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The pursuit of wellness isn't new, but as healthcare continues to evolve, preventative wellness is positioned to become an even greater priority. Following the Human Genome Project, thrilling advancements in personalized medicine and disease prevention are now offering us new and effective tools to achieve greater physical and mental health. We now have it within our reach to take an honest look at ourselves and to course-correct toward a healthier future. As science masters the 'what' in medicine today, this book intends to address the 'why' and to encourage readers to seek out health coaching, which is the 'how.' Each of us has been designed by a Master Creator, and true wellness requires a harmonious effort among the three components of self: body, mind, and soul. Designed to Be Well will help prepare you to not only achieve wellness, but to use your wellness to fulfill your purpose.

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Publié par	Austin Macauley Publishers
Date de parution	31 juillet 2019
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781645367833
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Designed to Be Well
Erin King Younkins
Austin Macauley Publishers
2019-07-31
Designed to Be Well About the Author About the Book Dedication Copyright Information Acknowledgement Introduction Who We Are and What We Need? Preparing for the Journey So Where Do You Want to End Up? Chapter 1 Understanding the Roles of Body, Mind, and Spirit The Body The Mind Mind and Body Together The Soul Body and Soul Together Mind and Soul Together The Pillars of Spirituality See the Big Picture Chapter 2 Health Coaching How Science and the Principles of Coaching Can Help Us Thrive Spiritually Do I Really Need a Coach? Contemplating a Change You Were Made for This Chapter 3 Wellness as a Vain Pursuit Community Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy Chapter 4 The Unbalanced Pursuit of Body, Mind, or Spirit Progress When Good Intentions Sabotage Holistic Wellness Unbalanced Focus on Physical Achievement How can a coach help? Unbalanced Focus on Mental Achievement How can a coach help? Unbalanced Focus on Spiritual Achievement How can a coach help? Chapter 5 The Unbalanced Burden on Body, Mind, or Spirit Making Progress Despite Illness Extra Burden on the Body How can a coach help? Extra Burden on the Mind How can a coach help? Extra Burden on the Spirit How can a coach help? Chapter 6 Living in the Past How can a coach help? Chapter 7 Living Only for the Now How can a coach help? Chapter 8 Living in the Future How can a coach help? Chapter 9 Misplacing Your Value Chapter 10 Achieving Wellness Practical Body, Mind, and Spirit Wellness Techniques So Where Do I Start? Taking the Next Step Nurturing the Spirit Putting Your Wellness into Action How Can I Help My Loved Ones? Epilogue Pursuing Truth and Purpose with Your Wellness
About the Author
Erin King Younkins is an occupational therapist and a certified health coach. She practices therapy aimed at restoring patients to their best function through the eyes of a coach who sees the potential and possibility within each person to achieve greater holistic wellness. Driven by her belief that every human life is valuable, Erin integrates innovations in nutrigenomics and epigenetics with traditional holistic health practices to create a better model for delivering preventative and restorative wellness.
When she’s not coaching clients, Erin spends her time coaching three phenomenal kids and enjoying the outdoors. She believes wholeheartedly that you were ‘designed to be well.’
About the Book
The pursuit of wellness isn’t new, but as healthcare continues to evolve, preventative wellness is positioned to become an even greater priority. Following the Human Genome Project, thrilling advancements in personalized medicine and disease prevention are now offering us new and effective tools to achieve greater physical and mental health.
We now have it within our reach to take an honest look at ourselves and to course-correct toward a healthier future. As science masters the ‘what’ in medicine today, this book intends to address the ‘why’ and to encourage readers to seek out health coaching, which is the ‘how.’
Each of us has been designed by a Master Creator, and true wellness requires a harmonious effort among the three components of self: body, mind, and soul. Designed to Be Well will help prepare you to not only achieve wellness, but to use your wellness to fulfill your purpose.
Dedication
To Siena, Kara, and Noah—being your mom is my most favorite and most important work. You inspire me to be well.
To my parents—thank you for making each sacrifice a joyful gift. I can’t thank you enough.
Copyright Information
Copyright © Erin King Younkins (2019)
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, write to the publisher.
