Review
"In small doses stress can make us feel more alive and creative, but enormous chronic stress can erase joy from our lives - even kill us - unless we have tools to handle our challenges. Joy! Joy! Joy! gives step-by-step instructions for de-stressing and beating the blues, integrated with stories of how seven body/mind/spirit habits transformed the author's life physically, emotionally and spiritually."
Richard Moss, M.D.
Author and Internationally Recognized InnerTransformation Leader
"Even if you don'thave the blues or need to lift your spirits, this is a fascinating read. In Joy!Joy! Joy! Ellen doesn't hold back - she shares her personal stories, some horrifying, of what her life was like before she developed a program of daily practices that transformed her into a joyful, grateful person, regardless of life's challenges."
Larry Dossey, M.D.
Author and Leading Authority on Integrative and Mind/Body Medicine
"Ellen Wood suffered from a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's (having one copy of the APO E4 gene), a history of severe depression and breast cancer, in addition to the usual knocks and bruises of life. Now she's a dynamo who shares with you the practices that changed her life. Not only that, with her Daily Practice Checklists, she gives you ways to turn them into habits so you too can live happy and fulfilled, no matter what life throws at you."
Terry Grossman, M.D.
Author and Internationally Recognized Anti-AgingPhysician
"The time has come to celebrate JOY, everymoment of every day. Enjoy the triple WISDOM in JOY!JOY! JOY!"
C. Norman Shealy, M.D.
Author of 30 books on Health, Longevity and Energy Medicine
Founder and CEO, International Institute of Holistic Medicine
"If you've ever suffered from the blues, this is the book for you. Ellen Wood gives step by step instructions for bringing happiness back into your life, even in turbulent times. Joy!Joy! Joy! has personal stories of how these mind/body/spirit practices, once they became habits, transformed the author's life, including reversing early Alzheimer's Disease, keeping breast cancer from recurring since 1992 and surviving deep depression."
Lisa Giruzzi
Author and Peak Performance Coach and Speaker
"Small doses of stress can inspire a primal urge to be creative but chronic high stress can sap our energy and cause the blues if we don't have tools to handle life's challenges. And in today's uncertain - sometimes irrational - world, there's a great deal to stress about. Luckily, we have Ellen Wood's book, Joy!Joy! Joy!, which gives 7 mind/body/spirit practices to reduce stress and live happy. It's also a good read and includes stories of how these practices, once they became habits, dramatically and permanently transformed her life."
Dr. Steven Ross
Author and Foremost Authority on Integrative and Functional Medicine
"Reading Ellen's book is like sitting in a comfy and safe place with your very best friend. She tells you about her personal life and shares the progressive steps she took to turn her life around, and that you can take too. Using Ellen's action plan and turning the practices into habits, you'll discover that you are truly a magnificent being in body, mind and spirit and it will be reflected in the joy you feel."
Lisa Ryan
Author and Chief Appreciation Strategist at Grategy
"At the age of 67, Ellen developed a program of mind, body, spirit action steps which reversed cognitive decline and restored her mental, emotional and spiritual joy. She then wrote about it in the award-winning Think and Grow Young. Her message over the past few years has expanded from growing younger to thriving at any age.In Joy!Joy! Joy! Ellen offers step by step instructions for practices to lift your spirits, ward off the blues, and keep you even-keeled and joyful - no matter what's happening in your life."
Eldon Taylor, Ph.D., FAPA NY Times Bestselling Author and Leading Authority on Preconscious Information Processing
From the Author
A PERSONAL NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR Curled up in my bed, emotional pain gnawing at my belly, feeling spiritually adrift, I couldn't remember what it felt like to be happy. Or even neutral. If this seems familiar to you, I understand and I want to help. Thanks to the practices in this book I'm even keeled now, I have a close connection to Spirit and I'm truly happy. I want to share this feeling of "joy for no reason." Just follow my blueprint and make these daily self-help practices into habits. If you are like me, your day is jam-packed so practices that take only minutes seem magical. In "Joy! Joy! Joy!" I encourage you to stay on track by starting with only 2 practices, then adding more as each becomes second nature. 12 weeks of Daily Practice Checklists in the back of the book help you anchor new habits and realize deep-rooted joy and happiness, no matter how absurd life gets.
From the Back Cover
In this fast-paced, uncertain world, stress can take center stage in our lives. Even worse, chronic stress can erase our joy, often resulting in anxiety or a bad case of the blues.
Joy! Joy! Joy! is the first book to give kitchen-sink, detailed advice for living happy that is seasoned with stories of how seven mind/body/spirit habits dramatically and permanently transformed the author's life, including reversing early Alzheimer's and surviving deep depression.
Five years after watching her mother succumb to Alzheimer's Disease, Ellen Wood's own cognition and memory began a downward spiral (she has the Alzheimer's gene, APO-e4). Determined to do everything in her power to reverse aging, Ellen developed a program of mind/body/spirit techniques that proved so successful, she couldn't keep it all to herself. In 2007 Ellen published Think and Grow Young - Powerful Practices to Create a Life of Joy, the prizewinning book which lays the foundation for rejuvenation and provides vital first steps for inner peace.
When she was invited to help address the depression epidemic of a northern New Mexico town, Ellen knew that detailed instructions for all seven habits were needed and Joy! Joy! Joy! was born. Not only do these practices rejuvenate body and soul, they greatly reduce stress and help people live happy.
Joy! Joy! Joy! gives you step by step instructions for the seven mind/body/spirit daily practices, most of which take only two minutes. In her gentle, easygoing manner, Ellen coaxes you to stay on track by starting off slowly and progressing incrementally in the program. These pages include 12 weeks of Daily Practice Checklists to serve as prompts throughout each day - enough time for you to firmly establish new habits and be on your way toa joy-filled life.
About the Author
Ellen Wood is an award-winning author, columnist and inspirational speaker who walks her talk. Anyone who spends even a few minutes with Ellen can attest to her youthful "joie de vivre." As upbeat and vivacious as she is, though, it hasn't always been an easy road for her. Five years after watching her mother succumb to Alzheimer's Disease, Ellen Wood's own cognition and memory began a downward spiral (she has the Alzheimer's gene, APO-e4). Determined to do everything in her power to reverse aging and reclaim happiness, Ellen developed a program of mind/body/spirit techniques that proved so successful, she couldn't keep it all to herself. Ellen wrote and published "Think and Grow Young," the prizewinning book which provides vital first steps for rejuvenation and happiness. When she was invited to help address the depression epidemic of a northern New Mexico town, Ellen knew that a detailed, step-by-step action plan for all seven habits was needed and "Joy! Joy! Joy" was born.
