Anne Marie Ludovici - Change Your Mind Change Your Health: 7 Ways To Harness The Power Of Your Brain To Achieve True Well-be

Annie has proven herself in the industry as someone to listen to when making personal lifestyle changes. This is a must read for those interested in making and sustaining their own health & well-being changes, and in helping others throughout the behavior change process.

Dee W. Edington, PhD, Professor Emeritus University of Michigan,
author of Zero Trends coauthor of Health as a
Win-Win Organizational Philosophy

7 WAYS TO HARNESS THE POWER OF YOUR
BRAIN TO ACHIEVE TRUE WELL-BEING

BY ANNE MARIE LUDOVICI, MS

Copyright 2015 by Anne Marie Ludovici

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CHANGE YOUR MIND, CHANGE YOUR HEALTH
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ludovici-Connolly, Anne Marie, 1959

Change your mind, change your health : 7 ways to harness the power of your brain to achieve true well-being / by Anne Marie Ludovici, MS ; foreword by Dr. James O. Prochaska.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-60163-344-6 (paperback) -- ISBN 978-1-60163-438-2 (ebook)
1. Self-care, Health. 2. Well-being. 3. Mind and body. 4. Health--Psychological aspects. I. Title.

RA776.95.L84 2014
613--dc23

2014036118

This book is dedicated to my son, Kyle Mark Connolly, who has, and continues to, transform me and my life in the most amazing way! Kyle, you are, and always will be, my Sunshine.

I am deeply grateful for all of the members, clients, groups, organizations, employers, colleagues, and friends that I have had the pleasure of working with throughout my 30-year career in the health and wellness industry. Each one of you has made significant contributions to my experiences, career, this book, and my personal well-being. Thank you to the brilliant researchers who have devoted their careers and lives to the continued work in the development and application of the behavior change theories, strategies, techniques, and tools presented in this book. You have improved the health and well-being of populations across the globe.

I especially want to thank Dr. James O. Prochaska, for his important work on the Transtheoretical Model of behavior change. Dr. Prochaska, I am grateful and humbled by your mentorship, collaboration, and councel throughout the years, for writing the Foreword, and for providing such an insightful and pertinent review of this book. Thank you to Dr. Janice Prochaska for her valuable insights and edits. And my sincere gratitude and appreciation to Jan and Jim for their continued support and friendship.

I am very appreciative to my Super Agent, Jeff Herman, for believing in this book, and in me, and for taking me on as a client. You have literally helped me make a dream come true. I also want to thank Deb Herman for her critical edits to the book proposal and getting me started on social media. Thank you to Career Press/New Page Books for publishing this book and for your support.

Special acknowledgments go to Dr. Kathleen Cullinen, my doctoral and senior editor, content advisor in population-based health promotion, and dear friend. I cant thank you enough for your support though a second book! You have helped make the content shine as bright as the shining star you are! Thank you to Eva-Molly Pettito-Dunbar, doctoral student in psychology at University of Rhode Island, for providing the most up-to-date research citations, and for conceptual support. I am grateful to Donna Ingram, my longtime friend and research associate, for your content contributions. Thanks to Tim Marran for his creative additions, as well as editing support to the book proposal. And, to Charles, from Charles Desper Designs, thank you for all your creative design work for my Website and illustrations for this book. And, thanks to Big River Advertising for their awesome catalog copy, authors bio, and blog content used in this publication.

Last but not least, I am ever indebted to my family. Sincere thanks to my husband, Greg, my trusted advisor, and biggest cheerleader. Your wisdom, support, and patience throughout this journey and our life journey together is so precious to me. A big thanks to my talented son, Kyle, for his love and encouragement throughout my career and this process. Kyle, I am so proud of you! And to my late first husband, Mark J. Connolly, the father of our son, Kyle, the greatest gift of all. Mark, you are missed. Special acknowledgments go to my beloved, late father, who motivates me daily with his never-to-be forgotten traits of perseverance, self-discipline and true Grit. Thank you to my mom, who always encouraged me to follow my dreams, and provided me with the verbal persuasion to achieve them. You gave it your all, exemplified true grit, and as a result, your cancer is in complete remission! Mom, I am so proud of you! Heartfelt acknowledgments go to my late brother, Dino, my memories of whom remind me to be more like the kind, compassionate, and gentle soul that he was. Thank you to my uncle, Ed Pereira, artist extraordinaire, for your help with countless versions of book cover designs for past book proposals. Thank you to my late grandparents, my second parents. My grandmother (Ava) imparted such grace, wisdom, and love that warm my soul to this day. And finally, I express my gratitude for the lifelong, personal impact of my grandfather (Av), my role model and a trailblazer of health, well-being, and personal achievement!

With Gratitude and Love, Anne Marie (Annie) Ludovici-Connolly

Am I Ready to Change?
Insider Secret #1: The Stages of Change

How Do I Start?
Insider Secret #2: Strategies to Start Changing

Return to Recess
Insider Secret #3: Give It a Break and Have Fun!

Building Confidence Through Mastery
Insider Secret #4: Improve Confidence to Change: The Self-Efficacy Theory

Change the Way You Think About It
Insider Secret #5: Tips and Techniques to Change Mindsets

Make a New Life Plan
Insider Secret #6: Lessons From Business School

Game On!
Insider Secret #7: Power Strategies From Sports Psychology