The first holistic health care manual designed specifically for men, Thriving is filled with detailed information and instructions for achieving and maintaining maximum physical, mental, and spiritual health. This comprehensive, user-friendly guide to holistic treatments and therapies shows men how they can go beyond feeling simply "unbroken" to feel gloriously "whole."
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Dr. Robert Ivker was a very successful family-practice physician who, at 40, decided to go a different direction in his life. He developed his philosophy of Thriving--which says that there's a difference between being functionally capable and really being physically and emotionally sound--while finding a holistic solution to his chronic sinusitis. The first half of this book combines a lot of ideas, from accepted precepts about physical fitness and mind-body interactions to somewhat less proven nutritional suggestions to Eastern medicine, tossed into a vast self-improvement stew for men. The second half of the book describes holistic treatments for males' most prevalent medical problems. The book is mostly addressed to men on the cusp of middle age who've ignored their bodies and emotions, but somewhat healthier individuals may still get some inspiration from it.
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This holistic approach to men's health is written by a true believer with the correct credentials. Ivker is president-elect of the American Holistic Medical Association, a member of the advisory board of the Men's Health Network, and a clinical instructor at the University of Colorado Medical School. He lays out his book in two parts. Part 1 shows how to build a sense of thriving in body, mind, and spirit by getting in touch with basic intuitive powers; Part 2 is a guide for treating the most common chronic diseases afflicting men today with combined therapies that include vitamins, herbs, exercise, and diet and identifying underlying emotional causes. Unfortunately, Ivker's text is often repetitive and superficial (e.g., the explanation of chakras is inadequate). Nonetheless, for those?especially men?actively seeking alternative, holistic, New Age, or non-Western therapeutics, this book may provide encyclopedic if not exhaustive recommendations.?James Swanton, Harlem Hosp. Ctr., New York
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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