The latest book that I had the pleasure of reading is called “The New 10: 40 Days to Creating a Boldly Beautiful Life From the Inside Out” by Dawn McIntyre.
This is not a book I would normally pick up to read myself, but I was approached by a publisher to feature this review, and as I always want to bring you the reader as many resources as possible on living the best life ever, I thought this may be a great addition to our book reviews section.
This book is specifically geared towards women, and through this book the author presents a 40 day program for women, for unleashing their true and complete beauty from the inside out.
The author’s goal with this book and her current work is for the New 10 to become a worldwide movement that empowers and inspires women to be everything they are meant to be. Is this book effective at portraying that? Read on to hear my experience with this book and thoughts on it.
Author
The New 10 is written by Dawn McIntyre and newly released summer of 2010.
Dawn is a professional spiritual intuitive, an expert at leading people into higher states of expansion and beauty consciousness, an author and speaker.
Dawn and her work have been featured in numerous publications and media outlets. To learn more about Dawn and her movement check out TheNew10.com
Format and Content
The New 10 is a book composed of 4 parts, each divided into 10 sections (short chapters), along with a short introduction and conclusion.
It is just over 160 pages, but a very quick read, with one being able to cover it in 1 day. The book however, is designed to be read over 40 days. This is part of the program that the author lays out for her readers – to cover one area of their lives daily to focus on.
The 4 parts each have 10 sections, meant to be followed over 10 days and are as follows:
Part 1 focuses on our minds and is entitled “My Thoughts are Ugly. My Thoughts are Beautiful.”
It covers dealing with fears, open mindedness, failure/success, anger, worry, rejection, challenges of life and more topics that deal with our mind set.
Part 2 focuses on our bodies and is entitled “I Hate My Body. I Love My Body.”
It covers sickness, weakness, breathing, nutrition, sexuality, confidence, our figures and other aspects of health and our bodies.
Part 3 focuses on our spirit and is entitled “I Ignore my Spirit. I Embrace my Spirit.”
It covers topics on the soul, the universe, leadership, gratitude, heart living, imagination and more dealing with our spiritual nature.
Part 4 focuses on life, offering practical tips for living a beautiful life and is entitled “My Life is Ordinary. My Life is Extraordinary.”
It covers consciousness, doing vs being, living in the now, growing old, dealing with dark sides, patience and more.
The author has also included a beauty quotient quiz for the reader at the start of the book, and again the same one at the back of the book to take before her program and after finishing the book to assess their results, progress and growth.
Personal Commentary
To start off with, you may be wondering as to what the title of this book really means. Well, as the author explains in the introduction, in the late 70’s women began to be rated by men based on an unrealistic scale of 10 – with 10 being the typical movie star/model image.
The author goes on to explain how not just men, but women too, bought into these unrealistic standards against which they judged themselves beautiful or not. Thus with this book and her work, she hopes to define a new “10” - a movement that supports the mind, body and spirit and encourages women to be the best they can be.
Well, even though I am a woman, I mentioned to you that I personally would have not picked up or showed interest in this book myself. The reason for that is that while I realize that there are many women out there suffering from a lack of self-esteem or self-love or feeling beautiful, I am grateful that I do feel abundant in all those areas.
So to be fair, it is hard for me to judge whether this book really has the power for women to transform themselves, when it comes to how they feel, value or see themselves. Even though I tried to stay consciously objective the whole time reading it, and I liked very much the topics covered, it failed to grab me and move me on a deeper level.
Excellent topics are mentioned like how our thoughts attract, and the power of visualization, consciousness expansion, meditation and breathing techniques and many more from the metaphysical and spiritual perspective to gain access into our true, and much deeper beauty. However, although the author touches upon all the right topics, I just don’t think it is done with enough depth.
So while it tackles the topics of redefining beauty from a “New Age” (if I may call it that) perspective, there is also a mainstream view about beauty and several generalizations thrown in, that I felt weakened the message. I resonated for example much better with the 3rd and 4th parts of the book, rather than part 2. It wasn’t bad, but I was not really loving how the author covered the “body” section – but maybe that is just the holistic lover of life and health in me talking.
