We forget that our healing is our responsibility and goes much beyond the medication and treatment options available. When you are able to go beyond your disease diagnosis and reconnect with yourself as a “whole” person, it becomes much easier to start trusting your body. And as you become more tuned in to what your body needs, you are able to support and nourish it much more effectively.
At the heart of any autoimmune condition lies immune dysregulation. Autoimmune disease is a progressive disease that has vibrant health at one extreme end and a degenerative state at the other.
The problem is that when we are in the beginning stages of an autoimmune disease, there may not be any obvious symptoms. This is why we can suffer from autoimmune damage long before we are diagnosed and much before any symptoms occur.
In my latest blog post I share with you why more and more people are realising that they need to make certain make lifestyle, dietary, and mindset changes in order to regain their health. Making better choices and creating new habits is key when it comes to healing from an autoimmune (and other chronic) conditions.
Women are natural caregivers and are usually the primary caregivers in their families. However, often without realising we end up overgiving and run on empty without giving ourselves some respite. We then start feeling resentful of our responsibilities and feel demotivated and stressed.
We need to stop believing that we are NOT worthy of our own love and compassion! That somehow we have done nothing to deserve it!
You deserve to feel better when you are facing difficult moments or challenges in your life.
As you embrace your body as it is and embrace its imperfections, you are able to go beyond the conventional practices of diets and exercise and fully experience your body-mind and feel resilient, joyful, and good in your own skin.
Have you made your body your friend yet?
Do you take the time to PAUSE and tune into your body?
Do you love and care for your body by attending to it’s needs?
Too many of us spend more time taking care of our possessions like cars, bags, clothes, phones etc than we do our own bodies- the only home that we will ever truly have.
Have you ever wondered why that is?
Stillness is a state of being still- in other words being calm, relaxed, quiet, and inactive. While on the outside there might be turbulence and activity, inside there is peace and tranquility. Stillness is what you need if you want to be more creative, to make better decisions, and is the key to thinking clearly, making tough decisions, regulating our emotions, and being truly present for our lives.
Your morning is an important part of your self care routine. How you start your day will determine whether you will feel centred, intentional, and focussed or whether you feel stressed, on high alert, and oblivious of the things that are important to you.
By asking for help when needed, we can give ourselves time to breathe and avoid falling into a pattern of self neglect. For it is often when we neglect ourselves that we start feeling deprived- of companionship, time, peace, love, attention, energy, and much more.