Health is: Healing is a Daily Journey

I was in a restaurant with a business acquaintance and overheard the person at the next table question the person they were with, exasperatedly, "how long will it take for things to improve?" I had no idea what they were talking about and although my attention returned to my own meeting; I could not help but wonder what was going on. The same question comes up a lot for us as we work with our clients. Everyone wants to know how long it will take for them to recover from something they are dealing with. My inner response to that age old question is "I forgot to bring my magic 8 ball with me so I haven't the foggiest." Out loud, I simply inform them I cannot predict the recovery or speed of success, it is entirely up to the body and the mind doing the healing.

Every one's journey is different. Some people it's like speed lightning and some it takes a bit longer. Mostly, healing is greatly dependent on multiple factors and although we cover as many facets of healing as we are skilled to attend to, the body and the mind hold the key to how quickly one's healing manifests. We have learned that daily effort compound into massive healing shifts that appear to be sudden although the progress has been incremental. For example, one client had a large growth that he was considering having surgically removed because it was unsightly. We decided to use some natural products and at first, it looked like nothing was improving. He kept using the products and then two months later, the growth was completely gone. There are other instances when a condition impacting health for over a decade resolved in less than 1 year.  

We believe that is how healing occurs when diligently applied as a daily salvo.  We also encourage our clients to be relentless in their decision and actions of healing. There is an adage from the Yoruba tribe of Africa that loosely translates thus, "it only appears to be a long time, when it really is not." In all of our years helping clients heal, we find that the time it took to recover is drastically shorter in comparison to the time it took to accumulate the disease or imbalances. Supported with this truth, we teach ways to healing as a daily journey and help to retrain and retool the mind and body for healing as a daily journey. When we take daily steps towards the path of healing, we can look back and see that we are not where we were twelve months or twelve years ago.   

I also feel that, were I to be the one to answer that question I overheard during my lunch meeting with my business acquaintance, I would have said this, "Given that it took xyz months to earn the deterioration, I would estimate that it would take daily efforts of different action(s) to earn the improvement." 

HALF ASS IS BETTER THAN NO ASS!

Those were the words I said to Petra, a new client at our clinic when she was contemplating how long it may take for her to regain optimal health. She had plethora of questions and as I was answering each one of her questions, I told her about another client.

Fernando, had been dealing with very high cholesterol levels that refused to respond to prescribed medications from his conventional medical practitioner. Two separate cholesterol medicines had only put a dimple in the levels and he sought out other ways to improve his health. When he found us, at the recommendation from another client who has found success with her health concerns with our multimodal natural health approach, we recommended specific dietary and targeted supplementation and exercise protocols that will support the medications and help him get the results he desired.

Perturbed by the changes he would need to make, Fernando exclaimed, “How on earth am I going to be able to keep all of this together and do everything every day!”

It’s not a statement we haven’t heard before. As a matter of course, it is a regular utterance from many people we see as they realize the changes they need in order to truly get well. I had said to Fernando, “I only want you to add one thing for now and do this one thing every day.” Rather than focusing on the changes, I encouraged Fernando to follow the “Add To” principle and continue to do everything he was already doing and just add one thing to it. Within a short time, Fernando had consistently replaced one artery clogging meal with artery opening meal and he did it daily. He also did minimal exercises two times a week and took his supplements and drank more water.

In one year, after retesting, Fernando’s cholesterol dropped by 60 points and he weighed 12 pounds less! He was astonished!! Surprised by the results, he said, “Wow! I probably would have dropped double the points if I had done everything you recommended.” I agreed and said, “Well sir, half ass is better than no ass! You can now see how small changes can be significant. So let’s kick it up by half a notch for the next year, what do you say?”

Fernando agreed; you see, he didn’t just lose 12 pounds and 60 points off the cholesterol that was silently and quietly snuffing out his life. He reported he was less stressed, he felt happier and more content, and he was more productive at work. The second year that he kicked it up just a notch, he lost an additional 15 pounds of excess weight, dropped another 30 points off his cholesterol, greatly reduced the small density lipoprotein particles in his blood stream, and was taken off one of the cholesterol medicines. He is still gradually achieving his goals and getting better every day.

When Petra heard this story, she thanked me and informed me she is now ready to get her results. Although she laughed a lot as I answered her questions and told her about Fernando, she reflected she understood my intentions and was grateful for letting her know she needn’t be perfect on her way to optimal health. Working together, Petra has joined the ranks of many of our clients who are adopting my philosophy of living perfectly flawed and normally dysfunctional in the achievement of our goals in all areas of our lives.