When I looked up the word healthy according to Wikipedia, I was promptly given the definition of the word health. Part of that explanation goes as follows: In 1986, the WHO, in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, said that health is “a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.”

So in determining what is healthy for you and what is not, I offer you this bit of wisdom… that being healthy does not have to be pie in the sky or an un-reachable, unattainable goal. Rather, acquiring and enjoying good health is an achievable goal for many people… even people who suffer with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome! I am a living example of that truth because I once was horribly sick, and of course, sick is the opposite state of being healthy. Thus, the title of today’s post.

(The Health Matters Show audio podcast today is 5 min 14 seconds.)

I invite you to sign up for the RSS feed for the Health Matters Show so that you don’t miss a single episode of this information and, also, to sign up for my teleseminar series. I interview some fantastic folks in September, which is just around the corner. The signup box is on the far right side of the blog or the top red box above.

Being healthy and feeling normal are surely kissing cousins. I invite you to check out the Get Well Health blog post this week before you leave -and- leave a comment to this post. What does it mean to be healthy?

Have a great weekend,
Cinda Crawford, your host of the Health Matters Show

Sometimes, with great effort, you can do it, although you may not feel confident about the results and the effort may exhaust you. Other times you’re not sure about your reality or your effort. Alas, the world feels confusing, challenging and effectively unmanageable.

Even with all those characteristics, brain fog is a common characteristic of both illnesses.

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People who do not have Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome may be able to relate to the symptom somewhat if they’ve ever had a really bad virus that hung on and on. When the unnerving presence of the virus felt so close as to almost sap the very life out of you. And if you tried to think, you found the results to be unreliable if not impossible.

In another case, you may feel more like a cancer survivor who underwent chemotherapy or someone suffering through a period of severe, debilitating pain. Thinking, reasoning and remembering would not be high on your “to do” list.

Since I’ve healed from Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome I don’t have much brain fog except when I really tax my capabilities. That is what is currently happening, because I’m upgrading my blogs and website, switching to a new computer and switching to Windows 7. Anyone who has been through those exercises knows what I’m going through.

I have learned to schedule of take regular breaks, not to chastise myself if I produce less than perfect work and to realize that my body, mind and spirit are doing the best that they can while I’m in recovery mode. I probably will always be recovering to some extent. I am not a young person anymore, I already do more than people half my age and my history is that I survived three if not four horrible viruses back in 1990 when I got so ill. They were herpes viruses and those tend to reside and hide in the brain away from the clutches of the immune system. I suspect that those viruses left me with some partial damage that makes it tough to function at the 125% level that I prefer.

So I ask you today, how does brain fog affect your life? Your job? Your interactions with others? Please consider these questions an open invitation to leave a comment!

Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show

Case in point, the stars of the Survivor tv show almost always seem to be a bit super-human both physically and mentally (at least manipulatively). Those qualities enchance their chances of becoming the season’s winner. I encourage you to think differently about yourself when it comes to your own survival skills. To survive and conquer Fibromyalgia (Fibro or FMS) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), you don’t need to be super-human. Only resilient, smart about your decisions and brave.

On the Health Matters Show podcast today I’ll tell you:

1) Why you are still sick,
2) Why this approach that I’ve mentioned works well, and
3) How you can be successful in acquiring your own survival skills.

And you won’t have to get on the survivor tv show to learn these things either! Just click on the audio button below and listen. Afterwards, I encourage you to leave a comment to this post if you’re succeeding at the goal of getting well. Tell us how you’re doing it. Tell us how you’re virtually starring as the lead in your own reality survivor tv show. YIPPEE!

Or tell us, too, if you’re having a tough time succeeding at your personal wellness goals. Those stories are valid, too, and need to be told.

So truth time… when you get down to the things that really matter, what kind of a survivor are you?

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People who suffer with these horrible, long term illnesses do not automatically have good hope about their chances of getting well. Much of the time they suffer in silence, languishing in the back rooms and bedrooms of their homes away from the public eye, trying to be non-chalant about their illness, not calling attention to how badly they hurt or how tough it can be some days to even take a shower. All the while, they scream inside, “Won’t somebody help me get over this hell-hole illness?!?”

