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Endorsements for
It's All in Your Head.
From the Foreword:
"I am regularly reminded that our five senses of vision,
hearing, taste, touch and smell provide us with only a rough interpretation of the world we live in. My dogs are fully aware
of an entire world that I have little sense of. I’m quite sure they can smell or otherwise sense our emotions. Our
perception is just a glimpse of our world, and science continues to make discoveries that improve our understanding of the
miracles of the human body and how our mind affects our health. It’s All in Your Head is an elegant piece of work that
nicely ties the science of mind and body to experiences of everyday life.
Dr. Mark Pettus reminds us that we need to
learn not to interfere with those miracles, and to recognize and amplify the beneficial effects that the mind can exert for
improving the health and happiness of us all. As you will soon see, your mind, emotions, and behaviors can transcend the most
challenging of obstacles to optimal health. As an experienced and compassionate clinician and educator, Dr. Pettus has given
us a thoughtful and inspiring story of hope."
Mark Liponis MD
Corporate Medical Director
Canyon
Ranch
Co-author NY Times Bestseller Ultraprevention: the Six Week Plan That Will Make You Healthy for Life and Ultralongevity
"The medicine of the future will not ignore the role of mind and spirit, but will elevate them to a position
of great importance alongside the body. The reason, quite simply, is compelling scientific evidence. For a glimpse of this
new medicine, and how to apply these lessons in your own health, this book is invaluable."
-- Larry Dossey,
MD
Author: The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things
"Dr. Mark Pettus has written an
excellent review of the current science that forms the biologic underpinnings of self-care. His clinical experience enables
these complex relationships to be readily accessible, applied, and more easily understood."
--Bruce McEwen
PhD.Head Neuroendocrinology Lab, Rockefeller
University and author: The End of Stress as We Know It
"Considering
how many of our ills are caused or at least made worse by our minds, it’s a wonder that it took so long for such a useful
book to appear. You will feel better after reading “Its All in Your Head…..” It is so comprehensive that
it includes a chapter on raising adolescents, a major , yet totally ignored source of stress, anxiety, and poor health. Life
if too short to not feel well and Dr. Pettus’ can help."
-- Dean Edell MD, author Life, Liberty, and
the Pursuit of Health and Host of America's #1 Radio Health Program, The Dean Edell Show
""Pettus has
done it again. In The Savvy Patient he gave us a road map to navigate our increasingly complex health care system so that
everyone one of us, in our moment of need, can use it for survival. Now he takes us one step further. In Its All in Your
Head he focuses on positive action and prevention. He asks us to look at our own person, our own self--our brain, our mind
and body--and he shows us how medical science, personal motivation and spirituality can work together to improve our health.
It is a bold undertaking and one that will be helpful to all who read it."
--Alex N. Sabo, MD, Chairman, Department
of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Berkshire Medical Center
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, University
of Massachusetts, Medical School
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