Human beings are fascinating creatures! We have an amazing ability to heal ourselves mentally and physically. Every cell in our body is innately intelligent, with a built-in system that repairs and heals itself. Did you know, for example, that you have around 1.6 trillion skin cells? Did you also know that you lose 1 million of them every 24 hours? Our skin constantly replaces and renews itself. Incredible!
You are a bundle of cells, all working in perfect harmony, trying to heal yourself 24 hours a day. This system never goes on holiday, never goes to sleep and is always looking out for you. Can you say you have the same commitment to looking after your body? Have you ever thought about your body in that way? Probably not! And why would you; you don’t know what you don’t know.
There is so much more going on in your body than you realise. Your body is your constant support. Every pain in your body is a scream for help. Every swelling is a way to protect your joints from too much movement. Every fever is a sign of your body doing its thing: HEALING!
We are conditioned to think that the answers to our health and well-being are external, that people, circumstances and events are responsible for the way we experience life. This can look like:
When we go to the Doctor to give us a name or a diagnosis for our discomfort, we don’t realise we are passing him/her full responsibility for the body we live in.
When we educate ourselves as to how to best support this amazing body we live in and we understand ourselves and our relationship to food and eating, we open up the possibility to invite healthier choices into our lives. The truth is: all your answers are within, when you learn to listen to yourself and your body.
I invite you to sit still for a moment and listen. What can you hear around you? Can you hear the birds in the trees, the car driving past or maybe yourself breathing or your own heartbeat?
What can you hear when your mind gets quiet?
This isn’t about listening to what someone else is saying or what you were reading, it’s about listening within.
What is it that YOU need at this given moment? Don’t question it, don’t revaluate, or judge it in any form. What first entered your mind in that second? Listen to that…… you have all the answers!
Take time for yourself. Stop reading, turn off the tv, take your headphones out, open your eyes, open your mind, open your heart. Get completely caught up in life! Put the blanket over your head, binge watch TV, eat chocolate, drink some nice wine, read late into the night!
DON’T LISTEN to everyone else. DON’T JUDGE YOURSELF. But LISTEN to what YOU need, ENJOY and EMBRACE and most of all: BE KIND TO YOURSELF!