by HR Professional in Healthcare, London, UK
Some years ago, I believed that getting ill was a sign of weakness, and that going to the doctor was not necessary. I was strongly independent, and pushed hard to keep going, feeling that if I got ill, or used my local health services, that meant I had done something wrong, and that others might judge me. I also went through a phase where I didn’t want to use any pharmaceutical medicines, as I wanted to avoid putting ‘toxins’ into my body. There were times when I had an infection or an ache or a pain and I would struggle through, trying to find some natural remedy, which usually didn’t work. I prided myself when I spoke to colleagues and friends that I rarely saw my doctor and, looking back this was rather odd, as I have worked in the National Health Service (NHS) for 33 years, in many forms of care environments, yet I never actually considered that I myself may need support or care from the NHS or my local doctor (General Practitioner /GP) at any time.
Thirteen years ago, I was very sick, with a number of illnesses – all of which I had consistently ignored until the day when I woke up and I couldn’t get out of bed. I felt so ill that I realised that I had no option but to seek some form of support. I didn’t want support from my local health services, and sought the support of a herbalist. I realised I needed to get time off work as I could hardly sit, yet stand, so working was out of the question. I went to my local doctor and asked for some sick leave, which she agreed to on the proviso I checked in with her fortnightly. She asked that I had some blood tests, but I refused all her offers except for the certificate to take time off work. Over a number of months of bed rest, and support from a herbalist I did actually improve, though looking back, I got back to a level of function, though I wasn’t really well, and I wasn’t able to get back to physical exercise for 2 years, and had to work part time for a year. I still didn’t consult my doctor any further than getting a sick note.
A few years later I went to a workshop presented by Serge Benhayon, Universal Medicine, and for the first time in my life, I realised that there was something about the way I was living that was not at all right, but until that moment I hadn’t been willing to look at my own life and daily living choices. I didn’t smoke, rarely drank alcohol, had never taken drugs, didn’t take pharmaceuticals, ate organic food, and was back to being fully functional. I had prided myself at being stoic, seemingly well, and so why would I need to look at my life, let alone the way I was living? However, at this workshop, and a number of subsequent workshops presented by Serge Benhayon, I felt as though a mist was lifting and that I was starting to truly feel how un-well I actually was. I could feel somewhere deep inside me that what Serge Benhayon was presenting, whether it was about considering food choices, or the natural rhythms of our body, (for example, going to bed by 9 pm) made sense. At the same time, I could also feel my own resistance to truly feeling how I was living, and, that the way I was living was running me ragged. Never once did Serge Benhayon tell me or anyone else to follow what he presented, he merely shared his own experiences, and it was always up to me to discern whether what he shared made sense or not.
One day, after having attended a number of workshops, I became aware of how constantly tired, depleted, and exhausted I was, how sad I felt, and, how I did actually have some health problems that I had just taken for granted, as ‘part of being human’, and I hadn’t ever wondered why those health problems consistently blighted my life. I had endometriosis (for 20 years), with excruciatingly painful periods, I had eczema, asthma, food allergies, regular bouts of rhinitis, and constipation to name a few, but I just managed them, struggled through and thought they were just part of ‘the deal’ of daily living. So, on this particular day I asked myself – what if there was a different way of looking at this? What if there was more that I could do to support myself in my daily life? That day I decided to have a go at looking at how I was living; after all, it couldn’t make my life any worse, and it may just support me if I took time to look at how I was caring for myself. And that was a day that began to change my life.
From there on, I started bit by bit to look at how I was living, from my food choices, to whether I was adequately hydrated, to how much rest I allowed, to giving it a go to go to bed earlier, and to taking more care and attention in the way I planned and prepared for my busy working days. Over a number of years, I started to feel different, and, what I would call ‘well’ for the first time that I could remember. My eczema, asthma, rhinitis dissipated, and I slowly started to feel less depleted. During this time I undertook a PhD study on self care at work (selfcare at work part 1 and part 2 ), as I also realised from observing my work colleagues, that I was not alone, and many others I worked with didn’t seem to pay attention to the way they lived or their daily work choices. I also realised that some of the things that I changed, such as going to bed by 9 pm ( as I have written about on this blog) felt really natural, and that my body had always wanted me to go to bed at this time. It really was beneficial, and now I absolutely cherish going to bed by 9pm as a deeply self-caring way to live.
