C O A CHIN G & COUNS ELLING F E ATURE


POWER TO THE PEOPLE! by Paul Bedson C


ollective consciousness is always shifting, changing and evolving. Personally and professionally,


I have been heartened to witness a change in consciousness regarding health, healing and wellbeing in the last 30 years. The shift has been towards a more integrative and holistic approach to medicine and healing. An integrative approach to medicine


and healing can include:- mainstream medicine, complementary medicine and lifestyle medicine. The significant difference between these approaches is that lifestyle interventions (medicine) are


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not administered by a specialist, doctor or therapist but by the person/patient themselves. Lifestyle medicine may include


healthy changes in terms of: stress management, meditation, exercise, nutrition, detoxification, healthy relationships, power of the mind and spirituality. More and more current research is proving the validity and importance of lifestyle medicine. It has been a long time coming, but many people are shifting their mindset from being a passive consumer of health goods and services (provided


by external authorities) – to becoming creators (or, at least, co-creators) of their health and wellbeing. The old mindset was one of


dependency on external authorities: “Doctor, please fix me!” The hope was to resolve the


symptoms of illness as quickly as possible, with as little disturbance as possible, so that the patient could continue their life as usual…no insight, no changes, no growth. Through this mindset, illness is seen as a nuisance, a disruption that must be overcome as quickly as possible to get back to


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