breathing, clean fresh water, exer- to help narrow things down and
cise/movement, and sleep/rest, help make the person’s decision-
natural health then becomes a making process easier. Greg
matter of choice. While it may Anderson, author of The 22 Non-
seem like there might be many Negotiable Laws of Wellness and
changes you could consider founder of the Cancer Recovery
making, the first decision, as Foundation, promotes teaching
noted by Louise Hay, is to just the “fundamental principle that
agree to allow yourself to change. wellness is much more than the
(Remember, since change is inevi- lack of physical symptoms”
table, let’s make it positive!) After (www.ahha.org) and emphasizing
that, you might write down a the interrelation of three compo-
list of the changes you’d like to nents: body, mind, and spirit. This
make, and then prioritize them to is a crucial concept for adults to
a manageable time frame. Getting learn and remember, whether they
just one change made can often are coping with a current health
create the positive and creative issue or wish to improve their
energy to go on to more changes, health to avoid potential future
and they usually get easier — to issues. This is also important to
both choose and to implement! If incorporate into our children’s
a person finds that his or her list education — parents can start this
contains more than 10 changes, at home by being good examples
he or she may feel overwhelmed and role models: ‘walking the
before even getting started. talk,’ if you will. Adults dedi-
However, choosing just ONE cated to the promotion of natural
thing to start with, something health, whether they are parents
simple like drinking more water or not, can offer to do talks at
each day for the first few weeks local schools, scout meetings, or
or a month is a positive boost other gatherings for children that
right from the beginning! request volunteer speakers. They
People usually start off being can also offer to speak at local
very interested in taking more civic club meetings or retirement
responsibility for their health, homes.
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� �ysical symptoms
but become discouraged by the “Going natural” is also good
amount of information avail- for all involved — people gain
able on a topic. This is when a more physical health, mental
natural health consultant can clarity, energy, and vitality for
offer education and suggested their lives, and they are also
readings (books, pamphlets, empowered, gain more knowledge
handouts, Web site addresses)
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