Life Pulse Wellness

10/25/2024

Honor Your Boundaries as an Act of Love...

How often do we sacrifice our own needs to meet others’ wants, only to end up feeling depleted, unfulfilled, and disconnected from ourselves? When we give up our boundaries just to “be nice,” are we truly being kind to ourselves?

Our boundaries reflect our values; they hold the container for our well-being and growth. Boundaries aren’t just about saying “no” to others or what doesn’t align—they’re about saying “yes” to what does.

Paul Chek said it best: “Your ‘yes’ has no value until you learn to say ‘no.’”

Boundaries are sacred. When we honor our own needs, we create a strong, stable foundation that allows us to show up fully and authentically for others.

When we let go of the need to please, we stop expecting others to fulfill us and we take responsibility for our own peace.

Protect your peace. Honor your energy. Make room for what truly nourishes you.

Try This:
- Notice what drains your energy and pulls you away from your center.
- Clarify your needs and values, and make them a priority.
- Practice respectfully expressing “no” when something doesn’t align with you.

Honoring your boundaries isn’t selfish; it’s the ultimate act of self-love. 🛡️💖✨

10/22/2024

TREAT THE SYSTEM, NOT THE SYMPTOM.

•Are you having trouble resolving your pain or illness?

•By treating the symptoms, do you feel like you’re chasing your own tail?

•Do the prescribed treatments for these symptoms seem to cause more harm than good?

•Have you tried addressing the sources of your illness rather than focusing solely on the symptoms?

I used to try and fix symptoms such as gut distress, acne, headaches, fatigue, etc., with supplements and quick fixes. This rarely helped because the symptoms I was experiencing were an effect of poor lifestyle habits. Once I cut out the negative influences, like poor diet, lack of sleep, or hydration, these symptoms resolved naturally.

We are a complex system of systems, and symptoms are often the result of deeper issues.

By treating only the symptoms of illness, we fall short, but when we address the whole person, we can create true health.

Most mainstream approaches focus on suppressing symptoms, which in turn cause other symptoms to arise, while missing the real issue.

When we balance the whole system, symptoms clear up naturally. We create an environment of health and vitality, where symptoms of illness cannot exist.

True health comes from addressing the source of the illness and taking care of our fundamental needs.

10/16/2024

Constant stress lowers the body's resilience, making symptoms of illness more likely to arise...

In our modern world our nervous systems are bombarded with stress.

When our stress response is constantly triggered, healing takes a back seat

Managing stress is key to restoring balance and supporting the body's natural healing abilities.

Keys to reduce stress and improve healing:

► Identify your main stressors.

► Reduce what you can.

► Make time daily for de-stressing.

► Prioritize nutrition, hydration, breathing, and sleep to boost resilience.

10/11/2024

Why I choose to use the term “Holistic”… 🌸

The term “holistic” is thrown around by so many these days, but often it’s not used in its true sense. It has become a diluted and overused term. Many use it to describe alternative therapeutic methods or anything outside the mainstream approach. While these methods can be useful, they often don’t address the whole person or get to the source of pain or illness.

A truly Holistic approach considers the Body, Mind, and Spirit. It looks at symptoms as an expression of a deeper issue.

Through a Holistic approach, we address the WHOLE person and develop a strategy that brings them into natural balance, allowing their innate healing abilities to restore and sustain their health, vitality, and well-being.

Without looking at the whole of a person, we risk missing what’s driving a condition and may only find temporary relief or even influence other forms of symptom and compensation.

By using a Holistic approach, I look at the whole picture by assessing a person’s lifestyle, nutrition, stress, biomechanics, and mental/emotional state. I then identify patterns presented through the interconnected aspects of the individual and trace symptoms to their source. I then tailor a holistic approach to bring the Body, Mind, and Spirit into a harmonious expression of well-being.

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10/10/2024

The CHEK Totem Pole is a holistic model developed by Paul Chek to help understand the body’s survival hierarchy. It’s based on the idea that different systems in the body contribute to overall health, but certain systems take priority when it comes to survival. When dysfunction occurs at higher levels of the Totem Pole, it cascades downward, affecting other parts of the body. By addressing imbalances at these levels, we can create more sustainable health.

1. Psyche (Emotions & Thoughts): Our mental and emotional well-being holds the most influence. Stress or trauma can show up as physical imbalances, influencing posture, breathing, and even organ function.

2. Breathing: Improper breathing patterns, often triggered by stress or poor posture, can have a ripple effect on the entire body.

3. Mastication (Jaw Function): Misalignments in the jaw lead to headaches, tension, and digestive issues.

4. Vision & Balance: Poor eyesight or balance creates compensation, causing musculoskeletal issues.

5. Hearing: Auditory imbalances can cause postural problems.

6. Upper Cervical Spine: Misalignments affect the entire body, including breathing and movement.

7. Organs & Glands: Stress impacts organ function, leading to fatigue.

8. Emotions: Emotions are deeply connected with the psyche and can override the whole system.

9. Sacrum: The “sacred” bone connecting the upper and lower body is the foundation for movement.

10. Limbs & Joints: Issues here often reflect dysfunctions above.

CHEK Practitioners are trained to assess all systems of the Totem Pole. By starting at the top and working downward, we are able to focus on treating the whole person—mind, body, and spirit. This holistic approach ensures that the true underlying causes of dysfunction are addressed, leading to deeper, more lasting health improvements.

09/16/2024

You may have gone from doctor to doctor looking for a solution to your illness or disease, but have you considered prioritizing the foundational principles that create health in the first place? ⛰️

Breathing • Thinking • Movement�Nutrition • Hydration • Sleep

The 6 Foundation Principles are the soil in which we grow our health and support our well-being. They create a framework to build a healthy lifestyle

Our body and mind know how to create health, so long as we support the foundations needed in doing so.

* Understand your 6 foundational needs for the life you live or want to live

* Develop healthy habits so regulation becomes automatic

* Set reminders on your phone to bring focus back to self-management

* When feeling out of balance, reflect on which principle(s) need your attention

When the 6 Foundation Principles go unacknowledged, our health will likely suffer.

By bringing awareness to our needs, we become empowered to put our health back in our own hands.

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