The Book of Wellness: A Secular Approach to Spirit, Meaning & Purpose - Hardcover

Dondald B. Ardell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1573920835 ISBN 13: 9781573920834

Publisher: Prometheus, 1996

Synopsis

Is it possible that your fitness level, the quality of your diet, your sense of humour, your capacity for modifying stress, your ability to fashion and sustain a satisfying and healthful lifestyle are all connected to a deeper psychological variable? Dr. Ardell says, 'Yes! Without question!' As America's leading advocate of wellness, Dr. Ardell urges physicians and health promoters to spend less energy promoting fitness, nutrition, and stress management, and a lot more effort encouraging people to ponder the meaning and purpose of their lives.He provides specific tips from 100 of America's top health and wellness leaders for discovering and enjoying meaning and purpose at work and elsewhere; valuable check lists and assessments for addressing 'spirituality' without religion, dogmas, or creeds; and examples of activities that can nurture an environment in which people are comfortable exploring their ideas, concerns, feelings, and impressions. Once you realise that there is no meaning of life you can begin to create, invent, and discover exciting purposes that give your work, life, and play its own special meaning. He'll also help you to organise an approach or mindset for doing just that!

About this title

About the Author

Donald B. Ardell, Ph.D., is the director of wellness research at the University of Central Florida.

From the Back Cover

To create a society which is truly well, we need to spend much less energy on promoting fitness, nutrition, and stress management, and much more on encouraging people to ponder the meaning and purpose of their individual lives. This lighthearted, enjoyable guide to creating a wellness lifestyle includes more than 100 tips from wellness leaders from across the United States, Canada, and even Australia, as well as all kinds of other tools for discovering meaning and purpose in life. Here the quest for meaning is presented in an entertaining, interesting, and manageable manner. The Book of Wellness will help the reader discover a secular spirituality - an existential examination of the meaning of life free of religions, dogmas, and creeds - that ultimately could lead to a healthier, happier life.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prometheus
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1573920835
• ISBN 13: 9781573920834
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 268