Some months ago, I was feeling tired, and for the first time in a long time I was drawn to go along to see my local doctor. As I arrived at the surgery I could for the first time feel how supportive and self-caring it was to go to my doctor. I spoke to her about my tiredness, that I was going into menopause, and that something just didn’t feel right in my body. We agreed that I would have a whole battery of blood tests, and other tests, to get a fuller understanding of what was going on in my body. The doctor was very supportive, and took time to organise these tests for me. As I left the surgery I cried, as I realised how many times I had ignored my impulse to go to the doctor for support, and how going to my doctor is actually deeply self-regarding. A week later my GP phoned me to tell me that there was something in my bloods and suggested a way forward, which again for the first time I agreed to proceed with (as I usually discounted much of what any doctors in the past had said to me). Actually I was relieved to realise that there had been something that needed my deeper attention and that with the help of the GP I was able to take care of it. Some months later during a presentation at Universal Medicine I then realised that it is actually natural that the physical body does get sick, or does need medical attention, and, I could for myself feel just how normal that was – that at times, just as in my experience with my bloods, my body had got sick, and did need support, not just from me, but from others e.g. my doctor.
Where am I going to with this? I had a deeply ingrained view that medicine was for others, and that being ill was weak. At the same time I didn’t really take care of myself on a daily basis in a way that supported my body. Serge Benhayon by his presentations, but more so by the inspiration he offered in the way he lives, and in the way he is when he presents, offered me an opportunity to realise that I too could change the way I was living if I was prepared to take a look at my daily living choices. In choosing to look at my daily living choices over a few years, I got to understand deeply how many things in life are self loving, and one of these was that it is actually deeply self caring to go to my doctor and get support when I need to, and, that getting sick was my body’s way of alerting me that something about the way I was living was not working. The combined effects of attending Universal Medicine workshops, and, choosing to take care of myself on a daily basis enabled me to realise the importance of recognising when I was unwell, and also that asking my local GP for support was a very loving choice, and a natural part of taking care of myself. During these last few months I also now enjoy my regular visits to my local dentist, the dental hygienist, as well as my local optician, and I can honestly say I feel very supported in my life. Esoteric Medicine has a role to play in our health and wellbeing as does Western Medicine. Together as I am experiencing they are a very powerful combination.
Medicine and Serge Benhayon 
‘Some years ago, I believed that getting ill was a sign of weakness, and that going to the doctor was not necessary. I was strongly independent, and pushed hard to keep going, feeling that if I got ill, or used my local health services, that meant I had done something wrong, and that others might judge me.’ So many of us feel or have felt like this, which sums up just how dominated we are by the consciousness of having to harden to overcome adversity, which is championed. We are taught very early to feel shame for feeling fragile or vulnerable, and yet when we harden we damage the relationship we have with ourselves as we become dishonest about how we are really feeling overriding what is there to be felt.
Funny how seeing doctors can scare some of us witless, only when we face our fears and act when needed to can we truly heal.
I resonated with some of the things presented in this blog. I would be reluctant to see the GP at first, then freak out afterwards and go when I wasn’t improving. I hadn’t seen that the way I was living would go hand in hand with my health, until I attended Serge Benhayon’s workshops, and my whole perspective on health changed.
Every health professional specialist is part of self-care and I embrace this more and more. This is the future of our health and well-being.
Talking with others I am aware that there are many people who don’t go to the doctors for fear of being a nuisance or wasting their time, what I can feel in this now is there is a lack of self love, self appreciation and self responsibility in such a choice.
Totally agree with you Le. There’s also the other perspective too, where people indulge in visiting the GP, when they haven’t been responsible in the first place. Things pile up, wanting the doctors or health professionals to fix them after their ill choices too.
