CORE 4 of Wellness: Nutrition Physical Exercise Stress Management Spiritual Wellness

The path to total wellness begins at your core. Nutrition, physical exercise, stress management, and spiritual wellness are the roots of health, peace, and contentment. You must feed these roots if you want to make real, positive change in your life.

Motivational speaker and family physician Kaushal B. Nanavati, MD, employs his extensive experience in providing care and coaching to individuals from many walks of life in this guide to mental, physical, and spiritual wellness.

CORE 4 of Wellness provides effective exercises to help you devise the best ways to handle stress, models for improving your eating habits, routines for physical activity, and easily understood guidance toward achieving the life you desire.

In addition to creating healthy habits, you'll reflect on your life, your values, and your goals and figure out the source of any unhappiness or discontent. Whether it's your career, spouse, finances, or something else in your life, now is the time to pinpoint the problem so you can solve it.

Learn to manage stress. Find balance and peace, inside and out. Discover how to stay calm and positive in any given situation. Be happy and healthy...and, most importantly, stay that way!

Kaushal B. Nanavati, MD, is a motivational speaker, an integrative family physician, and an author with a passion for leading people toward improved wellness, self-care, and peace in life. He has written for local magazines; taught end-of-life care to physicians, families, and caregivers; and worked in rural, suburban, and urban settings. He believes that overall wellness is a primary means of disease prevention.

Originally born in India, Nanavati moved to Rochester, New York, as a child and eventually earned his biology degree, with minors in philosophy and literature, at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He also attended St. George's University School of Medicine.

Nanavati currently lives in Syracuse, New York, and enjoys spending time with his family.