A New Season
To be continued…
There are a few things that are unique about this adventure and we are pretty excited about it. I think the first and most obvious is the timeline.
If you would have told me this 10 years ago, when I was a pill popping clinician treating patients for their symptoms, because we don’t address the cause as therapists, I would have thought, “How nice for you, I’m glad you had a good experience. I’m fine.” I wouldn’t have seen the relevance because I was so entrenched in the SAD life.
As I wrestled with this hippocracy of transformation where I have transformed from surviving to thriving, and I teach others how to change their stories, and yet I was feeling nothing like thriving and barely like I was surviving.
Our healthcare system was designed to care for acute illness and accidents. It was not designed for chronic disease brought about by our SAD lifestyles.
This week I have had several experiences that have reminded me that we have life experiences sometimes for our own learning and growth and sometimes for others.
For the first 39 years of my life, I lived the Standard American Diet & lifestyle. I was absolutely typical and found myself with the typical dilemmas as a result. Overweight, exhausted, stressed and sick.
To me, as we sat and reminisced and as I put together her life sketch to sum up 84 years of life and hundreds of memories into a 15 minute summary, it became all about the legacy. The impact left behind when one is no longer present.
I want the message to be clear. I am just the messenger. I am not perfect. It’s not easy, but it is a better way and making a difference in people’s lives.
Alright before you roll your eyes and flip the page, hear me out. I know you know this intuitively but I’m going to bet money that you don’t KNOW THIS. Why am I so cynical and confident about what YOU are thinking? Because I’ve been there and although we are all unique individuals, we are …