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Here are some books you might like to read to inspire you and assist you on your journey to a healthier life.

Create the Body Your Soul Desires
By Dr. Karen Wolfe and Deborah Kern, Ph.D.

This book outlines the Conscious Body Method™, which is a practical way to create the body your soul desires by teaching you how to access your inner wisdom. It has useable tools and methods to teach about the difference between nutrition and nourishment, body image, the power of emotions and thoughts, social support networks, and things that energize the soul.

Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine
By Candace B. Pert

This book provides answers to questions such as, Why do we feel the way we feel? How do our thoughts and emotions affect our health? Are our bodies and minds distinct from each other or do they function together as parts of an interconnected system? Candace Pert’s pioneering research on how the chemicals inside our bodies form a dynamic information network, linking mind and body, is insightful and revolutionary.


Golden Rules for Vibrant Health in body, Mind, and Spirit
By Dr. Joseph J. Sweere

Dr. Sweere provides simple rules and tools to create the highest quality life you can live. He provides numerous resources and useful tips to help put these rules into practice.

The Intrinsic Exerciser
By Jay Kimiecik

Too many of us exercise to lose weight and stay fit. Jay Kimiecik believes that focusing on those reasons make sticking with a fitness plan almost impossible. With full appreciation of the real problems people have with exercising, he writes that we must instead find personal pleasure in any physical activity we choose. He provides an easy four-step plan that will turn anyone into an intrinsic exerciser for life.

Let Your Life Speak
By Parker J. Palmer

This is a short, easy reading book where the author begins an insightful journey on finding one’s true calling and has a message about living authentically. He talks about listening and accepting “true self” by sharing various stories about his own experiences.

Why Is This Happening to Me Again?!...And What You Can Do About It! By Dr. Michael Ryce

This is a synthesis of science, naturopathic medicine, psychology, and theology with insights from the ancient Aramaic language and culture. The underlying theme is that our unconscious habits keep bringing the same types of people and events into our lives and will continue to do so until we change the mental patterns that attract such outcomes. It presents practical tools for change.

Meditation for Beginners
By Jack Kornfield

This book includes an integrated learning CD with six guided meditations for insight, inner clarity, and cultivating a compassionate heart. It’s a quick read that will help get you started with incorporating mediation into your life.

The Spirit and Science of Holistic Health By Jon Robison and Karen Carrier

This book is writing for professionals and students involved in health education and promotion (nurses, dietitians, physicians, exercise professionals, alternative medicine practitioners, social workers, psychologists, personal trainers, coaches, clergy, teachers, and others). It blends the biomedical approach with holistic approaches to health.

WEBSITE LINKS

  • AmericanCollege of Preventive Medicine – a national professional society for physicians committed to disease prevention and health promotion. ACPM's 2,000 members are engaged in preventive medicine practice, teaching and research. They provide evidence based recommendations for preventive services along with other educational items.
  • Centers for Disease Control – a vast collection of health resources from diseases and conditions and health promotion to environmental health and emergency preparedness.
  • Minnesota Department of Health – find information of diseases and health conditions, health data and statistics, health care directives, and a wide variety of educational items on health-related topics.
  • Partnership for Prevention – a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to improving people’s health by preventing disease and injury. Partnership’s science-based policy tools and recommendations leverage America’s investments in disease and injury prevention by ensuring that they make the greatest impact.
  • Energize Your Life – John Gordon is a leading energy coach and has been featured on WebMD, NBC’s Today Show, and numerous national magazines. His website provides several tools tool help you increase your energy, starting with an energy audit and including a 10-day energy challenge
  • American Feng Shui Institute - Information, including book resources and online courses.