Healthy Living Handbook , livre ebook

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Copyright Page
© 2017 by Laura Harris Smith
Published by Chosen Books
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Endorsements
“Laura Harris Smith has proven it is easy and possible to have peace, rest, energy and clarity when you are naturally supernatural!”
Sid Roth, host, It’ s Supernatural!
“Laura Harris Smith has never shied away from telling it like it is, and if you want both spiritual and practical input into the problems you face, you want to grab The Healthy Living Handbook . It’s accessible, it’s bite-size and it’ll change the way you view—and live—your own life!”
Steve Best, producer/host, United Christian Broadcasters of the United Kingdom
“As a Christian physician, I have enjoyed Pastor Laura’s Healthy Living Handbook tremendously! She offers well-balanced insights into who each of us is: spirit, mind and body. Scripturally based throughout, this handbook offers practical suggestions about how we can cooperate with our heavenly Father as He transforms our lives.”
Kenneth C. Parsons, M.D.
“Laura shares profound insight and wisdom that lead to true health and shalom, the life of abundance God intends for all of us as His beloved kids. This is a comprehensive, practical guide that challenges and empowers anyone willing to embrace a lifestyle that catapults them from surviving to thriving.”
Tamara Rowe, The Wellness Coach
“Laura challenges and inspires yet again with a practical and attainable formula for spirit-filled living and a healthier existence.”
Debra Fraser, president and CEO, Total Living International
“With a pastor’s heart and a nutritionist’s expertise, Laura Harris Smith has created a road map for enjoying the natural as well as the supernatural benefits of making your health a priority. I have a much greater appreciation for how God designed the ‘trinity’ of spirit, mind and body to work together for our good—and His glory—after having read The Healthy Living Handbook !”
Roger Marsh, staff announcer, FOX Broadcasting
“ The Healthy Living Handbook shares some very doable ways to gain a healthier spirit, mind and body. Laura’s expertise will have you feeling like an expert as well.”
Jean Driscoll, eight-time Boston Marathon champion; U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame athlete
“The ‘gutsy guidance’ Laura Harris Smith gives readers in The Healthy Living Handbook combines the straight talk of a pastor’s wife, the wisdom of a trusted friend and the sound counsel of a certified nutritionist to help you to achieve a stronger, sounder and God-glorifying body, mind and spirit!”
Rabbi Jonathan Bernis, president and CEO, Jewish Voice Ministries International
“ The Healthy Living Handbook is absolutely superb. It is both inspirational and informational, with very practical, love-filled and prayerfully rich summations at the end of each chapter to help a broad spectrum of audiences. A must-read for anyone looking to enrich his or her whole being—body, mind and spirit. What a blessing!”
Elisa Sharps, N.D., executive director, International Institute of Original Medicine
Dedication
For Trish , who has mentored me in nutrition for the last two decades, who inspired me to eat what I thought was inedible and love it, who shared with me the latest and greatest miracle minerals and who, most of all, carried my heaviest burdens in privy prayer. Thank you for our sisterhood, Queen Trish, and, when I was fighting for my life, for introducing me to . . .
Elizabeth : Thank you for teaching me that food is indeed medicine and for being the first health professional I knew who was interested in the story of my whole body, mind and spirit. Bless you for every email, handout and discount. Not only would I not be alive without you, but the tens of thousands who have now come to me for help might not be, either.
Ladies, you sowed your seed into the right soil. Behold your bounty!
Contents
Cover 1
Title Page 3
Copyright Page 4
Endorsements 5
Dedication 7
Intro: As Easy as One, Two, Three 11
Section 1: The Top 10 Healthy Living Habits for Your Spirit 21
1. Be Naturally Supernatural 23
2. Pray Tell 30
3. Let the Spirit Move Ya 38
4. Get the Word Out 48
5. Do the Honors 53
6. Put On Your Sunday Shoes 63
7. Stay Put 71
8. Accept No Substitutes 81
9. Take Leaps of Faith 90
10. Have a Come-to-Jesus Meeting 96
Section 2: The Top 10 Healthy Living Habits for Your Mind 105
1. Get It Together 107
2. Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan 113
3. Have a Heart (and Mind Your Manners) 120
4. Put On a Happy Face 128
5. Laugh Out Loud 134
6. De-stress Your Distress 141
7. Never Be Discouraged Again 149
8. Pick Your Battles 156
9. Keep Good Company 163
10. Bury the Hatchet 170
Section 3: The Top 10 Healthy Living Habits for Your Body 177
1. “Let Food Be Thy Medicine” 179
2. Eat the Rainbow 185
3. Watch Your Mouth 191
4. Don’t Eat and Run! 197
5. Get Your Beauty Sleep 204
6. Get Up and Scale Down 210
7. Strike Oil 218
8. Quench Your Thirst 226
9. Live Life in the Fast Lane 232
10. Know Thy Healer 238
Outro: A Photo Finish 247
About the Author 253
Back Ad 255
Back Cover 256
Intro
As Easy as One, Two, Three
If you had a dollar for every time you have thought about getting healthier, losing those extra pounds, brightening your aging complexion, eliminating junk foods, better managing your stress, thinking more positively or becoming more spiritually minded, how many dollars would you have accumulated at this point in your life?
Most of us make personal vows regarding our bodies and weight before major holidays because we want to look our best at upcoming events, or even daily when looking in the mirror with dissatisfaction. Countless more of us set new emotional goals every time things get stressful at work or when a draining relationship depletes our joy. As for those new spiritual commitments we make to ourselves and to God, the vast majority of them occur when crisis hits or when everyday prayers feel unanswered. So if you look in the mirror daily, ever encounter stress or feel like a certain prayer is going unanswered, the answer to my question is a staggering dollar amount because it shows that change is constantly on your mind. If you do these just once a day, by the time you are thirty years of age, you will have accumulated $10,950 in well wishes and personal promises. If you are fifty-five, you have racked up $20,075. And if you are seventy, your grand total is $25,550. What if this is the year that you cash in all your chips? What if you actually spend your frequent-desire miles on a makeover?
New Year’s seems like the best time to start new and really take ground, but according to University of Scranton research cited in Forbes magazine, 1 only 8 percent of us actually keep our New Year’s resolutions. So make a New Year’s vow if you must, but a new you is available any time of year. What you need for your daily dissatisfactions is a simple daily plan. The Healthy Living Handbook is about to change the way you think about getting healthy—body, mind and spirit.
This handbook takes a trinitarian approach to embettering your life, meaning that it divides