What a turnaround from avoiding your GP like the plague to recognising how supportive they can be with exploring how best to support yourself through an illness. I used to boast that I never went to see a doctor (conveniently forgetting the times when I had been forced through their door in desperation) and yet took very little responsibility for looking after myself which is crazy when I would not dream of expecting my car or house to keep running without any maintenance.
This is a great change Doug and one which is so important for us all. The second part is that we take the utmost responsibility for ourselves and our health away from the doctor so that when we do seek their help and support, we go there with a body ready for it.
Doctors train long and hard to be able to support us when we are sick and part of the medicine is for us to present a body that is taking responsibility for our part in any healing.
It’s crazy how most of us will wait weeks and months to see a doctor even when we know something is not right. Recently I was talking to some one close and dearly loved by me, who was refusing to go to the doctors. This kind of behaviour is often rooted in lack of self worth. We all deserve to be supported and cared deeply for. Our systems should be set up to reflect this.
We often don’t make the correlation between our choices and our health, when we do we realise that we are able to help ourselves simply by changing our choices.
I just came home from spending 2 weeks in England, attending Universal Medicine courses, feeling very tired and needing lots of sleep. Reading this blog, I am realising how ‘being well’ is never an arrived at point, there is a relationship that is constantly changing therefore can never be taken for granted. It is a dialogue, and my body needs to be cared for deeply, constantly – not because I may not be feeling well, but because that is what it deserves by default.
Our body is constantly communicating with us and once we become willing to listen it is a relationship that can deepen and blossom with no judgement if we go through phases of e.g. needing more sleep/rest.
That ‘get on with it and things will sort themselves out’ is not from my experience the best approach to our health. What I have come to appreciate and understand is that once you know what is going on with your body you are then in the position to make different choices that are going to support this. Western medicine is greatly supportive and to look at the root cause supports a true healing.
When we start to look at self care, and what we can do to help ourselves, a visit to the doctor’s begins to feel like a very obvious choice, because when we don’t feel well there is absolutely no point trying to struggle on, because when we do we are a long way from self care, almost neglecting ourselves for other things that we consider more important when our own health is one of the most important things.
I visit the doctor regularly – for blood tests, for diagnosis and for referrals to consultant specialists if necessary. He knows I don’t like taking medicines unless absolutely necessary and he recommends but doesn’t insist – he knows I’ll go away and do some research on any options for new medication. He also know that I live a reasonably healthy lifestyle and is very encouraging. Self care and medicine go very well together.
It makes complete sense to make seeing our doctor part of the way that we honour, care for and cherish ourselves.
Seeing getting ill as being a failure only sets us up for more unloving thoughts about ourselves. I also saw getting ill as a weakness so I used to hide how ill I felt and pretend that I was not struggling. Getting ill was for those who did not have a handle on life and I told myself that I knew better – I can now feel the arrogance of that way of thinking.
Jane, this is such an inspirational account of how, when we live in a way where we endlessly put ourselves under unnecessary stresses and strains, and then reject the medical help on offer, that eventually our body will say enough – often very loudly. But then of course we still have the choice to listen, or not, but you have demonstrated so very clearly that life doesn’t have to stay the way it always has, and that with opening yourself up to other healing possibilities including caring deeply for your body, that it cannot help but change.
The way we care for ourselves is vital for our health, if there is something wrong with our car we don’t hesitate in taking it to a mechanic, after all why would you want to make the situation worse, it’s the same with our bodies and our health – we need a certain level of due diligence when it comes to how we look after ourselves to ensure we don’t manoeuvre ourselves into a position where our health is at risk.
There is a huge difference engaging in your own health care plan and that of what traditional medicine and complementary medicine has to offer.
I understand this way of thinking, that rejects pharmaceutical drugs for their supposed ‘toxic’ effects. And while some I am sure are very difficult for the body to process, I wonder how bad that difficulty is in comparison to the onslaught of emotionality and self-abuse that we often put our bodies through.
