Healthy Habits, Helpful Friends: How To Effectively Support Wellness Lifestyle Goals - Softcover

Allen Ph.D., Judd

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0941703215 ISBN 13: 9780941703215

Publisher: Healthyculture.com, 2008

Synopsis

Help a friend, family member or coworker achieve positive and lasting lifestyle change. With a full range of physical and emotional assistance, your peer will finally be able to achieve difficult wellness goals such as losing weight, getting fit, quitting smoking, reducing stress, following medical advice and enjoying the good life. A step-by-step approach takes the guesswork out of peer support. Healthy Habits, Helpful Friends is a comprehensive guidebook for assisting friends, family members and coworkers to achieve wellness goals. Discussions of key peer support concepts, case stories, checklist and self tests guide the reader to help his/her peer to select behavior change goals, locate ideal role models, eliminate barriers to change, locate supportive environments and celebrate success. The Healthy Habits, Helpful Friends approach was first develop by Dr. Allen for Union Pacific Railroad and now is available in hundreds of businesses, schools, and communities globally.

About this title

About the Author:

Judd Allen earned his Ph.D. in community psychology from New York University. His books include Bringing Wellness Home, A Family Guide to Wellness, Wellness Leadership, and Kitchen Table Talks for Wellness. Judd is president of the Human Resources Institute, an editor of the American Journal of Health Promotion, and a member of the board of directors of the National Wellness Institute. He has held the position of senior research analyst at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and served on the faculty of Cornell University Medical College. Judd has completed the New York City Marathon more than 25 times and has competed in multiple Ironman-distance triathlons and long-distance cross-country ski races. He lives in Burlington, Vermont.

About this edition

• Publisher: Healthyculture.com
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0941703215
• ISBN 13: 9780941703215
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152