep (the morning host is an expert on lack of sleep), changes in sex drive (oh yeah, she goes there), ageism (it exists and it pisses us off), and yes, the real reasons we suddenly find ourselves always searching for those car keys! Through her poignant and often laugh out loud funny personal experiences, Lunden candidly shares her anxieties and breakthroughs and how she's coping with the realities of aging. She's talking about the good, the bad and the ugly, elevating the conversation on topics often considered "taboo." Why Did I Come into This Room? also explores the science of aging, including how it impacts the body and brain, while dispelling myths and revealing useful options to stave off the aging process as long as possible. Even more importantly, Lunden goes beyond the physical aspects of aging by closely examining the mental and emotional minefields that come with our advancing years. As she explores the value of asking ourselves important questions including, "Am I still relevant?", "Do I have meaningful friendships?", and "Am I leaving an impactful legacy?" Lunden also examines the freedom in "letting go," the importance of managing stress, and how joy and a sense of purpose all play an impactful role in slowing the aging process. In a society where youth is revered and aging feared, Why Did I Come into This Room? is the long-awaited tell-it-like-it-is guide for women of all ages. As Lunden says, "Aging ain't for sissies...you better be prepared."
Growing Up Healthy: A Complete Guide to Childhood Nutrition, Birth Through Adolescence
by Joan Lunden
Whether you're expecting or already parenting a child, you still have a chance to offer them the gift of a healthy, disease-free life. In Growing Up Healthy, Joan Lunden, one of America's most trusted journalists and most visible working moms, teams up with Dr. Myron Winick, a leading expert in childhood nutrition, to produce a guide that contains the lifesaving knowledge we all need to shield our children from disease and help them grow into strong, fit adults. Based on groundbreaking research that shows the link between childhood nutrition and "adult diseases" -- including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, and cancer -- Growing Up Healthy will teach you: * how to choose foods that will boost your children's brainpower, fuel their growing bodies, and shield them against disease * which foods influence our children's bodies during the years in which their cells are forming, and their organs and tissues are developing * why growing children should not adhere to low-fat or low-carb diets * how to create healthy life-long eating patterns that help prevent the onset of chronic illness ...and more. From first foods to fast foods, this comprehensive plan for childhood nutrition goes far beyond the basics to invite us all to give our children the gift of a life infused with good health and vitality.