People who suffer with Fibromyalgia have widespread body pain that is not easily relieved by a pain pill or the accepted yet superficial therapies like heat, touch, etc. Certainly massage and chiropractic care help a lot of people. I know I couldn’t have survived for over fifteen years without them. But historically, they do not cure or bring a quick end to the illness because they do not get to the root of the problem. (Plus, there are other symptoms to deal with, which are not quick or easy to reverse either. Take the symptom of brain fog.) Yes, Fibro symptoms can make life so tough that it’s sometimes hard to contemplate living anything even remotely close to a normal life, much less conquering or getting the best of this tough chronic illness.

The phrase ‘feeling like you’ve been beat with a stick’ comes to mind.

People who suffer with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) endure exhausting fatigue that is unlike any gym workout they’ve ever had. Few people achieve actual, long term recovery. Instead, the symptoms of the worst physical, mental or emotional effort are seen through the eyes of total exhaustion that never seems to end. That leaves the sufferers wondering how they can survive another day, another week, another month. How can they eat normally? How can they sleep well enough to refresh and rejuvenate their body? How can they work or be a valuable member of society or a loving family? The questions can appear to be bigger and more plentiful than the answers.

The phrase ‘feeling like you’ve been run over by a Mack truck’ is common to hear in this case.

The truth is people with CFS have an incredible, daily challenge and yet most of them do survive against all odds. If this sounds like you, I commend you. You’re a survivor. However, if you don’t know how you can keep on keeping on, do not give up hope. Resources like you will find at the Health Matters Show and Get Well Health can help you to bring your recovery into clearer focus and become the “reality star” that you want to be.

Be well, be happy and survive, my friend. I’m Cinda Crawford, your host of the
Health Matters Show

Wow! That sounded amazing to me. The whole technique, as he explains it, is very doable. Most anyone who suffers with Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or most any other chronic illness should be able to do hydrotherapy in some form or fashion.

(Hint: if you want to get in the bath tub, rather than the shower, and you need help getting in and out, ask for assistance. That’s a small price to pay for the opportunity to improve your immune system and nervous system!)

I think it is revealing that something like this has been around a long, long time and few of us knew about it. Modern science and medicine are surely wonderful, but they do not have an exclusive handle on everything that is good for you. Many of the ancient techniques and even the ole’ country doctor remedies still work quite well. When you get honest about it, here is something to help improve your immune system and nervous system that requires no pills, no shots, no surgeries and not even a supplement. That is amazing… .

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Hydrotherapy is simply a generalized health improvement technique that most anyone can do. I plan to start my hydrotherapy sessions today. How about you?

P.S. If you like this valuable information, be sure that you don’t miss any of it. You can hear lots more “in detail” from all kinds of special guest speakers on my teleseminars. Sign up today to be on my teleseminar list using the sign up box below. I will email you when the events are scheduled. (Note: It’s not necessary to sign up more than once unless you’re not receiving the notices for some reason. It’s a multi-step process and some people don’t follow through, therefore they really don’t get signed up correctly. If you suspect that you’re not getting the emails, feel free to sign up again. You may even want to put cinda (at) getwellhealth.com into your email address book so that the messages will not fall into your spam folder.)

P.P.S.- The guest I interviewed today was Dr. Christopher Lepisto. He welcomes phone consultations at 1-970-250-4104 or you can email him at drchristopher (at) mac.com.

Thanks for being here today. I invite you to leave your comments.
Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show

The Benefit of Eating “Live” Food If You Have Allergies, Fibromyalgia Or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Most of us stay confused about which foods are good for us and which ones we should avoid. Think about it… one day a food sits squarely on the absolutely good list and then it’s demoted. Other times we think something is horrible and it turns out not to be so bad.

In this instance I give you sugar. Long, long ago we heard how bad sugar was for us and how the average American eats tons of it. (Literally tons!) The other day I heard a dietician say a little sugar wasn’t so bad. To me that’s pretty much malarkey. Ingesting sugar:

Causes causes your internal sugar regulation to go haywire.
Gives your Adrenal system and HPA axis a real hit, which can bring on worse symptoms of panic attack, a serious, stress-induced symptom.
Promotes the onset of diabetes and other complications.

