The Doctor Is In: Dr. Ruth on Love, Life, and Joie de Vivre
Written by Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer and Pierre A. Lehu
Narrated by Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer and Laural Merlington
4/5
()
About this audiobook
The Doctor Is In! America’s best-loved therapist, Dr. Ruth, is known for her wise counsel on all matters of the heart. Here she shares private stories from her past and her present, and her insights into living life to the fullest, at any age.
Everyone knows Dr. Ruth as the most famous and trusted sex therapist, but few people know she narrowly escaped death from the Holocaust, was raised in an orphanage in Switzerland, or that she was a sniper during Israel's War of Independence. After years spent as a student in Paris, Dr. Ruth came to America dreaming of a new life though never expecting the dramatic turns that would take place. And at the age of eighty-seven, she is as spirited as ever.
Through intimate and funny stories, Dr. Ruth sheds light on how she's learned to live a life filled with joie de vivre. And she shows readers how they too can learn to deal with tragedy and loss, challenges and success, all while nourishing an intellectual and emotional spark, and, above all, having fun! Hilarious, inspiring, and profound, The Doctor Is In will change the way you think about life and love, in all their limitless possibilities.
Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer
Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer is the beloved, world-renowned therapist whose discussions of human sexuality and relationships on the live radio show Sexually Speaking catapulted her to fame in the early 1980s. The author of nearly forty books, she has hosted her own television shows and been named one of the 100 Most Intriguing People of the Century by People magazine. A one-woman show about her life, Dr. Ruth, All the Way, is currently touring. Dr. Ruth is also a distinguished educator who has taught at Yale, Princeton, West Point, and Columbia, and she has lectured at colleges and universities around the country. She has two children and four grandchildren and lives in New York City. You can find out more about Dr. Ruth at www.drruth.com, on Twitter @AskDrRuth, and at www.youtube.com/drruth. Pierre A. Lehu is a publicist, agent, and writer. He has written twenty-five books, including Sex for Dummies, Saké: Water from Heaven, Fashion for Dummies, and Living on Your Own.
More audiobooks from Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer
Stay or Go: Dr. Ruth's Rules for Real Relationships Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5From You to Two: Dr. Ruth's Rules For Real Relationships Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dr. Ruth's Relationship Roadmap Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to The Doctor Is In
Related audiobooks
F*cked: Being Sexually Explorative and Self-Confident in a World That's Screwed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Men Are Stupid . . . And They Like Big Boobs: A Woman's Guide to Beauty Through Plastic Surgery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Queen V: Everything You Need to Know About Sex, Intimacy, and Down There Health Care Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Small, Broke, and Kind of Dirty: Affirmations for the Real World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Coitus Chronicles: My Quest for Sex, Love, and Orgasms Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It's Messy: On Boys, Boobs, and Badass Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Private Sex Advice to Women Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Getting Off: One Woman's Journey Through Sex and Porn Addiction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come for the Comedians, We Are All in Trouble Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What Would Susie Say?: Bullsh*t Wisdom About Love, Life and Comedy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Fat Girl Walking: Sex, Food, Love, and Being Comfortable in Your Skin...Every Inch of It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ultimate Guide to Solo Sex: All You Need to Know About Masturbation Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Identity Theft: Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Sexual Citizenship: How to Create a (Sexually) Safer World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA New Model: What Confidence, Beauty, and Power Really Look Like Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bitch is Back: Older, Wiser, and (Getting) Happier Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I Know What I'm Doing -- and Other Lies I Tell Myself: Dispatches from a Life Under Construction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just the Funny Parts: … And a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking Into the Hollywood Boys’ Club Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mama Still Got It Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life Honestly: Strong Opinions from Smart Women Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe L-word: Love, Lust and Everything In-Between Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLove, Lust & Faking It: The Naked Truth About Sex, Lies, and True Romance Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Whitney Cummings: Money Shot Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWomen Are Crazy, Men Are Stupid: The Simple Truth to a Complicated Relationship Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5
Personal Memoirs For You
I'm Glad My Mom Died Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wishful Drinking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Woman in Me Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Finding Me: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Enough Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Glass Castle: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Making It So: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Summer of Fall: Gravity is a bitch, but I'm still standing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Girls Don't Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pageboy: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Counting the Cost Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Writing into the Wound: Understanding trauma, truth, and language Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Year of Magical Thinking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5While Time Remains: A North Korean Girl's Search for Freedom in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love, Pamela: A Memoir of Prose, Poetry, and Truth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Angela's Ashes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bad Mormon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Not My Father's Son: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5People, Places, Things: My Human Landmarks Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Stolen Life: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Night: New translation by Marion Wiesel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for The Doctor Is In
17 ratings3 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What I learned from that lovely audio:
- Nobody is more important in your life than you!
- Accept whatever glory comes your way
- Take risks, but not sexual risks ( who wants STDs anyway?!)
- Don’t hesitate to reach out for professional help if needed.
- Don’t waste a SECOND on a relationship that is going nowhere.
- The most dangerous feeling, is boredom.
- « joie de vivre » won’t come by its own and sit on your lap, you have to work for it!
- LIFE IS SHORT.
??? - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This was interesting to learn more about Dr. Ruth's personal life. I learned things about her that I didn't know about. She has had an interesting life.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I grew up in New York listening to Dr. Ruth on the radio. She was so warm and inviting and gave such sound advice. I have always admired her courage, her zest for life and her strong presence. I was surprised therefore by her book The Doctor Is In in which she gives advice on how to live life with Joie de Vivre and get the most pleasure and joy that we can. In this book, Dr Ruth seems different; her voice is shallow, distant and repetitive. Basically the book is a guide on how to handle the vicissitude of life: the hurt, the grief, the losses that come our way. She encourages us to feel all of our feelings associated with our pain and then get moving and find the Joie de Vivre that we are missing. She gives us examples from her own life. What is surprising is how simplistic and formulaic her advice is, how she repeats it over and over and how the more she says it the more removed it feels. Given that Dr Ruth encourages us to feel a full range of feeling it is disappointing that she mostly only expresses "happy" and "nice" feelings and doesn't give many clues on how to express the full range of emotions we might be feeling and use this to lighten our burdens and better ourselves. She also doesn't seem aware that people have so many different ways of coping and that being active and busy might work for her but not for others. Overall, a miss for me though I always look forward to hearing from Dr Ruth at different stages of her, and my own, life. Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to review this book for an honest opinion