Hi Rae, that was a great unpackaging of Ema's ongoing journey. It seems to take a minute for people to notice that under connectedness (?!) between mind and body. We are tasked to be so 'in our brains' these days. I had read a post by Marc Arginteanu, (a neurosurgeon), about syncing the 3 parts of our brain. I'm finding it helpful for myself. Appreciate your sharing these stories. Though a guy, I work in medical field and all this is helpful--thank you Rae!
I feel like since reading "Ultra Processed People" I'm seeing through these stories to the root cause. The FDA has allowed food production companies to dump thousands of novel chemicals into our food over the past decade, and it's really taking a toll. Almost all foods sold these days are designed to be addictive, which means our bodies will crave things that won't provide the nutrients we need. It's thrown so many microbiomes into chaos. Our guts can only self-regulate if they aren't being artificially high-jacked, and it's getting harder and harder to eat food that's not going to high-jack our systems. I wish we could force some labeling requirements so people were at least more aware of this problem.
Ugh, I have the book on my shelf but haven't gotten to it yet. Maybe I'm subconsciously resisting it, since I know how hopeless I can start to feel when digging into these topics. Hear hear for labeling...but even more so for increased research into which chemicals are toxic to humans and increased regulation against those substances.
For sure! Part of the problem is that the FDA got so swamped with requests to rigorously test so many chemicals for human consumption that they started allowing "self testing"...but there's a clear conflict of interests there. Most of the products being dumped in our food willy nilly haven't been well tested, or tested at all. They're being used for whatever function is convenient to the company, be that filler, fluffer, stabilizer. And so many "natural flavors" to make it irresistible.
I can barely spend any time in a super market for this reason, like a small and local costcutter for example. Nearly every item on the shelf is no longer real food. I don’t go in there to shop anyway (maybe buy fuel) but I now realise there’s nothing in there for me and no longer have the addiction where I can’t not buy anything. I maintained all my life that sugar was addictive and I was addicted to it (back when it wasn’t known). self education is key and us talking about it like we are doing.
Another enthralling read, thank you both. So many similarities with my own journey too! I have a special interest in our belief system and the part that plays in our health & wellness - or lack thereof. I embarked on a bodywork journey too, alongside researching the crap out of my own condition (entirely on my own). The changes I made and practices I implemented became my way of life from last year onwards (before that happened, I described healing as a 24/7 job). Breathwork has been one chunk, including relearning nostril breathing. Cyclical living also and rebalancing my hormones (self-taught). I didn’t feel any fear in taking full responsibility for my own health because the options were so bleak & I received crystal clear confirmation no one was going to help me. I find it very empowering and I’d love for more of us to embrace being our own advocate and learning to trust our body. It knows the way, has all the answers. I love your vision for the healing hub! I trained to do bodywork because I knew early on in my journey that I needed to help others the way I was being helped. I now run life-changing retreat days from the holiday home (static caravan) I live in and have helped many others heal themselves. Training to teach yoga and be a bodywork therapist are the 2 best things I’ve ever done in my life🧘🏼♀️💜
You are running a version of the healing home like Ema dreamed of! Amazing! I loooved the notion of a home where people go to get different types of care. I hadn't heard anything envisioned quite like that.
I have a friend in London who has this vision for addiction. She has already designed the program (similar to me, through her own self taught journey - so far I have a 2 month online journey called The Warriors Path that I do 1:1 but I already know this will expand and be delivered globally in time though perhaps not in a physical building for md, maybe mine will stay online). The path my friend has embarked upon has this vision in full sight. In the future we will start to see a shift this way, of that I have no doubt.
I’ve no doubt about it. We’re all starting to wake up to what health really is, means, looks like and many of us are going through the pain of getting there with it. Taking others along for the ride who want to come - there will be a tipping point with it. Loved reading about your name change today!🙂
Hi Rae, that was a great unpackaging of Ema's ongoing journey. It seems to take a minute for people to notice that under connectedness (?!) between mind and body. We are tasked to be so 'in our brains' these days. I had read a post by Marc Arginteanu, (a neurosurgeon), about syncing the 3 parts of our brain. I'm finding it helpful for myself. Appreciate your sharing these stories. Though a guy, I work in medical field and all this is helpful--thank you Rae!
