Women’s group talk on February 12, 2012
Our approach:
When a patient comes to see us, we have the assumption that one is vibrantly healthy or at the other end of the road closer to death. More than likely you will be more on the healthy side! The journey from being healthy to on the verge of death can be viewed as dis-ease. Dis-ease is nothing more than a lack of ease or imbalance. This journey is broken into three phases (chi, symptomatic, blood).
Chi (life’s energy) is when you feel “off” without showing significant symptoms. The symptomatic phase is when you begin showing symptoms (headache, weight gain, anxiety, stress, sleep problems, digestive issues, etc…). This is when you typically go to the doctor to see what is wrong, and then you are prescribed anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs, acid reflux drugs, and so forth. Dr. Wibbenmeyer and Dr. Eller specialize in recognizing patients symptoms leading into this second phase, viewing our patients in three categories of health (Physical, Nutritional, Mental/Emotional). We know that a missing link or a deficiency in one area of health can affect the other. Going into the third phase (blood), is when you get blood tests, x-rays, CT scans, and other lab tests that will define a patient as sick or well based on the results. This phase is where western medicine shines. However, most MD’s are typically not trained to recognize what is wrong before it gets to this point. This is not a slam against western medicine, but it is merely observational. When a patient crosses the line into the blood phase, the problem here is that the patient is already 2/3 sick, without being recognized in the chi or symptomatic phases. When this happens, the hyphen drops out of “dis-ease” and becomes “disease” where we are labeled with (fill in the blank of any disease or condition). As patients come to us already in the blood phase, we will closely work and co-treat with your medical doctor to ensure the right protocol.
The Key: Your health can be viewed in a way that may have never been explained to you before, and sometimes it is not always what it seems. Our passion is to offer health to those who have been looking for a natural approach to their health.
Nutritional/Physical:
We need to be in tune with our bodies when we eat, and recognize patterns in how we feel after putting food in our mouths. Food should nourish us and make us feel good, it should not make us tired, sluggish, and achy.
Food can be medicine, where it either hurts you or helps you. Ask yourself how you feel after you eat. Do your joints hurt? Do you get gassy and bloated? Do you get tired? Unfortunately, as a society, we have become unaware of what “normal” is. We are accustomed to feeling so bad in our health that until you look through a different set of glasses, you may not know what you’ve been missing!
Remember, “God made food for human life…Man made food for shelf life.” Reading your food labels and ingredients are so important in knowing what you are eating. There are too many toxins in todays foods, and we are not designed to process all the chemicals and toxins we introduce to our bodies. Let’s look at how many artificial sweeteners, food coloring, genetically modified ingredients, fillers, and other additives that are found in our food. Along with this, our food is continually on the rise of being depleted of all the natural vitamins and minerals we need. Proper nutrition and supplementation is necessary to replenish our bodies. All of this plays a huge role in how we feel, physically.
Nutrition is not always what we eat or take in. Here is a look at how I view your nutritional health.
• Are you getting too much?
• Are you getting too little?
• Why?…are you not eating it, digesting it, absorbing it, or utilizing it?
The Key: Listen to your body as it expresses how you feel, physically, based on your nutritional health.
Mental
Thoughts. Let’s look at the different ways that a thought effects us.
Positive thought: one that encourages us and promotes health and well being
Negative: a thought that brings destruction and tears down our well being
*** Guilt can sometimes accompany the awareness of negative thoughts and you feel bad for thinking such things. Know that feeling guilty about something you don’t have control over is very self-defeating and creates more toxic and negative reaction.
Where do these thoughts come from?
Conscious: these are thoughts that you intentionally think. They have purpose. They can be positive or negative.
Subconscious: these are thoughts that “just happen” without effort on our part. When these thoughts are positive, they can be a great force of influence and propel you into health and vitality. When these thoughts are negative, they can make you feel trapped into a way of life often feeling defeated or resigned and cynical. Often patients say things like “this is just how I am,” or “I guess this is just my life.” They have a difficult time even picturing anything better for themselves.
Where do subconscious thoughts come from?
Subconscious thoughts are highly influenced from our established Beliefs. Interestingly, “most” of your core beliefs were instilled in you at a very young age., often at times that you did not have much say over your environment or control over emotional reactions.
The Key: Your thoughts can be toxic and just as much a player in your health as the foods you choose to eat.
Emotions:
When we have memories of any event both major and minor, we store the emotion we felt at the time with that experience.
Emotions are not good or bad, however they can have either an uplifting response or a destructive response.
Healthcare often overlooks addressing this key player.
The Key: Consider a “Subconscious Emotional Memory Override Technique” that freely allows you to move forward.