*Note: both sugar and caffeine consumption together can end up being real health culprits. Consider carefully drinking any of those energy drinks!!

And worst of all, if you consume sugar and you have Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or an autoimmune illness (like auto-immune induced arthritis), it will make you feel a lot worse afterwards. Sugar can increase your achiness all the way to full scale, total pain blowout, because of its tendency to increase inflammation in the body.

I know that certain foods make me feel un-well while other foods give me energy, I don’t experience as much pain and they help to stabilize my moods. “Live” foods can really provide my body with lots of benefits.

I encourage you to count “live” foods as a category to keep stocked in your refrigerator and storage bins. Plus, take note of how you cook them; it makes a difference. I’ll explain more below in section “C”, but let’s continue by talking about allergies and what role food and allergies play in our lives.

When you and I read information about what foods or food substances people are allergic to, what types of things come to mind more often? Steak? Green beans? Or more likely, food preservatives and food additives?

If you guessed the latter, you’re correct. Countless books have been written about which artificial substances are capable of harming the human body. Food preservatives and food additives are one “food” source that the body doesn’t need at all. Think of them as artificial food. Our real body doesn’t like artificial anything.

Take MSG food products out of
your cupboard and refrigerator!

Beware of eating anything (food or drink)
that contains Aspartame.
(Or any of its derivatives.)

Okay. Now let’s approach this problem from the opposite direction. What types of foods are best? If you say “real” foods or “live” foods as we’re calling them today, you would be absolutely on target. Send you to the front of the class with a celery stick! And maybe a couple tablespoonfuls of almond butter! Ooh, yum-m-mie!

You and your fellow hungry companions will be happy to know that you’re not stuck with eating salad for the rest of your lives. (Or eating it plain without salad dressing.)

However, you would be wise to consider consuming your foods in as natural a state as possible. I’ll repeat that… eat your food in its most natural, fresh-from-nature state as possible.

The best place to find them? On the outside aisles at your grocery store. The inside ailes are reserved for packed products.

Why should you stick with “live” foods? For several reasons:

A: Live foods contain more bio-available enzymes that quickly aid the body in digestion, plus they come in a usable form. These enzymes help to manufacture exactly what your body needs.  

B: Live foods work best when fresh and in their original state (“made by Mother Nature”) with the exception of such products as yogurt, which contains acidophilus and other fortified compounds. Live, good bacteria cultures are added to this type of yogurt.

C: Cooking can destroy most of the food value of what you eat, but it doesn’t have to. Don’t cook your food until it turns to mush; that won’t make it safe or more healthy. If you steam your vegetables lightly, they retain the majority of the health benefits that nature provided.

**If you want a full copy of this important material from today’s show, check out Eat Live Food – 3 Things You Must Know If You Have Allergies, Fibromyalgia Or Chronic Fatigue. The information will be easy to print out at EzineArticles.com.

It is one of 36 articles I’ve published there and a great place for thousands of people to get to read about all of the important topics surrounding the complicated illnesses known as Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Also, you can see this same subject addressed in a 2008 issue of HealthyWealthynWise They published my article in the same issue with the famous speaker and author, James Ray. Surely, thousands of people read about this information there, too. I feel that the more we get the word out, the better off we will all be.

Thank you so much for visiting the Health Matters Show today. This is as vital a subject today as it was when I first began to publish information about it. I guess what you and I have to ask ourselves is if we’re really making progress in these areas, learning more and getting better control of our lives. That is the goal. So….. How are you doing?

Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show

Dr. Lepisto approaches brand new Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue patients by starting with what he calls, the basics, thus our title today. He believes (paraphrased) that people get so sick not because of one singular event, but due to a whole host of (I’ll call them) mini-events, knowing full well that some of them are huge. Some of them can even be perceived as toxic!

