Sometimes I get reminded of things that I have learned before but stopped thinking about or stopped doing. Then I like find it again and then it is like WOW! I never should have stopped. Does that every happen to you?
Water - water is vitally important and we take it for granted or ignore it completely.
Our body is made up of systems. Our systems need basic requirements to function properly and then another amount to function OPTIMALLY.
I can rationalize anything so that I feel good about my decisions. But I am making the best decision for what my body requires to be optimal? Sometimes not - I can drink this soft drink - there is water in there. (If you are a coffee drinker you may think about coffee that way too) And there seems to be enough water to keep us alive.
Is that what you want? To be alive or do you want to be OPTIMAL?
So I just quit drinking Diet Coke - I know, I know, it is bad for me in so many ways. But I love it! Anyway, I have quit again and this time no caffeine headache. What! You may be thinking, yes no headache. I started increasing my water intake my goal was to get to 2 litres a day. I was focused on increasing the good and not focused on the bad. I found that I didn’t have time to drink the Diet Coke. And then all of a sudden I was like, “I guess no Diet Coke today.” And I haven’t even had an urge since then.
Amazing right?!
I feel FANTASTIC!
Good clean water is preferred. If you drink it out of the tap it has been treated. What does that mean - I don’t want to know. But I can almost guarantee you that there is fluoride in it. Google that and then find ways to drink filtered water. The cleaner the better. One step at a time to improving your water intake.
This is how I look at. If my body systems are so busy trying to clean out the crap (toxins and fake nutrients) then it can not preform optimally. My job is to help my body preform at it’s best.
Increase my water intake and make sure it is a clean as I can get it.
I have more ways to start feeling better, I will send them to you by clicking on the link :
I DO this ALL the TIME!
I hear someone is un-well whether they are diagnosed from a Doctor or just have serval symptoms that have become bothersome. I GO RESEARCH IT. I have a compulsion to find out what might help them manage their symptoms or elevate some suffering.
Now I am NOT a Doctor or any kind of healthcare practitioner. I just love the research.
Sometimes I do the research and I don’t even tell the person what I found. I don’t share the findings for a couple of reasons: first I just need to know and second I don’t believe they are ready to hear what I have to say. Third I am not a healthcare practitioner and I am not set up to support them through their journey.
I can offer bits of information so THEY know where to research and find the information for themselves. So why do I NOT SHARE?
“Before you heal someone ask him if he is willing to give up the things that made him sick” Hippocrates
In my 50 years, I have tried to save friends from bad relationships, help someone lose weight, solve their money issues, get fit, and given health advice. Most go back to their “old” ways. Why do they go back to their old habits, because they are not willing to give up that one thing that made them unhappy, fat, broke, weak, or sick. I can only do so much - they need to do the rest.
Don’t get me wrong I am the first person to help another out - even if you are a stranger I will do what I can. BUT NOW I KNOW to ask a couple questions first to see if I think they are ready to make real change. I always offer bits of info to get people thinking or to try something new. It is then their choice to use the information.
Recently I was chatting with a friend who told me about our mutual friend’s Mom was ill and may need surgery. Yikes! I immediately have 3 things in my head that I thought they needed to be doing. I am still doing my research; I will send my findings to my friend and she can present it to her Mom as she thinks it will be the most effective. It is too serious for me to keep the research to myself. I will give them my sources, websites, and the reasons why I think they try the things; the rest is up to them.
Teach a man to fish - research is daunting - I get it. Some find it so daunting that they can even begin. So I enjoy giving people that start and then it is up to them.
Hippocrates quote has given me clarity on how I can best serve my friends. I can offer knowledge and guidance to those that are ready to hear it.
I am here for you my friend, I will wait for you, when you are ready we can rock this out together!
So what the hell happened?
Often I ask that question to myself and sometimes a doctor. Even if I think back 5 years ago (but I should look back to 20 years ago) how much energy I had. Where did it go? Why did it leave me? Can I get it back? Have you ever found yourself asking those questions? I am hoping to shed some light on it for you today.
Un-well, what do I mean about that? Are you tired, not sleeping well, digestion issues (including heartburn, constipation, diarrhea, upset tummy etc), grouchy or mood swings, got aches, starting to think you have anxiety, weight you can’t lose, or always seem to have a cold? Un-well are these things and more; sometimes a lot of these things and more. You start stacking them up and you feel like a mess that you can’t get under control; I did.
So you start to do the things we used to do or that used to work or think we should do to make it better. Then we don’t get immediate results or you “just don’t have the energy to do it today” so you stop. Check out fads - nope no results there. Pretty soon you just give up and accept “this is my new normal”. Yikes!
I think this is most of us; this is just how life is now. Everyone you know has “something” and is just as tired as you so this must be how I am supposed to feel.
Then you live for years with this new acceptance; “this is my new normal”. NOW more symptoms are stacking up and getting more severe. Some of us go to the doctor for advice, I did. I wasn’t happy with the answer. Here’s what might happen: the doctor prescribes a pill or tells you to take a vitamin. They take blood tests sure, just to make you feel like they are doing something! But without saying it they are saying you are not sick enough for me to treat you yet.
Let that sink in for a minute, you are not sick enough for me to treat you yet. A good friend of mine went through it as well. She was having issues with her thyroid and diagnosed with hashimotos disease. She was at the beginning of the disease and was told that they would monitor the numbers and as the numbers fell they could then prescribe medication and eventually take out her thyroid. And try not to eat gluten. I think I was more upset than she was; just wait to get sicker - then I can help you.
It took me quite awhile to understand this about doctors. But I get it now. Doctors have to prioritize their time; treat the people who need it most. I go to my regular doctor visits, I get whatever tests they think I should get. But now I listen differently to them. I am listening for clues: what should I be researching or investigating on my own. The doctor doesn’t have time to teach me, to train me, to hold my hand. And that is okay.
I think my friends and my reactions were different because we were in different places or stages. She was ready to accept “this is my new normal” - she has a diagnosis. I was in the next stage.
What is the NEXT stage after “this is my new normal”?
For me the next stage was WHY. Why did this happen? Why is there little explanation? Why is there no help or guidance? I would get one answer and ask WHY again!
Being un-well is NOT YOUR FAULT! Not sure if you heard that, all of this issues, symptoms and general feeling crappy is not your fault so there is no guilt for you to carry.
We ALL have been brainwashed to believe that we need certain things and to do certain things and all of these innovations to our lives has changed our minds and bodies. Not for the better either. But that is a whole other story to tell.
Don’t beat yourself up - all of this change took time, LOTS of time. Decades!
It happened so slowly we didn’t even know that it was happening.
Is there a solution - yes
Can I reverse my symptoms - yes
Will it take decades - NO
The next stage is WHAT, what can I do? Lots!
Join me on a journey of wellness; I concentrate on 2 things. What goes IN our bodies and what goes ON our bodies. Sound too easy, too simple? It can be if we break it down into real life manageable steps. If I gave you a list of 52 things to fix your health you would try 1 or 2, maybe 3 and then give up because it is too hard and then you go back into “this is my new normal” again and they symptoms keep stacking up.
STOP the insanity!
Join me on a journey of wellness. I will share my resources, my insights, my pit falls and all the lovely bits in between. Oh my - we should have some fun too.
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