PART 2:

The Psychology of Health Management

‘The root of all health is in the brain. The trunk of it is in emotion. The branches and leaves are the body. The flower of health blooms when all parts work together.’

Kurdish Saying

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In Part 1, we investigated how you can take action to reclaim your health. We’ve considered how you can use food as a means of achieving and maintaining wellness and exactly what you can do to re-establish the balance that your body needs in order to operate optimally. We’ve pulled apart the foods that we eat, put them under the microscope and determined just how we can get the best out of our nutritional choices while avoiding the foods that drag us down, fill our bodies with toxins and affect our weight. All of these things are vital to our long term wellness and weight control.

In Part 2, we don’t mention any of that stuff. Instead, we switch our focus to the complement of sound naturopathic nutritional advice – your mindset.

Unless a person gets their mind primed for success, they will fail to achieve their goals, regardless of what else they do. It’s easy for me to teach nutrition and it’s easy for you to learn all about it. However, just having the knowledge alone won’t be enough for most people to make the profound changes that will be long lasting. I see this in the clinic every day. So I love to help patients get their mindset right. It’s the only way to wellness. If health is the goal…then wellness is truly your destination.

Clinical practice has led me to the understanding that there are 5 keys to achieving that successful mental outlook. Interestingly, these are the very same reasons that the majority of people fail to achieve their weight loss and wellness goals. They are:

  1. Self-concept
  2. Readiness to change
  3. Worth of effort to you
  4. Environmental management
  5. Degree to which healthy choices becomes a habit (motivation gets you started, habit keep it going)

Within the pages that follow, you will learn how to achieve mastery in each of these vital areas. Each area will then be able to work synergistically with the others to propel you to the achievement of your weight loss and wellness goals. So, let the mind make-over begin! Please complete all the exercises and remember that if you need any further help, a one on one consultation may be another option or you can attend one of my seminars.