THE PATH Mastering the Nine Pillars of Resilience and Success by Stephen Sideroff, Ph.d

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1 THE PATH Mastering the Nine Pillars of Resilience and Success by Stephen Sideroff, Ph.d THE PATH By Stephen Sideroff, Ph.d Publisher: Third Wind Paperback/eBook Genre: Nonfiction/Psychology/Health ISBN: Publication Date: July For Media Requests & Appearances Contact: Julia Drake - Julia Drake Public Relations julia@juliadrakepr.com

2 THE PATH Mastering the Nine Pillars of Resilience and Success By Stephen Sideroff, Ph.d FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Inquiries Interview Requests Contact: Julia Drake, Publicist l Today s world is an obstacle course of stresses, hassles and worries that challenge our ability to cope. The result is an epidemic of chronic illnesses, trauma and burnout. Thousands of scientific studies demonstrate the connection between stress and a wide range of disorders: increased cholesterol, vascular spasms, tumor growth, low immune function as well as impaired mental and physical performance. At the same time, most people feel helpless to change this aspect of their lives, so they continually generate new stresses that overwhelm and interfere with their efforts to establish new healthier patterns. The Path by Dr. Stephen Sideroff, is a comprehensive program for dealing with stress and achieving optimal living. Based on forty years of research and clinical work, the book puts his proven model of resilience into a clear and strategically laid out step-by-step guide to one s optimal personal journey. A 40 item questionnaire assessment and self-scoring profile help readers determine their strengths and weaknesses on the nine dimensions of resilience. Unlike other books on resilience and stress management that ignore the most defeating factor - self-sabotage - The Path begins with a focus on the core of resilience: one s relationship with one s self. For most people, this is an unconscious issue. We are typically unaware of the extent to our brain s resistance to change and the way in which we sabotage our psychological development and create more stress due to our unmet needs and harsh self-assessment. The Path explains how childhood patterns can affect and even stunt our ability to adapt and function optimally in the environments that we live in. It also identifies the evolutionary mismatch that makes us victims of the adaptation mechanisms we inherited and the modern environment we live in and teaches us how we can redesign our adaptation/stress/survival response to take its next evolutionary step. Ultimately, The Path helps readers avoid feeling overwhelmed and thus giving up by distilling the process down to one simple question: At this moment, am I on The Path or off The Path?

3 The Author Dr. Stephen Sideroff is an internationally recognized expert in resilience, optimal performance, addiction, neurofeedback and alternative approaches to stress and mental health. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA s School of Medicine, as well as the Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Ethics. Dr. Sideroff presents seminars and professional training programs nationally and internationally. He has helped to establish innovative treatment approaches in psychosomatic medicine, optimal functioning and attention deficit disorder in China, Europe, and the U.S. He has conducted cutting edge research in brain and behavior at UC Irvine, McGill University in Montreal and UCLA. His published research using Neurofeedback in substance has helped to establish programs at Sierra Tucson Treatment Center and other addiction facilities. He is now applying a similar approach in research designed to alleviate symptoms related to cancer and cancer treatment. Dr. Sideroff helped establish the Gestalt Therapy clinic in Los Angeles, and is the founder and former Clinical Director of Stress Strategies, a hospital based program addressing stress, burnout and psychosomatic conditions at UCLA/Santa Monica hospital. As the Clinical Director of Moonview Treatment and Optimal Performance Center, he established the Moonview Model, a trademarked treatment method that utilizes a novel team approach and a combination of mind, body and spiritual modalities. A former college handball champion, Dr. Sideroff has worked with elite athletes as well as teams in the strategies of peak performance in sports and the science of optimal functioning in all areas of life through The Mind Room a unique, stand alone program for individuals and organizations incorporating his expertise in resilience, bio and neurofeedback and related behavioral technologies. Dr. Sideroff has written and produced a number of self-help audio programs aimed at helping individuals develop greater resilience including: Stress control with biofeedback (which has been translated into four languages and has sold over 50,000 copies), Journey into Sleep, Resilience, Peak Performance in Golf, and his most recent, Resilient Living, in which he presents his new and innovative nine component model of resilience.

4 Workshops/Speaking Engagements Past Lectures/Workshops UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA Young Presidents Organization (YPO) Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA Biofeedback Foundation of Europe, Austria AHSE Convention, Washington D.C. State University of Semarang, Indonesia UCLA Extension, Santa Monica, CA Biofeedback Society of California Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA Bejing Stress Center, China Neuroscience meets Recovery Conference, Nevada Sample Lecture Topics The Path: Mastering the Nine Pillars of Resilience & Success Resilience and Addiction The Use of a Neurofeedback Intervention in the Remediation of Neurophysiological Impairment Following Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients Body, Mind, Spirit: Redesigning Your Life Biofeedback and Optimal Functioning Enhancing Resilience and Success in Business Empowering, Engaging, and Educating: What Every Rheumatology Patient Needs to Know A Healthy Spirit: Healing our Bodies and Minds Men Media Coverage Dr. Stephen Sideroff has written for, appeared on, and been quoted in multiple news outlets, organizations, and publications. For a complete list and links to upcoming events and engagements, please visit:

5 Praise Advance Praise for The Path Dr. Sideroff brings together the science of physiology and the wisdom of transformational psychology for the cultivation of mental and emotional adaptability. As an instructor I teach physicians how to bring the body back to a state of physiologic adaptability. In my medical practice I identify patients blockages to physical, emotional and mental resilience. Where I have had methods of balancing physiologic adaptability, I had not found the right material to support emotional and mental balance until now. I will recommend The Path to my patients and students alike. - Kamyar M. Hedayat, MD, President, American Society of Endobiogenic Medicine and Integrative Physiology, Medical Director, Full Spectrum Health: An Endobiogeny Medical Clinic The Path artfully distills Stephen Sideroff s vast knowledge of personal development, neuroscience, and self-regulation arts. I love The Path and the idea of tools for moving along the path and returning to it when you discover you are off your life s path. His Nine Pillars of Resilience enable you to assess yourself and self-regulate. Engagingly written, The Path is a comprehensive guide for you along your path. - Eleanor Criswell, Ed.D., author of Biofeedback and Somatics The Path is a true Bible for living in balance and spirituality. It is a marvelous piece of work - explicit, clearly and engagingly written and it provides a sequenced structure with which to work in. - Ron Doctor, Ph.D, Board of Anxiety Association of America, Diplomat of International Academy of Behavioral Medicine

6 Talking Points What are The Nine Pillars of Resilience and Success? Why is The Path a comprehensive model of resilience? What are the three areas of resilience? The Concept of Primitive Gestalt: How does our childhood environment/experience freeze our adaptation pro cess and keep us stuck in destructive behavioral patterns? The Concept of the Evolutionary Mismatch: Why are we victims of the adaptation mechanisms we inherited (from our hunter/gatherer ancestors) and the modern environment we live in? How do we redesign our adaptation/stress/survival response to take its next evolutionary step? Explain the fundamental importance of self-regulation, why we lose this ability during childhood, and how we can regain it. What is the tie-in between resilience and total success? What is the Autonomic Disregulation Syndrome? What makes your book different from other books of resilience and stress management? What is the relationship between success and our resistance in resolving the issues of stress that can be so damaging to our health and well-being? How does The Path help establish a healthy relationship with ourselves, others, and a higher purpose? What is the one thing we can all do on a daily basis to live a healthier and more optimal life?