Pain

Ways To Avoid Relapse Naturally

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Avoiding relapses of pain, anxiety, depression, or substance abuse can be difficult. Even when you’re completely invested in the process you need support structures that help you stay on track. Use the tips listed below to help you remain motivated in attaining your goal.

1. Exercise

Anyone who has replaced their substance abuse with exercise has a very good chance of recovering. You must be determined to exercise every day so that you can get better, and you also need to see if there is a particular form of exercise that will leave you so refreshed that you will not want to have any substances. A lot of people participate in sports instead, and you might actually come up with accountability partners that way. Continue reading →

Daily Rituals to Dissolve Inflammation and Pain

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painNick Polizzi – Every human on this planet has experienced some type of physical pain in their lifetime. One of the great equalizers, pain knows no race, gender or creed.

It is often billed as an unfortunate occurrence to be avoided at all costs, but pain is actually quite useful— in the right amounts. Pain is here to warn us when things are out of balance – from an acute injury like a cut or sprain, to a chronic underlying condition like rheumatoid arthritis or a digestive disorder.

No matter what type of pain it is, one thing is for certain – there’s no reason for you to be in constant pain. Its primary function is to help our healing process and it should go away on its own or be easy to soothe with the right lifestyle practices… this is the focus of today’s piece.

Below are 3 rituals that you can easily implement into your everyday life that alleviate inflammation and pain. Continue reading →

The Body’s Natural State is Health, Not Disease, as We’ve Been Led to Believe

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diseaseMarco Torres – There is a reason for every disease state. It is the body’s attempt at restoring balance. A healthy body is incapable of maintaining a state of one disease and healing another. The body heals holistically, and the processes that create each disease affect the body as a whole.

From the time we are conceived until the time we die, the cells in our bodies are endlessly working to maintain a natural state of homeostasis or equilibrium. When we turn to medicine or medical technology to manipulate our own body systems to heal us, we are really only facilitating our natural ability to heal from within. A diseased body is no coincidence and the natural state of every human being is health, not disease.

The duress of disease can influence our ability not only to deal with the pain but also to express it. In specific states of disease, some people cannot help but wonder if their body is working to maintain its natural state of health. Continue reading →

Meeting the Deep Ache We All Carry

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Mary O’Malley – A dear friend I have known since junior high, whom I have not seen for a couple of years, was coming to Seattle for a visit last month and we planned on getting together. We talked a few months before the visit and she gave me the dates that she would be here in Seattle, and I in return gave her general dates I would be available. Then we talked a month before the visit and I gave her specific dates as I was going to be out of town at the end of her visit. Not having heard from her I texted her the week before the visit to check-in about what dates we could get together.

All the dates she sent me were for the time that I was going to be out of town. That was the first inkling that this was going to be a teaching moment by Life. I told her that getting together with her was important to me and asked if there was any way that she could shift some things around. When she said no, it was like being hit with a sledgehammer in my stomach. Continue reading →

How You Can Face Your ‘Dark’ Side, Get Through Your Pain & Find Inner Peace

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I need to feel better BEFORE I carry on doing the work… this is a lie!

“I’m feeling overwhelmed – I’ll do the work when I’m settled.”

“It’s all too much for me – I need to take a break.”

EnergyAmara Christi – If I had a penny for every time I’ve heard this, I’d be a wealthy woman.

The saddest part? This is exactly why your spiritual journey keeps stalling.

When it gets crazy hectic it’s not a sign to slow down – it’s sign for you to speed up, because the shift is at its peak, and the stuff is ready to release.

The exhaustion, anger, emotion, fatigue? That’s the shift itself… and when you reach the right statements, you will find the relief from what you are feeling in that moment.

When you stop and take a break until you feel better, you just ensure that you have to go through all of that again and dredge up and relive all that emotion again. Continue reading →