Quick overview: "the joy of well-being" is billed as a practical and do-able guide to healthy living from the husband and wife duo behind "mindbodygreen". You may be familiar with them through their Instagram™ presence or their podcast where they present advice from a variety of experts on an endless list of health, fitness and food topics. In this guide, they present their vision of well-being, which they define as follows: "Wellness is about optimization and outcome. Well-being is about joy and journey."

Thoughts: I appreciated the broader definition of overall well-being including aspects like breath, human connection and spirituality. While touching on the more traditional aspects of health, they also discussed the crucial importance of sleep, coping with stress and the concept of healthy stress, having connected relationships with other humans (and animals), and our relationship with our planet. There were no hard and fast rules presented here - only common sense advice sprinkled with some scientific and anecdotal evidence to support it. The Wachobs were honest about choosing activities that could be easily incorporated into everyday life so that they are a source of happiness and not a chore that will be dropped at some point. Overall, I found this guide a quick read in an engaging tone that never veered off into preachiness. If you are looking to introduce some positive changes, big or small, I recommend it.