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What actually causes our Stress? Uncovering the Hidden Reasons for this Worldwide Epidemic.

Stress is a factor in most people’s lives these days.

Estimates are upwards of 80% of chronic health problems are caused by stress.

With this in mind wouldn’t you agree it is important for you to know what is causing your stress? This question is super important to truly address the struggles you are having with your health. If we don’t get to the true cause of a problem, relief will only be a “band-aid” temporarily covering the disharmony.

Western medicine excels at the treatment of acute and severe health issues. It falls short with chronic health issues because there’s no framework to manage and eliminate stress. Meds and surgery are often not the best options for treating chronic issues for many people.

Unfortunately many alternative health practitioners aren’t treating at the causal level either. Symptom relief can be experienced but since the root – “stress” is the cause, relief is only temporary and patients find themselves becoming dependent on the modality to feel good.

As health practitioners, our focus has to return to this question of what is actually causing the feelings of continual and chronic stress, so we can treat it at the root level. In my clinical and life experience, I have come to realize that stress is largely the result of the conditioning we experience in our childhood and teenage years. We are all taught specific beliefs about who we are, what life is, and how we should function in this world.

Many of these beliefs are limiting and even harmful. As we become attached to these beliefs, we lose our connection with who we really are and the unlimited potential we inherently possess.

There are many examples of beliefs that limit us in life; here some of the most common ones:

  • You have to fight your way to the top
  • Life isn’t safe; you have to put yourself first at all times
  • Money is evil
  • The key to success is to get a secure and safe job– don’t worry about following your passions
  • I’m not good enough.. and I never will be no matter how hard I try
  • The key to happiness is finding someone who will love me
  • All men(women) abandon me
  • My job defines me

To the extent that these limiting beliefs linger in our minds, they will determine the choices we make and the behaviors that we initiate throughout our life. This is why so many people find themselves in jobs or marriages that promote suffering or struggle.

The body is often a mirror for the mind, especially when it comes to chronic, long-term health issues.

If the body is ailing due to stress, and our stress is caused by holding onto limiting and harmful beliefs about who we are, then the key to lasting health and healing is to free ourselves of these beliefs and operate in this world under a new set of principles and values.

Many of us experience a ‘wake-up call’ of sorts when we are diagnosed with a health condition such as cancer, migraine headaches, disc degeneration, IBS, or chronic fatigue. This is the body’s attempt to wake us up to an opportunity to create life on our own terms and to let go of what we’ve been taught about how we should live and what it means to be a good person.

If you want to get to the root cause of your health issues and consciously create optimal wellness, start with your own mind. Examine the beliefs that are holding you back and see if you can link these beliefs to the lifestyle choices you’ve made in your career, relationships, dietary choices, and so on. A skilled health practitioner can be of great assistance in this process.

Call me if you’d like to discuss your unique situation. I have worked with many patients at this level and have witnessed incredible transformations!

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