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PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook

The PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook is an easy-to-follow resource for anyone who wants to improve their overall well-being. In a step-by-step manner, this exceptional book explains how to make small lifestyle-related, health-enhancing changes—one step at a time.


The book details 12 specific steps—involving the body, mind, and spirit—that collectively empower individuals to achieve their goals of enjoying a happier and healthier life. The PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook is a must-have resource for healthcare providers and patients alike.

PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook

The PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook is an easy-to-follow resource for anyone who wants to improve their overall well-being. In a step-by-step manner, this exceptional book explains how to make small lifestyle-related, health-enhancing changes—one step at a time.


The book details 12 specific steps—involving the body, mind, and spirit—that collectively empower individuals to achieve their goals of enjoying a happier and healthier life. The PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook is a must-have resource for healthcare providers and patients alike.

PAVING a Woman’s Path Through Menopause and Beyond Paperback

by Michelle Tollefson (Author), Beth Frates (Author), Amy Comander (Author)

Women in midlife and beyond are bombarded with multiple stressors: aging parents, children or childlessness, health issues, work, and home issues. To live a healthy and vibrant life, women must regroup and address their own wellness. The Paving the Path to Wellness Program is an amazing guide for women on this journey. The importance of nutritious food, sleep, mindfulness/stress reduction, and movement/exercise cannot be overemphasized, and will reap benefits in every aspect of health and disease prevention. PAVING a Woman’s Path Through Menopause and Beyond is designed for every woman who wants to feel good about herself, while being empowered to live her healthiest life. 

PAVING a Woman’s Path Through Menopause and Beyond Paperback

by Michelle Tollefson (Author), Beth Frates (Author), Amy Comander (Author)

Women in midlife and beyond are bombarded with multiple stressors: aging parents, children or childlessness, health issues, work, and home issues. To live a healthy and vibrant life, women must regroup and address their own wellness. The Paving the Path to Wellness Program is an amazing guide for women on this journey. The importance of nutritious food, sleep, mindfulness/stress reduction, and movement/exercise cannot be overemphasized, and will reap benefits in every aspect of health and disease prevention. PAVING a Woman’s Path Through Menopause and Beyond is designed for every woman who wants to feel good about herself, while being empowered to live her healthiest life. 

Plant Forward: A PAVING the Path to Wellness Cookbook

by Jodi BornsteinResearch and News

We all know by now that we should be eating more plants, but incorporating plant-based meals into our diets can be difficult without some direction. Plant Forward is filled with delicious, colorful, satisfying, and easy-to-make plant-based recipes that will become staples in your own and your family’s regular meal rotation. Jodi Bornstein, a clinical occupational therapist at Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston who also teaches at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, created a popular food blog called Redgate Kitchen for her favorite recipes and food photography.

“PAVING the Path to Wellness is a journey. It’s a process of exploration, self-awareness, challenge, compassion, and joy. Hopefully, you’ll have that feeling as you look back at your time with the program and the workbook.  The journey is ongoing. The joy is available each day.” -page 385 from workbook

PAVING Wheel Questionnaire

The PAVING Wheel Questionnaire can be found in the PAVING Workbook on pages 27-28 and 400-401.

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Even in challenging times, it is possible to improve your overall health and well-being. The key, as described in the PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook, is to learn how to make small changes, one step at a time. This book is informative, inspiring, and fun to read, as well as an excellent resource for anyone who wants to learn how live a better life.

Randie M. Black-Schaffer, MD, MA

Stroke Program Medical Director, Stroke Wellness Institute Director, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Division of Stroke and Neurology Director, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School