Whole Person Health Consulting
Dr. Vinita Agarwal, Ph.D., is Full Professor, Strategic Health Communication, and Certified Health and Well-Being Coach. She is the author of two books Medical Humanism, Chronic Illness, and the Body in Pain: Ecology of Wholeness, and Health Communication for Social Justice: A Whole Person Activist Approach (Routledge), co-editor of an eBook, Communicating for Social Justice in Health Contexts: Creating Opportunities for Inclusivity among Marginalized Groups (Frontiers), and author of many journal articles, encyclopedia entries, and book chapters. She is an Ayurvedic wellness guide & mind-body health advocate (as a Vipassana meditator, Dhamma Giri, Igatpuri, India). She brings the benefits of the academy, her teaching, scholarship, and her ecology of wholeness framework to the community.
Envision a whole you
with
Rejuvenation and transformation in every moment
Full Professor, Salisbury University, MD, USA
Founder & Owner, Whole Person Health Consulting, LLC My passion:
Thrive: Live purposefully. Engage fully. Act intentionally.
Flourish: Find and grow into who you are to the fullest potential possible.
Focus: Commit to working with acceptance and intention every moment. Center kindness, grace, and care for yourself and others.
Book
Order on Amazon for an in-depth look at the Ecology of Wholeness framework to craft your own vision of sustainable whole person health.
Dr. Vinita Agarwal, Author
Textbook
Order at Routledge.com
ISBN (Paperback): 9781032081038
ISBN (Hardback):9781032102627
A whole person health framework for individuals and communities envisioning health as social justice.
Dr. Vinita Agarwal, Author
In the Media: SU News
Selected Media, Memberships, & Scholarship:
- Spectra, National Communication Association, The Right to Flourish: Whole Person Health and Happiness as Social Justice
- Spectra, National Communication Association, 5 Questions with Vinita Agarwal
- Center for Advancing Chronic Pain Research
- Google Scholar
- Sage Publications,
- Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
- The International Encyclopedia for Health Communication, Ayurveda & Yoga, Complementary & Integrative Healthcare, Wiley
- Implications for Integrative Patient-Centered Care, National Cancer Institute
- A-H1N1 Vaccine Intentions in College Students
- Convergent Validity of Organizational Trust, Journal of Communication Management.
- Mirror Neuron System in Breast Cancer Survivorship, Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
- Breaking Boundaries: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Provider Framing in Preventive Care
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Provider Knowledge Discourse on Holistic Health
- Benefits & Barriers on Mammography Intentions in Middle-Class Indian Women
- Top paper, Eastern Communication Association
- Reconceptualizing Pain through Patient-Centered Care in CAM Therapeutic Relationship
- Patient Assessment & Self-Management and Chronic Pain Self-Management in Ethnomedicine: Ayurvedic Patient-Centered Care
- Providers’ Body in Therapeutic Relationship: Complementary & Alternative Medicine
- Maternal Discourses of Mothers and Dai’s in India
- Patient Communication of Chronic Pain
- Select this link for full CV
Selected Teaching:
- Health Engagement & Advocacy (on WikiEducation)
- Health Communication
Health and Wellness from a Whole Person Approach
My Philosophy to Health and Wellness
As an educator and coach, I work with you to:
Build awareness of your values and your relationship with your body, emotions, mind, and self
Cultivate acceptance and openness to your body sensations and communication to transform chronic pain and condition management
Connect with nature and life elements to expand your own vision and space
Center relational health and well-being, as an individual, with your team, and in your organizational culture for optimal and enduring wellness.
Nurture the energy and potential from each moment to create transformation through balance and sharing.
Tap into well-being through nourishment, movement, reflection, silence, and engagement to cultivate whole-person health in every moment.
Be healthful, well, and whole.
With my Belgian Malinois boy, 18 month old Appa, @Summer, 2023. Some photographs of moments shared with my family.