‘Some months later during a presentation at Universal Medicine I then realised that it is actually natural that the physical body does get sick, or does need medical attention, and, I could for myself feel just how normal that was – that at times, just as in my experience with my bloods, my body had got sick, and did need support, not just from me, but from others e.g. my doctor.’ It is interesting to note that I have seen being sick not as a weakness but as a sign of not getting things right. There is something in me that hasn’t accepted that getting sick is natural and needs to be accepted as such. Thank you for offering this as it is something I need to sit with and feel more.
I love this way of looking at ailments in the body – a loving message to look at how we have been living – an invitation to learn and grow. At the same time, I am not sure how much I deeply appreciate it when my body does confirm my choices as loving. Yesterday I was at a singing workshop and I have never felt such freedom to move or such freedom in my body to move. There were no aches and pains, just a fluidity that felt joyful. I, of course, clocked it and saw it as a marker for how far I have come but I am not sure I completely appreciated what it was sharing with me.
How harmful is the perception that to be seen by a doctor means we are weak and may be judged? There are so many things that may be going on in our bodies, yet we will have no idea because our arrogance kicks in and we try to solve it ourselves, perhaps in the same momentum which caused the dis-ease in the first place. What would happen if we sought help, if we opened up to our doctor and the support they may offer?
Great question Viktoria – “What would happen if we sought help, if we opened up to our doctor and the support they may offer?”. I have a very strong feeling that the rates of illness and disease, especially the ones which have developed complications from the delay, may just start to decrease. I often get a sense that some stay away from their doctors as they really don’t want to admit there is something ‘wrong’ with them, and that by simply ignoring it, it may go away.
Indeed that is our responsibility. To listen carefully to the signals and don’t deny them until it is too late. Just see the GP for a check to be on the ‘safe side’.
“it is actually natural that the physical body does get sick, or does need medical attention”- this just blows out of the water the notion that if you are ‘super healthy’ and ‘super fit’ you wont get sick or need medical attention. So not true. I see it as our responsibility to take great care of the body and seek medical attention when needed so we take the best vehicle we can to get serviced.
That is indeed another belief ‘when you are super healthy, you don’t get sick.’ And what a disappointment when we do get sick and little true care we give to our body. Whilst when we see it as part of nature, we just take the responsibility when it occurs.
It is a truly great moment when you ask – perhaps there is another way to live, a way that is full of vitality and well-being, a way that does not include a daily struggle with what is considered normal physical discomfort, a way that has a precious joy to it in every way?
Great to read and to realise that in fact while I’m very engaged with looking at my health with my various health professionals, I actually consider it a way to get my body back to par, and that when it’s below that par I consider there is something wrong which needs to be fixed … yes engaging with medicine is needed, but in fact it may be that my body is showing my a wider and much needed stop to consider how I’m living beyond the physical body.
It made me smile, the dichotomy of working for the NHS for all those years, and yet not making use of the service! So often we don’t use the support that is right in front of us, and make our lives harder than they have to be.
I LOVE my doctor, it is a surgery with many doctors and I rarely specify which one I would like to see because whichever one I have seen has always been the perfect one for me on that day. I never abuse the spot I had and always went armed with what I had been doing for myself, what I felt worked and what I was having difficulty with. We are a team, their professional expertise is exactly what is needed to translate the communication from my body at times, but without my professional experience of my personal body we would meander around and be much less efficient with any treatment.
It is interesting how we tend to accept so called minor ailments as normal and just part of human life when in truth they are far from normal and usually big messages from our bodies that all is not well. Perhaps if we paid more attention to these signs and symptoms from the body and did something about them much earlier on, we would prevent a lot of the more major problems that really make us stop in our tracks?
It’s normal for the body to get ill, it’s part of it’s natural ability to communicate to us, to communicate that how we are living is not supportive to it. Imagine how healthcare and society could change by this fact alone?
Reading this today brought tears to my eyes. It is very beautiful to read of another human being reconnecting to their worth, taking their blinkers off and seeing what is really going on for them, and then choosing to bring more care and love to themselves to heal. I love how Universal Medicine is inspiring people to do this. It is always the persons choice, but the inspiration of another way to live our lives is there for us to freely choose (or not).
