INTRODUCTION

PART I: LIFESTYLE CHANGE - The Basic Principles

How to use this book

What to expect

PART II: BUILDING THE "LIFESTYLE CHANGE TOOL BOX"

Chapter 1: Your Personal Assessment - Getting to Know Yourself

Family Medical History

Personal Medical History

Addictions History

Exercise History

Stress Management History

Emotional Stability Profile

Strength & Weakness Review

Meaningful Experience History

Success History

Motivational History

Setting Sensory Goals for Health & Personal Development

Taking Control of Your Body & Mind - Devising a Plan of Action

Chapter 2: The Food Connection - Practicing Nutritional Awareness

Exploring the Food - Mood - Stress Connection

Developing a High Energy Body

Protein Intake - Key to Optimum Mindbody Functioning

Cave Man Body - Hyperinsulinemia & Hypoglycemia

Good Fat - Bad Fat

Hormones - PMS - Menopause

Gut Reactions - Irritable Bowel - Gastric Reflux - Yeast

Exercise - Firing Up Your Metabolism

Water - The Ideal Fitness Drink

Observing Your Auto-Pilot Eating Habits

Food Choices - Personalized Balance

Achieving Food Awareness - Key to Permanent Success

Working Through Compulsive & Emotional Eating

Developing a New Eating Plan

Problem Solving - Work & Home Eating Issues

Keeping Records for Motivating Change

Chapter 3: Developing Mindbody Communications - Cell Phone Messages

Mental Biofeedback & Body Scanning

Developing Focus, Flow & Flexibility of Thought

Awareness Meditation Techniques

Managing Thoughts, Emotions & Body Sensations

Emotional Crayons

Emotional State Awareness

Auto-Pilot - Tools for Waking Up

Chapter 4: Working with Your Inner Library

Benefits of Visualization

Building Visualization & Imagery Skills

Working with Imagery & Imaginology

Designing Metaphors for Change

Interactive Self-Hypnosis - Programming the Subconscious Mind in the Moment

Creativity & the Self-Hypnosis Link

Planting "Imagery-Driven" Affirmations - Positive Mind Talk Pictures

Walking the Inner Time-Line - Utilizing Regressive Tools for Growth & Development

Accessing Dreams - Working with Stored Resources

PART IV: WORKING THROUGH ADDICTIONS WITH LIFESTYLE CHANGE TOOLS

Chapter 5: Identifying Addictions & Connections

A Test for Addictiveness

The Addictive Personality

Family Medical History Link

Sugar - The Basic Addiction

Trading Addictions

Other Addictions & Their Relationship to Sugar

Achieving Recovery with Lifestyle Change Tools

PART V: MANAGING CHRONIC DISEASE STATES WITH LIFESTYLE CHANGE TOOLS

Chapter 6: The Road to Recovery - Accessing Inner Power Resources

Bringing Order Out of Chaos - Reprogramming Auto-Pilot Stress Reaction

Working Through Energy Deficits

Enhancing Self-Image & Self-Esteem with Inner Resources

Building Resilience - Discovering New Strengths from Old Inner Programming

Learning to Heal Creatively

Programming for Living Vs Surviving

Diminishing Pain & Symptoms with Imagery Applications

Accessing the Healing Power of Your Mind

PART VI: PERFORMANCE - ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE WITH LIFESTYLE CHANGE TOOLS

Chapter 7: Planting Resources - The Master Keys to Success at Work & Play

Seeing the Garden as a Whole

Working with the Master Gardener

Planting Goals on the Goal-den Path

Keys to Self-Actualization - Defining Values & End Goal Pictures

Belief Gardens & Clearing Weeds

Planting Self-confidence, Self-image & Self-esteem

Feeding Goals with Solutions - Inner Self-Discipline & Inner Motivation

Enhancing the Practice of Consistency & Persistence

Accessing Decision Making & Inviting Change Plants

Applying Power Tools in the Moment

PART VII: DEVELOPING YOUR INNER COACH - A 30 DAY WORKING PLAN FOR CHANGE

EPILOGUE - A Few Final Comments From Your Inner Coach

APPENDIX: Further Explorations on the Goal-den Path & Other Gardening Suggestions

READING LIST

This book comes with 2  audio cassettes.