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

Donald B. Ardell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1996

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!

Editorial Reviews

Review

In The Book Of Wellness: A Secular Approach To Spirituality, Meaning & Purpose, Donald Ardell urges physicians and health promoters to spend less energy mongering fitness, nutrition, and stress management, and a lot more effort encouraging people to ponder the meaning and purpose in their lives. Providing tips from one hundred of America's top health and wellness leaders, readers can discover and enjoy meaning and purpose in their work and in many other areas of life. Ardell provides valuable check lists and assessments for addressing "spirituality" without religion, and he gives examples of activities that can nurture an environment in which people are comfortable exploring their ideas, concerns, feelings and impressions. While The Book Of Wellness offers valuable advice the the "experts", Ardell write sin a style that everyone can understand, making his message accessible to all. His often humorous approach will infect readers with a zest for life that will help them discover a secular spirituality in which life's meaning can be found without the need for religions, dogmas, or creeds. Ardell urges readers to be open to the fact that life has no inherent meaning; we must search within ourselves to develop healthier, happier lives, and in so doing, create a society that is "truly well". -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Hardcover: 265 pages
• Publisher: Prometheus Books; 1 edition (April 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573920835
• ISBN-13: 978-1573920834
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,584,741 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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