A Sound Mind in a Sound Body: Live Long, Live Healthy - Hardcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Dennis Kravetz is a Ph.D.-level scientist, writer and consultant who is President of Kravetz Associates in Scottsdale, Arizona. Dennis has a B.S. in Psychology from Purdue and his M.S. degree is from the University of Illinois. His Ph.D. studies were split between the University of Illinois and University College. He has authored eight books and more than thirty articles. His latest book is A Sound Mind in a Sound Body: Live Long, Live Healthy which describes the key factors that contribute to a long and healthy life and what each of us can do to live longer and healthier.Dennis is a frequent public speaker, and has spoken at many large, national conferences and conventions. A talented speaker who mixes in some humor with serious learning, he often talks about healthy living and what we can do to improve our life expectancy and quality of life along the way.Dennis also is asked to give one-day and two-day workshops on healthy living at many national conferences and inside large corporations and government agencies. Dennis researches the research on living longer and is one of the leading authorities on the subject. He also conducts research inside corporations and government agencies on the link between employee health and productivity. Dennis advises corporations and government agencies on how to improve employee health and reduce health insurance costs, a win-win situation for both the employer and the employee. Dennis is a member of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. He has been a guest lecturer at universities such as the University of Wisconsin, Northwestern University, UCLA, and Purdue University. He has won three national awards for innovations in the application of psychology.His new website is http://www.longlife4me.com and he can be reached at doctork@longlife4me.com.

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Everyone wants to live to be 100, but no one wants to get old. Benjamin Franklin Franklin had it right--people would love to live long, but no one wants to be feeble or infirm in their twilight years. Actually you need not become old until perhaps the very end and maybe not even then. Most people do not realize it but 75-85% of how long they live and how healthy they will be is under their control. But what is a healthy lifestyle? What factors actually correlate with living long and being healthy? What practical actions can we take to live longer and healthier? The answers to these and many other questions are found in A Sound Mind in a Sound Body: Live Long, Live Healthy by Dennis Kravetz. Here are the key things you will learn in A Sound Mind in a Sound Body: · Learn the four major areas that each impact how long you live · Take a survey in each of the four areas to see how your lifestyle stacks up · Learn in practical terms what goes on inside the body in each area · Understand research proving what impacts how long you live · Learn what day-to-day actions you can take to live longer and healthier Though there are thousands of studies available on human health, and a number of books that have been written, no one person has laid out the exact things that lead to a long and healthy life. Until now, that is. Dennis Kravetz left no stone unturned in writing this book. One thing jumped out right away--that there are four sets of factors that impact how long and healthy your life will be. These four sets of factors are: · Physical activity · Mental (cognitive enrichment) · Psychological (minimizing anxiety, stress and depression) · Nutrition While many people might guess that physical activity and nutrition impact how long you live, many are surprised at the other two major factors. A Sound Mind in a Sound Body is divided into four sections, each corresponding to one of the four factors affecting longevity and quality of life. Within each section you will learn about what goes on inside your body in that area, understand the practical research showing how this factor impacts the length of your life, and then learn pragmatic actions that you can implement immediately. Dennis Kravetz is a Ph.D.-level scientist who has a great deal of experience in the healthy living area. He is both a researcher and practitioner, a rare combination. Dennis constantly researches what does and does not correlate with how long you live. He also does unique research showing: (1) how healthiness correlates with human productivity and return on investment for corporations; and (2) the financial benefits that result when companies champion healthy living. On the practitioner side, Dennis gives speeches, daylong workshops and one-on-one counseling on healthy living. His work is done both inside large corporations and government agencies as well as a part of conferences and standalone offerings. His clients include roughly half of the Fortune 500 such as Abbott Laboratories, Blue Cross Blue Shield, G.E., Northwestern Life, and Southern Company along with federal government agencies such as the U.S. Navy and the Department of Energy. He can be reached at doctork@q.com and through the website www.longlife4me.com.