Since many have asked me, and I've even asked myself, "Why holistic health?", here is my viewpoint as a Holistic Health Practitioner:
Ahem....Dear Americans,
Why do I care so much about your health?
- Well, because it doesn't make sense to me why we have spent years donating to "finding a cure", when the real cure remains elusive.
- Because it doesn't make sense to me that we've taken out fat, salt, sugar, and essentially the joy in eating, but are still overweight and diseased.
- Because it doesn't make sense to me that with America possessing all of the world's finest, latest and greatest medicines out there, we are still a sick society.
- Because it doesn't make sense to me how even when we diet and exercise, we can still gain weight.
- Because it doesn't make sense to me why there's so much confusion that has been created by commercials telling us to buy big triple-patty melts, followed by a celebrity-endorsed, calorie-counting diet, and then, to top it all off, telling you to ask your doctor if a prescription medication (with the side effects taking up most of the advertisement time) is right for you.
- Because it doesn't make sense to me why such a wealthy country is in such a healthy debt.
- Because it doesn't make sense to me why western medicine has separated the body into parts, when we are, in fact, whole.
- Because it doesn't make sense to me why we don't promote mental health more when it comes to wanting to see physical results.
- Because it doesn't make sense to me to do the same thing over and over again, expecting different results...And it doesn't make sense to me why all of the above doesn't make sense, when it should.
Therefore, I am a Holistic Health Practitioner simply because there are answers to everything that doesn't make sense, when you begin to look at the whole picture...because you and your health deserve so much better than fear and secrets.
If it doesn't make sense to you, ask why.
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