Living On Purpose

Patient, heal thyself!

Most Americans consider the managed health care system that uses allopathic physicians (western doctors) as the only form of health care, but there are other methods of healing: chiropractic, alternative (or eastern medicine), massage and many varied forms of bodywork, just to name a few.

The body is capable of healing itself if we reduce the stressors to it. If we are to create our health on purpose, then of course, we have to give attention to our bodies, in the form of the proper nutrients, exercise, healthy mental attitudes, the proper rest, etc.

Read about Sherry Williams, a cancer survivor profiled on Dr. Weil’s web site. She describes her discovery of how stressed her life was:

Through self-discovery, I realized my health is more associated with my lifestyle and how I chose to cope with things than anything else.

As I look back over the two years prior to my cancer diagnoses, I was clearly overwhelmed, stressed-out, sleep-deprived, and had failed miserably at recognizing it. Living the fast-paced life that society forces upon us leaves us thinking this is the way it is supposed to be.

And then, she reveals the lesson she learned through her cancer diagnosis:

The body can actually heal itself if it is fed and nurtured properly. Unfortunately, often illness has to hit us – in my case, four times – before we are forced to stop and evaluate.

Living Well Using Weil

Through my personal experience with different alternative medicines, I have found that chiropractic care can help your body heal itself by reducing spinal pressure on your nerves. Every major organ in your body is governed by the nerves that emanate from your spinal cord. The body will manifest problems in the organ that corresponds to the nerve where excess compression exists.

Many people think a chiropractor is someone they turn to only if they’ve got a neck problem like whiplash or other injury related problems in the back. But I’ve been seeing a chiropractor for therapy for six months now, and I believe everyone could benefit from the special “brand” of chiropractors who belong to a group called Maximized Living. All of the doctors associated with this group receive consistent training. The link below is not an affiliate link. I am not being paid to endorse this group.

Maximized Living Click on “Find a Maximized Living Doctor”.

And, while we’re on the subject of purposeful healing, here is a special treat. Do you remember the movie Patch Adams? He is a real doctor with big dreams based in Virginia, USA. He’s the clown doctor who believes patients need to laugh and feel appreciated and cared for when they are in treatment. From his web site:

In spending this amount of time with patients, we found that the vast majority of our adult population does not have a day to day vitality for life (which we would define as good health). The idea that a person was healthy because of normal lab values and clear x-rays had no relationship to who the person was. Good health was much more deeply related to close friendships, meaningful work, a lived spirituality of any kind, an opportunity for loving service and an engaging relationship to nature, the arts, wonder, curiosity, passion and hope. All of these are time-consuming, impractical needs. When we don’t meet these needs, the business of high-tech medicine diagnoses mental illness and treats with pills.

So there you have it, straight from the doctors’ mouth! All the ingredients for good health are in the quote above. To live your life on purpose, incorporate things into your life that will bring you health, as described by Dr. Adams. Read about his vision for a totally free hospital, below.

Gesundheit Institute, Patch Adams

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