Pathway

Informationen zum Autor Laurel Mellin, M.A., R.D., is an associate clinical professor of family and community medicine and pediatrics at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine. She is the director of the Institute for Health Solutions, and is the author of The Solution: 6 Winning Ways to Permanent Weight Loss and The Shapedown Program. Mellin lectures extensively to health professionals and self-help groups and has appeared on Oprah, Today, Good Morning America, and the CBS Evening News. Her work has been featured in Time, Life, Newsweek, Fortune, Health, Shape, and U.S. News & World Report. She lives with her three children in Marin County, California. Klappentext The ability to self–nurture and set effective limits is the root of human maturity, and the foundation for emotional, behavioural, and spiritual balance. Fortunately, the skills to self–nurture and set effective limits can be fine–tuned and readers will learn them via a wealth of practical examples, colourful case histories, and scientific findings that are both fascinating and easy to understand. These skills are effective for a wide range of psychological and addictive problems––from alcoholism and other addictions to overeating, overworking, overspending, and perfectionism. Zusammenfassung A revolutionary program to help overcome the behavioral excesses that keep us from fully living the kind of healthy, balanced lives we desire—from the author of the groundbreaking book The Solution The ability to self-nurture and set effective limits is the root of human maturity. When the world requires more strength than we possess, we find ourselves out of emotional balance—feeling depressed, anxious, hostile, or numb. Fortunately, the skills to self-nurture and set effective limits can be learned, and, in The Pathway, readers will discover how to acquire them through practical examples, colorful case histories, and fascinating scientific findings. Touching upon the whole spectrum of psychological and addictive problems, from alcoholism and other addictions to overeating, overworking, overspending, and perfectionism, this essential book teaches the skills that are crucial for lifelong emotional and physical well-being. ...

Product details

• Authors: Laurel Mellin, Mellin Laurel
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.12.2003
• EAN: 9780060514037
• ISBN: 978-0-06-051403-7
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 202 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Complementary therapies, healing and health, Memory improvement and thinking techniques, Giving Up Smoking, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / General, SELF-HELP: Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / Memory Improvement, SELF-HELP: General, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / Self-Esteem, SELF-HELP: Substance Abuse & Addictions / General, SELF-HELP: Substance Abuse & Addictions / Tobacco, HEALTH & FITNESS: Health Care Issues, HEALTH & FITNESS: Alternative Therapies, Coping with / advice about drug and alcohol problems, Coping with / advice about addiction