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The Book of Wellness: A Secular Approach to Spirituality, Meaning & Purpose  by Donald B. Ardellpublished by Prometheus Books |
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In The Book Of Wellness, 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. Ardell provides tips from 100 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 assessment tools 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 for "experts", Ardell writes in a style that everyone can understanding, 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". Donald Ardell, Ph.D., is director of wellness research at the University of Central Florida, where he has taught since 1985, and the editor of the quarterly publication titled The Ardell Wellness Report. He is an internationally known lecturer, who modestly prefers to be called the "Czar of Wellness, Emperor of Well-Being, and Triumphant Bhagwan of Wonderfulness". . . . a must-read --Health, Nature & Fitness a thoughtful and invigorating romp through the nuances of the meaning of life. . . It certainly stirs the cosmic soup! --Getting Well His humorous approach will infect readers with a zest for life. --Midwest Book Review Any company contemplating establishing a formal wellness program for its employees needs to put the study of the meaning of life and purpose for being at the top of the list. . . --Small Press Magazine An informative and motivating work on the urgency of searching for meaning and purpose in life as one means for finding wellness. --Booklist Health Sciences Supplement | |
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