Download or read book Health First written by Eleanor Hinton Hoytt and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Black women in America is one of triumph and grace, even with odds stacked high against them. Health First! The Black Woman’s Wellness Guide provides you with a comprehensive guide to your #1 resource: yourself. Today, as Black women face an unprecedented health crisis, denial and self-neglect are no longer viable options. This groundbreaking volume is rooted in the pioneering work of the Black Women’s Health Imperative, the nation’s only nonprofit organization devoted to advancing the health and wellness of Black women and girls. It offers a core health philosophy—too long denied Black women—based on putting your health first. Health First! explores Black women’s most critical health challenges, connecting the dots through honest discussions with experts and the uncensored stories of real women—from adolescence through elderhood. The focus is on prevention and awareness, across generations and circumstances—from candid conversations about reproductive health and HIV/AIDS to frank explorations of Black women’s Top 10 Health Risks, including cancer, obesity, and violence. No matter what your age or health status, this unprecedented health reference will become a trusted ally as you seek accessible and relevant information to help you navigate your most pressing health needs. In an age of uncertainty, it’s time to take control and truly discover the vitality, power, and joy that can be yours when you learn how to put your health first.

Download or read book Healthy Children Healthy Lives written by Sharon Bergen and published by Redleaf Press. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healthy Children, Healthy Lives helps improve the wellness of children, families, and early childhood professionals in early childhood programs. This series of checklists covers six components of wellness—nutrition and healthy eating habits; physical activity and fitness; emotional health and resilience; healthy care practices; safety and risk management; and leadership, management, and administration. Each research-based checklist provides built-in guidance for improvement, complements any high-quality curriculum, and aims to contribute to children's ability to thrive and experience joy in life and learning.

Download or read book Staying Well written by Ron Frazer and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-08 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health for $1 per DayEven a dollar is too much. Good health can cost nothing. Optimal wellness can not be about expensive pills and tests. It includes fresh air, water, food, balanced exercise, and effective rest. Ideally, there is very little stress.It doesn't sound like your life, does it? You need this book. Dr. Frazer explores hundreds of solutions for busy families that are stressed, and compounding that stress with unhealthy activities and diets. The basic idea is to stop doing the things that are making you sick. That costs nothing. The book was written for Dr. Frazer's daughter who was, and is, a busy mom with a limited budget to care for two growing boys with their own ideas about diet and exercise. This is a reference book that a busy mom can turn to for a quick answer about many health concerns. The small price of this book will save you many dollars in health care costs.

Download or read book Family Wellness Guide written by Tara Fellner and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Family Wellness Guide is a soothing mix of history, basic information, and practical suggestions for keeping your whole family well. According to the World Health Organization, 80 percent of the world's population entrusts their health care to natural remedies and traditional practitioners. Out Mother Earth provides not only the basic food, water, and shelter that we need to survive, but also the wonderful medicinal herbs, plants, and flowers to comfort, soothe, and heal. More and more, people are turning to nature for their healing of body and mind. The Family Wellness Guide covers such areas as herbs, flower remedies, homeopathy, and aromatherapy, and includes a a definitive Guide to Common Ailments. The author also provides her "Top Twelve" recommendations, such as "Mother Earth's Top Twelve Healing Herbs". This comprehensive, traditional healing book is unique in its additional focus on children, and not only discusses childhood ailments in each chapter, but also provides games and stories for children throughout the text. Specific chapters on bathtime and bedtime rituals will create a sense of well-being for the entire family.

Download or read book Family Guide to Emotional Wellness written by Patrick Fanning and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This family guide helps parents develop the skills they need to raise children who are able to cope with stress, handle their emotions, and take on new challenges and responsibilities. It also provides information on common problems such as eating and sleeping disorders. Illustrations. 30 charts.

