How I Made The Body-Mind Connection

Hello everyone!

For my debut post, I am featuring an article I wrote for the March 2010 issue of the Power N' Support Team Newsletter, which is part of a peer support/advocacy group I am involved with.

Enjoy!

Recovery Happens

How I Made The Body-Mind Connection

By Tim J. Swank

I had thought it was a part of getting older...a little bit more gut than I would've liked. But as it turned out it wasn't just a big gut, it was a hernia. Three of them, in fact.

Although I thought I was in recovery, I wasn't taking good care of my body. This was a wake-up call that I'd better change...and now!

So in August 2009 I underwent hernia repair surgery. They cut me open and inserted a mesh to reinforce the abdominal wall that had collapsed. I had the surgery on a Friday and stayed in the hospital over the week-end and was released on Sunday after-noon.

It was expected that I would take some time to recover, maybe two weeks.

But I had another idea. I had been taught that the quality of my thinking determines the quality of my life, so I made the decision I would recover quickly. So I took it easy Monday and Tuesday, not going anywhere. On Wednesday I walked the 3 blocks from my apartment to the Library and by Friday I was able to walk the one and a half miles to work so I could turn in my timesheet.

I was back to work on Monday. My co-workers were amazed that I was able to rebound quickly after major surgery. I wasn't. I held as a certain fact that as I changed my mind, I was able to make bodily changes.

Besides taking vitamin & mineral supplements, a good dose of MIND VITAMINS is needed as well--"Vitamin H" (Hope) & "Vitamin O" (Optimism)

My message is that when you make the decision to make changes in your life, you literally change your body's chemistry, making healing happen. But it is only YOU that can make it happen.

Focus on health, happiness and abundance. Try it and see!