It's All in Your Head: Change Your Mind - Change Your HealthCapital Books, 2006 - 322 páginas In America today, many suffer from the "Lifestyle Syndrome," where poor eating habits, lack of exercise, depression and anxiety have caused an epidemic of obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, high blood lipids, substance abuse, and general poor health, not to mention the cost. We are an addicted society and need to change how we think, feel, and behave to live better and longer. But how? In "It's All in Your Head," Dr. Mark Pettus tells how he turned his own life around and uses current scientific research to show that the secret to good health has been "in our heads" all the time. The will power to change in a positive manner, he reveals, is a biologic response that can be "turned on" in just four to six weeks to make us "addicted to health." Dr. Pettus's four-week self-directed program uses positive emotions, meditation, dedicated work, and self-awareness, to begin to achieve health, healing, and life satisfaction. "It's All in Your Head" promises to change your mindset. Crave activities like exercise, a healthy diet, less stress, and social stimulation as much as a smoker craves the next cigarette. Gain greater awareness and control over the choices you make and their biological consequences. Improve blood pressure, heart rate, and metabolic rate Change your behavior and activities for better physical, emotional, and spiritual health Create value in your life as you get up and start moving Transform the fear in your life to greater confidence and well-being. It's accessible, easy-to-absorb and put-into-action health care. |
Contenido
The Power of Plasticity | 3 |
The FourWeek | 25 |
Neuroscience 101 | 55 |
A Day in the Life of a Tibetan Monk | 81 |
No Strings Attached | 87 |
An Overview | 101 |
The Holy Grail of Health Promotion | 112 |
You Are What You Eat | 128 |
Getting to Health | 203 |
Born to Bond | 225 |
Forgive and Let Live | 238 |
The Storm Before the Calm | 251 |
Mindfulness Practice Music and a Yellow Lab | 268 |
Keeping Your Eyes on the Horizon | 288 |
Habits for Surviving Well | 300 |
Suggested Reading List | 310 |
Motion Is the Lotion | 144 |
Mood Emotion and Health | 151 |
Are We Designed to Believe? | 177 |
About the Author | 312 |
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