Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive for Great Health Review and Giveaway (3 winners)

Did you make a new year's resolution this year? Three of the top five resolutions people make this time of year surround health. While resolutions can be difficult to keep, there are simple changes to the way to approach overall health and wellness that can lead to lasting impacts. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive for Great Health: Use Your Mind to Promote Your Own Healing and Wellness, by Dr. Jeff brown of Harvard Medical School, focuses on using your brain to take charge of your health.

Using a combination of medical advice and inspirations stories, the book is designed to help you:

• Learn the brain secrets that healthy people already know
• Reduce stress and anxiety, and increase hope and optimism
• Build a cognitive behavioral therapy toolbox to promote your health
• Connect with the right doctors and fire the wrong ones
• Implement practical tips and easy ways to stay positive during health crises
• Take charge of your thinking and behavior
• Use food and exercise to improve your mental and physical health

Review:  I have had multiple medical problems in 2012 and it is really easy to fall into a trap of negative thinking and hopelessness.  Not only is this completely damaging to your mood, it can also be destructive to your overall health.  I am a therapist and my primary approach to therapy is cognitive-behavioral so this book was a nice reminder that I need to apply the skills I promote so heavily to my patients to my own life.  The book was a nice reminder that my negative thinking added only anxiety to my current situation.  The mixture of real-life stories with easy-to-read medical/psychological advice was a very helpful combination that helped me keep my interest throughout the book.  While I certainly have made some health-related resolutions, this book helped me realize that my overall resolution needs to be approaching all that 2013 has to offer me with a more positive attitude!

Buy it here: This book is available for $9.95 from book retailers and can also be purchased from Amazon.

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I was provided with the above mentioned book in order to facilitate this review. No other compensation was received and the views expressed here are my own.