Example:

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1) Has there been a previous or recent traumatic injury or incident?
2) Is there indication of a super-infection? (One infection following another infection before you are well from the first.)
3) Is there a history of or possibility of genetic predisposition?
4) What is your toxic burden? (This is a BIG item that Dr. Lepisto talks about quite a bit and I know why. If you’re toxic and suffer with what he calls full barrell syndrome, you’re going to have a tough time improving your health. Maybe… that’s one of the reasons why you’re not getting well!)

I hope you listen to this entire Health Matters Show podcast today. You’ll hear Dr. Christopher Lepisto define full barrell syndrome, what causes the condition, how does it act in the body and a bit of information about how to get rid of it. Note: there was even more information included in the hour long teleseminar.

(Hey! Wait a minute. I’m jumping up and down here! If you are one of the lucky ones who received an an email invitation already, it’s not too late to click the link today & hear the entire, replay presentation. So go find your email and click the link. You’ll see that I’m right!)

Dear One, if you’d like to automatically be able to get such great quality information that is included in my “free” teleseminars, sign up on my teleseminar list today. Then when an event is scheduled, you will get a notice about the particulars.

What is wonderful about these events is that if you want to call in and be on the call, you can do it. You’ll be “live” in your participation. (Hearing it, experiencing it and maybe even getting to ask your own personal question at the event!)

However, if it suits you and your pocketbook better to listen via the “free” webcast line, you’re quite welcomed to do that and all at no charge whatsoever. You simply log in via your computer and listen to the teleseminar over your computer speakers. Plus, after the event the replay will be left up for awhile, too. That helps if you can’t be present for the live event. By registering, you can catch the program at a time that is more convenient for you.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope that you agree with me that if you have CFS or Fibromyalgia, this is the place to be.

Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show

PS- Dr. Christopher Lepisto welcomes phone consultations at 1-970-250-4104 or you can email him at drchristopher@mac.com.

Chances are that the philosophy of people like Dr. Christopher Lepisto is very on target and can help a lot of people (like you?) who are suffering. His Colorado medical practice certainly is bustling with patients seeking his expertise.

Let me explain a bit further why I’m encouraging you to consider taking this “natural” route. Plus, you’ll want to hear our conversation as I interviewed him for the Health Matters Show podcast today -and- learn the details about our live teleseminar coming up this Wednesday!

Dr. Christopher Lepisto expects that…

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….the body has the ability to heal itself.

And he believes in… removing obstacles to the cure.

Being a naturopathic doctor, Dr. Lepisto’s approach is more towards the natural side. When someone comes into his office complaining of the symptoms commonly associated with Fibromyalgia or CFS, he often approaches the problem looking at the person’s basic health, especially considering a possible toxic burden overload situation, infections that may be present, incidences of trauma and autoimmune involvement.

Paraphrasing his words, he says that when a person is too toxic (e.g. from genetic predisposition, eating the wrong diet, etc.), something called “full barrell syndrome” is a major part of this type of dysfunction and then he goes on to explain the concept to us. (Ps-ss-st– apparently, it is critical for you to empty your body’s barrell of toxins. Your health can be severely hampered if you’re too toxic!)

Okay, how do I empty my barrell?

Well, that’s enough from me. You’ll have to listen to the doctor explain further. Tune in to the Health Matters Show podcast’s audio button above and hear about Dr. Lepisto’s fascinating approach to helping people get well from Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and more.

To hear EVERYTHING Dr. Christopher Lepisto has to tell us in even MORE DETAIL, join he and I for a “live” teleseminar interview session on Wednesday, July 14th at 2 pm EST.

This will be a totally “free” teleseminar presentation no matter where you are in the world because this is a webinar. Listen to the presentation over your computer speakers. Plus, by being a registered participant, you will get a replay line that you can listen to later at your convenience, but you must register!

TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, FIRST SIGN UP ON MY TELESEMINAR LIST TODAY.

Very shortly, I will send everyone on my list the details about this special Wednesday event. Hope to see you there!

I’m Cinda Crawford, your host of the Health Matters Show

PS- If you want to know about the benefits or non-benefits of eating soy, he has some fascinating insights and suggestions for that, too, especially when it comes to how soy impacts your Thyroid gland!

You might hear these probing questions from a friend, a colleague, a co-worker or a relative. How would you answer them?

