8 Keys to Mental Health Through Exercise (8 Keys to Mental Health)

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Inspiring strategies from a wellness expert for keeping fit, relieving stress, and strengthening emotional well-being. 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. Contents Foreword by Babette Rothschild Acknowledgments Introduction 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 Appendix A: CDC Exercise Recommendations Appendix B: Mental Health Across the Lifespan References Index