Wellness to Wonderful is a bright and comforting message of hope and direction. Alona Pulde and Mathew Lederman chart a course toward your better life by exploring how modern stressors have taken us away from our natural balance. In outlining nine interconnected pillars of life, these noted physicians explain how we must attend to the challenges of balancing work, play, nutrition, sleep, exercise, and authentic social connection if we are to shift our lives in an optimal direction. Written with warmth, empathy, personal anecdotes, and a gentle passion for helping others, Wellness to Wonderful is a valuable guide to helping you find the very best of what life may offer.

I have known Matt and Alona for eight years. In that time, I have witnessed consistent dedication to living the principles they present in this book in both their personal and professional lives. I trust their deep intention to contribute and the power of connection they transmit in this book. I highly recommend reading this book to anyone who is looking for a holistic and detailed understanding of connection and well-being along with specific and doable strategies for transformation and making life more wonderful!”—

With WeHeal, Alona and Matt have successfully combined supportive healing modalities to make diet and lifestyle changes more attainable for those struggling. I am excited to share Wellness to Wonderful with the McDougall community.

Wellness to Wonderful offers a beautifully articulated path for wellness and healing. Taken together, it will change lives.

In Wellness to Wonderful Drs. Alona Pulde and Matthew Lederman not only share their clinical insights as seasoned medical practitioners and wellness advocates, but also their hard-won wisdom as parents and ecologically-aware, spiritually-awakened human beings. These exemplary physicians offer a practical manual for living a life filled with health, happiness, connection and balance. Follow their advice in this wonderful guide and you can’t go wrong.

Drs. Matt Lederman and Alona Pulde are plant-based legends. They understand evidence-based nutrition at the highest level, but now they’ve elevated their work to include helping people with the true root cause of poor lifestyle habits. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to truly live their best life in ALL its aspects!

While there have been many excellent books written on whole food nutrition, Wellness to Wonderful is in a league of its own. This book goes beyond the basics of a healthy diet, covering crucial elements of holistic wellness such as physical activity, stress reduction, sleep, play, relationships, and much more. Authors Alona Pulde MD and Matthew Lederman MD have packed this book with practical advice and guidelines, creating a roadmap to transform your health and vitality. They’ve compiled a comprehensive guide with a focus on achieving sustainable and long-lasting results, and true optimal health. Wellness to Wonderful is a must-have for anyone seeking to unlock the full potential of diet and lifestyle to create a happier, more fulfilling life.

If you’re a fan of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) or new to this process, this book will support you in integrating the wisdom of NVC in ways that will surprise and delight you. And if you wish to enrich the quality of all areas of your life, this book is for you. It is chock-full of creative and inspirational tools, tips, and strategies which when integrated into your daily practice will surely lead you to what the authors call a state of Life is Wonderful!

Alona and Matt understand what it takes to rewire our brains in order to attain our healthiest selves. Wellness to Wonderful is truly the ultimate guide to achieving optimal health and wellbeing, written by pioneering doctors who have spent decades in the field of diet and lifestyle medicine. I highly recommend this book, not only to those wanting to reverse chronic pain, but to anyone seeking a wonderful life.”

Alona and Matt expand on their decades of trailblazing in the field of diet and nutrition to provide a comprehensive and practical guide to nourish the whole person: mind, body, and spirit. Seamlessly connecting our relationship to our symptoms, ourselves, and our community, Wellness to Wonderful offers a refreshing and compelling look into what makes a life worth living.

Good health cannot be fully achieved in isolation. Wellness to Wonderful’ highlights connection and interdependence as integral for thriving. This book is a must-read for anyone desiring not only optimum health but also a wonderful life.

Alona Pulde and Matthew Lederman have shared a message beyond food. They have created a tapestry of health pillars. These pillars define and enable personal qualities and values which will optimize behavior and relationships, achieving a lifetime of purpose and tranquility.

What a gift this book is for anyone who wants or needs a shift in the way they feel—both physically and emotionally. WeHeal addresses the myriad needs for our personal health, the health of our community and families, and the health of the planet. The center of this orbit begins with ourselves. Kudos to Matt and Alona for offering new and sustainable ways to optimize wellbeing with a deeper understanding of what it takes to go from ‘Wellness to Wonderful.

I began reading ‘Wellness to Wonderful’ as an obligation to old friends. Twenty pages in, I could not believe how incredibly great the book is. I began turning pages as if it were an exciting, well-written spy novel. You will too.

Having partnered with Matt and Alona as featured physicians in the groundbreaking film Forks Over Knives, I can attest to their hunger for and pursuit of uncovering the best and most effective practices for health and wellness. With their new model, WeHeal, and accompanying book Wellness to Wonderful, they are once again breaking new ground in health for the rest of us to follow.

Alona and Matt are once again pioneering a path to optimal health and wellness. They’ve taken their years of expertise in the Diet & Lifestyle model and elevated it with a much-needed overhaul. They’ve masterfully integrated facets of health most of us are not aware vitally need our attention. As the title suggests, their new book challenges readers to not just settle for wellness, but to strive for a life that’s truly wonderful.

During these challenging times, our nervous systems are bombarded with constant signals of threat. Despite our body’s best efforts to achieve balance, dysregulation can lead to extreme stress, overwhelm, lethargy, depression, and more. To thrive in this complex and often confusing and threatening world, it is essential to not only understand this dynamic, but also to learn how to reverse it. Wellness to Wonderful provides an impressive, accessible strategy to do just that, optimizing both your health and wellbeing.

No one knows more about the road to total health than Drs. Alona Pulde and Matthew Lederman, and this empowering book brings their knowledge to you. I would encourage you to read it, read it again, put its guidance to work, and share it with those you love.

Matt and Alona bring to their book an abundance of professional experience and genuine caring for their patients’ well-being. Their writing style is relaxed, almost as if we are casually chatting with a friend in our living rooms. Their suggestions of how to navigate the world of wellness, told by professionals, resonate quickly and easily. They make sense, personally and professionally. This book should be in the center of our book collection, at eye level!

Matt and Alona have integrated the best of diet and lifestyle to create a whole and complete model of care based on their decades of experience and study. Wellness to Wonderful is full of important information if you are committed to improving and sustaining the highest level of health.