The Joy Factor - by Susan Smith Jones (Paperback)

About the Book

A pioneer of the mind-body-spirit approach to health and wellness, Susan Smith Jones, teaches readers 10 simple practices that will keep them looking and feeling healthy, vibrant, and youthful for life. These include cultivating joy; staying adventurous and childlike; making physical activity a part of everyday life (by finding activities that you love); eating natural foods, with an emphasis on raw and plant-based foods; engaging in breathwork, prayer practice, dreamwork, and more. What sets The Joy Factor apart is its emphasis not only on the things we do for ourselves but the things we do in community that make us feel most alive and at our peak. Its not all about me; its about how me meets the worldthe simple, everyday things we can do to glow with good health.

Book Synopsis

Holistic Health for the Mind and Body

"This combination book/workbook is sure to be a welcome companion to anyone seeking to bring vitality and radiant health into their lives."-Neal Barnard, founder and president, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

The Joy Factor explores the mind-body connection of holistic health in a way that anyone can understand. With simple, easy-to-implement practices, you'll be looking--and feeling--healthier in no time.

Mind your mind to mind your body. Have you ever been physically fine but felt bad all the same? A pioneer of the mind-body-spirit approach to wellness, author Susan Smith Jones knows that health starts with your heart--and not your physical one. A positive mindset and a spirit of gratitude sets the groundwork for a more holistic healing of both the body and the mind. Illuminated through sacred practices like breathwork, visualizations, community work, and more, discover a sense of wonder and a youthful zest for life--no matter your age.

Embrace holistic health in everyday life choices. Discover the benefits of eating a plant-based, whole food diet and how easily exercise becomes a part of your daily routine when you find activities you love to do. After all, it's the simple things we do for ourselves and our community every day that make us glow with good health--it's not "all about me"; it's about how "me" meets the world.

Inside The Joy Factor, discover:

• Recipes, tips, and tricks for healing with food through plant-based and whole foods
• An herbal medicine guide with recipes and explanations of natural remedies
• How to keep a healthy, vibrant, and youthful mindset through meditations, prayer practice, and more

If you like holistic health books like Radical Longevity, The Mindbody Prescription, or Eat to Beat Disease, you'll love The Joy Factor.

Review Quotes

The Joy Factor contains all of the essential ingredients to live our very best livesphysically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Susan has a gift of taking complex research, scientific studies, and personal experiences and distilling them down to the most essential, empowering, and practical level. I especially appreciate her personal stories and how she brings insight to life lessons we all need to learn in order to live our highest potential. Susan's book will enrich your experience of living, too! Victoria Moran, author of Creating a Charmed Life-- "Reviews"

The Joy Factor is an exquisitely beautiful book, with profound depth, sound health advice, and practical application that will touch your heart and transform your life forever. Sensational! Ellen TartJensen, PhD, author of Health is Your Birthright-- "Reviews"

For more than 30 years, Dr. Susan Jones has been living and teaching the material presented in The Joy Factor, which focuses on simple ways we can all live a life of vitality and purpose. She has superbly distilled the most essential issues concerning physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing and created a beautifullywritten guide that's easyto understand and, most importantly, easy to apply in our lives. Once I started reading, I could hardly put it down. Read this lifechanging, sagacious book. Dianne Warren, author of Vegetable Soup;The Fruit Bowl-- "Reviews"

I always look forward to Susan's books, and this one was well worth the wait. The Joy Factor is a light that can lead us out of the morass of ill health. This book inspires and empowers the reader to 'seize the day' while providing a well-conceived blueprint for creating a life filled with health, happiness, joy, and peace. A superb book. -Gabriel Cousens, MD, author of There Is a Cure for Diabetes-- "Reviews"

The perfect blend of modern research and ageless wisdom. Susan Smith Jones's sound and practical guidance, along with the inspiring personal stories about her life and work with her clients, will help everyone awaken to a new understanding of what living fully, celebrating life, and creating vibrant health are all about. The Joy Factor will touch your heart and change your life for the better. -Alexandra Stoddard, author of You Are Your Choices: 50 Ways to Live the Good Life-- "Reviews"

This combination book/workbook is sure to be a welcome companion to anyone seeking to bring sacredness and radiant health into their lives. Whether you are 18 or 88, consider this required reading for bringing peace and high-level wellness to your life. I wholeheartedly recommend it to everyone! -David H. Craddock, MA, author of Tolley's Guide to Employee Share Schemes-- "Reviews"

This incredibly practical and uplifting book shows simple and proven ways out of an unhealthy, stressful lifestyle--from what you eat, how you exercise, and what you think and feelto a balanced life abounding with joy, vitality, and sacredness. The Joy Factor will have a major impact on your life, especially if you participate in the workbook section at the end of the book. John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America-- "Reviews"

What a magnificent book! Be sure to check out the workbook at the back, which invites us to look within ourselves to examine and understand more fully our beliefs, attitudes, heartfeelings, needs, desires, and our highest vision for ourselves and the world. This section made a profound difference in my life and will doubtless change your life for the better, too. I am recommending it to all of my friends, family, and on my radio shows. Nick Lawrence, radio; TV talk show host and personality-- "Reviews"

What an absolute joy to read. This thought-provoking, beautifully written, and empowering book breaks through the barriers of conventional health, healing, and medicine and presents an innovative and highly effective program for creating radiant health, youthful vitality, and a balanced life. -Rebecca Linder Hintze, author of Healing Your Family History-- "Reviews"

You will want to add this glorious, delightful book to your home library, keep it front and center, and refer to it often. You will thank your lucky stars that you have this book as your guide to creating optimal wellness, living fully, and celebrating life. Keep several copies on hand, because you will want to give them as gifts. Kudos to Susan! -Anita Finley, radio talk show host and publisher of Boomer Times-- "Reviews"

About the Author

Susan Smith Jones, MS, PhD, even though she has three of America's most ordinary names, has made extraordinary accomplishments in the fields of highlevel wellness, optimal nutrition, antiaging, balanced living, and human potential. A prolifi c writer, Susan has authored over 1,500 magazine articles on holistic health and over 25 books, including Recipes for Health Bliss, Be Healthy Stay Balanced, Walking on Air, and The Healing Power of NatureFoods. Susan travels internationally as a frequent guest on radio and TV talk shows and an in demand motivational speaker to community, corporate, and spiritual groups. She resides in West Los Angeles. Author website: www.SusanSmithJones.