Have you ever wondered how healing actually happens? Dr. Wilmovsky believes that the human body is endowed with an innate intelligence to heal itself when a healthy lifestyle is observed. He promotes proactive care that prevents illness from occurring in the first place. He also teaches that the potential for health lies in our ability to retrain our minds to live in the present and to turn our thinking from negative thoughts to positive thoughts. "DREAM" is an acronym for his five principles: diet, rest, exercise, alternative care, and motivation. Wilmovsky writes: "We need to focus on the promotion of our health, not the recovery of our health...The wellness business is proactive. People voluntarily become customers--to feel healthier, to reduce the effects of aging, and to avoid becoming customers of the sickness business." Brian Wilmovsky is a licensed chiropractor and wellness expert with one of the largest chiropractic clinics in Washington State. He is the winner of the Washington State Chiropractic Association's Outstanding Service Award. About the Author Dr. Brian Wilmovsky is a licensed chiropractor and wellness expert with one of the largest chiropractic clinics in Washington State and is the winner of the Washington State Chiropractic Association's Outstanding Service Award. He is passionate about sharing the benefits of preventative wellness care so everyone can enjoy optimal health.
Top pediatric and family wellness expert provides insider's knowledge on how every parent can easily raise healthy, happy and well-adjusted kids. All parents want what is best for their kids, not only as young children but also as they grow up to become parents themselves. Most parents, however, lack the time and knowledge to successfully teach their kids constructive habits that will lead them to a lifetime of physical and mental health. More than 60% of Americans are currently suffering from at least one chronic illness such as obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. At the same time, the U.S. makes up only 4% of the world's population yet spends more than 50% of the world's healthcare dollars on treating the 4%. Obviously more medicine is not the only answer to solving our nation's healthcare crisis, which continues to intensify in epic proportions. Pediatric and family wellness doctor and CEO of DREAM Wellness, Brian Stenzler, M.Sc., D.C., will teach you how those in the health and wellness field raise their kids. How do they think about health? How do they feed their kids? How do they build solid relationships with their children and others? This book includes a complimentary lifestyle assessment, the DREAM Score, which serves as an indicator of your current health status as well as a predictor of your kids' future health and well-being. The report will guide you through the book to assist you in areas where improvement is most needed. "Your children are a reflection of you, and their future will be greatly influenced by what you do and teach them. As kids love to play follow the leader, this book should inspire you to be the leader you want your children to follow. After implementing some easy steps within this book, you and your family can be living the DREAM, every day!"
What if you could trust in getting the health care you need in ways that felt good and helped you thrive? What if the health system honored and valued queer and trans people’s lives, bodies and expertise? What if LGBTQ+ communities led and organized our own health care as a form of mutual aid? What if every aspect of our health care was rooted in a commitment to our healing, pleasure and liberation? LGBTQ+ health care doesn’t look like this today, but it could. This is the care we dream of. Through a series of essays (by the author and others) and interviews, this book by the editor of the Lambda Literary Award-winning anthology The Remedy offers possibilities—grounded in historical examples, present-day experiments, and dreams of the future – for more liberatory and transformative approaches to LGBTQ+ health and healing. It challenges readers to think differently about LGBTQ+ health and asks what it would look if our health care was rooted in a commitment to the flourishing and liberation of all LGBTQ+ people. This book is a calling out, a calling in and a call to action. It is a spell of healing and transformation, rooted in love.
"Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity ... An explosion of scientific discoveries in the last twenty years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives. Now ... neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming"--Amazon.com.
Most CEOs, HR leaders, and others have been led to believe that controlling health benefits costs is unfixable. However, this just isn¿t true. Employers across the country are reducing their spending by 20% or more by taking control of the purchasing process, aligning economic incentives, and applying simple, practical, and proven approaches.The CEO¿s Guide to Restoring the American Dream makes it possible to learn from top performing benefits purchasers. An inside look at how CEO¿s and HR leaders can spend 20% or more less on health benefits, while significantly improving the quality of care their employees receive. It¿s built on the the real-life examples and successes of top performers across sectors.
Dreams can inspire us, frighten us, and open a new world of discovery. But interpreting our dreams is often difficult, if not impossible. Finding a reliable teacher to help us answer all the questions we have can be equally frustrating - until now. With warmth and gentleness, Rapin tackles several topics as she explains how you too can understand your dreams.
