High Energy Living: Switch On the Sources to: Increase Your Fat-Burning Power * Boost Your Immunity and Live Longer * Stimulate Your Memory and Creativity * Unleash Hidden Passions - Hardcover

Cooper, Robert K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1579541267 ISBN 13: 9781579541262

Publisher: Rodale Books, 2000

Synopsis

Describes four forms of energy--calm, active, sensory, and heartfelt--and suggests ways to stimulate creativity, foster relationships, and relieve fatigue by tapping into the energy forms.

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"Do you know what it's like to feel fully alive?" asks Robert K. Cooper. "What if you could experience your best day every day?" Cooper, a motivational speaker and the author of Low-Fat Living and Health and Fitness Excellence, aims to help you tap your inner energy reserves and perform at your peak all the time. That's a tall order when many of us feel tired and tense, but Cooper has a whole book full of practical strategies for cranking up your energy.

There are four kinds of energy, Cooper explains: calm energy (natural flow state), active energy (produced by motion), sensory energy (engaging with life through the senses), and heartfelt energy (deep drive for a meaningful life and significant relationships). Cooper describes 25 "switches"--each with a series of steps--that will turn on these different types of energy. Calm-energy switch 1 is a series of tips and exercises for tapping into calm energy within the first minutes of waking. Active-energy switch 3 is to "have a vigorous lunch," which includes physically stepping away from what you've been doing, eating a good lunch (low-fat, protein-rich, good-tasting, whole-food, with pages of tips for making good choices), getting 10 minutes of exercise, and reconnecting with the big picture before getting back to work.

None of these switches are instant fixes; rather, they comprise a multistep process for retraining your habits and attitudes. You won't be able to put them all into action at once. Each one that you can incorporate into your daily life will help you reconnect with your natural energy, become more productive, and enjoy your life more. --Joan Price

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High Energy Living

Do you ever find yourself wishing that you had more energy? Do you feel exhausted at the end of most days, unable to enjoy time with your family or engage in the activities that matter most to you?

If only you could tap into some secret energy source, you might be able to shake off fatigue and renew your youthful vitality.

According to Robert K. Cooper, Ph.D., you can bring more energy into your day-to-day routine. Energy that gives you the strength and stamina to take on any situation. Energy that makes you feel alert, competent, and in control. Energy that puts you on top of the world so you're not weighted down by it.

Energy is Dr. Cooper's passion and a central theme of his work. He has spent more than 20 years studying worldwide research on the subject, determined to identify and refine the principles of a high-energy lifestyle. This has led him to the revolutionary discovery that energy takes four distinct forms--each one essential to High Energy Living, each one inside you, ready to be fired up.

* Calm energy brings you into a natural flow with the world around you. Things seem to go your way with relatively little effort.

* Active energy recharges your physical and mental batteries so you feel stronger, sharper, and more responsive.

* Sensory energy intensifies your interactions and experiences by sharpening your five senses. It feeds your creativity and desire for learning.

* Heartfelt energy fosters positive, successful relationships and deepens your drive for a meaningful life.

How do you tap into these four internal energy sources? Dr. Cooper has developed a series of 21 switches, each one tailored to a particular source. Designed for the real world, the switches are easy to learn, and they produce results fast. But you don't have to use them all at once. Choosing just one or two and practicing them regularly can make a profound difference in your energy levels.

With Dr. Cooper's guidance and expertise, you'll plug the energy drains that leave you fatigued, frustrated, and even physically ill. You'll unleash the positive energy that's at the very core of your being. You'll feel and function at your best every day.

Embrace High Energy Living and your power to be 100 percent alive.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1579541267
• ISBN 13: 9781579541262
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448