Discovering Optimal: Shift Your Narrative, Transform Your Habits, Boost Your Energy

In his first book, Gibbons (health sciences and wellness, Humber Coll.) shares his 20 years of expertise as an exercise physiologist and lifestyle coach. His guide aims to assist readers with overcoming life’s hurdles so that they can experience fulfilling lives. The first sections identify obstacles that might impede the attainment of ultimate well-being. Gibbons provides candid anecdotes of his own struggles, describing how he overcame them to design his own optimal existence, which remains an ongoing process. Through self-reflective exercises and other techniques, readers can identify the root causes of personal barriers and negative habitual behaviors such as fear, anxiety, critical subconsciousness, and other stresses. This title serves as a guidebook that offers strategies to overcome these issues and achieve self-optimization through practices that include mindfulness, detoxification, deep breathing, immunity enhancements, spirituality, and energy management. Concluding chapters serve as a workbook where readers can identify priorities and create a blueprint to develop more satisfying lives. Although some exercises (i.e., intermittent fasting, cryotherapy) might not suit everyone, this title provides excellent tools to assist readers in making life changes.