VALLEY CENTER, Calif., March 17, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Many people know that when they grab a burger and fries they are hurting their bodies and when they sip from that travel mug of coffee during rush hour it is merely a temporary fix. What many can't understand is why they do it. In his new book, Do You Have the Courage to Change?: The 12 Basic Reasons Why People Don't Change and How You Can (now available through 1stBooks), Dr. Walter J. Urban outlines fascinating explanations for the unhealthy habits thousands of people maintain.
In each chapter, Urban highlights a reason that explains why people continue to engage in practices that jeopardize their health. He emphasizes the need to take responsibility for one's own health and get to the root cause of everyday unhealthy activities. With thousands of people suffering from cancer and heart disease, many still believe they are invincible. Countless others indulge in negative lifestyle choices several times a day. Why do they do it? Urban offers a rare commentary on why people engage in activities so risky to the one thing they can't live without: good health.
He tackles the subject of conditioning and how one's upbringing and prior life experiences play a role. The subconscious need to be nurtured, the comfort of old habits and the fear of trying something new are just a few of the many eye opening revelations Urban offers in Do You Have the Courage to Change? His expertise has helped many people break free from an endless cycle, and his new book allows readers access to his spellbinding insight.
Urban is a research psychoanalyst and one of the first to be registered with the medical board of California. He was the director of the Theodore Reik Consultation Center in New York and on the board of directors of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, the American Psychotherapy Association and the Gerson Institute. Urban was a consultant for the National Institute of Mental Health and author of a column titled "Lifestyle Psychotherapy" in the annals of the American Psychotherapy Association, where he was a fellow.
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