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What are you actively doing to recover from Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Find the answers right now with alternative health tools.

I figure that it’s not an exaggeration to say that you want to get well from Fibromyalgia /or/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Am I right?

–No, it’s not an exaggeration at all. I’ve love to get well. I’m tired of being sick and feeling so rotten all the time.

That’s what I thought. So tell me what are you doing to help yourself begin the process of getting well? Have you tried anything beyond traditional medicine? Have you tried any alternative health tools?

– Well, I guess when you ask the question like that, I’m not doing much really. I take some prescription drugs that my doctor recommends and a few supplements. Most of them don’t do more than ease my symptoms a little. I’m unsure of what types of alternative services and products to look into? Frankly, I don’t know much about any of them.

You see… I feel terrible most of the time. My health is definitely not improving. I’m not the least bit well. I do the same ole’ things over and over again and hope for different results. In truth, I am barely surviving.

If these comments sound like you and your health, then why aren’t you considering alternative health ideas and methods of healing?

We discuss a lot of different ones here at the Health Matters Show, plus we provide you with timely and helpful information and lively interviews with professionals. Many of the special alternative health and healing tools that you will find and learn about here will give you additional resources for improving your health.

You must know that in your heart of hearts… you deserve to have your health turn around and you deserve to feel better, sooner rather than later! Don’t wait any longer.

Now… what do you say? Will you join us here?

Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show, an absolute treasure trove of information about how to heal Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the alternative health information and health tools that can help you.

And we’re your link to Get Well Health where you can learn more about the alternative healing tools, Sacred Cellular Healing and the Learn How to Heal Yourself Membership course.

Catch a great explanatory video here. (Later on when you get a chance, please share it with others!)

Factor #1 professional medical people use a diagnosis of exlusion: because there are no clear-cut laboratory tests, x-rays or even specific bio-markers that one can point to and say, “See there. This person has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.” That makes figuring out the presence of CFS in anyone quite challenging. (Note: there is a cluster of symptoms associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the presence of quite a few of them suggests that someone may be sick with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.)

Recently reported at the…

BMC Medicine website:

At present, and despite much effort, there are no investigative tools or physical signs that can confirm the presence of CFS and it remains a diagnosis of exclusion.

Factor #2 they use the diagnosis of exclusion: because neither scientists nor doctors have come up with any clear-cut methods for getting you well from CFS. Some specialists can get you on the road to health a bit faster, albeit at a high cost, but the average general practice doctor would rather treat you for any other condition which is technically and actually treatable!

Yes, there are a few medicines around to help ease symptoms like depression and pain. But what is the reasoning for having you take prescription drugs? To cure you? No. Hopefully the drugs will help you to feel better. During that time period, you will be giving your body the time it needs to heal itself, if possible. And that is a clear picture because, in the end, your body does all the hard work of getting well.

To most people correcting the symptoms and physical problems caused by CFS can be confusing at best, often impossible to achieve and/or a totally unaffordable and discouraging pursuit for many!

After you view the video, check out the answer for healing yourself that is located at the Get Well Health website, a sister blog and resource to the Health Matters Show. No matter how you go about it, getting well is up to you. I’m betting that you want all the help you can get.

Thank you so much for joining me today on the Health Matters Show. Please take the time to share your healing experiences and how you got diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by leaving a comment.

Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show

During a recent interview and teleseminar for the Health Matters Show podcast, I spoke with the great Dr. C. Norman Shealy. It was fun and surely an important event. Interviews like this do a lot to highlight the big names in the medical industry who are contributing information to people who get sick with and who want to know more about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia. The growing evidence of what we can do to help ourselves improve health-wise is really mounting!

Dr. C. Norman Shealy or Norm, as he gave me permission to call him, is certainly no exception. He literally has been working with Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and depression problems since the mid-1970’s. (See my initial post and his bio.)

I encourage you to listen to the podcast interview today. You’ll hear us begin an important discussion about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.

However, this small audio snippet is only the beginning of our discussion. To hear Dr. Shealy talk about these illnesses at length, both what he thinks causes them and what you can do to get yourself well again, you must sign up on my teleseminar list. *If you’re already on the list, you’ll get this complete audio file automatically. Do nothing.

