Living Well on the Road

Stressed out? Eating badly? Skipping the gym? Sleeping with your phone rather than your partner? Experiencing brain fog and lack of focus? Then this book is for you. Linden Schaffer was an overworked, stressed out, on-the-go professional who found time to refocus, recharge, recommit to wellness on the road. Now she is sharing her secrets, identifying the obstacles that keep you from experiencing true wellness and, with scientifically backed-data, showing how you too can learn to embrace wellness. Learn what it feels like to recommit to the things that help us feel more energized, more focused, and more mindful of those activities in which we engage.
Living Well on the Road helps readers to identify those areas of life that need recharging, and brings greater awareness to those in search of a way to find wellness, happiness, and overall well-being even as they move through their busy days. Whether on the road, in the office, or at home, any reader can find ways to dramatically improve their mental focus and physical wellness if they implement the ideas and advice found within these pages.
In Living Well on the Road, readers will find:
a practical real-world approach to understanding and managing your wellnessa researched and scientifically investigated how-to manual that encourages a healthier way to manage your lifestylepersonal accounts of how small changes can lead to major positive life changeseasy to implement tactics proven to reduce stress and sick daysincreased productivity and creativity through refocused attentionfeel-good experiences that take 5-minutes and release the stress and tension of your workday from body and mind

Linden Schaffer is a wellness travel expert, consultant, and founder of the first wellness travel company, Pravassa. Since having founded Pravassa in 2009, Linden has been leading travelers around the world on wellness tours, which offer group and individualized itineraries for the people and companies that are looking to restore productivity and creativity. As a winner of the prestigious British Airways Face of Opportunity contest, Linden contributes to columns in The Huffington Post and MindBodyGreen, is a regular speaker at conferences around the country, and has participated in international conferences in Colombia, India, and Spain in order to bring wellness travel opportunities to these countries. When Linden is not traveling the world, she is based in New York City.

Foreword by Andrew McCarthy
Introduction: Practice Makes Perfect
A Peek at What's Inside
1. ARE WE WELL?
America's Current Healthcare System
Workplace Wellness
Millennials and the Future
Are You Already on the Brink of Burnout?
Interview with Tevis Trower
2. GET REST
Counting Sheep
Nurture Your Nature
Blue Light Special
Your Bed Is Calling
Sleep Your Way to the Top
Say Goodnight, Gracie
Interview with Dr. Ana C. Krieger
3. GET FIT
Please, Don't Take a Seat
Step Away from the Screen
Meet Me for a Sweat Sesh
Let's Get Physical
Interview with Well+Good Founders
4. GET ZEN
The Rise of Stress
The Western Origins of Zen
What Is Mindfulness, and How Do We Get Some?
Meditation Does Our Body Good
Mindfulness at Work
What Does Self-Care Have to Do with It?
Interview with Dr. Miles Neale
5. GET LOCAL
It's a Concrete Jungle Out There
Hug a Tree
Fresh Air for the Soul
Reach Out and Touch Someone
Interview with Richard Louv
6. GET FOOD
Food as Medicine
Do You Know the Muffin Man?
Feed Your Soul
You're Already Sweet Enough
Eat Real Food
It Lives in Your Belly, Baby
Your Food Future
Interview with Dr. Robin Berzin
7. LIVING WELL ON THE ROAD
Beam Me Up, Scotty
Fight for Your Right
I Wear My Sunglasses at Night
Travel Well
Craft Your Path
8. GET RESULTS AND SUSTAIN SUCCESS
I Can't Get No
If You Build It
A Little Help from My Friends
CHECKLISTS
Evaluate Your Sleep
Create a Sleep Routine
3-Minute Calming Exercise
2 Minutes to Refocus
Items for Your Grocery Cart
52-Week Wellness Implementation
Wellness Packing List
Jet Lag Killers
Wellness During a Day on the Road
Re-Integration Post-Vacation
Mini Steps to Success
Dedication
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author