| Healing
the Whole Woman
You Are Far More Than the Sum of Your Body Parts
Continued...
Not
every woman has to deal with the trauma of honeymoon cystitis following
a sexual relationship with a new partner. Nor does every individual
who is exposed to a cold or flu or strep throat actually get it.
The ground must be fertile for the seed of disease to be sown before
you can become ill. If you are not susceptible, even if everyone
around you becomes sick, you will remain symptom-free. Mental and
emotional imbalances can be severe and obvious or more subtle. Many
physical problems are the result of unexpressed, repressed, or deeply
buried emotions.
Your Spirit
Many illnesses arise out of an emptiness of spirit, a profound feeling
of disconnectedness, separation, and isolation from God or Divine
love. This deep sense of loneliness may originate from the traumas
of childhood, disappointments during one’s adult life, losses, illnesses,
addictions, and personal pains of one sort or another. Often, such
a state of poverty of spirit precedes a serious physical illness.
A feeling of entrapment, in turn, generates a terminal illness from
which there truly is no way out. Our health and illnesses are often
a metaphor for our lives, beliefs, dreams, and perceptions. The
idea that body, mind, and spirit are intertwined is becoming more
widely accepted, and homeopathy is one of the only forms of medicine
that can integrate and heal all three gently yet powerfully.
Edith’s Story
Edith was a sixty-five-year-old financial planner from Minneapolis
who first consulted me for depression nearly five years ago.
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