Your Path to True Well-Being
One of the most important decisions you can make as an individual, is to shift your mind set from living in a sick society to one focused on health. Let me quickly explain what a sick society is. A society that is based on diagnosing and prescribing medication to symptoms rather than understanding the source of the symptoms to prevent medication as much as possible. A society that is highly stressed, highly addictive not just to drugs and alcohol, but to social media, violence, sugar, coffee, shopping, sex. Is disconnected from nature, feeding mostly on processed foods with a lack of self awareness and knowledge of their own bodies, no exercise, and addicted to prescription drugs. A society that pumps pills at every discomfort of pain or emotional dysregulation rather than strives to understand the root cause of a problem and works to heal the source. Rather than one that focuses on preventative health care. Where we give knowledge on diet, sleep, emotional health, self awareness, allows space for relaxation, nature and exercise, spirituality and community.
Shifting our focused to a healthy society is shifting the power of health back to individuals, to yourself and not to the money hungry monster of greed that the pharmaceutical industry has become, or to the monstrous corporations like social media, who like to manipulate you in to a numb state of distraction from truly resolving your pain. There is a system in place that requires you to be sick and distracted so they can feed their bellies with unbelievable riches. Many people continue down the sick trajectory of being overworked, overstressed, and emotionally burned out, relying on pills, drugs, and social media to mask the inner pain they carry, whether it's related to muscles, skin, organs, or emotional pain a lot of it comes from disconnection to our authenticity, which is a disconnection to our innate ability to heal.
True health creates no money, but it is in it self infinite. Reclaiming the innate healing capacity that our bodies contain is one of the most powerful journeys you can undertake. It's how you take back your power: You need to understand to see doctors and medication as tools, not as owners of your health. You don’t go to the doctor to become healthy; you go to the doctor to learn tools so you can then heal yourself.
It is your responsibility to heal yourself.
This is similar to working with a therapist or healer of any kind. They are there to guide you toward your own healing, providing tools to help you understand your inner self so you can embark on a healing journey and take full responsibility by using the tools given to you.
Again, health is your responsibility. Never give that power to anyone else.
You need to learn about your body in all its forms. This requires patience, self-awareness, and careful listening to what your body is telling you. You must learn to reconnect with your body and its intuition. This is not something you can accomplish with a "10 simple steps in 20 days" quick fix! These quick-fix sales are vicious and lead people into a delusional race of success that will never come. Yes, you can follow 10 simple steps for two years, or even one simple step for two years, which may lead you to greater awareness and other steps to implement. Each step can be a mountain to fully manifest. Words are simple, while actions require a multifaceted journey of learning. Self-awareness, for example, can take years to comprehend fully and manifest, but beginning this practice takes only a moment. Manifesting this journey is not a simple 10-day sale; it’s a journey of undoing a lifetime of narratives and misfired nervous systems from childhood that have led you to believe in the stories you were taught. Undoing this will take time, but making that first step is a choice you can make every second of your day by standing against the force of habitual learning.
The sick-self-identity. We can come to identify as sick individuals. I’ve personally heard people say, “Oh, I just have chronic UTIs; I need surgery every six months or a year,” “Oh, I just have eczema,” “Oh, I just have back pain,” or “Oh, I just have a mental imbalance,” “That’s just who I am” Now, don’t get me wrong; I have compassion for those who face certain health problems, whether mental health or physical conditions that require medication.
My question is: Before you embark on a lifelong journey of pills that produce side effects destroying your organs, teeth, sexual drive, or emotional vibrancy, have you done everything possible to manage your health naturally? Have you tried to learn everything you can about your emotions, organs, mind, muscles, or nervous system?
You must become interested in your being as a whole. You need to learn about your body, mind, and nervous system, emotions, including their functions and why certain symptoms occur. Your body, mental health, and emotional health must become your research lab.
There are great books on mental health or the internal state such as Untethered Soul by Michael A Singer or What Happened To You by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry, or search online there is an abundance of knowledge, like Andrew Hubermna a podcast about health in all it’s forms, or anything by Gabor Mate.
Before you take a pill:
Have you looked at your diet?
Have you established a routine of daily exercise that you enjoy to strengthen your body?
Have you considered your connection to nature?
How is your stress level?
How much screen time do you consume?
How is your sleep?
Who are you surrounded by?
Have you tried cold showers?
Do you smoke? Consume alcohol, or use recreational drugs?
How is your sugar intake? What do you know about sugar?
How much coffee do you consume?
Do you garden or spend time with animals?
Do you drink water, especially warm water first thing in the morning?
Have you explored your mental health? What are your childhood wounds?
Do you hold onto anger or fear from the past?
Do you lack boundaries, or repress yourself.
How do you eat? Are you stressed when you eat, or are you always on the go?
Do you consume a lot of vegetables, or do you primarily eat processed foods?
Are you overworked?
What is your emotional state when you’re alone without your phone? Can you enjoy nature without the need for distraction?
Do you meditate?
What is your spiritual understanding
Are you honest? specially with yourself?
All of these factors affect your mental and physiological health. Emotional health can manifest in your organs, including your skin or muscle pain. Stress affects your digestion, poor digestion can affect your body’s intake of nutrients, leaving you nutrient-starved.
Here is a list of healthy actions you can start incorporating into your daily and weekly routine to take charge of your health. Of course, depending on your life situation, you may do some of these and not others. For example, if you have kids and are not sleeping enough, you may want to avoid cold showers. It might be better to drink a cup of warm water and spend 10 minutes in enjoying nature.
Always eat veggies before sugar or carbs, and let veggies be the first thing you consume on an empty stomach.
Have a cup of warm water or herbal tea in the mornings.
Wait 90 minutes after waking up before consuming coffee. Keep it to a max of 1 cup a day.
Spend a minimum of 10 minutes each day appreciating nature, whether it's trees, grass, flowers, mountains, clouds, the moon, rain, snow, leaves, or wind.
Visit a dog park and enjoy observing the pups play; this is called animal therapy.
Always greet any dog or cat you encounter, even if you don’t pet them.
Drink primarily warm water.
Start with a minimum of 10 minutes of walking a day and be present in observing your surroundings beauty.
Sit down to eat, chew, and be mindful of what you are consuming. Put your phone down during meals.
Try to greet people when you take the bus or train, and say hi to the grocery clerk or shop staff.
Always be kind to animals.
Do three push-ups a day and three squats. When you can comfortably do three, increase by one or two. Alternatively, hold a plank for one minute and work your way up to three minutes.
Find a therapist or an emotional coach. If you don’t have the funds, consider a nonprofit organization like Compassion Roots , or open up to someone you trust about what you’re struggling with. If you lack financial resources or supportive people around you, consider joining a club—whether a book club or a health club—or attending meetups related to your interests. You can also learn about emotions and the nervous system online or through books.
Sign up for boxing, dance, or any kind of physical activity that includes classes and social interaction.
Beginning a journey of empowering yourself by taking ownership of your health is a life change, not just a three-month diet or a 10-day cleanse. It’s about changing your life one small step at a time. It can start with something as simple as enjoying a warm cup of water infused with cinnamon, or herbs every morning while watching nature for 10 minutes be it the sky, mountains, ocean, rain, trees, flowers, grass, or the wind rustling through the leaves.
Take 10 minutes.
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