"This pioneering program gives individuals personal insight into 12 dimensions of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness, and provides tools to transform this new awareness into lasting lifestyle change and a heightened sense of health and wellbeing. An invaluable program for health professionals, clinics and hospitals, the Wellness Inventory is a powerful tool for 21st century integrative medicine."

Larry Dossey, M.D.
Author, Healing Beyond the Body, Reinventing Medicine, and Healing Words.
Executive Editor, Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

"While most wellness assessments tell you that you're too fat, you should quit smoking and get some exercise, Dr. Travis recognized from the beginning that wellness is more than losing weight. One of the original wellness pioneers, he understood over 35 years ago that the heart of wellness involves looking at self-limiting behaviors in the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual areas that underlie our lifestyle. It's hard to experience a higher level of wellness if you don't fully embrace and enjoy your life. The Wellness Inventory is the only online resource I know that assesses all aspects of the complex tapestry of wellness and provides practical tools to create sustainable lifestyle change."

Dean Edell, M.D.
Bestselling author and host of nationally syndicated radio program, The Dean Edell Show

"I've been familiar with the Wellness Inventory and the work of John Travis for many years, and have found it to be enormously helpful. I've seen the Inventory open up new understandings and stimulate creative therapeutic responses for people with a wide range of clinical conditions. The Inventory also helps those who are still well to develop strategies for feeling even better. I highly recommend this program."

James S. Gordon, M.D.
Founder and Director, Center for Mind-Body Medicine, author of Manifesto for a New Medicine: Your Guide to Healing Partnerships and the Wise Use of Alternative Therapies

"As one of the first people to computerize the Health Risk Appraisal, Dr. Travis saw its limitations early on and developed the Wellness Inventory to extend into the all important quality of life issues. For over 25 years, he has continued to keep it at the forefront of wellness."

Kenneth R. Pelletier, Ph.D., M.D.(hc)
Chairman, American Health Association
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Director, Corporate Health Improvement Program (CHIP), University of Arizona School of Medicine
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine,
and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
University of California School of Medicine (USCF) San Francisco

"The Wellness Inventory is the fundamental component to our hospital's 7-Step Health and Wellness program. Dr. John Travis’ 12 key dimensions of wellness create a holistic foundation from which our clients not only explore the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual issues of life, but more importantly discover ways in which to become responsible for their own health."

Patricia A. Duryea, Ph.D.
Principal, Duryea and Associates

"The Wellness Inventory pushes beyond health risk appraisals to the wellness dimension of the illness-wellness continuum. This self-assessment tool offers new insights into what makes life worth living, and loving, and breathing. Medical care will never bring you to the brink of joyfulness, zest for life, and treating the environment responsibly. The Wellness Inventory puts the health back into health care."

Kent W. Peterson, M.D., F.A.C.P.M.
CEO, Occupational Health Strategies
Former director, American College of Preventive Medicine
Past president, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Clinical Associate Professor, New York University
Author of 250 scientific publications
Corporate manager of preventive and environmental medicine for IBM worldwide

"The Wellness Inventory is a powerful tool for health and wellness coaches and their clients. Coaching is all about motivation, intention and follow through, and the Wellness Inventory provides clients with invaluable feedback and the ability to track progress in any of the 12 areas of life. This tool should be part of every coach's tool box."

Dr. Patrick Williams
Master Certified Coach
CEO, Institute for Life Coach Training (www.lifecoachtraining.com)
Training professionals in life, health and wellness coaching

"The journey to a healthy lifestyle begins with taking stock of your wellness, and that is exactly what the Wellness Inventory does - better than any other wellness assessment. As a key tool for the health and wellness coach, or as a self-directed beginning for the individual on their path to a wellness lifestyle, the Wellness Inventory is a great place to begin."

Michael Arloski, Ph.D., PCC
Wellness Psychologist, Professional Certified Coach
CEO Real Balance Global Wellness Services
Author of Wellness Coaching For Lasting Lifestyle Change

"The Wellness Inventory system is an essential tool for assessing and monitoring your client's progress and making the coaching experience fun and interactive. It works well for clients that you see in-person, and those you coach at a distance. In addition, it provides opportunity for an additional revenue stream for coaching and trainers from various specialties."

Dr. John Spencer Ellis
CEO, Spencer Institute for Life Coaching and
NESTA - National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association

"Clients are proactively looking for life, health and beauty enhancement strategies. Wellness is no longer a spa trend it is a strategic imperative. The Wellness Inventory is a 21st century tool which helps clients transform valuable insight into results oriented action. The Wellness Inventory is a non-negotiable for any spa looking to develop deeper guest engagement and brand loyalty."

Kathleen Hurley
CEO, Integral Health, Inc.,
Spa Hospitality Worldwide

"The Wellness Inventory is a refreshing approach after years of "strictly by the numbers" Health Risk Appraisals that tell you how old you ought to be or why you are not already dead.

William Thar, M.D., M.P.H.
VP of Research and Analysis
Franklin Health, Inc.

Testimonials for the Wellness Inventory Certification Training

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Endorsements for Wellness Workbook by John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H. & and Regina S. Ryan

"One of the great paradoxes of our high-tech age is that good health fundamentally depends on simple, practical things--things we can and must do for ourselves. Wellness Workbook has brought home this truth to hundreds of thousands of individuals around the world. This new edition remains a clarion call for total health: wellness of body, mind, and spirit."

Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing Beyond the Body and Reinventing Medicine

"Wellness Workbook integrates physical health with feeling well, which is no small task. Our emotions, attitudes, and beliefs play critical roles in wellbeing. In recognizing this fact, Welllness Workbook offers down-to-earth practical approaches to help us enjoy our lives and our good health. If living well is your goal--and it should be--this book is a must-have."

Dean Edell, M.D., author of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Healthiness

"Without a doubt, Wellness Workbook is the most valuable and useful resource on wellness ever written. It has often been said that there is, unfortunately, no manual for living--but this well-loved book comes pretty close."

Meg Jordan, Ph.D., R.N., Global Medicine Hunter® and editor and founder of American Fitness Magazine

"Wellness, not health care, is the fastest route to a healthy society. The Wellness Workbook makes a substantial contribution to this movement."

Richard D. Lamm, former Governor, State of Colorado

"This is a truly marvelous book, full of useful information and also great fun to read. For me, it's easily the best in its field."

George Leonard, author of Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fullfillment and The Ultimate Athlete

"John and Regina's Wellness Workbook is a feat. Too many books warn us about illness care-with what can go wrong. The Workbook inspires us with the sense of possibility—of what can go right."

Marilyn Ferguson, Founding publisher, Brain-Mind Bulletin

Endorsements for Simply Well by John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H. and Regina S. Ryan

"A clear, compelling guide for a longer, more fulfilling life… based on a solid foundation of medical science showing that our behaviors and choices are powerful factors in our health. At a time when we are assaulted with the message that "it's all in our genes," we need this reminder more than ever."

Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing Beyond the Body and Healing Words, and Executive Editor, Alternative Therapies

"Simply Well cuts through the often conflicting, biased, and confusing advice with a straightforward, reasonable, and no-nonsense approach to wellness. The fact that it's fun means you're more likely to stick to it."

Dean Edell, M.D., radio and TV host, and author of Eat, Drink and Be Merry

"Simply Well is simply the truth. It contains a road map that can put you on the path to wellness and keep you there."

Christiane Northrup, M.D., author, Women's Bodies Women's Wisdom (Bantam, 1998) and The Wisdom of Menopause (Bantam 2001)