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| Quantum Wellness: A Practical and Spiritual Guide to Health and Happiness | 
 enlarge | Author: Kathy Freston
Publisher: Weinstein Books
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Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 1602860181
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
EAN: 9781602860186
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Publication Date: May 20, 2008
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From the New York Times bestselling author comes the ultimate guide to complete well-being-an instructive book on how to reach our highest level of health and contentment through small, focused changes.Featuring a foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Mehmet C. Oz, Quantum Wellness will forever change the way readers approach healthy living.
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Body, Mind, Spirit and Environment May 20, 2008
200 out of 231 found this review helpful
Body-mind-spirit, and , most recently--environment (eco-friendly) is the new mantra to living a full and complete and healthy life, as shown in Quantum Wellness and dozens of other new and not so new books. This is a good thing--seeing books on personal transformation extend beyond the self and into caring for the environment and all its inhabitants.
The way we think, feel and act is interconnected with the planet and the animals--with all of life. For example, Kathy Freston supports vegan diets (or at the very least vegetarian) not only because of the health benefits of a meat-free diet, but because eating most meat available in this country means eating animals that have been treated inhumanely. Additionally, raising animals for slaughter takes a toll on the environment.
Freston calls this conscious eating and that means that nobody is harmed by what she puts into her body.
Freston also supports using eco-friendly body care products and household cleaners--good for the environment and you.To name one of many books that support optimal health, veganism/vegetarianism and the green lifestyle is GROWING UP GREEN: BABY AND CHILD CARE.
Quantum Wellness, according to Kathy Freston, is an achievable higher state if being. Freston writes: "Quantum wellness is not about imposing big changes but about leaning into wellness, comfortably, adding things here and there to the thrust and taking baby steps toward the changes we want to achieve."
The quantum leap--or shift to quantum wellness occurs, according to Freston, as a result of many small steps. For example, Freston suggests baby steps to a more healthful diet--not meat eating one day and vegan the next.
According to Freston, there are The Eight Pillars of Wellness:
* Meditation
* Visualization
* Fun activities
* Conscious eating
* Exercise
* Self-work
* Spiritual practice
* Service
As an eco-friendly interior designer and feng shui practitioner, I was delighted to see Freston write about the importance of home in supporting our health. She tells us to remove clutter, resist buying new stuff unless we either love it or truly need it, and to use as little chemicals (cleaning products, personal care products,) as possible. This is very good advice, as the home definitely affects our well-being.
For a complete guide to greening your home (as well as making it beautiful and energetically vibrant) for optimal wellness, read, HARMONIOUS ENVIRONMENT: BEAUTIFY, DETOXIFY & ENERGIZE YOUR LIFE, YOUR HOME & YOUR PLANET.
As previously mentioned, Freston supports veganism for optimal health. Understanding that the transition from omnivore to vegetarian can be difficult and that veganism is almost impossible for many of us to comprehend, she describes her own process and offers many helpful tips for the reader to adapt. According to Freston, living the vegan lifestyle is empowering. The book also contains vegetarian and vegan recipes to help us make the transition in our diets.
Freston covers a lot of ground in Quantum Wellness, including dealing with addictions and fears and questions to ask yourself when you aren't feeling 100%. As an extroverted person, I have a hard time with some of these sections, as I am not inclined to "look inside too often. Some people love to ask themselves questions and ponder...I either meditate or take a hike when I'm feeling sad, mad or whatever and that generally works for me. because of this, I got overwhelmed with all the suggestions of things to do to achieve perfect wellness.
On the other hand, I love that she suggests having some fun everyday.
Overall, a very good and inspirational book.
 Take Small Steps May 21, 2008
134 out of 179 found this review helpful
I expect that this new book by Kathy Freston is going to make some big waves. Not only because of the foreword written by #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Mehmet C. Oz. And not even because of the author's appearance at Oprah Show today. It is because makeovers is a very popular topic and Kathy Freston seems to have a good grip on it. As the title "Quantum Wellness" suggests, our health, and our wellbeing can be achieved by focusing on small steps in our everyday life. Kathy offers for the readers the following eight Pillars of Wellness;
1.Meditation. It is important for everyone to get some quiet time everyday, become really still, and look inside yourself. Connect with your "inner light" and just be present).
2.Conscious eating. This not only mean eating less, or showing your food well. Conscious eating means most of all being aware of where your food comes from, how the animals are treated and how the environment is affected by the foods that you eat. To be healthy and happy about yourself you need have more integrity and to be conscious about what you eat.
