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8 Keys to Mental Health Through Exercise

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Christina Hibbert, a clinical psychologist specializing in women's mental health, explores how exercise benefits mental well-being beyond physical fitness. She presents eight essential strategies, including boosting self-esteem with exercise, exercising as a family, overcoming motivation challenges, and using the FITT principle to create an effective workout routine. This book guides readers to develop and sustain a healthy exercise regimen that supports both physical and emotional health.
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Ideal for readers seeking to enhance their mental health through physical activity, including those struggling with motivation or looking for structured guidance to maintain regular exercise. Also suitable for therapists or wellness coaches aiming to integrate exercise into mental health strategies.

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Inspiring strategies from a wellness expert for keeping fit, relieving stress and strengthening emotional well-being.

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We all know that exercise is good for physical health, but recently, a wealth of data has proven that exercise also contributes to overall mental well-being. Routine exercise alleviates stress and anxiety, moderates depression, relieves chronic pain, and improves self-esteem.

In this inspiring book, 8 Keys to Mental Health Through Exercise, Christina Hibbert, a clinical psychologist and expert on women's mental health, grief, and self-esteem, explains the connections between exercise and mental well-being. She offers readers step-by-step strategies for sticking to fitness goals, overcoming motivation challenges and roadblocks to working out, and maintaining a physically and emotionally healthy exercise regimen.

This book will help readers to get moving, stay moving, and maintain the inspiration they need to reap the mental health benefits of regular exercise. The 8 keys include improving self-esteem with exercise, exercising as a family, getting motivated, changing how you think about exercise, and the FITT principle for establishing an effective exercise routine.

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Therapists and mental health professionals praise this book for its practical approach to using exercise as a tool for improving mood and well-being. Readers appreciate the inclusion of reflection questions, writing prompts, and actionable steps that help overcome mental roadblocks to exercise. The book is commended for being clear, concise, and supported by empirical evidence, making it accessible for beginners and experts alike.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393711226

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 April 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Babette Rothschild

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 157.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 473g

Pages: 304

About the Author

Christina G. Hibbert, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist, speaker, writer, and founder of the Arizona Postpartum Wellness Coalition. She is the author of Who Am I Without You? and This is How We Grow. She lives with her husband and six children in Flagstaff, Arizona. Babette Rothschild, MSW, LCSW, has been a practicing psychotherapist since 1976. Author of 8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery and the best-selling The Body Remembers, and member of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, she gives lectures and professional trainings around the world. She is the editor of Norton's 8 Keys to Mental Health Series. She lives in Los Angeles.

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