Greetings to all,
This is your day – make it count for you! As you know by now, I use a lot of repetition because most people generally remember things that are extremely important to them, but if less important they may forget quickly. So today I am going to repeat a few items that seem to be more important in helping one become the very best versions of ourselves. You cannot control everything that happens to you, but you can control to how you respond to what happens. You are in control of your life, often a lot more than you would think. You are definitely in control of your thoughts. I know, it doesn't seem that way, as some of the more pervasive negative thoughts are essentially unconscious and pop in there as if not controlled. Be aware of these types as they often are the most important negative ones and you need to know what they are telling you. Life is made up through and with choices. If you choose to be miserable, you will find reasons to be miserable. Fear and anxiety are examples of "highjacked" fight or flight responses and are not real. Too many people believe that if you feel it, it must be real. Unfortunately, negative emotions are definitely not trustworthy sources of reality. Finally, don't let anxiety or fear guide your present or control your future. I have also said a strong negative emotion represents a signal that there is a discrepancy between what you have, desire, expect and something you want to be different. The moment you step outside of your problem (emotion) and observe it, you create a different context, you are now a witness, not an emoter (my word). The easiest way to avoid this problem is to ignore the negative emotion or thought, but for most people this is not easy. So many experts in the mental fields have added ideas for disengaging from our emotions. These include, step back from your emotions (feelings) and create a space between you and the emotion. This gives you a feeling of being separate from it. Observe an emotion without judging it. Emotions are just emotions, they are not commands or orders. One of my favorite sayings, "The feel is real, but the why is a lie." Thoughts for today: "When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself." "Conflict cannot survive without your participation." "The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about." "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." Comments welcomed. Thought I was going to forget self-hypnosis and morning routine? Nope! In the now, IBP We are testing a new service called "Living Matrix." It is for both current patients and those who have a first appointment with IHC. It is a way to organize health information and symptoms for people with complex chronic health problems - which fits it into the functional medicine "matrix". This will help Elizabeth and you together figure out some of the root causes of illness and problems. Anyone can fill this out and we can pull it up and go over it together in an office visit. It is a time consuming process to fill out all the information, taking about 1 - 1 1/2 hours, and a full visit to review the results.
We are testing this out and not yet sure if we will continue to offer this in the long run. To get into the system and fill out the forms, you will need to request a link from the office, sent to your email. https://integrativetally.livingmatrix.com/users/sign_in Elizabeth Markovich, DNP Integrative Healthcare 850-878-4434 |
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