Build the teaching into 30 days of structured daily practice.
30-Day Challenge Workbook
How to Stay Well
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30-Day Challenge Workbook for How to Stay Well
How to Stay Well - 30-Day Challenge Workbook
30 days of Larson's mental and physical wellbeing principles with modern health psychology.
How to Stay Well - 30-Day Digital Workbook
All 30 days of Larson's wellbeing practice designed for GoodNotes, Notability, and any PDF app. No printing needed.
How to Stay Well - 30-Day Fillable Workbook
The full 30-day wellbeing programme with fillable form fields - type directly in any PDF reader, no printing required, no app needed.
Inside the Workbook
30 days through every section of How to Stay Well
Chapter I
Introduces the core thesis: true well-being is a dynamic, self-regulating expression of harmony across the physical, mental, and spiritual dimensions of human existence.
Chapter II
Physical illness is a downstream symptom of mental disharmony. Permanent recovery requires bringing mind and body back into alignment with violated laws - not only treating the symptom.
Chapter III
Constructive, optimistic thinking acts as a direct catalyst for physical rejuvenation and biological vitality.
Chapter IV
Deep, subjective thinking - thought that is felt rather than merely intellectualised - activates a concentrated inner force that can restore depleted bodily systems.
Chapter V
Systematically removing negative states (anger, fear, worry) is a necessary prerequisite for physical healing - they must be cleared before natural healing forces can function.
Chapter VI
Physical health is produced by consciously impressing clear, constructive mental images upon the receptive subconscious mind.
Chapter VII
Maintaining health is an active, ongoing practice of mental hygiene and physical law - not a reactive response to illness.
Chapter VIII
The essential human identity is inherently perfect and immune to illness. True wellness is realised when an individual identifies with their spiritual core.
Chapter IX
Physical health is manifested by consciously connecting with the pre-existing, perfect reservoir of vitality within the soul.
Chapter X
True wellness requires a dual commitment to physical cleanliness and high-minded thinking - mental purity and physical purity reinforce each other.
Chapter XI
Joy, contentment, and enthusiasm are active restorative forces that stimulate the nervous system and strengthen immunity.
Chapter XII
True rest requires soothing the nervous system rather than simply stopping physical movement. Complete recovery requires deliberate mental relaxation.
Chapter XIII
Obsessively focusing on physical symptoms reinforces them in the subconscious. Healing begins when an individual ceases to mentally identify with their physical ailments.
Chapter XIV
The subconscious mind acts as the builder of physical tissue, translating dominant conscious beliefs into somatic reality.
Chapter XV
Focused mental intent can direct vitalising energy to any part of the body, assisting specific physiological processes.
Chapter XVI
Physical matter is the densest expression of consciousness. Mind and body are fundamentally united, not separate systems.
The Method
Reading the book and doing the work are not the same thing
Most people read Larson's work, agree with it entirely, and then continue doing what they have always done. The gap is not understanding - it is practice. Understanding what the mind needs and consistently doing the work to give it that are two different capacities, and only one of them produces change.
Every exercise in the workbook is built on that distinction. CBT-style thought records identify the specific belief structure underneath a recurring pattern and interrupt it precisely. NLP timeline and future-pacing exercises take a principle from abstract understanding to felt, embodied rehearsal. Somatic check-ins anchor each session in the body rather than the head, because the subconscious communicates through physical sensation, not just through reasoning.
The 30-day structure is deliberate. Habit formation research puts the minimum threshold for a new behaviour to feel natural at 21-66 days, depending on complexity. 30 days sits at the lower end with a full review cycle - enough repetition to shift a default, not so long that momentum collapses before you finish.
How to Use It
Four things that make the difference
- 1
Print it and write by hand
Handwriting activates deeper processing than typing. The motor memory of physically writing a belief, a response, or an intention encodes it differently than keystrokes. Print the workbook and use a pen - it is a functional difference, not a stylistic preference.
- 2
Same time every day
Link the practice to an existing anchor - immediately after your first coffee, or the last thing before sleep. Habit stacking removes the daily decision of whether to do it. The decision is already made.
- 3
Do not skip the body check-in
The somatic prompts at the start of each session are the most skippable-looking part and the most important. What your body is holding at the moment you begin determines how deeply the exercises land. Two minutes of physical grounding before cognitive work changes the quality of everything that follows.
- 4
If you miss a day, continue from where you stopped
Do not restart. Restarting from day one after a miss turns the workbook into a test of willpower rather than a practice tool. The sequence builds on itself - day 15 is more useful after days 1-14, even with gaps.
Worth knowing
This is a practice system, not a reference tool
The workbook takes you through 30 days of structured exercises - it is not designed for quick reference or scanning. If you want the principles in a format you can pin up and return to in 30 seconds, that is what the cheat sheets are for. The cheat sheets are here.
Who This Is For
You'll get the most from this if…
- ✓You sense that your physical health is connected to your mental and emotional state but want a framework for understanding how
- ✓You are dealing with stress-related physical symptoms and want tools beyond medication or willpower
- ✓You want to understand the early intellectual history of holistic and integrative medicine
- ✓You have felt trapped in a cycle where anxiety about your health makes the health problem worse
- ✓You are interested in the relationship between emotional states, nervous system regulation, and physical wellbeing
- ✓You want a pre-scientific but intuitively sound framework for the mind-body connection that you can read alongside modern health research
Complete the Practice
Complete the How to Stay Well practice
Quick-Start Cheat Sheets
The core principles across multiple printable pages.
Habit Tracker & Goal Planner
Track the micro-habits that compound into lasting change.
52-Week Daily Affirmation Calendar
52 weeks of daily affirmations - one for every day from May 2026 to April 2027.
Affirmation Card Deck
52 cards to carry the teaching into every part of your day.
The Toolkit
All five products for this work in one discounted bundle. Save 30%.
Annotated Edition
Christie L. Russell's annotated edition with neuroscience and NLP commentary.
About the Work
How to Stay Well - New Thought, 1866-1954
Larson applies his optimism and mental development principles to physical health, arguing that consistent right thought creates the internal conditions for sustained wellbeing.
The Science Behind It
Larson's prolific optimism-based approach is the closest New Thought comes to positive psychology as a formal discipline. His emphasis on the 'promise yourself' principle maps to self-compassion research - treating yourself as you would a good friend is one of the most evidence-backed interventions for sustained positive change. His insistence on consistency over intensity anticipates what we now know about neuroplasticity: small repeated actions create stronger and more durable neural pathways than occasional dramatic ones.
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