What is your body saying?
From a diagnosis of so many cancerous tumors on her liver to earn the description of “swiss cheese” by one of her doctors, author Kris Carr chose to chronicle her healing journey in the highly acclaimed documentary, “ Crazy Sexy Cancer. ”
Crazy Sexy Cancer is an inspiring story of defying a critical diagnosis with holistic modalities. Carr’s story is compelling, especially for those with cancer.
But there is a potent lesson in Carr’s experience for you, even if you don’t have cancer.
If you take charge of your health like Kris Carr did, you can heal yourself too… of chronic disease, of chronic symptoms, of any of the common problems many experience today, but are dismissed as ‘hereditary,’ or ‘normal,’ or simply not ‘serious.’
I love Carr’s healing story, but I never heard the potency of her story for me when I first heard it, though I was taking charge of my health too.
Cancer was not my experience, but I was diagnosed with a full menu of health problems like IBS, chronic digestive problems, auto-immunity, among a long list of many others that defined my life by the constraints and limitations they caused.
As compelling as Carr’s story is, there are thousands who suffer everyday from symptoms that fall under the ‘danger’ detector like I experienced … and the ways those symptoms impact the whole quality of life are no less grave.
I know.
Indeed, the less ‘dangerous’ diagnosis like I experienced bear an insidious quality because no one takes them as serious as something like cancer. There is no loud wake-up call like cancer exacts.
My work focuses on you who suffer everyday with disruptive symptoms, but not disruptive enough to halt you in your tracks like cancer did Kris Carr, but disruptive enough to constrain and limit you, like they did me.
Cancer was a teacher, a guide for Carr. Cancer told her she was off track and she needed to get back on track. And that she did. Cancer and other critical diagnosis have that sort of power.
But every symptom works the same way — symptoms are your body’s way of speaking to you, to tell you something is off kilter, not quite right, like a nudge … or a big red flare!
Autoimmunity.
Acne.
Allergies.
Anxiety.
Constipation.
Seemingly benign everyday sorts of problems are actually signposts to heed, not ignore.
Every symptom tells you there is a problem.
But you can heal your body and shift the whole quality of your life like Kris Carr did.
Like I did.
With nutrition and healthy lifestyle changes.
One of the most powerful things you can do for yourself is to learn to listen to your body and heed it’s callings. It talks to you with every symptom it expresses.
Do you experience symptoms that nudge at you, that you know are best not to ignore? Symptoms that are not threatening, but you sense you better do something to up level your health game now?
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