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This 112-page monthly journal is filled with motivational and instructional text to guide the process of creating a health plan: identifying personal challenges, setting SMART long- and short-term goals, and tracking progress for sleep, nutrition, exercise, relaxation, and spirituality.

The journal is designed to include space for recording personal thoughts about making lifestyle changes, writing a health vision, rating confidence in making changes, setting goals, and reflecting on monthly and weekly plans. Also included is a sample health log and answers to frequently asked questions, including tips for success.

The features and benefits of this journal include:

• Description of the many benefits of achieving a healthy lifestyle
  
• The technique of “journaling to get healthy”
  
• A series of questions posed to patients to help in framing their health and wellness plans
  
• How to set SMART goals that lead to successful outcomes (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-limited goals)
  
• Spiral bound for ease of use
  
• Sample journal entries to demonstrate logging techniques
  
• Daily journal entry work sheets
  
• Weekly and monthly reflections section for self-assessment of goals attained
  
• Assurance — it’s used by Mayo Clinic in the care and treatment of its patients
  
• Proven track record in use with patients
  
• A product created by Mayo Clinic physicians in collaboration with professional health care educators, writers and illustrators

Benefits of This Journal to Your Patient

Achieving a healthy lifestyle is desired by most patients, but it’s easier said than done. The guidance offered in this journal along with its step-by-step approach on setting goals and tips for attaining them can be an invaluable resource to your patient.

In addition to the information shared on healthy lifestyle approach, this journal provides simple-to-use and professionally organized journal pages for the patient to easily record his or her progress.

Provide your patient with the tools he or she needs to achieve a healthy lifestyle. This journal will help set your patient on a path to a lifetime of improved health and well-being.

When you purchase Mayo Clinic patient education materials, proceeds are used to further medical education and research at Mayo Clinic. You not only get the answers to your questions, you become part of the solution.

Patients should review this educational material with their physicians to ensure it is consistent with a medically approved treatment plan. Pharmaceutical and medical device companies that wish to use this material in conjunction with an educational program must contact Mayo Clinic for approval. Mayo Clinic does not sponsor or endorse third party products and/or services.