A RADICAL APPROACH TO WELLNESS: This self-help book rejects one-size-fits-all dieting and health advice to offer practical strategies for getting healthyyour way.
What kind of society makes being healthy and happy so difficult that only a small percentage of the population can pull it off? A sick society.
And within a sick societyone where illness, anxiety, and depression are the prevailing normswhat does it mean to be one of the few people to beat those unhealthy odds? It means bucking a lot of your societys norms and rejecting a lot of its conventional health prescriptions. It also means acknowledging a disturbing truth: If you arent breaking the rules, youre probably breaking yourself. Thats the simple, provocative philosophy behind The Healthy Deviant, one seasoned health journalists quest to reframe healthy choices as a positive form of social rebellion.
Combining hand-drawn infographics and statistics with insights from sociology, psychology, evolutionary biology, functional medicine, and the school of hard knocks, this category-defying book rejects the idea that diet and exercise alone can save usor are even the best places to start. Gerasimos 14-day Healthy-Deviant Adventure Program presents a series of powerful perspective shifts and simple daily practicesplus illustrations, infographics, worksheets, reminders, and progress tracking toolsthat put you firmly back in charge of your own wellbeing.
Part manifesto, part whispered wake-up call, The Healthy Deviant is a modern-day survival guide for being a healthy person in an unhealthy world. Starting now.