I can very much relate to this. I used to think that I was giving my power away when I sought support, but actually, it was the way I utilized that offered support that was disempowering as I had a need to be fixed without taking responsibility to be a part of a healing process.
That’s a very beautiful comment Fumiyo and I can see that it is not the support that disempowers us but our relationship with the support that makes or breaks us.
There is something deeply accepting in understanding that illness can be a blessing and is our body’s way of saying look and consider how we are here and could this be different, could it be more loving and what support is needed and from whom? Our bodies forever speak to us.
If we can learn that when the body speaks it is not just that it’s an inconvenience, but that it has something genuine to say about the way we are living, to listen and take action… then we would have a health system that is responsive. And the thing about this approach is that it is up to us.
Thank you Jane a very supportive sharing, I am learning to now go to the doctors for support much earlier than before, once I would wait until I was feeling very unwell because I was worried about taking up his time in case it would go away on its own, it’s crazy the misinformation we allow our minds to feed us.
Deep humbleness and appreciation is deeply felt when we let go of beliefs and care for ourselves.
Your blog reminded me that in the past I also used to push past things and not go to the doctor. Since attending Universal Medicine events I am much more caring and responsible about my body and if anything needs attending to I will immediately go to my doctor.
Now that I am so much more responsible about my health and well-being it turns out I rarely actually need to go to the doctor. However, even in my good health I ensure that at least once a year I have a check-up and a full battery of blood tests to ensure all remains in order.
Yes, regarding to health, prevention comes along with attention to our body, not only attending it when this is ill, but as a regular basis in our life.
‘for 33 years, in many forms of care environments, yet I never actually considered that I myself may need support or care from the NHS or my local doctor’ It’s amazing how we can keep ourselves separate like this and think that we are fine on our own. I know when I got very sick several years ago there was certainly an aspect of the “it doesn’t happen to me” attitude. Thank you Jane for sharing so candidly and showing that seeing dentists, doctors, podiatrists, opticians, Universal Medicine is so supportive and makes a great support for ourselves and is part of our self love programme.
Extreme stress can be just as bad as an unhealthy lifestyle. Jane, you are quite right here.
Serge Benhayon is slowly introducing a new normal into our society, where sadness, grief, anger, illness and disease (this list could go on and on) are shown up for what they are – not normal but sadly have become normal. He is (re) introducing a way of living that brings much more self-care and self-love and responsibility into our lives so we can live much more joyful vital and connected.
I used to feel proud of the fact i didn’t ‘need; to go to the doctor much – it was like a badge of honour. I now go to see my doctor when I need to and yes, get my blood checked to ensure nothing untoward is going on. How I feel is my greatest guide and listening to my body’s messages – and honouring them – is also a great guide for me too. Combining the two makes a lot of sense.
It’s funny how we pride ourselves on being ‘stoic’ and see asking for help as a weakness. We have the medical profession highly trained who can support us in matters relating to our physical and mental health and we also have complementary medicine organisations such as Universal Medicine that can help us to support ourselves with a healthy lifestyle.Our bodies are strong but they are also fragile and need tender care.
Yes, they are fragile and we forget this because we are so used to testing it and pushing the boundaries. Really, we have not progressed out of adolescence where this is a developmental stage!
There is some research that suggests that seeing our doctor more regularly rather than waiting for a acute condition to emerge actually reduces the burden on our health care services. This makes sense to me as this falls into self care, prevention and early intervention categories where we can address our life style choices that may be contributing to our ills.
Yes, that is one of the reasons that primary care is one of the most important determinants of the overall health of a population.
I have found that bringing more awareness to how we’re feeling in any given moment supports us to feel more deeply into whether our choices are really working for us. It can be very subtle, and like you’ve mentioned here Jane, we can be the picture of health on the outside on a superficial level, fully functioning and eating a healthy diet, but if we’re working in a way where we’re constantly pushing ourselves and not listening to what our body really needs, then we run ourselves down and affect our overall health. The body really does know, all of the time, what we need to do to fully support ourselves and live in a way that is sustainable over the long term – the key is listening to its messages and then acting on them.
