business as usual. The old mindset looks for quick fixes and magic bullets. The new emerging mindset is that
people are beginning to take back their power and look for ways to become co-creators of their prognosis - rather than victims of illness. Lifestyle medicine gives power to the people. From this perspective, illness or poor health can be seen as a feedback mechanism and a wake-up call – something has to change. The first good prognostic sign in
dealing with illness or poor health is that the person takes ‘agency’, i.e, they want to feel empowered and involved in their health and healing outcomes. This shift in consciousness has supported the growth of the domain of health services called ‘coaching’. Coaches show you how to do it
yourself; they correct you when you get off track and they inspire you to keep going. The challenge of lifestyle medicine is significant – it requires sustained personal commitment and perseverance. When the old lifestyle bad habits begin to sabotage your best intentions, your coach is there to encourage you to keep going. The coach can’t do the healing for you, but they can show you how and remind you why change is important for you. I have also witnessed this shift of
consciousness in the field of counselling. The old school of paternalistic counselling was about telling the client what they could do by giving advice and ‘rescuing’ the client. The new paradigm in counselling sees the counsellor as ‘holding the space’ for the client to
connect with their own feelings, needs, values and instincts. Rather than ‘rescuing’ the client, this approach to psychotherapy encourages the client to stay present and to turn towards difficult feelings – with the supportive therapeutic presence of the counsellor. In this way, the client can develop their inner resources like courage, mindfulness, self-compassion, healthy boundaries and resilience. This shift in consciousness is the
growth from a dependency relationship on an external authority (who offers to fix or eradicate the problem) to a more empowered relationship with oneself, which fosters the growth of inner resources in the client.
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These two approaches don’t need to be antagonistic or exclusive but, together, they give people more choices, and create healthier relationships between specialists, doctors, therapists, coaches and their clients. So, whether it be walking,
jogging, cycling, juicing, fasting, cooking, qigong, yoga, laughing, resting, meditating, chanting, praying, breathing or hugging… power to the people!. ■
Paul Bedson, senior therapist and retreat facilitator at the Yarra Valley Living Centre, Victoria.
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