You Are What You Say: A Harvard Doctor's Six Week Proven Program for Transforming Stress into Resilience and Vitality - Hardcover

Budd, Matthew, M.D.; Rothstein, Larry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0812929616 ISBN 13: 9780812929614

Publisher: Times Books, 2000

Synopsis

Argues that spoken language affects the body's reaction to emotions such as anger, depression, and anxiety, and provides exercises designed to help individuals express their emotions in beneficial ways.

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About the Author

MATTHEW BUDD, M.D., for twenty years assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, was the architect for the first Behavioral Medicine department at the Harvard Community Health Plan and the developer of the revolutionary Ways to Wellness program, which is now marketed nationally as the Personal Health Improvement Program. His work has been featured on National Public Radio, in The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times, and in numerous articles in the medical literature. He lives in Boston with his wife, Rosalind, and his dogs, Otto and Zeke. <br><br>LARRY ROTHSTEIN, Ed.D., is a leading collaborator on self-help books, including Joan Borysenko's Minding the Body, Mending the Mind. He lives in Boston.<br><br>For more information, please visit Dr. Budd's website at www.consiliencelearning.com

From the Inside Flap

e you sick?" This question, posed in compassion by his grandmother Minnie after a childhood incident plunged him into illness, stayed with Dr. Matthew Budd throughout his lifetime in medicine. As a teacher and physician at Harvard for more than thirty years, he repeatedly asked his patients this question. He found, remarkably, that it often unlocked memories, secrets, anger, resentments, and fears that had played crucial roles in their illnesses. As he encouraged them to reflect on their lives and habitual behavior, his patients often shifted from being trapped in suffering to designing a life of wellness and profound personal change for themselves, no matter what their circumstances. Their experiences led Dr. Budd to develop the Ways to Wellness program, a nationally acclaimed workshop offered by numerous HMOs.<br><br>In <b>You Are What You Say</b>, Dr. Budd presents the principles of this powerful, scientifically validated program that weaves ancient and modern insights into human b

Edition details

• Publisher: Times Books
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812929616
• ISBN 13: 9780812929614
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1