Choosing to Be Well

The voice, behind the words, of "Choosing To Be Well" is reasoned and passionate, without being strident or accusatory. The balance between self revelation and case study is handled with taste, suggesting that the writer successfully masks the tendency to indoctrinate and encourages rather than demands the reader to experiment with the material presented. The basic, conscious and higher selves are presented in triadic succession. The linkage procedes with illustrations and exercises that are both simple yet profound in their unmasking of the unreserved simplicity that most of us employ in addressing our overall health. The mind body duplicity, characterised by an unwitting sabotage, inherent to both, is exposed and ameliorated in a writing style that celebrates hard work and self examination at the expense of quick, easy cures and "helpful hints on self help from Helen". This is a remarkable book, calling us all to task for our self destructive, self absorbtion and challenging us to rethink our preconceptions of what it means to be truely healthy and what it takes to "choose to be well".