Any person who commits any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
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Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication data
Younkins, Erin King
Designed to Be Well
A Health Coach’s Guide to Navigating the Science and Spirituality of Wellness
ISBN 9781643784465 (Paperback)
ISBN 9781643784472 (Hardback)
ISBN 9781645367833 (ePub e-book)
Library of congress Control number: 2019906999
The main category of the book — Self-Help / Personal Growth / General
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Acknowledgement
I am so grateful for the kind words of encouragement I have received from family, friends, coworkers, and authors I admire. I feel honored to be a part of such a supportive tribe. And to Lisa Senior—thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and support, they meant more than you know.
Thank you Paul for making this physically, mentally, and spiritually possible.
Introduction
I believe we were designed. The science of our existence and evolution is fascinating, but at the heart of it all, I believe in intention over chance. I believe in an Intelligent Creator and the value of each human life. You may or may not, and that’s OK; this book isn’t about debating the existence of God. I am not at all qualified to write that book. This book is the why and the what of my work and my life. After years of working with patients, raising my children, and seeking meaning in my life, I needed to refocus and rediscover my talents and purpose in order to make a plan to help the people around me while I continue to learn. It is driven by my desire to see the people around me overcome their own obstacles and my certainty that wellness is possible. And it is the product of the invaluable advice and guidance that I continue to receive as I seek to understand myself and my purpose better than I did before. I do believe in God and I’ll refer to my beliefs throughout these chapters, but my objective isn’t to convince you of my beliefs. My goal is to show you that you were designed to be well. You were designed to live a life that matters.
I don’t know you. I don’t know the pain you suffer, the successes you’ve had, or what’s waiting down the road for you. But I do believe that you have a body, mind, and soul. And I believe that you have a purpose. While the trend in our society and in our world has been to ‘do what makes you happy’ and ‘seek your own truth,’ I still believe that discovering and pursuing our purpose remains the main objective for those who want to understand the meaning of life and the meaning of their existence. Again, I am not qualified to write a book on the meaning of life, but I do want to offer to you a different way to think about yourself and how to be well as you continue on your journey.
What I want to share with you is that you have been given the body, mind, and soul you need to pursue purpose and truth. You have been designed to tread the path ahead of you and to fulfill your specific tasks in life. You are, all at once, a completely unique individual and not so different from the other unique individuals around you.
My own focused pursuit of wellness began in my early twenties. I had symptoms of psoriatic arthritis that were, at times, quite severe. It took a little time to figure out exactly what was causing my pain, and when we did, my doctor offered very little guidance and simply wrote me a prescription for a medication with intense side effects. This was not an acceptable solution and only fed my fears and anxieties which included (but were not limited to) medications and their side effects. I was fortunate to be beginning a career in rehabilitation and from the beginning of my practice, believed strongly that recovering from illness and injury was only a part of the challenge; learning how to prevent future illnesses and injuries was even more important. In addition to the arthritis and pain that I was experiencing, I was also suffering from panic attacks. I didn’t like to refer to them as such and spent many years denying it and fighting the label. A pragmatist at heart, I believed that something else had to be causing my symptoms because I was neither afraid nor depressed and couldn’t be suffering from something as ‘silly’ as panic attacks. What I later came to learn in my practice as a therapist and in my personal life was how incredibly common panic attacks are and how stress on body, mind, and soul contribute to them.
Over the years, I have had the great honor of practicing therapy and assisting patients as they recovered from illnesses and injuries, both acute and chronic. Clinically, I love being an occupational therapist for what I am able to learn and apply. I have equal access to physical modalities, cognitive interventions, and psychosocial practice. But for me, the real joy of being a therapist, and now health coach, is the opportunity to meet people. The experience of helping to rehabilitate someone is an intimate one. And while I certainly don’t experience an intense connection to each and every person I work with, I do believe that each person you meet leaves a mark, whether you know it at the time or not.
I get to go to work each day, sit down, and talk to people. To truly help someone, you must listen to them first. I’ve worked with people from every major world religion, more countries than I remember, the very rich and the very poor, the luckiest and the most plagued, the smartest and the least abled, the most beautiful and those whom the world has overl