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| Health & Wellness |
 A Story About
Life - The Benefits of a Wholistic ApproachBy Janet Rowe of Health & Natural Lifestyles Wow, it is already winter! Where does the time go? Summer seemed to speed by and Fall did the same. Our lives are so intense, so busy, and so involved that we forget we also need attention. The energy it takes to live by routine is just so draining. Yet we continue to try living up to our own expectations, and even exceeding them, by trying to be perfect! I remember trying to accomplish being the perfect mom, employee and wife, while losing track of myself and what really made me what I am. The structure, stress, timetable and expectations I put on myself are something you read about, but definitely do not want to experience first-hand! I ended up achy, depressed, frustrated, emotionally strained and sick. My relationship with my spouse went down the tubes, so I kicked him out. My son complained that I never spent any concrete time with him, so he went to live with his father. Then I was laid off from the oil patch and learned that I had cancer, all in the same year. So I had to sit down with myself and ask, “Just how perfect was that?” Was it worth totally losing all that was truly important to me and what really made me what I am? Was it worth it to lose my self-respect and the love of my family, or to suffer the illness and remedies just to make me well again? Getting well again has been the “Gift” that I have received from all the stress of trying to be perfect. Well if we were perfect from the beginning we would not be here on earth, as we would have no more lessons to learn. I know now that I am not perfect and never can be. Recently, I decided to purchase a house, as I was tired of apartment living. It just was not satisfying my needs for solitude any longer. We seem to go through variations of nesting. I now wanted a yard to provide the nature effect that would accompany the solitude of my own four walls. Purchasing this home was certainly challenging. I was faced with negotiating a self-employed mortgage and finding a property that was financially reasonable, in the right area, structurally sound, and that only required manageable repairs. I accomplished all of this in a 45-day span. Then, I decided that I wanted this house two weeks early in order to have time to paint the entire house, install a new door, window casings and baseboards. I also wanted to have the hardwood floors refinished. Perfect scenario. Right? Wrong! Here I am slipping back into perfection again because of my desire to create the perfect nest. I was working to all hours of the evening, putting my son and others into my stress. This was hardly perfection, just desire and not even really a need. After waking early many mornings feeling achy again and after having snappy conversations with those I love because I was overly stressed and emotionally strained, I realized what I had done to myself. How silly I was and how easy it was to go back to that perfection thing again. I did not once make time to go back to the Gift. Let me explain this Gift. The Gift I speak of here is the healing I went through to fix myself of cancer. The Gift was truly from spirit as it was all accomplishing, all healing, all loving, and truly a gift. The spirit guided me through the Wholistic approach to healing. I learned to eat nutritiously, to exercise and to make my body alkaline, stopping the cancer growth. I gave up many desires, as I had to concentrate mentally on what was necessary and what truly were my needs, not my wants. I had to learn to live within my financial means, as I was not working. I still needed to pay for herbs, vitamins, spiritual and emotional healers to aid in my healing process and learning. The anger I carried had to be released and removed from my liver; the emotional traumas through life needed to be turned into light and love. I needed to believe in spirit again and not the religion. My healings had to encompass their component of loving in the healing of my whole body -- mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. The spiritual side was a real eye-opener for me as I became de-programmed from religion in a very short time, only to truly enjoy spirit. Making time for meditation was a need, for it gave me much peace in a rapid learning and healing process. Conversations with spirit were easy, with no judgements, where I learned to love and respect myself again, and to truly understand what made me -- ME. It made so much sense, and the universe would reward me with a great day from beginning to end. What better way to end the day but by giving thanks to spirit and feeling at total peace and in love and light. So you see my Gift was experiencing, and feeling the benefits of Wholistic healing. Now I know what makes me feel the best, what perfection really is, and how fortunate I was to learn, experience and live real life. I just have to have the discipline to live it all the time, not allowing myself to get wrapped up in stress and negative energy. I sincerely hope every person will allow themselves to experience the joy, love and light of Wholistic healing and well-being. Life can just be much easier enjoying the Gift! Janet Rowe, owner of Health & Natural Lifestyles Inc., offers a variety of therapies & therapeutic supplements. She now offers RIFE & Essential Oil Therapies. To learn more about the benefits of RIFE, call 403.212.6077. www.healthy-option.com |