Wellness, is it one of those emotive buzz words or can we really make a meaningful impact on our health if we choose to? Do we have control of our own health and wellbeing or are we fighting a lost cause? Are we even fighting at all? I’d like to think wellness is totally within our control. In fact, I am living proof.

I am one of those people that really like to delve into things and know the facts. And being totally honest, learning about wellness has been a massive part of my life for many, many years. I’m going to share with you some of what I have learned and the impact it has had on my life.

Over 24 plus years ago I really started to get into the holistic way of healing me and I really wanted to understand what this type of healing the body was all about. It was an experience with the so-called ‘health service’ that triggered this. I was suffering from chronic acid reflux and I was told by my doctor I needed a pill. I was, of course skeptical, and I asked how long I would need to take them for. His answer floored me…..forever!! ‘Wow, forever?’

My next comment stopped him in his tracks… ‘I was fine three weeks ago, why aren’t we looking at what caused this?’ His flippant response was ‘That’s just how it goes!!’ I couldn’t get my head around why he was telling me I needed to just manage my symptoms rather than showing me how to cure them. Why would I do that?

I knew at this point that it was time for me to start learning and to understand why we accept that this is the way to deal with health issues. Why don’t more of us question these things? I’ll tell you why, because we are programmed to have fixed patterns of response to authority. To look up to them. Accept their ‘expertise’. Doctors have been placed into a position of authority for very good reason. The me today knows that the pharma industry doesn’t make money out of cures, they make good money out of managing and prolonging symptoms. But let’s stay on track, that’s a story for another day.

Anyway, Why Wellness?

We have been told a huge amount over the recent past about what not to do so that we stay “safe!” We have been told to not put strain on our respective medical services so that we don’t add additional pressure. What we haven’t had any of is the how. How about making our bodies into environments where illness and disease can’t survive. Imagine that! Imagine creating an environment that is toxic to toxins. Now there’s a radical idea.

Well that’s where I am heading, not to brag but, I haven’t been unwell in years. I have had a few energetic episodes where stuff shifted from me and I felt rubbish whilst it was coming out, yet actual illness isn’t something I experience really. When I started to learn about how I could help my body I really jumped in with both feet. I am now a living result of how I live, how I feel and what I put in my body as well as what I take out. Here’s a bit of a lowdown on what you can do to create, for want of a better word, a hostile environment inside you so that you can thrive and not get struck down by illness that quite frankly is a waste of the time you have here on earth.

1. Let’s talk about water….Now many say that you need to hydrate and I completely concur. As I sit here writing this I am drinking a bottle of alkaline water. A glass bottle that is. Don’t get me started on this thing we call plastic!!  I have now drank this type of water for over 10 years and as I said earlier I haven’t been unwell for years as a result of this. The facts are clear, disease cannot survive in an alkaline environment and I am living proof of that. My doctors medical records are non-existent, I’m knocking on the door of 46 and I feel the most amazing I have ever felt.  I have made my body a space where dis-ease can’t exist. I don’t want to waste my life being ill, I want to live and chill because I can. Are you ready to flip the script?

1. Optimize Your Nutrition – Now what you eat is up to you. Many say you are what you eat and when it comes to food that supports you that is totally true. Five years ago I nursed my mom to her passing after a very short and horrific illness that was cancer. I don’t hate much in my life but I hate cancer. The main reason is it’s totally preventable and curable. I know many first hand who have cured it. Cancer can only live in an acidic environment and food like meat and fish totally create this in your body. Did you know that eating a plant-based diet reduces your chance of illness by a significant amount? Do you know that food can help heal your body? Do you know that when the wise men brought gifts, the gold was actually turmeric?! When you feed your body what it needs then it changes everything and you change. I, again, am living proof of this. I feed my body what it needs to thrive, not merely survive. Are you ready to take control?

1. Metal Detox – Now this is a new one for me. I knew that metal toxicity had an effect on our health, yet what I have learned in the last year about this has blown me away. I have been detoxing my body for the last couple of years and the effect this has had has been profound. Some say the body does this all on its own. I have to say I disagree. I have the utmost respect for the healing abilities of our bodies but it needs to be supported. I have seen and felt effects of detoxing that are far beyond anything my body could ever do on it’s own. This year I have completed two thirty-day detox programs and both and left me in a place where my body only wants the good stuff. For years I ate crap and was an emotional eater, now I can’t eat it. My body rejects this kind of thing. That’s something I never thought I would say. Now I am living proof of supported wellness. Let’s get frank about this for a moment. What I have discovered is that pretty much every single ailment, disease, illness and problem we have medically, physically and emotionally is linked to toxins and imbalances? in the system. That blew me away. How could this be? Well, it’s simple when your body gets full of toxins, it causes problems. There is no room for our normal functions to do their stuff properly. The bigger impact of this is that you will most likely try a pharma drug to prevent it or you may take a natural remedy to prevent it, yet if you take a metal detoxifier it will remove the cause. This blew me away. I am all for still using natural stuff, yet removing what caused it is truly the way. The other part that shocked me was learning that when you are toxic, which most of us are, your body cannot properly absorb the good stuff you are putting in as your cells are coated in crap to stop this. So clearing that out is the key. Meeting two amazing humans that have created a company to do just this has been game-changing. Root for me is the future of wellness and the future of living in a way where you can thrive not just survive. Their philosophy is this addition to subtract. Add the zeolite to remove the toxins, then restore the body back with all the natural goodies. It’s super simple. Now that’s my vibe in life, make it simple silly.

We have lived in a world for many years that has made everything pretty complex. It has given you mountains of information to explore and the conclusion I have come to after being my own test case is this. When you look after yourself, clear the crap out daily, put good stuff in that you can absorb then hospitals and medics will become a thing of your past. When you have healed your traumas, become who you truly want to be and when you live your life for your reasons on your terms, it’s a whole new world you are living.

I am all about “The Simple Life on Purpose. “ I am all about LIVING, not surviving. If you’d like to know more then let’s vibe and see how I can help you create. Come and say hi over at Claretm.com and we’ll vibe a new, super clean and charged life together.