Introduction to holistic health -- Healthful nutrition -- Exercise : mindfulness in movement -- Sleep and rest -- Immunity enhancement : mind/body considerations -- Flowing with the reality of stress -- Growing healthy relationships -- Survival skills for families -- The spiritual connection -- Balancing work and life -- Creative financial health -- Promoting a healthy, healing environment -- The therapeutic benefits of humor -- Understanding the hidden meaning of symptoms -- Working in partnership with your health practitioner : advocating for yourself -- Menopause : time of the wise woman -- Living fully with chronic conditions -- Addiction : diseases of fear, shame, and guilt -- Symptoms and chakras -- Medication wisdom -- Surviving caregiving -- Navigating the use of complementary and alternative therapies -- Alternative medical systems -- Nutritional supplements -- Herbal medicine -- Aromatherapy : common scents -- Mind-body therapies -- Manipulative and body-based methods -- Energy therapies.
Summary:
Provides solid principles and proven measures to promote optimal health and well-being using a holistic approach.
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