WILD 5 Wellness LiveWell90: A Proven 90-Day Mental Wellness Program

by Saundra Jain, Rakesh Jain, Betsy Burns

Drs. Saundra and Rakesh Jain are married mental health professionals who have been helping people achieve optimum levels of mental wellness for more than 25 years. ‘Wellness Deficit Disorder’ is a term they coined to highlight that mental wellness is in decline across America, which comes with a heavy price. Less than optimum mental wellness leads to increased stress, more depression, more anxiety, and poor physical health. The Jains’ wellness initiative is called WILD 5 Wellness. The acronym WILD stands for Wellness Interventions for Life’s Demands, and the 5 represents the 5 elements they identified that are essential to a person's sense of wellbeing - exercise, mindfulness, sleep, social connectedness and nutrition. They incorporated these 5 elements into a 90-day program that enabled people from all walks of life to maximize their sense of wellbeing. Rather than creating a program that contained recommendations that they assumed would lead to an increased sense of wellness, they designed a program that they knew was effective because it was based on sound scientific findings. Hundreds of people were studied, in a variety of settings, over an extended period of time. People who completed the program had significant increases in their levels of happiness, enthusiasm, resilience and optimism. They also showed significant decreases in their levels of depression, anxiety, insomnia, emotional eating and chronic pain. WILD 5 Wellness is excited to introduce you to LiveWell90, an effective, scientifically-based 90-day program designed to increase your overall level of wellness. This workbook contains everything you'll need for your wellness journey. In an effort to make this workbook accessible to as many people as possible, it is priced at the lowest level permissible. All profits from the sale of this workbook are donated to mental health charities.

286 pages, Paperback

Published March 19, 2019

Reviews

[Oksana · Rating 3 out of 5]

While it seems like a solid program with legitimate research behind it, it must not work for everyone, and I must be one of those people for whom it doesn't work... For one, you have to already be highly motivated to put in the time and work required. After reading the introduction, it took me two attempts just to feel adequately enthused to get started. Then, I was able to get through just about 28 straight days... Before I felt so completely exhausted by the whole thing that I gave up. The daily social interaction especially wore on me. I dreaded the process of figuring out who to call or meet with every day and making it happen, and it did not get easier as time went on. I understand that social connection is important to wellbeing, but daily? I never considered myself an introvert, but after this experience I've begun to wonder... 🤔 Otherwise, daily meditation, exercise, and good sleep hygiene did feel beneficial and are habits that I am going to continue to build on. I also enjoyed learning about the MIND Diet. So, some good did come of it.