On average, we spend around six years of our lives dreaming. Yet, astonishingly, few of us understand the purpose of dreams and even fewer recognise what our dreaming mind can tell us about ourselves and our world. Melinda Powell, psychotherapist and co-founder of the Dream Research Institute UK, reveals how better understanding our dreams can improve our waking lives. As well as examining the importance of sleep and dreams, The Hidden Lives of Dreams explores the role of light, colour, landscapes, space, healing presence and lucidity in dreams, dispels common misconceptions and addresses our fears of nightmares. Powell shows how to tap into our dreams as a source of guidance and inspiration to enhance our wellbeing and to discover a healthier, more balanced approach to life. 'Exploring the depths of dreaming with an experienced guide like Melinda Powell will bring you closer to your heart, your purpose and your truest self. Highly recommended.' Robert Waggoner
Health Equity: A Solutions-Focused Approach is a comprehensive textbook that illustrates existing conditions of health disparities across a range of populations in the United States, positions those disparities within the broader sociopolitical framework that leads to their existence, and most importantly, presents specific ways in which health equity solutions can be designed and implemented. Presenting current theoretical foundations, cultural context, and evidence-based models and interventions all in one, this textbook provides students with the basis to achieve greater health equity in their communities. Edited by award-winning authors and featuring contributions from diverse experts in public health, sociology, psychology, and medicine, this groundbreaking text goes beyond a traditional approach to risk factors and disparities and emphasizes the central role that health equity initiatives must play in public health research and practice. The book is divided into three sections, with Section I focusing on providing the context of health equity research and practice. Chapters are structured in such a way that both new and experienced students in the field will develop a deeper understanding of topics such as prejudice and discrimination; frameworks and theories; and research and collaboration approaches. Section II addresses the current knowledge of specific populations impacted by issues related to health equity, including African American, Latinx and Hispanic, Asian, American Indian and Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, LGBTQ, Veteran, People with Disabilities, and many more. Authored or co-authored by members of the community being discussed, each of these chapters summarizes how health disparities impact the group, ongoing population-specific models of disparities and equity, emerging programs for achieving health equity, coverage of the most relevant aspects of intersectionality, and concluding exercises such as case studies and current events. Section III then highlights the role of cultural humility in achieving health equity. With its solutions-focused and community-affirming approach, Health Equity provides graduate and undergraduate students of public health with evidence-based models to help advance health through diversity, inclusion, and social justice. Key Features: Origins and Theories – Discusses the sociocultural and political origins of health disparities and the major theories that underlie an understanding of health equity Solutions-Focused – Describes emerging models and gives best practices in designing new programs Diverse Population Coverage – Provides historical context, sociocultural dynamics, and population-specific evidence-based programs from the voices of the communities being discussed Intersectionality Perspective – Highlights the role that overlapping and interdependent identities play in promoting health equity and the interventions that build from this perspective Case Studies and Real-World Examples – Demonstrates how to apply health equity improvement approaches in different contexts eBook access –Included with print purchase for use on most mobile devices or computers Instructor’s Packet – With an Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint slides, Test Bank, and a Sample Syllabus
Sleep is one of the key underpinnings of human health yet sleep deprivation and impaired sleep are rampant in modern life. Sleep and wake are a true yin yang phenomenon, each affecting the other and together forming a harmonious whole. Healthy sleep is a whole-body process impacted by circadian rhythm, daily activities, and emotional well-being, among others. When properly aligned, these work in concert to produce restorative and refreshing sleep. When not in balance, however, sleep disorders result. Yet too often, the conventional medical approach to treatment of sleep disorders is compartmentalized, failing to recognize all of the complex interactions that are involved. The first book in its field, Integrative Sleep Medicine offers a true comprehensive approach to sleep and sleep disorders by delineating the many factors that interplay into healthy sleep. Health care practitioners can learn how to better manage their patients with sleep disorders by integrating complementary and conventional approaches. Using an evidence-based approach throughout, this book describes the basics of normal sleep, then delves into the foundations of integrative sleep medicine, including the circadian rhythm, mind-body sleep connection, light, dreaming, the gastrointestinal system, and botanicals and supplements. Specific sleep issues and disorders are then addressed from an integrative perspective, including insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, sleep related movement disorders, and parasomnias.
