Think Eat Move Thrive: The Practice for an Awesome Life

by James Rouse, Debra Rouse

Overview

Forget the fad diets—this program integrates mindfulness, eating with intention, and interval-based movement to help you live an inspired, healthier, and longer life.

In Think Eat Move Thrive, Dr. James Rouse and Dr. Debra Rouse offer a simple piece of advice that goes a long way: stop looking at your habits and body as obstacles and start looking within. By replacing quick fixes with mindfulness techniques and simple practices, you’ll feel better immediately and find lifelong wellness.

Based on science-supported medicine and healthy living research, Think Eat Move Thrive provides an easy formula integrating three key components: mindfulness, eating with intention, and interval-based movement. Flexible enough to be personalized for any lifestyle, this program will become as easy and natural as breathing. When we identify the source of our attitudes and redefine our intentions, we can actively move toward realizing our goals.

Complete with practices, recipes, and exercises, Think Eat Move Thrive is a proven, life-changing program for optimum wellness and longevity. The time for lasting change is now, and Think Eat Move Thrive is your prescription to reclaim the life you’ve always wanted.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781582704937
Publisher:	Atria Books/Beyond Words
Publication date:	09/20/2016
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

As a naturopathic doctor, entrepreneur, wellness magazine founder, motivational speaker, trainer, author, Ironman triathlete, father, and husband, Dr. James pretty much does it all.
Dr. James is well known for his highly engaging “Optimum Wellness” TV segments that highlight all areas of a wellness lifestyle, balancing mind, body, and spirit. He served as QVC’s Wellness Specialist from 2008 to 2013. Dr. James’s messages have been seen by audiences across the United States and around the world through both television and live appearances.

His wellness knowledge and passion for helping others live life optimally extends to creating healthy food products. Dr. James is cofounder and product formulator for Skoop, a functional nutrition line. He is cofounder of Clarity Beverages, an all-natural line of functional beverages. He was the founder and formulator of mix1 all-natural nutrition shakes. He consults for and is highly sought out in the world of nutriceuticals and functional nutrition.

Dr. James is passionate about the outdoors and all things related to mindful movement. He especially enjoys CrossFit, mountain biking, telemark skiing, hiking, weight training, and yoga and is the author of eight books, including the award-winning cookbook Colorado Fit Kitchen.

Dr. Debra Rouse is a naturopathic doctor with extensive clinical experience in nutrition, botanical medicine, women’s and children’s health, and lifestyle medicine. She is not only intuitive but is a skilled diagnostician, who relishes getting to the cause of any problem.

Her passion for healthy living began at an early age and has continued to expand into entrepreneurial adventures. She is the cocreator of the Optimum Wellness media program, which includes television, web, and retail presence, as well as a quarterly magazine.

Debra is dedicated to educating and inspiring others to take charge of their health through community outreach seminars, articles, retreats, radio, and creating healthy recipes. She served as senior writer and editor for alternative and complementary medicine for Thomson Healthcare, and continues freelance writing and editing. Her writing and recipes have been featured in such magazines as Delicious Living, Better Nutrition, Vegetarian Times, and Alternative Medicine. Debra has coauthored two cookbooks: Not Just for Diabetics, Naturally Delicious Recipes for Optimum, and the award-winning Colorado Fit Kitchen.

Debra is passionate about cooking healthy food and daily movement. She is a certified NIA and R.I.P.P.E.D instructor, has completed marathons, triathlons, including a half-Ironman triathlon, and loves tennis, biking, skiing, snowshoeing, and hiking with her family. Debra has two daughters, Dakota and Elli, and recently celebrated twenty years of marriage with Dr. James.

Table of Contents

Foreword Jean Houston xvii

Preface xix

Dr. James's Story xix

Dr. Debras Story xxii

Introduction xxv

Your Complete Life Wellness xxvi

The Book xxviii

The TEMT Program xxix

Our Promise xxix

Part I Think 1

1 THINK Change 5

Become a Change Agent 5

Are You Coming From Love? 10

Change Becomes You 12

Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Motivation 13

Your Personal Mission and Vision 17

2 THINK Confidence 25

I Am Enough 25

Fire Your Critic and Hire Your Coach 28

Kick But 32

Crafting Confidence 35

3 THINK Power 41

Neurotransmitters and How to Use Them 41

The Hormone Connection 46

Express Your Best 48

Be It to See It or See It to Be It 49

Life as Meditation 51

4 THINK Happy 55

The Happiness Factor 55

Laugh to a Longer Life 60

Moving from Me to We 62

Gratitude is the Gift that Keeps On Giving 63

THINK Summary 69

Part II Eat 71

5 Why EAT 75

Your Life as the First Course 75

Your Eating Personality 78

6 EAT Outcomes 85

The Inflammation Epidemic 86

Nutrient-Dense Eating 89

Eat Your Greens 92

Sugar and Aging 95

Do I Need to Detox? 98

7 EAT Habits 105

Right Size and Right Time 105

Breakfast Is Non-Negotiable 110

Feed Your Muscles 113

Fighting Fire with Fiber 115

8 EAT for Your Brain 121

Growing Your Brain 121

De-Stress Through Diet 123

Cravings Disarmed 129

Food for Thought 131

EAT Summary 133

Part III Move 135

9 MOVE Your Perspective 139

Heavy but Healthy 140

Thin but Not Thriving 142

Seeing Our Bodies for What They Are 143

10 MOVE Your Mindset 149

Move and Be Moved 149

Dress the Part 151

Efficiency Counts 154

Incidental Fitness 155

11 MOVE Your Routine 161

High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) 162

Embrace Resistance with Strength 166

Yoga, Nia, and Zumba 171

Your Moving Personality 175

12 MOVE Your Brain 181

Working Out and Working Within 182

Thriving Under the Influence of Exercise 184

Mental Fitness 185

Move with Confidence 187

MOVE Summary 191

Thrive 193

Acknowledgments 197

Appendix A The TEMT Program 201

A Day in the Life of TEMT 209

Portions 209

Snacks 210

Inflammatory and Anti-Inflammatory Foods 212

Appendix B Your Next 30 Days with TEMT 215

Appendix C Recipes 245

Notes 285

Glossary 297

Editorial Reviews

"James has an amazing way of celebrating life and sharing the infinite possibilities that a healthy and vibrant life can bring."

Cynthia James

08/04/2014
"When we thrive and care for ourselves with love, we become a powerful source for social activism": that's the premise upon which naturopathic doctors and husband-and-wife team Rouse and Rouse base this holistic lifestyle guide. Developed to combat what the authors call an "epidemic of unhappiness, unhealthiness, and underliving," this daily program encompasses three interacting sections: Think, which looks at the power of positive thought patterns and their tremendous impact on every aspect of our lives; Eat, a treatise on mindful, healthy consumption; and Move, a primer extolling the virtues of consistent physical activity. Action steps, self-care and awareness exercises, and QR codes that link to further topics and discussions—such as boosting dopamine naturally through diet and finding the best time to get moving—are found in each of the sections. Readers will be fully prepped for the 30-day plan that follows—with exercise and meal plans, recipes, daily affirmations, and gratitude journaling. Rouse and Rouse's advice is supported by meticulously cited studies, and their exuberance is charming, rather than zealous. This self-improvement/diet hybrid will appeal to a wide audience. (Sept.)

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