Download or read book Family Wellness Skills Quick Assessment and Practical Interventions for the Mental Health Professional written by Joseph Hernandez and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A psycho-educational model for assessing individuals and families. In Family Wellness Skills, Joseph Hernandez, a longtime Family Wellness trainer and practitioner, shares the foundational concepts of the Family Wellness model to make it accessible to an even broader audience. In it, he provides mental health professionals with a map to guide their clients from recognizing a need for change, to deciding to make a change, to achieving change itself. Hernandez lays out the core ideas behind Family Wellness—chief among them, balancing individuality with connection; fostering skills for interpersonal health (speaking, listening, and cooperating); and developing and maintaining patterns that work for families (mutual respect, parents in charge, interdependence, and expecting change). He shows all helping professionals how to develop effective treatment plans and practical interventions that take into account a family’s inherent assets. Family Wellness Skills provides a complete, handy guide to the key points of this successful treatment model, so any mental health professional can help families discover and develop their gifts and abilities, making for stronger, healthier relationships.

Download or read book Family Fuel written by Jennifer Wren Tolo and published by Dorrance Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-12-29 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family Fuel: A Busy Mom's Guide to Healthy Living for the Family aims to help people connect with food and make healthy lifestyle choices for their family. Brimming with wholesome family meal plans and tasty snack ideas, Family Fuel offers families the tools needed to make smarter choices when preparing and consuming food and also teaches parents how to create healthy habits for the entire family. Designed to bring families together through meal preparation, family meal times, and shared experiences, Family Fuel can help put your family on the path to better health and wellness. About the Author Jennifer Wren Tolo, R.N. is a mother of four boys living with her husband and children in Essex, Massachusetts. While working through several family health challenges Tolo learned the value of living a healthy lifestyle. Seeing how food, in particular, impacts health and behavior led her to study holistic and integrative approaches towards health and wellbeing--and she now helps her family and community implement these tactics in their everyday lives. The founder of Butterfly Family Wellness, an organization focused on helping families discover their way to health and well-being, Tolo is also a Reiki Master, a personal trainer, and a certified Holistic Health Counselor. She teaches fitness and cooking classes for adults and children, as well as dynamic and integrative school and community workshops related to fitness, stress and mind/body management, and health and nutrition, including Reiki and Energy Balance Classes and Mindfulness Workshops. She hosted an online radio show in the fall of 2014 titled "Spread Your Wings and Fly into Health" on Voice America's health and wellness channel.

Download or read book The College Wellness Guide written by Casey Rowley Barneson and published by Princeton Review. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brand new guide that helps overwhelmed students manage their mental, physical, and social health, and reach and maintain a healthy balance in their college lives. Every year, nearly two million students arrive at college campuses, ready to embark on the best four years of their lives. Yet the reality is that the current cohort of students is one of the most stressed, anxious, and depressed ever. These stressors have real effects on students' grades, social life, and physical health. And the stakes are high! Students with the right community and support services have better outcomes, from increased chances of on-time graduation, to greater ability to take on head-start opportunities (like internships) that have deep impact on post-college life. The Princeton Review is proud to introduce The Campus Wellness Guide, an innovative new book that provides a mix of information, resources, and self-assessment activities to help students reach and maintain their overall health. The book includes: Information on how to assess your college fit academically and socio-emotionally Self-assessment activities that students can use to ID their specific stressors and ways to alleviate those issues Sections on physical, mental, and social wellness, each with data-backed insights and research to help define the issues and strategies for handling Proactive activities for student use, with reflection prompts to help develop roadmaps toward a healthier status quo Wellness highlights, e.g., information on colleges with exceptional track records in specific wellness issues Resources for national and college-specific help

Download or read book The Campus Cure written by Marcia Morris and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that one of four college students was diagnosed with a mental health disorder in the last year? College students are experiencing anxiety, depression, alcohol abuse, and other mental health issues at alarming rates in a landscape of growing academic, social, and financial pressures. As a college mental health psychiatrist for over two decades and a mother of two twenty-somethings, Marcia Morris has witnessed the ways problems can derail students from their goals, while parent interventions at critical junctures can help get students back on track. The Campus Cure: A Parent Guide to Mental Health and Wellness for College Students is a first aid guide to your child’s emotional health, preparing you to handle the mental health problems and emotional ups and downs many young adults experience in college. With anecdotes and the latest scientific literature, this book will increase your awareness of common problems, pressures, and crises in college; illustrate how you can support your child and collaborate with campus resources; and provide stories of hope to parents who often feel alone and overwhelmed when their child experiences a mental health problem. While you have the passion to help your child, this book will provide you with the tools to guide your child toward health and happiness in the college years.