Seeing a doctor is an important part of taking care of ourselves, it’s almost like a stop moment where we say hold on – something isn’t right and if we make sure it is medically taken care of from there we can assess what may have caused it and what needs to be changed or adjusted moving forward.
Yes it is a powerful combination, over the last 13 years I have had several illnesses and issues with various joints and each time I have had support from my doctor and from Esoteric practitioners and the healing has been thorough. There has been a greater understanding on my part as to why the illness happened in the first place, the lifestyle choices that led up to it, and then, with that understanding I have been careful to live in a way that supports my continuing good health thereafter.
‘When things go wrong’ is a lot earlier than we think – by the time we’re sitting in the doctors chair the ‘horse has bolted’ as we say. So it’s beautiful Jane to be on the front foot and address our health before we get sick. Then we’ll start to see that true health stems from our moment to moment living not from a yearly appointment.
Clearly an infection is toxic for the body. The question may be how toxic? As toxic as a glass of beer? As toxic as a bottle of wine? As toxic as food poisoning? As toxic as living on a major road for years?
It might be that having an unnecessary infection can be as bad for the body as getting poisoned by another means – though an infection can also be a clearing for the body, unlike the toxins.
‘I realised that there was something about the way I was living that was not at all right, but until that moment I hadn’t been willing to look at my own life and daily living choices.’ it is amazing that in these moments that we can say yes to a deeper and true understanding of what is happening – even more amazing that we offered them in every moment of every day when we start to allow our awareness of them.
Being ill is a gift – though it physically sucks. But we’d be surprised how much our attitude to sickness determines the harshness we feel – it’s actually more to do with the quality we choose -it’s this that heals or hurts. Thank you Jane.
wow – this shows the hold ideals and beliefs have on us – that you allowed your body to get to a point where you were in bed for months and you refused to take medication. It exposes how much we can invest in what we think is right – and this comes from our head – whilst our body continues to show us that there is much more to see.
Yes, that is quite a wonderful experience, knowing what the body needs and taking care of it. It may also be useful to find out how the zinc deficiency developed.
Often we live with health issues which we put down to our age or just life, without getting support. This has happened to me on a couple of occasions and both times I have been wondering why on earth did I not get physio or a doctors support earlier. Why did I just believe that nothing could be done and that I would have to just live with it? Where did these beliefs come from in the first place? It makes no sense that we would sooner live with constant pain or discomfort than look at the options available to us, due to a belief that nothing can be done.
Our daily choices can either exhaust us and feel like a poison in our bodies, or our choices can build a loving foundation that support our bodies, self-care is very simple when we are open to the true medicine it can play in our lives.
Your gorgeous blog Jane highlights the abuse we dish out to ourselves when we listen to our heads and hold onto the arrogance that the spirit can go into. Our bodies would never say, no thank-you to support from others.
You beautifully illustrate what Serge Benhayon presents Jane – the more we embrace ourselves, the more others are able to help, and life turns around from a tug of war we are destined to lose, to a celebration and sharing of you. What a transformation.
I used to be like you too Jane thinking that by living super healthy I do not need to go to the doctor and that through my way of living my body could heal naturally. Sure it can heal but was I allowing of the healing and letting go of the aspects of life that it was telling me were not good for it? In my arrogance I was abusing myself and actually potentially making myself sicker by not truly addressing the issue when it first presented itself.
Jane with the way healthcare systems are going its increasingly difficult to see the doctor, but in all cases, we have to choose to take our health into our own hands – not simply waiting until we get sick but loving ourselves and looking after ourselves including seeing and seeking supportive medical help.
I used to feel nauseous a lot of the time. The tiredness and the feeling of wanting very little to eat because of the nausea became so normal that I never questioned it and I carried on living in this way quietly for I felt it wasn’t ‘enough’ to share with my doctor. Recently I have become aware of this nauseous feeling and it made me pause to reflect as I have not experienced it in a long time. My body was showing me that I had been pushing myself, feeling unnaturally tired and this was bringing a sickly feeling in my stomach. I had never really associated how I was living was bringing up the symptoms but now see very clearly that my body was communicating with me all along… it has taken til now for me to understand, read and accept the connection between the two.
