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The following information describes available materials you can order by completing the form below.
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Headache Relief |
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Stress Reduction |
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Become Thinner |
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Becoming a Non-Smoker |
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Order Form |
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Self-Help Bibilography: Other suggested self-help materials |
Headache Relief
A headache can be merely a bothersome recurring nuisance, or it can be crippling. Although unwelcome, a headache is your friend that is acting as a helpful signal. It alerts you to search for the problem which caused the headache and urges you to make any necessary changes in your life. Once identified, the sources of the headache can often be removed, avoided or altered. You can then be in control of becoming healthier and preventing future headaches.
Taking the "Ouch" Out of Headaches is a program of three audio cassettes and a book. This program identifies the types and causes of headaches. It discusses a variety of methods for reducing and preventing headaches. These methods include relaxation, pressure-point massage, nutrition, stretching exercises and attitudinal changes.
Stress Reduction
Do you feel like you are stressed-out? The following suggestions might help remind you to let go of stress:
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There is a difference between pressure (external things that have an effect on you) and stress (your internal overwhelming response to pressure). |
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Your body will remind you if you experience too much stress with symptoms like hypertension, ulcers, headaches, exhaustion, insomnia, etc. |
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You create stress by the way you shape your perceptions of your life. As you change your perceptions, you can reduce your stress. |
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Rest and relaxation, good nutrition, exercise, and laughter are important to your health and your being able to reduce stress. |
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Changing your environment often helps you relieve stress (i.e., setting goals, delegating work, and organizing tasks). |
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Getting support (and hugs) from others helps relieve stress. |
To provide a relaxation exercise and more information regarding stress, Dr. Miller has produced a video tape entitled Stress Reduction. An audio cassette entitled Relaxation, Wisdom, & Confidence provides additional exercises to help relieve stress and to help you sleep better.
Become Thinner
To become thinner, it's important to exercise as well as to eat less food and eat better quality food. It's not good to skip meals or fast, as this causes your body to panic and ask for more food -- immediately -- no matter what the quality of food is. To be successful in keeping weight off, you must have positive attitudes toward yourself and your body as well as make and keep an agreement with yourself to take good care of yourself and to stick to your program.
The audio cassette, Thinking Thin, facilitates your becoming and staying thinner by helping you focus your attention on this commitment to yourself.
Becoming a Non-Smoker
Regardless of how long people have smoked, quitting smoking will improve their health and increase their life expectancy. The following suggestions will help you become a nonsmoker:
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Make a firm commitment to become a non-smoker. |
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Find a "buddy" to quit with you for psychological support. |
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List your personal reasons for becoming a non-smoker, and look at it often. |
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Cut down to ten cigarettes over a one-to-two week period, recording each cigarette as you smoke it. |
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Begin an exercise program which you will increase over time. |
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Drink plenty of nonchemical liquids (water, fruit juices, and skim milk) to flush out your system of the toxins. Avoid alcohol and caffeine during this period. |
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On your Quit Day, throw away all cigarettes. |
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Be careful to drink non-sugared drinks and eat appropriate amounts of good food so as to avoid possible weight gain. |
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Develop new hobbies and habits that will distract you from wanting to smoke. |
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Congratulate yourself and remind yourself that you're becoming healthier. |
To increase the chance of succeeding in becoming a non-smoker, Dr. Miller has produced an audio cassette entitled Letting Go of the Urge to Smoke and a video tape entitled Stop Smoking.