Day 350 of 365 - Self Love is Medicine
Another wellness summit has begun, with the interesting title of Love Is Medicine. Of course I was intrigued, so I signed up. I watched a few episodes. The format is the usual clips of the host interviewing a variety of professionals in the health and wellness field. What might be somewhat different about this one though, is more emphasis on using various approaches which I expect will be described in subsequent episodes, to connect more to self.
The premise being presented as the over arching theme of the series is that most of our modern diseases are due to some kind of disconnect with self, nature and environment. Most illness has as one of its causative factors an emotional or relationship component, whether that be our relationship to work, family, partner, friends or self. Our relationship to everything impacts our health. The ultimate relationship is the one we have with ourselves.
If we approach healing of an ailment with just a 'fix it' mentality, we are in a way disconnecting from our body, as if it is something separate that is broken. Healing tends to be deeper when we have an attitude of self-love and self-respect, rather than critical and mechanistic thinking. We live so much in our minds a lot of the time, that we sort of forget that our body is the vehicle for our life and our ability to thrive. We are more than our brains, though for sure, what goes on inside our thinking brain definitely influences our biochemistry and our health. It's a two way street, as described before in other posts.
As is often the case, many of the wellness experts presenting in this series has their own story of what brought them to the work that they now do. Many times it has been their own health crisis and hitting a rock bottom point which forced a decision to surrender to what their body was showing about the truth of their life. Something like this may have happened to each of us at some points in our lives, even if we did not have to hit rock bottom to come to the realization that we needed to somehow live our lives differently.
An interesting point made by the host, which is likely a different perspective than many of us would have regarding some awful diagnosis or terrible condition is, that our body is trying to love us with the symptoms it displays, in order to help us see the truth of our lives. When I consider this from the perspective of the body as an energy field which stores all my experiences, which can sometimes manifest as physical symptoms, this is quite understandable to me.
Though lots of the points being made by the interviewees are the kinds of things we've heard before, like lifestyle and cumulative stress being major causes of illness, I'm looking forward to more dialogue about how we can learn more to trust ourselves and our intuition in seeking solutions, rather than always looking to others for answers.
Another good point made was, that healing is not a destination, whereby we arrive somewhere to forever be restored. Life is about change, after all, and as changes occur we may find ourselves again in a situation which asks us to choose another healing journey. New symptoms can be a road map back to exactly what your body needs to bring you back into balance, according to one of the naturopathic doctors interviewed. Though not a journey we would intentionally seek, approaching it with self love adds a powerful component to our healing process.
The series is not over, so I may have some other commentary related to it in another post. These kinds of series tend to repeat periodically if they have been well received. If you have not been one to listen to or watch these kinds of things before, it's one I would definitely recommend, both for the health and wellness advice and the integration with the personal perspective.
The premise being presented as the over arching theme of the series is that most of our modern diseases are due to some kind of disconnect with self, nature and environment. Most illness has as one of its causative factors an emotional or relationship component, whether that be our relationship to work, family, partner, friends or self. Our relationship to everything impacts our health. The ultimate relationship is the one we have with ourselves.
If we approach healing of an ailment with just a 'fix it' mentality, we are in a way disconnecting from our body, as if it is something separate that is broken. Healing tends to be deeper when we have an attitude of self-love and self-respect, rather than critical and mechanistic thinking. We live so much in our minds a lot of the time, that we sort of forget that our body is the vehicle for our life and our ability to thrive. We are more than our brains, though for sure, what goes on inside our thinking brain definitely influences our biochemistry and our health. It's a two way street, as described before in other posts.
As is often the case, many of the wellness experts presenting in this series has their own story of what brought them to the work that they now do. Many times it has been their own health crisis and hitting a rock bottom point which forced a decision to surrender to what their body was showing about the truth of their life. Something like this may have happened to each of us at some points in our lives, even if we did not have to hit rock bottom to come to the realization that we needed to somehow live our lives differently.
An interesting point made by the host, which is likely a different perspective than many of us would have regarding some awful diagnosis or terrible condition is, that our body is trying to love us with the symptoms it displays, in order to help us see the truth of our lives. When I consider this from the perspective of the body as an energy field which stores all my experiences, which can sometimes manifest as physical symptoms, this is quite understandable to me.
Though lots of the points being made by the interviewees are the kinds of things we've heard before, like lifestyle and cumulative stress being major causes of illness, I'm looking forward to more dialogue about how we can learn more to trust ourselves and our intuition in seeking solutions, rather than always looking to others for answers.
Another good point made was, that healing is not a destination, whereby we arrive somewhere to forever be restored. Life is about change, after all, and as changes occur we may find ourselves again in a situation which asks us to choose another healing journey. New symptoms can be a road map back to exactly what your body needs to bring you back into balance, according to one of the naturopathic doctors interviewed. Though not a journey we would intentionally seek, approaching it with self love adds a powerful component to our healing process.
The series is not over, so I may have some other commentary related to it in another post. These kinds of series tend to repeat periodically if they have been well received. If you have not been one to listen to or watch these kinds of things before, it's one I would definitely recommend, both for the health and wellness advice and the integration with the personal perspective.
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