When in Sedona...

Yesterday, as we were driving through Sedona, we saw a "Salt Energy Healing Room" and a "Soul Spa" just to name a few alternative therapies. As a multiple sclerosis lifer (had it since I was 19) I am big on alternative therapies. The traditional meds they gave me  in the 90's actually made me crazy. (Trust me, I don't need any help!) Anyway, it always bugs me that Christians have separated the mind/body/soul aspect of healing. Apparently, that comes Roman history because doctors weren't allowed to dissect a human body (the soul now belonged to God) so it was considered desecration. Don't quote me on the history aspect, but my point is, if your soul isn't healthy, your body will tell you in some way. Symptoms are trying to get your attention.

While I'm not a New Ager, I love the mind/body/spirit connection to faith and healing. The biggest advances I made in my health are from alternative practitioners.  And while I will never belittle the magic that IS prednisone when you need it, there is a lot I've done to stay healthy through strange theories. Example? I had all the metal removed from my teeth in the early 90's and I never allowed a dentist to put metal in my kids' mouths. Luckily, they got their dad's teeth and not mine.

I also did NAET early on and learned what I was allergic to, and how to fix that with a chiropractor/practitioner. There was also a "Swank Diet" that I adopted early in my journey and stayed away from hydrogenated oils. I bought my kids' natural potato chips and then, they couldn't eat the regular ones. Granted, I never got my kids off McDonald's. That happy meal had the goods, you know? This was well before they cut those fries short for an apple.  (The Audacity!)

I did therapies that didn't work for me as well. LDN (low-dose naltrexone) did not work for me, but it has worked amazingly well for others. The same is true for most supplements for me. They never seem to agree with me.  But did it hurt anything? It didn't, so I don't know why the medical establishment is so against alternative therapies. For example, LDN has helped a lot of people, but it's cheap. No money, no healing according to the powers that be. This is why I wrote the third book in my "Spa Girls" series "Calm, Cool & Adjusted" about a Christian chiropractor who loved the alternative therapies. Find what works for you to get healthy. Fear is not from God, so don't be afraid of things that big pharma tells you is dangerous. It might be a waste of money. It might. But it also might work. Listen to your instincts. 

I love to be in Sedona and around all the earthy folks. I think it would be such an amazing place to write a book.