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Peak Vitality:
Raising the Threshold of Abundance in
Our Material, Spiritual and Emotional Lives
We often strive for our peak of accomplishment: peak health, peak wealth, peak performance. The idea for this anthology came from a further question that is both simple but provocative: “What if we could exceed the upper limits of our performance?” What would happen if, rather than focusing on being physically well, we imagined ourselves physically vibrant? What would happen if rather than seeking 100% of the good that might come to us, we pushed past our boundaries, and pictured what 112% might look like? What would happen if we took our upper limits of vision as a baseline, rather than a ceiling? Could we be happier, more abundant, and healthier than our wildest dreams?
Studies in social science and human physiology indicate that each of us has a series of set points. We have a set point for how much pleasure we allow ourselves to experience, how much money we feel we’re worth, how close we believe can get to God, and the limits of our physical endurance and athletic performance.
Yet these limits are often far below our potential. They’re arbitrary limits based in our past experience. Like a giant with mighty muscles who has been raised by pygmies with puny arms, we often buy into the limitations of the society that formed us.
Breaking the limit can be terrifying. For instance, if we’re used to abusive relationships, our body chemistry is geared to that experience. Biologically it feels “right” to us, even if our minds tell us that our situation is horribly wrong. When we try something new, for instance a healthy relationship, our biochemistry and neurology might scream, “No!” because it feels so unfamiliar. Yet we have to push past the barriers of the known in order to establish new, healthy patterns.
That’s what Peak Vitality is all about. It calls us to examine the thresholds of our thinking, feeling and experiencing—then go beyond what we believe we’re capable of.
Please join us for the magnificent voyage of discovery into what reaching new peaks of attainment might look like. As you read the insiring ideas of these authors and savor the wisdom of their breakthrough concepts, you will be inspired to identify your own highest goals—and reach them!
“Live out of your imagination, not your history.”
—Stephen Covey
The editors of Peak Vitality have assembled a remarkable collection of contributors to share their insights on what contributes to vitality in their lives and work. They are drawn from science, the arts, business, psychotherapy, medicine, entertainment, the personal growth movement, government, and religion.
Contents:
| Preface | Jeanne House | Peak Vitality |
| Intro | Jim Strohecker | High-Level Wellness |
| SECTION 1 | Presence in Your Body | |
| 1 | Mehmet Oz | YOU: The Vibrant Human |
| 2 | Gay Hendricks | Eating for Vibrance |
| 3 | Maureen Whitehouse | True Beauty |
| 4 | Servaas Mes | Self Hidden in Present Time |
| 5 | John Spencer Ellis | Fitness Boot Camp |
| 6 | Mariel Hemingway | Healthy Living from the Inside Out |
| SECTION 2 | Flowing With Your Emotions | |
| 7 | Deepak Chopra | Healing Our Hearts |
| 8 | Dean Ornish | Love as Though Your Very Survival Depended on It |
| 9 | Bernice Nelson | Energy in Motion |
| 10 | Mary Ellen Edwards | In Relation: The Dance of Connection |
| 11 | Beverly Davies-Mes | Body Earth Energies |
| 12 | Larry Dossey | Optimism |
| SECTION 3 | Shifting Your Energy Field | |
| 13 | Donna Eden | Dancing With the Five Rhythms of Nature |
| 14 | David Feinstein | Mobilizing Your Body’s Energies |
| 15 | Eoin Finn | Yoga for Happiness |
| 16 | Stephen Lewis | Energetic Balancing |
| 17 | Ling Chen | Seeing Your Life Rhythms |
| 18 | Candace Pert | Hardwired for Bliss |
| 19 | Rollin McCraty | Emotions Drive Your Body |
| 20 | Gary Craig | Emotional Freedom Techniques |
| SECTION 4 | Creating Vibrant Relationships | |
| 21 | Stephen Post | Doing Unto Others: The Benefits of Giving |
| 22 | Melody Beattie | Brilliant Choices |
| 23 | Shiloh McCloud | The Awakened Heart |
| 24 | John Bradshaw | The Four Degrees of Family Secrets |
| 25 | Auriela McCarthy | The Power of the Possible |
| 26 | Tonja Demoff | From Giving Up to Living Up |
| 27 | Topher Morrison | Settle for Excellence |
| 28 | John Gray | Breaking the Blame Box |
| SECTION 5 | Living on a Small Planet | |
| 29 | Prince Charles | Indigenous Roots of Healing |
| 30 | James Endredy | The Art of Counter Practice |
| 31 | Daryl Hannah | Living Consistent With Your Values |
| 32 | David Gruder | The Self-Care Paradox |
| 33 | Barry Sears | Simple Solutions for Global Wellness |
| 34 | Pema Chodron & Alice Walker | Good World Medicine |
| SECTION 6 | New Medicine, New Psychology | |
| 35 | Lynne McTaggart | The Biology of Intention |
| 36 | Sharon Begley | Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain |
| 37 | Richard Gracer | Regenerative Medicine |
| 38 | Raffaele Filice | The Power of Presence |
| 39 | Bruce Lipton | Intelligence of Your Cells |
| 40 | Dawson Church | Your DNA is Not Your Destiny |
| SECTION 7 | Breaking Through Your Barriers | |
| 41 | Andrew Weil | Attitude Is Everything |
| 42 | Tom Ambrose | The Unknown Zone |
| 43 | Stanley Krippner | Personal Mythology |
| 44 | Olivia Mellan | Money Harmony |
| 45 | Nancy Auspelmyer | Painting Vibrant Lifescapes |
| 46 | Marianne Williamson | Rituals for Rebirth |
| SECTION 8 | Dancing With the Universe | |
| 47 | Eckart Tolle | Enter Zen from Here |
| 48 | Brenda Sanders | What’s Really Real |
| 49 | Wayne Dyer | Why Meditate? |
| 50 | Michael Beckwith | Life as a Prayer |
| 51 | Jonathon Foust | The Absence of Fear is Joy |
| 52 | Caroline Myss | Living Mysticism |
| 53 | Jeanne House | Belief is the Magic |
| 54 | Julia Cameron | Heartfulness and Blessing |
“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things
which escape those who dream only by night.”
—Edgar Allan Poe
ISBN-10: 1600700136
ISBN-13: 978-1600700132
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