Personal Wellness

Think of this page as the SPA. Within the walls of this virtual room are some of the most effective online Personal Wellness tools and resources. By “personal wellness” we mean: Helping you to become aware of and to practice healthy choices Creating a more successful and balanced lifestyle Stay a while, relax and absorb!

Using this Page

The resources in this page are categorised by type. If you are searching for an book, you can go straight to the “Best Books” section or peruse the links to “Best Blogs”, where books may also be available.

Those resources that also reflect one of the other Personal Development categories are marked with the appropriate icon:

Career Development
Personal Productivity
Interpersonal Skills

If you would like to share your own views and experiences of these resources, please contribute via the Contact Form or the Personal Wellness Forum (coming soon).

Best Personal Wellness SITES

• The Happiness Institute
  
  personal power
• Revolution Health
  
  health, balance
• Spirituality and Heath
  
  body and soul connection
• Mental Health Matters
  
  mental health issues
• Men’s Health
  
  health, fitness
• Women’s Health
  
  health, fitness
• TherapeuticResources.com
  
  health, happiness
• HealthyEating.net
  
  global nutrition sites
• Foodfit.com
  
  nutrition, healthy cooking
• Holisticonline.com
  
  alternative medicine, meditation, therapies

• Davedraper.com
  
  bodybuilding, exercise
• The World Wide Online Meditation Center
  
  specific meditations and resources

Best Personal Wellness BLOGS

• Dr Deb, Psychological Perspectives, Dr Deborah Serani
  
  mental health
• Diet Blog, Jim Foster (ed.)
  
  nutrition, dieting
• Balanced Life Center, Nneka
  
  balance, happiness
• Think Simple Now, Tina Su
  
  creativity, happiness
• Powerfull Living, Lorraine Cohen
  
  inspiration, spirituality
• PsychLinks Blog, Dr David J Baxter
  
  mental health, medicine
• Goodness Graciousness, Jennifer Jones
  
  positivity, spirituality
• Urban Monk
  
  positivity, spirituality
• The Positivity Blog, Henrik Edberg
  
  positivity, opportunity
• NHS Blog Doctor Dr Crippen,
  
  medical, health

Best Personal Wellness BOOKS

• Optimal Thinking: How to Be Your Best Self, Rosaline Glickman
  
  positive thinking
• The Success Principles, Jack Canfield
  
  negotiation
• The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to getting What You Want, Sonja Lyubomirsky
  
  happiness, goals
• Body Clutter: Love Your Body, Love Yourself, Marla Cilley
  
  body image
• The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook, Davis, McKay, Eshelman
  
  stress management
• Chicken Soup for the Soul, Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen
  
  positive living
• Intuitive Eating, Evelyn Tribole
  
  nutrition, body image
• Eat to Live, Joel Fuhrman MD
  
  nutrition, weight loss
• Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection, John E Sarno
  
  pain-free health
• Light on Yoga, BKS Iyengar
  
  yoga

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Support Links:

Meditation

• Wildmind Mediation - Mindworks Online courses in Buddhism and meditation.
• Open Soul Meditation Technique - techniques and support resources

Fitness

• MyStart! Online - American Heart Association
  online daily exercise and diet intake tracking tool
• Active Log A community to inspire you to fitness.
• That’s Fit A collection of articles on all things related to fitness.
• MarathonRookie.com - inspiration for new marathon runners

Spirituality

• Spirituality.com - The Christian Science Publishing Society

Alternative Health

• Alternative Healthzine - ezine on alternative health issues
• Mind, Body and Soulhealer -Dr Rita Louise’s intuitive medicine

Body Image

• Largely Positive- self-esteem resources for all shapes and sizes
• Body Positive - boosting body image
• Our Bodies Ourselves -health resource center
• Teen’s Health: Body Image - body image and self esteem for teenagers

Yoga

• BKS Iyengar Yoga - Official Site
• Laughter Yoga - Official Site
• Health and Yoga.com - yoga community and tools

Healthy Eating

• Spark People - nutrition and weight loss community
• Glo Health - organic grocery store
• Better Recipes.com - healthy recipes
• Make Healthy Food Choices - American Heart Association guidelines

Depression Assistance

• Depression Helper - tools, forums and advice on battling depression

Stress Management

• Coping.org - stress management tools
• The Little Online Book of Stress Management - free guide
• Stress Management Training Online - directory of online training

Hypnosis

• Cedarfire.com - self-hypnosis and affirmations
• Head-Cleaners - hypnosis recordings and articles





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