The Dr. Sears T5 Wellness Plan: Transform Your Mind and Body, Five Changes in Five Weeks

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The best of today's science-based nutrition and lifestyle research is finally available in one crystal-clear plan. All you need is five steps and five weeks. Maybe you've just received a wake-up call: your own health crisis, or a sick parent or friend. Or maybe you're just tired of feeling tired and sick of feeling sick. You don't need a diet plan. You need a health transformation - from the inside out. For more than 20 years, The Baby Book author William Sears' advice has been trusted by millions of parents across the country, and around the world. Now, along with his daughter Erin, a health coach and fitness instructor who went through her own transformation, losing 70 pounds and radically improving her health, Sears turns his science-based guidance to creating better health for everyone. The Sears T5 Wellness Plan is a book for all ages and all ailments. Decrease inflammation, protect your brain and heart, strengthen your gut, balance your hormones, and even make your own medicine. The Sears T5 Wellness Plan's five-step, five-week mind and body makeover - field-tested by the authors in their medical and health-coaching practices - changes your body's biochemistry to help you feel better, look better, and enjoy the New You! 'In this powerful and informative book, Dr. Bill Sears shares how lifestyle changes transformed his life and how these can help transform yours.' - Dean Ornish, MD, author, The Spectrum and Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease

William Sears, M.D., has been advising busy parents on how to raise healthier families for over 40 years, and now turns his attention to the specialty of lifestyle medicine. He has served as a voluntary professor at the University of Toronto, University of South Carolina, University of Southern California School of Medicine, and University of California: Irvine. As a father of 8 children, he coached Little League sports for 20 years, and together with his wife Martha has written more than 40 books and countless articles on parenting, nutrition, and healthy aging. He serves as a consultant for TV, magazines, radio and other media, and his website AskDrSears.com is one of the most popular health and parenting sites. Dr. Sears and his contribution to family health were featured on the cover of TIME Magazine in May 2012. He is noted for his science-made-simple-and-fun approach to family health. Erin Sears Basile, or "Sears kid number five," as she will joke about, has experienced first-hand the magical benefits of a happy, healthy household. Growing up in the fun and sometimes crazy Sears home with 7 siblings has taught her a lot about the importance of family values, and leading a life of service. With her parents as guides, she has shaped her life around helping others. She received her B.A in Music Education and Vocal Performance from Vanguard University and then went on to receive her M.A. in Choral Conducting from Azusa Pacific University. She then pursued a teaching career, and has loved sharing the joys of music with her students for the past 13 years. After a health crisis lead Erin through her own mental and physical transformation, a spark was ignited in her to focus her life towards helping others, and is honored to guide people through the journey of healthy living. She is certified health coach, yoga teacher, group exercise instructor, and co-founder of the Transform 5 healthy living plan. She is also an advocate and speaker for whole-food nutrition and assists families all over the world in living life to the fullest. Whether it's through music or health coaching, she has devoted her life to helping others find their joy and thrive, experiencing the best version of themselves.

"In this powerful and informative book, Dr. Bill Sears shares how lifestyle changes transformed his life and how these can help transform yours. He continues to inspire me and millions of others. Highly recommended!" -Dean Ornish, MD, author, The Spectrum and Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease "Dr. Sears offers advice that is not only holistic and truly empowering, but suitable for the entire family. This is a rare invitation to find and share vitality with the people you love most, and I love that!" -David L. Katz, MD, MPH, founder of True Health Initiative and author of The Truth about Food "Dr. Sears's book takes you deep inside your body and helps you discover clear directions to a better looking and feeling you. Once you start reading, you'll be unable to put it down." -Vince Fortanasce MD, author of The Anti-Alzheimer's Prescription "Dr. Sears has an amazing ability to take science-based information and present it in a simplified way. Transform 5 adds a whole new perspective to making healthy living simple and fun." -Dominique Hodgin, MA, NE, NBC-HWC, Executive Director of Education, Dr. Sears Wellness Institute