3.Exercise. Many books have been written about it and this is nothing new for anyone. We just need to devote at least half an hour a day for moving our bodies. In my opinion taking Yoga classes is a great option, especially that it combines physical exercise with deep breathing and meditation.
4.Visualization. As suggested in The Secret, visualization is the mother of all achievements. "It's like creating a blueprint for the way I want to become and setting down the intention," Kathy says.
5.Spiritual practice. For some people it can mean prayer. For Kathy it is mainly about compassion, being aware of suffering that's all around and to be compassionate about it.
6.Self-work. Educate yourself - learn about your physical body, about your spirituality or emotional well-being.. For Kathy that means "means going inside and learning where you're stuck and pushing yourself past what's comfortable."
7.Service. Don't be stuck in your own world, reach out, help others. This will bring about great feeling of fulfillment.
8.Fun activities. It is important in everyone's live to have some fun. For some it could be listing to the good music, or dancing, or spending some time in a great company. You just need to get away from it all...
To jump start the program Kathy suggests 21 day cleansing program to get rid of Caffeine, Sugar, Alcohol, Gluten, Animal Products. I suggest Complete Body Cleansing that is so well described in one of my favorite wellness books.
Oprah & Ellen, comments on Quantum Wellness: May 21, 2008
56 out of 76 found this review helpful
Says Ellen Degeneres:
KATHY FRESTON'S incredible new book, "Quantum Wellness: A Practical Guide to Health and Happiness." I can't tell you how much it's changed my life for the better. I had to have Kathy on our show to share with all of you her simple yet incredible methods of getting happier and healthier!
Says Oprah:
There was a passage in Kathy Freston's book that so related to me, I thought for a moment she was talking about me. In the passage, Kathy talks about an overweight friend who would gain and lose. She didn't conquer the weight issue until she became a "conscious" eater.
Conscious eater. That struck a nerve. I had recently come to the conclusion that after spending weeks reading and rereading A New Earth and being on line with Eckhart Tolle that bringing a higher level of awareness to my eating was the solution I'd been avoiding. My idea of a conscious eater, however, was not quite the same as Kathy's. . .
So this 21-day cleanse gives me a chance to think about it differently and see what my attachments are to certain kinds of foods--and what I'm willing to do to change. . .
Day 1 also started with the meditation mantra that Kathy suggests in her book. I'm ready!
Says Bruce:
Kathy's writing style is that rare combination of friendly and authoritative--she inspires confidence in a way that's deeply appealing. I can see why Oprah and Ellen were taken with Kathy and recommends her book so highly.
 Good ideas, not the best guide May 29, 2008
53 out of 76 found this review helpful
The biggest problem I have with this book is that it condones a vegan lifestyle. I agree that eating meat these days is not as healthy as it used to be, and that our practices with animals that we eat are not always positive. However, when seeking to achieve "wellness" we should consider the words of doctors, and consider the source of advice we choose to take. Kathy's statement that we absorb the energy of what we eat is based on absolutely nothing. She clearly just thinks that, and speaks it as though it were truth. Our bodies were made to need nutrients from animals. It would be foolish to become a vegan solely on the merit of Kathy's unproven personal ideas. If you really want to learn how to be healthy and happy naturally, I strongly recommend reading Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom by Dr. Christine Northrup. She has been a vegan, and has gained wisdom from her experience as a doctor and observer of finding health through scientific and holistic approaches. Her books, website, podcast, and newsletter will at least come from a place of experience and openness with ways of living a healthy lifestyle.
 Here we go again.... June 7, 2008
45 out of 79 found this review helpful
It seems that the weak and insecure women of this world have latched on yet again to something that Oprah has endorsed. Doesn't anyone see the pattern here? Oprah has done this a million times, constantly searching for the answers in a book/product and touting the latest one as the thing to do or be. So if she found it, why is she still looking? Because she's a businesswoman whose role is to fatten hers and other businesswomen/men's bank accounts. The goals of this book are attainable for Oprah, but can you really afford truffle oil in a time where gas is $4.20 a gallon? And do you think your family of four is going to lap up a yummy tofu scramble? Probably not. It proves once again how incredibly out of touch Oprah is with the common woman, yet many of you continue to follow her in such a brainwashed fashion. Don't waste your time with this book. Eat mindfully, make time for yourself and nurture the important relationships in your life if you want a rewarding and successful way of living.
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