Health care or sick care?
We have a healthcare system which is designed to take care of the sick. That is not proactive health care. It is treating illness.
The medical profession is “Allopathic medicine” or more commonly called mainstream, conventional or Western medicine.
It is a health system in which medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals are licensed to practice and treat symptoms and diseases.
There is a much better way where we take control and are proactive with our health.
Choose proactive wellness
We all need to be proactive with our health by choosing to take care of our wellness. That is being responsible. It is not responsible to wait until we are sick and then rely on a doctor to “fix” us.
Wellness is not the absence of disease or symptoms. Wellness is being proactive and doing all we can to not only stay well but to be vibrant and full of energy.
Wellness means taking care of our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing.
Physical health
Includes;
- Good nutritional food
- Avoid junk food
- Drinking plenty of Water
- Good quality sufficient sleep
- Moving our body – some type of regular exercise. Do something you enjoy and that will also help with your mental and emotional health.
Mental, Emotional and Spiritual Wellbeing
These three components of wellbeing overlap to an extent.
Here are some examples you can include;
- Practice gratitude, we all have so much to be grateful for
- Laughter, including being able to laugh at yourself
- Cultivate a healthy mindset
- Surround yourself with positive people
- Be kind to others and to yourself
- Keep a journal
- Get out in nature
- Meditate
- Read positive uplifting books
- Listen to music
- Have some “me” time
Summary
It is up to you to choose wellness and to live your best life.
Take care of yourself because you matter.
“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in cause and prevention of disease.” Thomas Edison 1902
Vikash Singh says
Hey, Sue thanks for the thoughts. I have a question. How would you explain the importance of a healthy lifestyle to someone who comes from an environment where they may not have access to some of the things you’ve outlined?
First, I want to say I wholeheartedly agree that being in the best place mentally, emotionally, and spiritually can lead to some awesome results. But, when I bring this up to my cousin, the first thing he says is that he’s not in a situation that everyone else is in. He lives in a pretty rough neighborhood and just opts for access to the things that are most readily available to him.
I think one of the biggest needs is nutrition. He basically lives where he only has access to junk food, and other unhealthy options ( I don’t foresee any farmer’s markets or Whole Foods) popping up where he lives. I think when you eat better you feel better, and that definitely parlays into some of the other things.
Apologies for the long comment, but I came across this post and was just looking to see if there are some basics I could help him understand to get the ball moving in the right direction. Where he lives changing your mindset can be hard too, you know?
Sue Price says
Hi Vikash,
Thanks for your comment and no need to apologize for the length of it they are great comments you make as well as the question. Wow I feel for your cousin and I am sure there are many others in the world like him. I am blessed to live in Australia where there is plenty of healthy options available.
Changing his mindset is where it needs to start as you know and I an unsure how to go about this with the circumstances you describe. I will think about it and if any ideas come to me I will email you.
Thanks for your comments.
Sue
I Putu Widiadnyana says
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” thanks for sharing such informative article god bless you