
It took me 6 months to pick up the phone, I was so gripped by fear. I really wanted to offer to do a workshop for my local chapter of the National MS Society. But I couldn’t get myself to pick up the phone. Sharing my story and what I had learned about diets and multiple sclerosis seemed like a huge risk.
Why all this hesitation, when every bit of my being knew I was meant to inspire and educate, and make the complex, practical and doable? One big friggin’ f-word.
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As I described in my personal health journey, I was once a doctor suffering from a wide array of health conditions before I finally woke up to the fact that the root causes of my illnesses were more emotional than biochemical, and that the only way I was going to get well was to treat the emotional, psychological, and spiritual sickness that was manifesting as physical symptoms in my body.
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I meet some of the most amazing people on Twitter and Facebook, and after posting some of the quotes from my upcoming book Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof You Can Heal Yourself, many people who have embarked upon self-healing journeys have reached out to tell me their story. I find these stories incredibly inspiring and validating of what I’m writing about. In fact, I’m using some of the stories in the book itself.
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What does power have to do with creating lasting wellness?
Everything.
If you have landed here, my guess is you are feeling powerless in some aspect of your life. Maybe you are so fatigued you don’t have the energy to enjoy your family or start the business you always dreamed of. Maybe you were just diagnosed with an “incurable” disease and don’t know where to turn. Or maybe you have been living with an illness for years and feel like you have tried everything your doctors have told you to, with no success. If any of these are true for you, you are in serious need of some power.
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My new friend Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of Love, Medicine & Miracles, and one of our newest bloggers on Owning Pink, asks his patients four key questions I wanted to share with you.
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Have you ever endured a business lunch? Oh the joy of sandwiches in the conference room again, or worse, rubber chicken at a local hotel.
But have you ever endured a business lunch when you are in the midst of revamping your diet to lose weight or control an illness? Egads. That is why one of the most common questions I get is "how do I eat for my health during work meetings?”
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Over the past few months I’ve been thinking a lot about what truly matters. My mom’s diagnosis, illness, and death have caused me to stop, question, and look more deeply at the things and people in my life that are important. Through the pain and challenge of this experience, I’ve also been grateful for the perspective and awareness it has opened up.
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When I was first diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, I felt like I was walking in a fog. A thick, stew-like fog. I didn’t know what to do, where to turn. I couldn’t see or think clearly.
But that quickly changed when I had to re-enter the real world of responsibilities, obligations, and demands. All I wanted to do was crawl back into bed and make it all go away.
Sound familiar?
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It was the first time I’ve ever walked out of a yoga workshop in my life. Let’s be clear — the teachers were fantastic.
But after my fourth downward dog, I started breaking into a cold sweat, got nauseated and my head began throbbing so hard it felt like it was about to explode. “Oh great,” I thought.
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