I think instead [of happiness] we should be working for contentment... an inner sense of fulfillment that's relatively independent of external circumstances. — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I've always been willing to take risks and chances. Often I'm on talk shows and hosts will ask 'How do you feel… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
When people are told to 'eat many small meals,' what they may actually hear is 'eat all the time,' making them likely… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I tried to change the conventional paradigm, for example, by insisting on the reality of mind-body interaction, by stressing the importance of… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I've always been called "controversial." I think if I were not controversial I wouldn't be doing my job. — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I think it's worth trying to do something about obvious sources of stress in your life. But even more important is learning… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Fitting a walk into a busy life can be challenging, so I suggest walking rather driving to work or to run errands… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I do not claim to have attained optimum emotional well-being. Actually, I think that may be a lifetime goal. For me it’s… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I think integrative medicine, something I've pioneered, is the way of the future. Its great promise is that it can reduce healthcare… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
The more people have, the less content they seem to be. In America, the cultural expectation that we're to be happy all… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I don't think you can live without stress; I think the human life is stressful, and it probably always has been, although… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Low levels of vitamin D in the population as a whole suggest that most people need to take a vitamin D supplement. This may… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
While sleep is clearly vital to emotional well-being, what is it, exactly, about sleep that is so necessary? As it turns out, mood disorders… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I believe that it may be normal, healthy, and even productive to experience mild to moderate depression from time to time as part of… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Insurance companies, whether private or government owned, must be compelled to pay for health-promoting measures. In turn, this will encourage physicians to offer such… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Studies have shown that people who are physically active sleep better than those who are sedentary. The more energy you expend during the day,… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
The most common objection that I hear to walking as exercise is that it's too easy, that only sweaty, strenuous activity offers real benefits.… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
In Europe, when tobacco was first introduced, it was immediately banned. In Turkey, if you got caught with tobacco, you had your nose slit.… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
My personal opinion is that the neutral position on the mood spectrum—what I called emotional sea level—is not happiness but rather contentment and the… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Technology has a shadow side. It accounts for real progress in medicine, but has also hurt it in many ways, making it more impersonal,… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea. — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip, it would be simply to learn how to breathe correctly. — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image