IR VERDICT:
Human intelligence may be the cause of our rumination on the bad events that inevitably happen in everyday life, but falling in the trap of negative thought patterns can deplete our energy and strip our spirit. In her book, JOY! JOY! JOY!, author Ellen Wood, a motivational speaker who has a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease and a history of major depression and breast cancer, shows the direct effect mind and body have on each other while offering objective approaches to discipline and refocusing our thinking. In between her own anecdotal stories and garnering advice from top doctors, Wood provides tips on physical and mental exercises from positive self-talk, to correcting our posture, to making dietary changes — all aimed at transforming readers into a happier, healthier and wiser version of themselves.