Here is a link to that podcast.
https://brain2mind.substack.com/p/how-to-get-your-three-brains-in-sync#details
His site is From Brain To Mind.
Thanks for the rec! This looks super up my alley :)
Awesome!
I feel like since reading "Ultra Processed People" I'm seeing through these stories to the root cause. The FDA has allowed food production companies to dump thousands of novel chemicals into our food over the past decade, and it's really taking a toll. Almost all foods sold these days are designed to be addictive, which means our bodies will crave things that won't provide the nutrients we need. It's thrown so many microbiomes into chaos. Our guts can only self-regulate if they aren't being artificially high-jacked, and it's getting harder and harder to eat food that's not going to high-jack our systems. I wish we could force some labeling requirements so people were at least more aware of this problem.
Ugh, I have the book on my shelf but haven't gotten to it yet. Maybe I'm subconsciously resisting it, since I know how hopeless I can start to feel when digging into these topics. Hear hear for labeling...but even more so for increased research into which chemicals are toxic to humans and increased regulation against those substances.
For sure! Part of the problem is that the FDA got so swamped with requests to rigorously test so many chemicals for human consumption that they started allowing "self testing"...but there's a clear conflict of interests there. Most of the products being dumped in our food willy nilly haven't been well tested, or tested at all. They're being used for whatever function is convenient to the company, be that filler, fluffer, stabilizer. And so many "natural flavors" to make it irresistible.
That's a really interesting tidbit of FDA history. I kind of vaguely know all this but still I'm so sad right now 😢
I can barely spend any time in a super market for this reason, like a small and local costcutter for example. Nearly every item on the shelf is no longer real food. I don’t go in there to shop anyway (maybe buy fuel) but I now realise there’s nothing in there for me and no longer have the addiction where I can’t not buy anything. I maintained all my life that sugar was addictive and I was addicted to it (back when it wasn’t known). self education is key and us talking about it like we are doing.
Another enthralling read, thank you both. So many similarities with my own journey too! I have a special interest in our belief system and the part that plays in our health & wellness - or lack thereof. I embarked on a bodywork journey too, alongside researching the crap out of my own condition (entirely on my own). The changes I made and practices I implemented became my way of life from last year onwards (before that happened, I described healing as a 24/7 job). Breathwork has been one chunk, including relearning nostril breathing. Cyclical living also and rebalancing my hormones (self-taught). I didn’t feel any fear in taking full responsibility for my own health because the options were so bleak & I received crystal clear confirmation no one was going to help me. I find it very empowering and I’d love for more of us to embrace being our own advocate and learning to trust our body. It knows the way, has all the answers. I love your vision for the healing hub! I trained to do bodywork because I knew early on in my journey that I needed to help others the way I was being helped. I now run life-changing retreat days from the holiday home (static caravan) I live in and have helped many others heal themselves. Training to teach yoga and be a bodywork therapist are the 2 best things I’ve ever done in my life🧘🏼♀️💜
You are running a version of the healing home like Ema dreamed of! Amazing! I loooved the notion of a home where people go to get different types of care. I hadn't heard anything envisioned quite like that.
I have a friend in London who has this vision for addiction. She has already designed the program (similar to me, through her own self taught journey - so far I have a 2 month online journey called The Warriors Path that I do 1:1 but I already know this will expand and be delivered globally in time though perhaps not in a physical building for md, maybe mine will stay online). The path my friend has embarked upon has this vision in full sight. In the future we will start to see a shift this way, of that I have no doubt.
Fascinating - I love how confident you are about where we're moving! Very inspiring!
I’ve no doubt about it. We’re all starting to wake up to what health really is, means, looks like and many of us are going through the pain of getting there with it. Taking others along for the ride who want to come - there will be a tipping point with it. Loved reading about your name change today!🙂
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