PAVING Book Collection
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PAVING the Path to Wellness Manual & Workbook (Second Edition)
The PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook is an easy-to-follow resource for anyone who wants to improve their overall well-being. In a step-by-step manner, this exceptional book explains how to make small lifestyle-related, health-enhancing changes—one step at a time.
The book details 12 specific steps—involving the body, mind, and spirit—that collectively empower individuals to achieve their goals of enjoying a happier and healthier life. The PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook is a must-have resource for healthcare providers and patients alike.
The second edition expands upon the foundational framework of the original book, offering a brilliant and practical guide for true, holistic wellness. This updated version includes new features such as core competencies for PAVING readers and participants, “For the Scientist in You” sections that cover interesting findings from medical journal articles, and an “It’s Fun!” section in each chapter to remind readers that life can be a joyful journey.
PAVING Your Path Through Breast Cancer and Beyond
In PAVING Your Path Through Breast Cancer and Beyond, you get up-front access to a program normally taught at a top cancer center by one of the nation’s most experienced and effective teams of lifestyle medicine experts: breast cancer oncologist Dr. Amy Comander, Director of Lifestyle Medicine at the Massachusetts General Cancer Center and an Instructor at Harvard Medical School, with women’s health and lifestyle medicine experts, Drs. Beth Frates and Michelle Tollefson. Drawing on decades of clinical experience and the latest research, they cut through the noise and deliver honest, science- backed answers based on evidence-based tools from lifestyle medicine that have been shown to enhance cancer survivorship. They share not only the tools, but concrete action plans—to help you move from merely surviving to fully thriving after a diagnosis of breast cancer.
With the PAVING the Path to Wellness Program, breast cancer survivors learn how to optimize their health physically, mentally, and spiritually. The program is based on the science and evidence of lifestyle medicine and positive psychology, covering physical activity, attitude, energy, purpose, sleep, stress resiliency, social connectedness, and the rest of the topics in the P.A.V.I.N.G. S.T.E.P.S.S. mnemonic. In PAVING Your Path Through Breast Cancer and Beyond, you’ll discover a clear roadmap to renewal and resilience—a practical, step-by-step guide to help you move, eat, rest, and think in ways that restore strength and vitality, delivering hope at every turn.
PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook
The PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook is an easy-to-follow resource for anyone who wants to improve their overall well-being. In a step-by-step manner, this exceptional book explains how to make small lifestyle-related, health-enhancing changes—one step at a time.
The book details 12 specific steps—involving the body, mind, and spirit—that collectively empower individuals to achieve their goals of enjoying a happier and healthier life. The PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook is a must-have resource for healthcare providers and patients alike.
PAVING the Path to Wellness Manual & Workbook (Second Edition)
The PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook is an easy-to-follow resource for anyone who wants to improve their overall well-being. In a step-by-step manner, this exceptional book explains how to make small lifestyle-related, health-enhancing changes—one step at a time.
The book details 12 specific steps—involving the body, mind, and spirit—that collectively empower individuals to achieve their goals of enjoying a happier and healthier life. The PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook is a must-have resource for healthcare providers and patients alike.
The second edition expands upon the foundational framework of the original book, offering a brilliant and practical guide for true, holistic wellness. This updated version includes new features such as core competencies for PAVING readers and participants, “For the Scientist in You” sections that cover interesting findings from medical journal articles, and an “It’s Fun!” section in each chapter to remind readers that life can be a joyful journey.
PAVING Your Path Through Breast Cancer and Beyond
In PAVING Your Path Through Breast Cancer and Beyond, you get up-front access to a program normally taught at a top cancer center by one of the nation’s most experienced and effective teams of lifestyle medicine experts: breast cancer oncologist Dr. Amy Comander, Director of Lifestyle Medicine at the Massachusetts General Cancer Center and an Instructor at Harvard Medical School, with women’s health and lifestyle medicine experts, Drs. Beth Frates and Michelle Tollefson. Drawing on decades of clinical experience and the latest research, they cut through the noise and deliver honest, science- backed answers based on evidence-based tools from lifestyle medicine that have been shown to enhance cancer survivorship. They share not only the tools, but concrete action plans—to help you move from merely surviving to fully thriving after a diagnosis of breast cancer.
