Invitation to Holistic Health

by Eliopoulos, Charlotte

• ISBN13: 9781449694210
• ISBN10: 1449694217
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-06-07
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

Invitation to Holistic Health: A Guide to Living a Balanced Life provides solid principles and proven measures to promote optimal health and well-being using a holistic approach. Divided into three parts: Strengthening Your Inner Resources, Developing Health Lifestyle Practices, and Taking Charge of Challenges to the Mind, Body, and Spirit, this easy-to-read guide it provides how-to information when dealing with a variety of health-related issues that includes, but is not limited to, nutrition, exercise, herbal remedies, and homeopathic remedies.The Third Edition as been completely revised and includes current research on the effectiveness and safety of herbs and other complementary and alternative medicine therapies. The chapter on Menopause has been updated to reflect current thinking about the safe use of estrogen replacement, soy products, and other approaches to manage symptoms and new suggested readings and resources have been provided for further exploration into topics.

Table of Contents

Part1 Strengthening Your Inner Resources
Chapter1 Introduction to Holistic Health
Chapter2 Healthful Nutrition
Chapter3 Exercise: Mindfulness in Movement
Chapter4 Sleep and Rest
Chapter5 Immune Enhancement: Mind-Body Considerations
Chapter6 Flowing with the Reality of Stress
Part2 Developing Healthy Lifestyle Practices
Chapter7 Growing Healthy Relationships
Chapter8 Survival Skills for Families
Chapter9 The Spiritual Connection
Chapter10 Balancing Work and Life
Chapter11 Creative Financial Health
Chapter12 Promoting a Healthy, Healing Environment
Chapter13 The Therapeutic Benefits of Humor
Part3 Taking Charge of Challenges to the Body, Mind, and Spirit
Chapter14 Understanding the Hidden Meaning of Symptoms
Chapter15 Working in Partnership with your Health Practitioner
Chapter16 Menopause: Time of the Wise Woman
Chapter17 Living Fully with Chronic Conditions
Chapter18 Addictions: Diseases of Fear, Shame, and Guilt
Chapter19 Symptoms and Chakras
Chapter20 Medication Wisdom
Chapter21 Surviving Caregiving
Part4 Safe Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Chapter22 Navigating the Use of CAM
Chapter23 Alternative Medical Systems
Chapter24 Nutritional Supplements
Chapter25 Herbal Medicine
Chapter26 Aromatherapy
Chapter27 Mind-Body Therapies
Chapter28 Manipulative and Body-Based Methods
Chapter29 Qi gong, Reiki, Therapeutic Touch