But if you’re not, sign up right now on the right hand side of the Health Matters Show blog. You will receive the audio file link late on Friday evening. If you sign up after 10 pm EST on June 18, send me an email request of what interview you are requesting to cinda (at) getwellhealth.com. Once I verify you are on the list, I’ll send it out to you.

FYI: Teleseminars can be either “live” or pre-recorded telephone call interviews or information sessions. Obviously, this one is a pre-recorded phone interview, but it was absolutely fabulous and well worth your time in listening to it.

I encourage you to hear Dr. Shealy talk about the important figures that you need to know about, about what tests are likely to be abnormal and why, about the 30,000 plus patients that he has treated over the years with an 85% success rate, about the nutrients that your body is probably deficient in, about the biochemical abnormalities that may be going on inside of you -and- about a few simple substances that can help you begin to feel better right away.

Now, as a doctor, Dr. Shealy is surely a great patient advocate. He believes in the illnesses and does all that he can to help people like you conquer Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Whether his suggestion is electromagnetic jumpstarters, supplement intake or simply jumping up and down in the floor (??), be sure to catch every single word of Dr. Shealy’s talk. It is fascinating. Also:

He believes that your health is dependent on accessing all of the components of healing: every mental, emotional, physical and spiritual component of illness- and-

He hints that total healing will only happen when you use a complete mind/body/spirit approach and address the “scripts that people live with.” This involves dealing with honest, raw emotions and your personal history.

For your further education and enjoyment, he invites you to sign up for his “free” newsletter at www.normshealy.com. I also encourage you to order a copy of his book that we talk about during the interview, 90 Days to Stress Free Living. (Find an easy Amazon.com link here. I appreciate your business through this link. )

Thank you for stopping by the Health Matters Show today and thanks again to Dr. Shealy for such a fantastic interview!

Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show

The ABC points of today’s show are based on an article I published this week entitled, Chronic Fatigue: Healthcare Crisis ABCs. Go grab yourself a copy if you like at Ezine Articles and then circulate the video attached to today’s Health Matters Show podcast. You can send folks right here or you’re welcomed to download a copy, if you like.

Folks, we need to 1) take care of ourselves and find ways to get healthy, and 2) alert the world to the plight of people with Fibro & CFS. We’re in this together and there truly is power in numbers. The only way that the nation is going to get rid of the collective “us” as perpetual patients and drains on the US economy is to find answers that help a lot of people to get well. Then and only then is it likely that hundreds of thousands of people (maybe millions!) will feel better, be able to return to their jobs and be tax paying citizens again. Now, that would be an economic boost if I ever saw one!

I urge you to Tweet this file or go directly to Facebook and “friend” me. You can find me at http://www.cindaonfacebook.com. Leave comments on the podcast here, on Ezine Articles or on Facebook. I make no bones about pushing the agenda that it’s smart and it’s necessary to get well from these illnesses. And furthermore, I will tell this message to anyone who will listen!

Thanks, Cinda Crawford
Host of the Health Matters Show

PS- I’m sorry not to have Dr. C. Norman Shealy on the show today. I got my scheduling dates mixed up. Lord willing, the good doctor will be on the show next Friday. Be sure to sign up for my teleseminar list so that you can hear the entire interview. Only a snippet of our discussion will be posted here. People already on my list will receive the whole audio file automatically. Have a good one!

Specifically is the reference article’s Step 5: Calm the body to calm the mind. The authors suggest that you consider Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). I’m not sure how prevalent this type of psycho-therapy is to be effective for Arthritis, but the suggestion has certainly been around for Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), and especially, ME/CFS.

ME stands for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and is a condition that is somewhat similar to CFS in the United Kingdom (UK). For some people, it can be totally debilitating and devastating, much worse than the average case of CFS. However, in particular instances CFS can be horrible, too. You simply don’t hear as much about anyone affected that badly in the US, but they are there.

In general, ME/CFS is the term and abbreviation used for the ailment worldwide because ME and CFS are somewhat similar in nature.]