Download or read book Rejuvenation written by Horst Rechelbacher and published by Inner Traditions. This book was released on 1989 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique guide to total health and beauty combines the ancient wisdom of meditation, yoga, massage, and spiritual development with modern scientific research and knowledge in the fields of medicine, psychology and nutrition. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings.

Download or read book Authentic Health written by Chena F. Anderson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-11-23 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authentic Health is a journey, of understanding the signs your body is communicating, in order to achieve the goal of wellness. This book will guide you from first hand experience of a Naturopathic Doctor and mother of 9. With the wisdom of a lifetime as teacher, none of her children have ever seen a medical doctor.

Download or read book THE ALTERNATIVE written by Elena Upton and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CREATING GOOD HEALTH! This book follows Volume I, First-Aid & Common Conditions. It takes you on a similar journey to quickly understand and utilize the most well-known and accepted methods of natural, holistic, alternative medicines available today. It is your handy reference manual to readily find complementary methods of treating dozens of Dis-Ease Conditions for you and your loved ones of all ages. Revealed is a system of medicine successfully and widely practiced in many countries around the world that have been difficult to source in the US? until now. You'll learn how to get to the bottom of issues rather than masking symptoms. You will find a number of resources that can be brought to your alternative practitioner as options?to be explored together. All packaged in a simple, easy-to-understand format that gives you power over your health choices. The information is straightforward and compares available protocols. For a limited time, this First Edition comes with a FREE companion book, THE ALTERNATIVE CONTINUED, Secrets to Success. With purchase, you will receive a link for this easily downloadable bonus book with an additional 150+ pages of extended descriptions of remedies and practitioner protocols. Learn the benefits of alternative, holistic medicine, take control of your healthcare, get to the bottom of what's ailing you, and learn alternative options available to you. Inside this book, you'll discover:?Insights to little-known therapies?Solutions for achieving a new level of health?Protocols rarely revealed"The best person to heal you is YOU and I created THE ALTERNATIVE to be your guide."- The AuthorIf you already embrace a holistic lifestyle you will be pleasantly surprised with the tools revealed in this book that can be added to your knowledge base. Be empowered in your health choices by taking action today to learn a new way to be the best you can be. Holistic health methods may be the answer you have been looking for."It can be liberating to transition from medical management to self-directed health and wellness." -Statements made in this book not evaluated by the FDA.

Download or read book Essential Nourishment written by Beth McCall Whitley and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2011-12-29 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a wonderful book on nutrition, as well as on health and happiness. Ms. Whitley provides many valuable gems for the betterment of ones life. William Tullis, MD, President of Neuropsychiatric Associates of Austin; Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association This book is an excellent guide to health and discusses both the types of food that are ideal to include in a healthy diet and which ones we would best avoid. Ms. Whitley has provided us with a usable and readable resource for nutrition, health and fitness in general. Jane Derebery, MD, FACOEM; Diplomat, American Board of Preventive Medicine Beth Whitley has written a rich and concise book imparting wisdom distilled from a wide range of deep thinkers but also from her own experience and faithful practice. As an addiction medicine specialist, I know that living a balanced life is very important and includes feeding the mind, body, and soul, as so well outlined in this valuable book. William M. Loving, MD; Board Certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Beth Whitley has done a great job of simplifying a very complex subject. Health and wellness are ongoing strategies that require a persons individual participation. This book gives you a simple, comprehensive outline of how to get started creating a more functional body, mind, and spirit. Vincent Bellonzi, DC; CCN; CSCS; ACSM H/FI Essential Nourishment is essential reading for anyone interested in improving their health and wellness. Beth Whitley provides practical steps and clear principles to facilitate greater well-being for body, mind, and spirit. -Keith Hergenhahn, LCSW

