Leveraging Your Financial Intelligence : At the Intersection of Money, Health, and Happiness

Smart financial decisions boost more than your bottom line—they'll make you healthier and happier too! Are you one of the 90% of people who are stressed about money? If so, you know it can take its toll on every part of your life. Financial health, physical health and happiness are profoundly interconnected. It's almost impossible to enjoy any one of these without the help of the other two. The authors describe this phenomenon as the intersection of money, health, and happiness. Leveraging Your Financial Intelligence will teach you a powerful values-based approach to achieving your most important life goals. As you take steps to improve your financial well-being, you'll discover that leveraging your financial intelligence will also fuel your physical and emotional well-being. Backed by the latest research findings in neuroscience, psychology, health, and cultural anthropology, the authors' invaluable advice focuses on the practical actions you can take to improve not just your finances, but your overall life satisfaction. You'll be inspired by meeting people from all walks of life who have leveraged their financial intelligence to build financial security, promote fitness and health, and increase their daily sense of happiness. Proven recommendations from the authors' work with countless clients, along with worksheets, self-assessments, and other tools will help you apply the book's concepts to enhance your own financial, physical and emotional health. Use the strategies presented in this book to leverage your financial intelligence in a way that's tailored to your individual circumstances and allows you to create your own extraordinary intersection of money, health, and happiness. "Cancer "--"Stroke "--"Respiratory Diseases " -- "Alzheimer's Disease " -- "Diabetes " -- "Preventing and Managing the Most Common Diseases " -- "Key Activities for Preventing and Managing Health Threats " -- "Maintaining Physical Fitness " -- "Physical Agility " -- "Eating Healthfully " -- "Prioritizing Your Health Goals " -- "Make a Plan for Your Health Goals " -- "Beyond Physical Health " -- "Chapter 6: Happiness " -- "Finding Your Happiness Recipe " -- "Happiness Is More than a Cheerful Mood " -- "Happiness Means Living in Alignment " -- "Happiness and Principles " -- "Happiness and Values " -- "Happiness and Behavior " -- "Happiness Depends on Emotional Intelligence " -- "Freeze! " -- "Capitalizing on Self-Awareness " -- "Your Brain on Happiness " -- "Assessing Your Level of Happiness " -- "Characteristics of Happy People " -- "Planning to Be Happy " -- "Key Activities and Practices for Being Happy " -- "Practicing Gratitude "Cover "--"Title Page "--"Copyright " -- "Contents " -- "Preface" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "Chapter 1: Money, Health, and Happiness: How They're Connected " -- "Money and Happiness " -- "How Much Is Enough? " -- "Financial Stress " -- "Not Enough " -- "Debt and Depression " -- "Money and Health " -- "Not Enough Income -- Not Enough Health " -- "How Financial Resources Support Health " -- "Health Practices Can Improve Your Finances " -- "Happiness and Health " -- "Chapter 2: Living in Alignment " -- "The Alignment Model " -- "Your Life in Three Frames " -- "Ideal Self " -- "Responsibility " -- "Values " -- "Discovering Your Values " -- "Chapter 3: Setting and Achieving Goals " -- "Living on Purpose " -- "What on Earth Is "WIDDY WIFFY"? " -- "Step 1: Have a Goal " -- "Goals Need to Be Connected to Values and Purpose " -- "Best Practices for Developing and Achieving Goals " -- "Step 2: Have a Plan " -- "Step 3: Implement Your Plan "Step 4: Control Direction "--"Step 5: Throw Off Discouragement "--"Chapter 4: Money " -- "From Misery to Wisdom " -- "The Secret of Wisdom: Preparing for the Certainty of Uncertainty " -- "What Can't You Know? " -- "So, What Can You Do About What You Can't Know? " -- "Key Elements of the Smart Money Philosophy " -- "Recognize That You Must Save Money " -- "Put Your Investments in a Variety of Financial Instruments " -- "Use Insurance to Transfer Some of the Risks of Uncertainty to Someone Else " -- "Making Your Own Smart Money Plan " -- "How Much Do You Need? " -- "Smart Money Planning Guidelines " -- "Adjusting Your Smart Money Plan " -- "Chapter 5: Health " -- "Being Responsible for Our Health " -- "What Do You Want for Your Health? " -- "Stress " -- "Can Stress Be Good for You? " -- "Reducing Stress " -- "Use Money to Reduce Stress " -- "Stress Reduction Key Activities " -- "Many Diseases, One Cure " -- "Heart Disease "Building Optimism "--"Practicing Acts of Kindness "--"Practicing Forgiveness " -- "Afterword " -- "Appendix A: Exercise: What Are Your Top Values? " -- "Appendix B: Exercise: Values and Behavior Alignment " -- "Appendix C: Exercise: What Is Your Life's Purpose?" -- "Appendix D: Exercise: Visualize Yourself Living Your Purpose" -- "Appendix E: Goal Achievement Planning " -- "Part I: Turning Wants Into Goals " -- "Part II: Goal Achievement Plan " -- "Appendix F: Exercise: Play the Freeze Game " -- "Index Money, health, and happiness: how they're connected Living in alignment Setting and achieving goals Money Health Happiness Afterword Appendix A. Exercise: what are your top values? Appendix B. Exercise: values and behavior alignment Appendix C. Exercise: what is your life's purpose? Appendix D. Exercise: visualize yourself living your purpose Appendix E. Goal achievement planning Appendix F. Exercise: play the freeze game.