Wake Up to Stress, the Silent Killer

I had the fortune to attend a Juice Plus event on Saturday where one of the main speakers was Dr Patrick Kingsley. Dr Kingsley works with Cancer and Multiple Sclerosis patients and has a high success rate using holistic treatment, centered on nutrition.

As part of his talk he was discussing how cancer forms in the body slowly over a period of time. He related how most patients he dealt with over his long career had some kind of major distressing incident at some point in the five years prior to cancer being diagnosed.

This got me thinking about stress and negative emotions in general. You know the kind of thing I mean, worry, fear, anger, hatred, blame, despair.

How many times do we damage our health by dwelling in these negative emotions? I know that we have little or no control over our first thought or reaction to a situation. It’s usually instinctive and driven by our unconscious mind.  We can however, control the second thought.

I was taught somewhere along the way to choose an empowering meaning to the situations around me. So something happens and you think “Oh no this is terrible”. That might be true, but it’s not helpful. So we have the opportunity to choose a second response. We could say to ourselves “So what’s great about this?” You will always come up with something. It’s an ill wind that blows no good is an old saying that has a lot of truth.

How many times have you been in a situation which seems awful only to realize later that it was actually a blessing? I can think of many, when I didn’t get  job, when I didn’t get the guy and so on.

Stress is a silent killer, there is no doubt about that. So mastering your emotions is a great investment of your time and energy.

Give it some thought, it could just tip the balance for your health.

Love, light and plenty of laughter

Anne