With the PAVING the Path to Wellness Program, breast cancer survivors learn how to optimize their health physically, mentally, and spiritually. The program is based on the science and evidence of lifestyle medicine and positive psychology, covering physical activity, attitude, energy, purpose, sleep, stress resiliency, social connectedness, and the rest of the topics in the P.A.V.I.N.G. S.T.E.P.S.S. mnemonic. In PAVING Your Path Through Breast Cancer and Beyond, you’ll discover a clear roadmap to renewal and resilience—a practical, step-by-step guide to help you move, eat, rest, and think in ways that restore strength and vitality, delivering hope at every turn.
PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook
The PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook is an easy-to-follow resource for anyone who wants to improve their overall well-being. In a step-by-step manner, this exceptional book explains how to make small lifestyle-related, health-enhancing changes—one step at a time.
The book details 12 specific steps—involving the body, mind, and spirit—that collectively empower individuals to achieve their goals of enjoying a happier and healthier life. The PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook is a must-have resource for healthcare providers and patients alike.
PAVING a Woman’s Path Through Menopause and Beyond Paperback
by Michelle Tollefson (Author), Beth Frates (Author), Amy Comander (Author)
Women in midlife and beyond are bombarded with multiple stressors: aging parents, children or childlessness, health issues, work, and home issues. To live a healthy and vibrant life, women must regroup and address their own wellness. The Paving the Path to Wellness Program is an amazing guide for women on this journey. The importance of nutritious food, sleep, mindfulness/stress reduction, and movement/exercise cannot be overemphasized, and will reap benefits in every aspect of health and disease prevention. PAVING a Woman’s Path Through Menopause and Beyond is designed for every woman who wants to feel good about herself, while being empowered to live her healthiest life.
PAVING a Woman’s Path Through Menopause and Beyond Paperback
by Michelle Tollefson (Author), Beth Frates (Author), Amy Comander (Author)
Women in midlife and beyond are bombarded with multiple stressors: aging parents, children or childlessness, health issues, work, and home issues. To live a healthy and vibrant life, women must regroup and address their own wellness. The Paving the Path to Wellness Program is an amazing guide for women on this journey. The importance of nutritious food, sleep, mindfulness/stress reduction, and movement/exercise cannot be overemphasized, and will reap benefits in every aspect of health and disease prevention. PAVING a Woman’s Path Through Menopause and Beyond is designed for every woman who wants to feel good about herself, while being empowered to live her healthiest life.
Plant Forward: A PAVING the Path to Wellness Cookbook
by Jodi Bornstein
We all know by now that we should be eating more plants, but incorporating plant-based meals into our diets can be difficult without some direction. Plant Forward is filled with delicious, colorful, satisfying, and easy-to-make plant-based recipes that will become staples in your own and your family’s regular meal rotation. Jodi Bornstein, a clinical occupational therapist at Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston who also teaches at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, created a popular food blog called Redgate Kitchen for her favorite recipes and food photography.
Plant Forward: A PAVING the Path to Wellness Cookbook
By Jodi Bornstein
We all know by now that we should be eating more plants, but incorporating plant-based meals into our diets can be difficult without some direction. Plant Forward is filled with delicious, colorful, satisfying, and easy-to-make plant-based recipes that will become staples in your own and your family’s regular meal rotation. Jodi Bornstein, a clinical occupational therapist at Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston who also teaches at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, created a popular food blog called Redgate Kitchen for her favorite recipes and food photography.
“PAVING the Path to Wellness is a journey. It’s a process of exploration, self-awareness, challenge, compassion, and joy. Hopefully, you’ll have that feeling as you look back at your time with the program and the workbook. The journey is ongoing. The joy is available each day.” -page 385 from workbook
PAVING Wheel Questionnaire
The PAVING Wheel Questionnaire can be found in the PAVING Workbook on pages 27-28 and 400-401.