Overall, it is a nice book, straight, simple and to the point, but is it powerful enough to evoke the change it claims? I am not sure. I guess it would take a woman who is in need of such a program, to put forth an honest effort and try the program over the 40 days and evaluate the results accordingly.
My guess is that it can be very beneficial and help expand many women’s and teen girls’ point of view of themselves, for those who are just in need of that little push or support, or ready to open their minds in approaching beauty in a broader light. However I don’t think it goes in depth enough to help women who are deeply struggling with who they are with their holistic view of beauty or those looking for accessing beauty from a truly more spiritually conscious perspective.
Ultimately, Dawn is being of service with the right idea to help women everywhere understand their beauty comes from much a much deeper part of themselves, than simply the physical exterior.
You can learn more about Dawn McIntyre, the New 10 movement or get a copy of the book at TheNew10.com
What do you think?
Whether you have read this book yet or not, I would love to hear from other women on how they feel about the New 10 movement – is this something that inspires you and has the potential to expand your view of yourself, or does it perhaps hold too mainstream of a view and approach to beauty, for the consciously evolving woman of today?
The New 10: 40 Days to Creating a Boldly Beautiful Life From the Inside Out (Paperback)
by Dawn McIntyre
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About the author:Evita Ochel, B.Sc., B.Ed., CHN - is the founder and editor of EvolvingBeings.com – an online publication featuring various topics on spirituality and metaphysics. Evita teaches consciousness expansion and heart-centered living to help people attain deep meaning, peace and happiness in their life. She is also a nutritional science and holistic health expert for optimal health and longevity. Learn more about Evita Ochel or Follow her on Twitter.
8 Comments to “Book Review: The New 10 – 40 Days To Creating a Boldly Beautiful Life From the Inside Out”
Hi Evita — thanks for this honest review. From the title it sounds like the kind of book I’d be skeptical of as well because of the “40 Days” aspect of it. On the other hand, I imagine agents and editors tend to prefer self-help book titles that give it that “magic bullet” feel, and it’s probably hard for an author to get published without that “7 tips” or “30 days” approach.
Hi Chris
Yes, I totally understand what you mean. It is too bad that authenticity – true authenticity doesn’t sell as well (at least yet) and so many must envelop their work in marketing package.
But, I imagine there are people this really works for, and having that short terms goal may be just what they need to evoke positive change in their life.
Hi Evita .. it may well resonate with a woman who feels they need to do something & can see the four areas in one go .. over a forty day period – that is a short enough time for them to put into practise the ideas and thoughts .. so it could well make a good sell. Perhaps also as an introductory book to other aspects of energy, meditation etc etc .. where our thoughts take us .. as we start to understand other arenas.
But as Chris says .. the 7 or 30 days .. or as here 40 days .. 4 parts x 10 days ..
So not sure .. probably not my kind of buy .. but a few years ago – who knows .. Hilary
Hi Hilary
Yes, Hilary, I think it can be a wonderful introductory book. I love that way of looking at it. As I mentioned above it touches upon all the right stuff, and I feel could get many women to look further into each of these topics and what they mean for them.
Evita,
Your reviews amaze me…your inner teacher must help you be so thorough. I need to review the book as well and understand exactly what you’re saying.
Hi Tess
Thank you Tess :)
I would love to hear what you think and how you felt about this book – looking forward to it!
I don’t think it’s fair to say men from 70′s put an unrealistic expectations on women. It’s been happening since the dawn of time. :)
We all do it to each other. It’s the hard fact of living in society. We judge too much and get angry when things aren’t the way we want them to be. I think her heart is in the right place. Women need to feel comfortable with who they are, believe how amazing they are, and truly love themselves. To be honest men need this too, we are just less likely to admit it.
Hi Karl
That is a good point… women were always (at least as far as we know) expected to be and look a certain way.
And I love that you brought up the side about men too. It is so true… I imagine many men however go through it silently and feel there may not be any support for them in these areas.