Growing up with some health challenges I learned early on to listen to my body’s signals and reporting them back to my doctors. When I, later on, took my health into my own hands, becoming the CEO of my own life and healing, this became even more important as I needed to learn about and investigate a lot on my own. I’ve kept a health journal for years and I’ve recommended a lot of people, with health challenges of their own, to do the same.
I do believe it’s true, our body signals imbalances to us, through what we call symtoms. Shutting off these signals, without examining their root cause, is an unwise thing to do. And by writing them down it’s easier to start to see patterns and find triggers.
These headaches seem to come after I’ve been hanging out with these kinds of people/ energies.
These rashes show up after I’ve eaten this type of food.
My stomach crashes after a period of stress at work.
These are great connections to make because then you can start making tweaks in your lifestyle and see what shifts. Being responsible for your own health and caring for your body and mind.
But I’ve found, over the years, that there’s a balancing act to be had here. It’s not all good being hyper aware of your own body. Because it easily triggers the fear based mind. Or, at least it does so for me. By keeping track of my body signals (also known as symptoms), I’ve primed my mind to notice everything. Things that might pass others by. A spot on my leg. A slight pain in my lower back. A rash on my side. And I see this in a lot of the health focused people around me too. It can easily turn into a bit of an obsession. The objective and responsible observer becoming a neurotic and triggered worrier.
A couple of months back, as my mind was worrying about some signal my body was showing, I was walking in the forest, my mind looping and looking for a plan or an answer, when my intuition interrupted: Darling, what you’re looking for is relief. And it’s right here if choose it.
It became clear, in that moment, that I didn’t need to know, I just needed to let go to find the relief I thought was only available on the other side of this, perceived, problem.
It’s not that all my health worries magically disappeared as I got this wisdom from my intuition, but something started to click for my mind. And I realized that my mind had taken a too big a responsibility that was way over it’s pay grade, out of its control or ability. My mind is far from as wise as my body is. So it won't always know.
As I was reading through old journals over the holiday I realized that 99% of all the signals (symtoms) that my mind have kept track of (and worried about) over the years, my body have magically resolved. I never did figure out what it was, although my mind sure did try, but one day, the symtom was gone. Because my body is amazing. And it wants to be well. And the more I can refocus my energy into trusting and taking really good care of this amazing body of mine, the better my self-healing will work.
So 2022, here’s to trusting my body. Things may show up but I will trust you. And my intuition will guide me to what I actually do need to get checked up or keep close track on.
There’s so many reasons for temporary unbalances in the body; stress, emotional triggers, lack of sleep, toxins in the air or food, exposure to mold, tension, unsaid words, unreleased anger… It’s not the job of my mind to always know what is what. The job of the mind is to focus on taking care of the body the best I can and my body will support my life and whatever I want to do with it.
Curious to know how this resonates with you, can you relate to becoming neurotic in your aim to be responsible?