Ever wrestled with the silence of your inner voice, especially when it's trying to steer you toward better health and well-being? Marie joins us once more to illuminate the concept of willful blindness—our tendency to turn a blind eye to the very opportunities that would lead us to personal growth. With feedback from our listeners who are embracing a more integrative approach to health, this episode is a rallying cry for self-awareness and the empowerment that comes from acknowledging our part in healing and wellness.

In a “league of its own,” however, there is chronic pain and illness. This seems to baffle science. Both western and alternative medicine struggle to provide healing for these diagnoses.

Over time, both modalities have put together a menu of symptoms and tests and tagged the results with a label. Sometimes, the medicine and supplements can help, but too often, you’re given your label and sent home to try to manage it yourself with little direction.

I know someone’s nutrition is sound when their body responds to our session by creating a better flow of energy. This may look like opening stuck tissue areas to regain mobility and/or breaking up scar tissue to wake up lost patterns. The body may also improve how it moves from session to session, creating a better health profile as they age.

It’s interesting to think about how much money we spend on health as a society when all we have to do is look in the mirror.

Once you take the time to learn about medicine, its roots, gifts and limitations, the path to healing becomes so much easier.

In each model of medicine, the doctors and practitioners are doing what they are trained to do. They have limited beliefs and understanding of how to broaden their skill sets to include you in their answers. They’re just using their training and theories. There is little room for the person who’s needs may fall outside of their scope of understanding; unfortunately, that includes most of us.