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Arthritis Today’s explanation goes like this…

If you’ve ever received unexpected bad news, your body probably reacted with a strange sensation in your gut. Although the pang isn’t pleasant, it provides more proof that what your body feels is connected to what your mind thinks. Psychotherapists using CBT help people understand that connection and learn to control their thoughts so they can control feelings and physical reactions.

The very mention of the term “CBT” evokes regurgitative-quality revulsion in some circles of the world, especially in the ME/CFS community. No person can be so in control of their thoughts and emotions 100% of the time and therefore have the ability to control what is going on in their body, especially when they have such a complicated condition as this. From a practical basis, the UK medical establishment’s applied definition of CBT and how they implement it is hogwash because they belittle the person in a zealous attempt to control the illness process. IT DOESN’T WORK!

Even so, with all of that bad opinion and caveat already said, I encourage you to consider the premise from another point of view today and with a different goal in mind. Why should you do this? 1) Because this is truly important. 2) Because your mind, body, spirit connection is so very powerful as a human being and 3) Because you want to heal and get your life back. Know that there are valuable points here about cognitive behavior therapy to take home.

If and when the UK chooses to expand its CBT treatment regimen to include a true and complete mind, body and spirit approach -and- real medical healthcare until renewed health is achieved, people will benefit greatly. Possibly millions of people’s lives around the world would be improved from a more compassionate, comprehensive and expanded focus, as well as a truly medically-based approach. Every side of this equation is necessary if people are to get well en masse. As of now, very few people are being helped in the UK at all!

Each person, sick or well, deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. I wonder… when is “man” ever going to learn that subverting someone else’s wishes beneath his own does not work? Love and compassion can be the worldwide phenomenon that we are all seeking as brothers and sisters interested in the health and welfare of each other.

Let’s find a way to do this and make this concept our “new” health reality. This type of attitude about health benefits us all. By adopting this approach, we change hearts, minds and ultimately how the “world” thinks and acts. Ultimately, that leads us all toward a universal evolution of wellness and true health.

Thank you for visiting the Health Matters Show, for listening to my negative view on cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), as it’s being practiced now in the UK and for my more positive slant on what “could be” if we choose to embrace the good side of healing our minds, our bodies and our spirits.

Cinda Crawford, your host

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Case in point: today we’re looking at energy and how the teachings of the Learn How to Heal Yourself membership course can help you begin to improve your health because it teaches you how to use your own energy to get well. If you haven’t heard much about the course, let me encourage you to investigate it now and join the program… that is, if and when you’re ready to heal from Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or other chronic illnesses… because that is what you’ll most likely do. HEAL!

I could go on and on with how wonderful this coure is, but I’m not. Just check it out for yourself. Essentially, you’ll begin to see that there really is a way for you to turn your health around. Then, you’ll be headed back in the direction of being healthy and enjoying your life again. At the least today, you’ll likely learn some information about your own energy system that you didn’t now before.

Thanks so much for joining me. Know that “working with your energy for health” is a doable and worthy goal.

Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show

We will explore that topic with Mr. Kimball Egge, as I conclude the Health Matters Show’s week-long celebration of Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness.

Kimball is a knowledgeable and skilled gentleman in his field. We are lucky that he so gracious with his time, because not only is he doing the shorter version podcast today, but also a whole teleseminar! So let’s get started.

Based on his healing experiences, based on the healing energy that he works with everyday as a skilled massage therapist and aromatherapist, Kimball Egge is a resourceful person to talk with us today about healing and getting well. He has seasoned views about the topic that make sense. You can begin using his ideas right away.

Now, here is shorter podcast version of our interview. You won’t get to hear everything, but you’ll get started on the following topics:

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• General and specific facts about massage work from a massage therapist’s point of view. Example mechanisms: the laying on of hands, Reiki, application and use of essential oils, chanting, singing hymns, energy healing tools, massage schooling, even taking care of others and the act of healing personal relationships. This is dynamite information!

• The synergy that runs through life and a dynamic healing situation in motion. How all things work toward our good -or- can sometimes throw us a bit off course and bring on illness.

