8 keys to mental health through exercise

Title:

Author:

Hibbert, Christina G., author.

ISBN:

9780393711226

Personal Author:

Hibbert, Christina G., author.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

xxv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

8 keys to mental health series

Contents:

Part 1. Understand -- Key 1: Heal your mind and body with exercise -- Key 2: Improve your self-esteem with exercise -- Key 3: Exercise as a family -- Part 2. Prepare -- Key 4: Get motivated -- Key 5: Change how you think about exercise -- Key 6: Overcome roadblocks -- Part 3. Exercise for life -- Key 7: Get FITT -- physically and mentally -- Key 8: Implement your vision and flourish.

BISAC Subject:

Fitness

Subject Term:

Mental illness -- Alternative treatment.

Exercise therapy.

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Summary

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, 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 and 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.

Author Notes

Christina G. Hibbert, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist, speaker, and founder of the Arizona Postpartum Wellness Coalition. She is the author of Who Am I Without You? and This is How We Grow.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Clinical psychologist Hibbert (Who Am I Without You?) has created a useful and supportive exercise guide aimed at helping readers with mental health problems. She begins with a reminder that mental illness affects many people and often goes undiagnosed, as well as an explanation of the link between mental and physical fitness. As Hibbert makes clear, she has not written a workout regimen or weight-loss how-to, but a guide to using exercise to become both mentally and physically stronger. This book is divided into three parts containing eight "keys" in total: part one focuses on understanding what exercise offers, part two primes the mind for success, and part three details how to develop and adhere to an exercise program. Specific topics include "Improve Your Self-Esteem with Exercise" and "Exercise as a Family" in part one, "Change How You Think About Exercise" in part two, and "Implement Your Vision and Flourish" in part three. Sprinkled throughout Hibbert's compelling and easily comprehensible facts are self-assessment "reflection questions." This is an enlightening and empowering instrument for people who have struggled with mental illness. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

Exercise is essential in maintaining good health both physical and mental. Many forms of exercise are free, almost always accessible, and devoid of side effects (if done properly). Psychologist Hibbert instructs readers on how to design the best exercise regimen for themselves. Her message is simple: make exercise a lifelong habit, but always listen to your body's signals. Begin low (with modest, reasonable goals) and go slow (ratchet up training duration or intensity by increments of only 5 percent at a time). Her keys to success include understanding the many benefits of exercise (for example, its impact on self-worth, confidence, and mental clarity); maintaining motivation and overcoming roadblocks; exercising with family to strengthen bonds; seriously committing to wellness; and understanding the FITT principle (frequency, intensity, time, type). Mental-health rewards of exercise are profound enhancement of mood and adjustment in levels of neurotransmitters (endorphins, dopamine, serotonin). About half the people who start an exercise program quit in the first six months. Hibbert's book should help readers stick with a successful plan.--Miksanek, Tony Copyright 2016 Booklist

Babette Rothschild

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
Part 1 Understand
Key 1 Heal Your Mind and Body with Exercise	p. 1
Key 2 Improve Your Self-Esteem with Exercise	p. 32
Key 3 Exercise As a Family	p. 55
Part 2 Prepare
Key 4 Get Motivated	p. 87
Key 5 Change How You Think About Exercise	p. 123
Key 6 Overcome Roadblocks	p. 147
Part 3 Exercise for Life
Key 7 Get FITT-Physically and Mentally	p. 185
Key 8 Implement Your Vision and Flourish	p. 212
Appendix A CDC Exercise Recommendations	p. 237
Appendix B Mental Health Across the Lifespan	p. 240
References	p. 250
Index	p. 267

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