Download or read book The Melaleuca Wellness Guide written by Richard M. Barry and published by RM Barry Publications. This book was released on with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recommended uses for Melaleuca products based on research and the clinical experiences of health care professionals and veterinarians and proven household solutions recommended by people who use Melaleuca products every day. • Over 200 health conditions with remedies and prevention strategies based on research and the clinical experiences of health care professionals. • Over 150 home care problems with solutions recommended by people who use Melaleuca products every day. • Over 215 ailments common to dogs, cats, horses, and farm animals with remedies recommended by veterinarians, farmers, ranchers, and horse and pet lovers. • Inspiring chapter on the history of Melaleuca, Inc. and founder and CEO, Frank L. VanderSloot. • Chapter on Melaleuca alternifolia oil with a comprehensive list of research articles. • Chapters on nutritional supplements, grape seed extract, heart health, digestive health, immune system, depression, glucosamine, prostate health, menopause, vision, urinary tract infections, and head lice. • Chapter on the health effects of toxic chemicals in household products. • A useful Products Index that references the various applications for Melaleuca products ... Plus much more!

Download or read book Family Health Medical Guide written by Robert Borland Kelly and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 1996 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy to use first aid guide extensive self diagnosis charts for women's health preventive medicine and up to date facts on nutrition, stress and fitness.

Download or read book Wellness by Design written by Jamie Gold and published by Tiller Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design your home to optimize your healthy lifestyle with this room-by-room guide from certified kitchen designer and wellness design consultant Jamie Gold. Like a lot of folks these days, you’re committed to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. You watch your diet, stay active, meditate, and surround yourself with positive people. So why should your home be any different? Residential designer Jamie Gold has spent years defining the exciting new field of wellness design, which explores how simple changes to things like lighting, fixtures, storage, and outdoor space can make a huge difference in how you feel every day. Wellness by Design offers a room-by-room guide to refreshing your space so that it supports muscle and bone health, encourages clean eating, prevents disease, and promotes safety, fitness, serenity, and joy. Whether you’re training for a marathon or recovering from an injury, building your dream home or decorating your new rental, the design of your home can help—or hinder—your active lifestyle. This book will help you keep your fitness goals and stay on track for a long and healthy life.

Download or read book Let s Grow Together written by Deidre Wilson and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2024-05-15 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transform Your Family's Journey to Wellness and Wholeness Imagine a home where every family member thrives physically, emotionally, and mentally. A household where laughter rings just as loudly as conversations about nutrition, fitness, and emotional resilience. "Let's Grow Together: A Family's Guide to Health, Fitness, and Emotional Wellness" is your roadmap to creating that radiant, harmonious environment. Crafted with love and care, this guide brings wellness within reach of every family, regardless of its starting point. Embark on a journey that starts with laying the foundation for family growth, guiding you through understanding the multifaceted aspects of family health. Uncover the secrets to integrating physical well-being seamlessly into your daily lives, ensuring that each member, from the youngest to the oldest, feels vibrant and full of life. But, physical health is just the beginning. This book is a treasure trove of insights on bridging the gap between mental and emotional wellness, fostering an environment where every heart and mind can flourish. Nutrition doesn't have to be a battleground. Transform meal times into a joyous, family affair with practical tips on planning balanced meals and addressing the woes of picky eaters. Then, leap into a world of fun with family fitness activities tailored to everyone's needs, turning exercise from a chore into an adventure. Mindfulness and stress management come to the forefront in building a resilient family unit capable of weathering any storm. Discover routines and rituals that not only bring structure but also fortify the bonds between you and your loved ones. Navigate through life's challenging conversations with grace, building a foundation of support, understanding, and love. With each chapter, celebrate your family's growth and achievements, fostering a culture of appreciation and positivity that echoes beyond the confines of your home. "Let's Grow Together" isn't just a book; it's a companion in your family's journey towards a healthier, happier future. Embrace this guide and watch as your family transforms, growing stronger, and closer with every page turned.