• A discussion of your more “subtle” body features like its oric field, the chakras, the cranio sacral system that runs through the body.

• How emotional components affect a) your life and heal you or b) wound you to what degree, and c) whether you heal or stay sick! And… working on and understanding the emotional components to illness is often the key you need to finally heal.

  *NOTE: You’re getting the abrieviated discussion on this page. To get access to the full interview, click on Healing Energy and Healing Experiences: Celebrating Awareness Day and Week!

  Enjoy! Cinda Crawford, your host of the Health Matters Show

  PS- Since the Health Matters Show is cooperating and joining forces with Lumigrate.com this year to highlight Awareness Day, I am publishing the blog at 10 am on Friday, not the usual 3 pm. That gives you more time to read and listen to not only the podcast, but also the whole interview before the end of the day. Friday’s are busy for everyone! If you like this broadcast time of day (10 AM), let me know and I will consider changing the show to that time permanently. I’m interested in doing what helps you the most.

  ]]> http://healthmattershow.com/healing-energy-and-healing-experiences-celebrating-awareness-day-week/feed/ 3 http://healthmattershow.com/announcing-awareness-day-teleseminar-coming-on-may-10th/ http://healthmattershow.com/announcing-awareness-day-teleseminar-coming-on-may-10th/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 16:45:46 +0000 Cinda Crawford http://healthmattershow.com/?p=16075 As you probably know by now, people with Fibromyalgia and/or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome only celebrate Awareness Day once a year on May 12th and this year I’m offering you the opportunity to celebrate early with me on a special teleseminar coming up May 10th!

  I hope you’ll join me. If you do, you’ll hear fantastic news about how to get well from these horrible illnesses. You’ll hear about new and different technologies that didn’t exist until recently. And I’ll offer you a special financial deal that is too good to pass up! Are you curious? I hope so.
  

  
  

  (Today’s podcast is 14 minutes. Enjoy!)
  
  You see, this new technology that I will be talking about is really two things: individual healing work through Sacred Cellular Healing and a new group program, where you can heal from home at your own pace of learning and doing. This program is a true membership program and it’s entitled Learn How to Heal Yourself .

  Now, Dear One, if you’ve been thinking that you probably won’t ever feel well again, that you’re stuck with a long term chronic illness or that you’re just plain mad because of what science hasn’t done… hasn’t created the “magic pill” yet to get you well… well, you’re thinking wrong. The truth is your personal healing from this type of illness is now up to you! (not someone else)

  I don’t say that to cast any blame your way, but instead, I say it to offer you tremendous hope that healing can happen. You can make your healing happen.

  Now you have an incredible opportunity to create a new level of health. That means that your getting well is now in your hands… today. You’re back in charge of your health. How fantastic!

  As of now, there’s a way for a lot of people (people just like you!) to feel better. It’s up to you whether you choose to move forward or not. Whether you take advantage of this new technology… is your decision.

  But don’t say again that you didn’t heal because no one ever told you that was possiblel. My offer to you today is simply to ahead and sign up in the “teleseminar” box to the right of the website. If you do, I’ll send you a notice about this “free” teleseminar that will be held on May 10th or other teleseminar that I plan. The followup email explain everything that you will need to do. If you “attend” this May 10th event “live” on the telephone, you will hear the explanations first and you’ll get to take advantage of the special deal that I will announce- first, before anyone else!

  On the Awareness Day Teleseminar, I will explain to you how your healing is possible.

  And, even if you can’t be on the call, sign up anyway because I will send out a time-sensitive notice of how to listen to the teleseminar on your computer. In other words, you can catch the replay. It will include the special deal that I’m making to honor you and Awareness Day 2010, but it will only be available until midnight May 12th eastern daylight time.

  So… Sign up on my teleseminar list. Then be on the “live” teleseminar, if you can. Whatever you do, don’t dismiss this opportunity and this information if you really want to get well.

  Thanks so much for joining me today. I really hope to “see” you “live” on the teleseminar on Monday!

  Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show
  Founder of Get Well Health and Creator of Sacred Cellular Healing and the Learn How to Heal Yourself membership course

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