4 Worthwhile Books on Wellness

A couple of weeks ago I provided a list of five books that could transform you. Those books were about self-development.

This time I have decided to give you a list of four books on wellness that are worth your while.

Each book provides a plan or insight to improve health and wellbeing, and although each book presents different approaches, there are similarities. They all involve some type of shift to habits and practices that involve more care- care for our health, ourselves, our communities, our tribe, our planet or other.

Read all four books on this list and take the parts that resonate from each. Or go through my descriptions below and select the healing approach that you most identify with.

1. “The Urban Monk” by Pedram Shojai

Pedram Shojai is the creator of Well.org. He is a monk and a Doctor of Oriental Medicine who has studied meditation and holistic health. He realized that everyday people couldn’t do the same as he did- meaning that we can’t all take months off to travel to remote locations, study, learn, and heal. So, he adapted what he learned into an urban lifestyle.

Shojai deals with a different topic in each chapter. He looks at stress, time management, exhaustion, insomnia, weight gain, loneliness, and lack of purpose, among…