| Coping is the national mantra. For example: The | | | | Traditional Western Medicine and when we come ill |
| concept of Stress Management is very popular | | | | we race to the doctor for the promised quick fix. |
| and millions of people attend stress management | | | | Mildred Carter, one of the pioneers of reflexology, |
| classes every year. Stress management implies | | | | stated in her book, 'Body Reflexology,' "whenever |
| stress is inevitable and therefore, the best we | | | | we feel pain anywhere in the body, even the |
| can do is manage it better. How about eliminating | | | | slightest twinge of a pain, it's the body's method |
| stress in your life? Impossible you shout!!! How can | | | | of sending you a signal, and if palpated and rubbed |
| I stop this, that and the other thing from | | | | out, may prevent future illness, although the |
| occurring in my life? Therein lies the false | | | | actual dis-ease may be far removed from the |
| perception of the phenomenon labeled, stress. | | | | original site of discomfort..." |
| It has been known since the 5th century that | | | | Prevention is far superior for health care than |
| stress is related to one's perception, and when all | | | | treating the illness or dis-ease in progress. This is |
| the pressures of living in a fast-paced world | | | | not to say, that the illness or dis-ease can not be |
| mount up, a person's perception may be more | | | | eliminated-it can, but it generates a sense of fear |
| negative than usual. | | | | and vulnerability, which exacerbates the illness or |
| Most people are distracted and pressured by a | | | | dis-ease. This is the very reason the quick fixes |
| plethora of concerns related to work, family, | | | | for symptoms are the staple for Traditional |
| community and personal experiences, most of | | | | Western Medicine. |
| which they perceive they cannot control. | | | | Given the proper support and adequate care, the |
| The first step in understanding the role stress | | | | body can heal itself. As Louise Hay says in her |
| plays in your life is to remember, stress is a | | | | book, Heal Your Body, "...no matter how dire their |
| perception. When your stressors are channeled | | | | predicament seems to be, I KNOW if they are |
| properly, it can help push you toward your best | | | | WILLING to do the mental work of releasing and |
| outcome. However, if not channeled properly, a | | | | forgiving, almost anything can be healed. The |
| stressor can create havoc. | | | | word 'incurable,' which is so frightening to so many |
| To reach your optimal ability to channel stressors | | | | people, really only means that the particular |
| properly see my article Stress: Four Steps To | | | | condition cannot be cured by 'outer' methods and |
| Freedom. | | | | that we must GO WITHIN to effect the healing. |
| Coping with this illness, disease or the other is | | | | The condition came from nothing and will go back |
| another national mantra. We are bombarded | | | | to nothing." |
| several times a day about illnesses and disease, if | | | | Deepak Chopra, MD stated in his book, "The Book |
| you do not have it now, you will soon have it. | | | | of Secrets' that "the human body runs on dual |
| These powerful subliminal messages-vis-Ã -vis | | | | controls. If you heal it from the outside by |
| commercials to help you cope-generates trillions | | | | material means, it will respond. If you heal it from |
| of dollars for pharmaceutical manufacturers, | | | | the inside by subjective means, it will also |
| pharmacies and doctors. | | | | respond..." |
| In an ever increasing fast-paced society, many of | | | | Arthur Miller stated, "I think one must finally take |
| us take the easy road of self neglect and | | | | one's life into one's arms." |
| procrastination thinking we are doing fine because | | | | Holistic Healthcare practitioners are dedicated to |
| we feel fine. Fast-food commercials dance in our | | | | empower you to find nurturing links to your health |
| heads, as the solution to our ever demanding race | | | | and wellness. See article: |
| to keep up. We think health can be regained with | | | | ? |