On a new journey with Healing Pathway... Join me

My daughter is inspiring me on so many levels. She's just started a business, a blog and upped her facebook presence. It's been years since I've last used this blog so I'll be a little rusty but I want to get back to it so here I go. It may be a little bit at a time but here goes...

I think the big thing that has held me back has been an overwhelming sense that as I grow older, I've realized how little I really know. Five years in the study of natural health has vastly grown my knowledge but that's not it. Do I really have anything to say that might make a difference in someone's life? That's the question haunting me. My husband has long pointed out that I live by the 120% rule: If it's not 120% then it's 0. I'm attempting to leave behind that destructive way of thinking. As a result, I'm going to take a chance that I can actually share something that might be helpful to another. If not for you, then maybe for someone else.

Recently a good friend and colleague wisely and kindly admonished me to begin to practice what I preach. Ouch! This was the most loving and kindest thing she could have said. It was only an echo of what I was already feeling but not acting on. Again proof that I needed to practice what I preached.

I'll be a bit vulnerable here and, at the risk of TMI, share things I might not have when I was younger. Blame it on approaching menopause. I have "that thing Kitty (That 70s Show) has". But I do it in the hopes that my transparency might help someone else find the courage and insight I lacked just a few months ago and maybe to have people help me stay accountable.

I'm a dissertation short of a naturopathic doctor/ojopodoctor of naturopathic ministry degree. I'm also certified to practice and teach a touch healing methodology called Cellular Response. I've had training in several types of massage, body systems analysis, nutrition, human chemistry and more. Over the past five years I have gained a tremendous respect for the human body, mind and spirit. All this and I was 90lbs overweight!

There are always reasons why one gains a little here and there, aren't there? What happens that suddenly the extra five pounds turns to 10 and how in the world does it get to 90? In my case I was at my goal weight after two children and a whole lot of hard work. Giardia; gall bladder disease, surgery, complications leading to chronic pain, medication that instantly put on 40lbs; a severe ankle injury involving 3 surgeries and a year and a half recovery, two more pregnancies... Physically, it was a rough twenty years. But that said, I began my ascent out of denial when I took a little test in Dr. Phil's book, The Ultimate Weight Solution. I discovered I was NOT ready to lose the weight I'd gained. This realization while pretty sad might have actually been the first step. That plus my friend's admonition and a pretty crazy food plan started me on this new journey. Stay tuned for more posts about just that and join me!