Excellent Advice for All of Us as We Enter 2012

 Happy New Year to all of you from all of us at Well Spring Health Center!!

30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself

Original Article written by Marc at at Marcandangel.com

When you stop chasing the wrong things you give the right things a chance to catch you.

As Maria Robinson once said, “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” Nothing could be closer to the truth. But before you can begin this process of transformation you have to stop doing the things that have been holding you back.

1. Stop lying to yourself. – You can lie to anyone else in the world, but you can’t lie to yourself.  Our lives improve only when we take chances, and the first and most difficult chance we can take is to be honest with ourselves.  Read The Road Less Traveled.
   
2. Stop putting your own needs on the back burner. – The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.  Yes, help others; but help yourself too.  If there was ever a moment to follow your passion and do something that matters to you, that moment is now.

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Can People Really Be Addicted to Food?

Hmm, addicted to food?  Can we be addicted to something that is essential to our existance?  I read this article Can People Really Be Addicted to Food? earlier this morning and found it very interesting. 

I've commented for many years that if there is addiction of any sort in your family, then you have a greater propensity toward addictive behavior as well.  Not all addictions are obvious, but all eventually create harm or problems within our lives.  The obvious ones are the alcohol, drugs, tobacco, sex, pornography, gambling, etc.  But what about work, coffee, sodas, chocolate, electronic games, surfing the web, surfing facebook or myspace or exercise?  Is it possible to become addicted to any of them?  Look at the definition of addiction:

Addiction is an uncontrollable compulsion to repeat a behavior regardless of its negative consequences. A person who is addicted is sometimes called an addict.  wordIQ.com

If your spending time doing or eating something becomes an "uncontrollable compulsion" and it begins to create problems in your life or affects those around you negatively, then you'd have to admit that it's probably an addiction.

Breaking addictions is VERY difficult.  Anyone who has ever tried can attest to that.  Many years ago I met a Psychiatrist who taught me to use a tool called EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique).  He said that in forty years of practicing Psychiatry, this was the most useful tool/technique that he had.  I have since used it with and taught it to many of my patients (you?).  This is a tool that you can learn to use anywhere.  Not only does it work well for addictions, but it works well for dealing with stress and a WIDE variety of other issues as well.

So, do you have an addiction?  Is it something that you never thought could possibly be an addiction?

What is Integrative Holistic Medicine?

I came across this definition just now.  This is what we are all about here at Well Spring Health Center.

• Integrative Medicine — the practice of medicine that reaffirms the importance of the relationship between the practitioner and the patient, focuses on the whole person, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic approaches, healthcare professionals and disciplines to achieve optimal health and healing.

• Holistic Medicine — medical care that views physical and mental and spiritual aspects of life as closely interconnected and equally important approaches to treatment.

• Integrative Holistic Medicine is the art and science of healing that addresses care of the whole person: body, mind, and spirit.

Innovations in Integrative Helath Care Education (Part II)