Sophie Keller - How Happy Is Your Health?

50 Great Tips to Help You Live a Long, Happy and Healthy Life

Your health is number one. Thats it. End of story! You can have a great marriage, a great career and a great family but taking care of your health has to come before everything else.

When it comes to your health, you need to think long-term. The question you need to ask yourself is, how will the way I treat my body now affect it five years, ten years and forty years from now? If how you are taking care of your body now will support your long-term vitality and help slow down your aging, then go for it, otherwise you need to change some habits before its too late.

This book provides fifty unusual and original health tips that are easy to implement and have the capacity to make a big impact on the quality of your life. If you follow them, I promise you they will help prevent disease and assist you to live to a ripe old age! My goal is to give you knowledge so that you can make your own informed choices and decide what is best for you.

There are four sections in the book. In the Healthy Eating section you will learn about your food. You will discover which specific fruits and vegetables are important to eat organic, what terms like free-range really mean on your egg cartons and easy and unusual ways to achieve your ideal weight.

In the Healthy Self section you will learn about the powerful mind-body connection: how to release anger and express your feelings to make you look younger, how your language can help you lose weight and which three energy-draining habits you will want to do away with.

In the Healthy Body section you will discover alternative healing practices and new ways to exercise, including easy ways to combat the winter blues, which pressure point you can use to help cure a hangover and how changing your posture can change your life.

In the Healthy Earth section you will learn easy ways to avoid common toxins. You will gain an understanding of which specific plastics are safe to use and which are not, why fluoride-free toothpaste is better for you and reasons why you might want to improve the water quality in your home.

My personal health journey began at a very young age. When I was fourteen, I hurt my back and shoulder while playing competitive tennis. I was in excruciating pain and had problems sitting and standing. I went to a host of medical doctors, who said they couldnt help me and insisted I would never be better. As a result, I took my healing into my own hands and explored holistic and drug-free therapies. I did Pilates to strengthen the muscles in my back, started meditating to release stress and clear my mind and went to therapy to understand why my back, my support system, had given up on me. After seeing the incredible results I could get naturally, I began a lifelong journey to discover more about optimum health and how to achieve it.

Over the years, I realized, among other things, that it is probably better to eat fruits and vegetables that have not been sprayed with poison, that the mind and body are completely intertwinedwhen one is suffering, the other often follows suitand that it is a good idea to treat my body as if it is my best friend, since well be spending a lifetime together.

I studied under many different doctors at the forefront of complementary medicines and trained in numerous different bodyworks, mind therapies and spiritual practices to heal myself and to gain insight in the field of personal development and happiness. I became a life coach, master practitioner and trainer in neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and hypnosis, as well as a qualified yoga teacher. Bringing together the knowledge that I gained over the years, I eventually became an expert in the field of happiness.

Ive taken many things that Ive learned about health and distilled them into these simple and easy to follow tips. I promise that if you follow them it will make a big difference in how you look and feel.

I wish you a long, healthy and happy life.

Love, Sophie

Read each question and circle the answer that best applies to you and your health. If there are steps you can take to improve your health based on your answers, turn to the relevant tips in the book and start creating a happier, healthier and longer life, one tip at a time!

Circle the answer that sounds most accurate, then go to for your results.

1. If you are near a landline and someone calls you on your cell phone, do you:

A. Talk on your cell phone without worrying about the time spent on it?

B. Ask if you can call him or her back from the landline?

C. Talk on your cell phone but minimize the amount of time you stay on your cell?

2. Are you aware of the quality of the water that you drink?

A. Not at all, and Im not particularly concerned about it.

B. I do my best to know about the quality of the water that I drink.

C. I sometimes think about it, but it doesnt influence my choices too much.

3. When you buy cleaning products for your home, do you:

A. Buy the cheapest products you can find?

B. Think about what would be good for your health and the environment?

C. Go for whatever catches your eye first?

4. When it comes to body care and beauty products, do you:

A. Look for the most natural and organic brand?

B. Look for a brand you recognize?

C. Look for the cheapest brand you can find?

5. When you use plastic products, are you careful to limit your exposure to potential toxins?

A. No, I am not aware of toxins in plastic and dont really think about them.

B. Yes, I am aware of toxins and try to lessen the amount of plastic products I use and choose them carefully.

C. I think about this sometimes, but I dont let it influence my choices too much.

6. When you have an injury or common illness, how do you go about healing it?

A. I go straight to my medical doctor and ask for the quickest solution, whether its a pain pill, antibiotic or some other therapy.

B. I make lifestyle changes to try to holistically treat the ailment before going to see alternative health practitioners and medical doctors.

C. I ignore the injury or cold and hope it will go away on its own.

7. How is your posture?

A. Excellent. Im very careful about my posture and always sit or stand up straight.

B. I never really think about my posture and have no idea.

C. Sometimes I think that I could sit or stand straighter.

8. Are your moods affected by the seasons?

A. No, I am not very moody, and I maintain the same general mood all year round.

B. I tend to get more depressed and moody in the winter.

C. I can get moody, but it doesnt correlate to any time of the year.

9. How often do you exercise?

A. I am too busy and rarely have time to exercise, but I try to fit a workout in when I can.

B. I like to commit to working out at least three times a week.

C. I dont enjoy exercise and wouldnt be caught dead in a gym!

10. When it comes to diets, are you:

A. On them intermittently with little long-term success?

B. Never on a diet as you are happy with your weight?

C. Always on one diet or another, and often experimenting with new fad diets?

11. Do you treat your body as:

A. Your best friend?

B. A separate object, to be used and abused?