” that getting sick was my body’s way of alerting me that something about the way I was living was not working. ” This is so important to understand in a simple way our body informs us of how we are putting the body into ” dis-ease ” which then leads to illness if the cause of the dis-ease or disharmony is not rectified.
When we have an ailment there may be a non-physical reason for it and that reason needs to be sorted but we still need to go to the doctor to deal with the physical issue (and of course any mental health issue). Medicine is very good at these things and knows far more than we could know as individuals.
What we tolerate as, ‘being human’ really does stack up. What one day might have been dismissing the need to take a rest as a result of a virus could become a tolerance to constant exhaustion, running on 60/70% steam or always feeling uncomfortable in our own skin (or skeleton – a lot of people don’t speak up about posture discomforts and joint problems!). It’s so important to pay attention to how we feel, and seek support always.
It’s these levels of responsibility that are model we can look at for our education systems. Teaching from a young age that living life means being responsible in life!
Very beautiful to feel your belief getting dissolved, offering space for you to accept what truly supports you.
I do know in every moment what supports me and sometimes it can be easy to make the much needed changes and at other times not so easy as I don’t want to see the changes that will support me because of long held beliefs, hurts, attachments and pictures that I have allowed to run my life. One challenge in particular is my relationship with my children. It is a constant learning to self care as the pictures and investments of what a family should look like are being called out and let go of.
Thank you Jane, I also completely changed my attitude to western medicine and doctors after attending a Universal Medicine workshop where the benefits of medicine were spoken about in detail, as was the importance of self care by seeing the doctor. Because of the common sense of what was shared I changed significantly to now allow myself regular medical care, but I also feel there is another level to go to here for myself which your blog has inspired me to explore.
It makes absolute sense that seeing our doctor is part of our self care as it is another way to support ourselves. Doing this as consumers of health then supports medical professionals in their work and role.
Yes, because a good patient shows doctors what is possible.
So many people are living with pain and illness, and yet how many are either not aware or not willing to make changes to their lifestyle, I love the process you have shared here Jane, it is clear you always had a dedication to being well, but have since fostered a deeper understanding of how to make that a reality. Perhaps the simple skills you teach are what we need to have in schools.
The other point to is there are also constant developments in the treatments of illnesses and disease, so seeing the doctor regularly, even if it’s for a chronic condition, means we can also keep up to date on advancements and maybe receive help that wasn’t available in the past.
Self-care and doctor visits often don’t go hand in hand when we are taking about looking after ourselves. The visit to your local GP is where one goes when they have noted that self-care is far from a daily focus in their lives and when aches or pains and in some cases illness and disease forces us to visit. What a great insight in another way of living that brings us lessons in how caring for our body and making these regular visits is all normal and taking full responsibility for how we live and how that affects us all.
Agree Jane, I also now go for an annual medical check where once I thought that was unnecessary unless I was sick. Such is the indoctrination of the alternative therapies (which I studied at length) which makes most things medical to be the enemy of true health. Nothing could be further from the truth as it turns out and while the medical world definitely doesn’t have all the answers, nor the whole picture, it is certainly an important part of it.
I also found when exploring alternative therapies a pretty pervasive attitude that Western Medicine was evil and to be avoided. Medical people were actually held as the bad guys. The truth is that Western Medicine is so very needed and people working in medicine are mostly there because they deeply care about people. And even though there is corruption in the pharmaceutical industry there are also many medicines that are truly beneficial for human health and wellbeing, some of which people rely upon daily. I used to be suspicious of Western Medicine but now I am a huge fan – an amazing change thanks to the support of Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon.
Yes absolutely agree Melinda, I have come across so many medically trained professionals over the past decade who are incredibly dedicated and caring, with great integrity, just required to work within a very flawed system. I have a greatly renewed respect for the profession as a whole and for the enormous benefit it offers. It is very possible to take full responsibility for your own health and to utilise whatever is needed of the medical system in the process.
A massive part of self-care is knowing when we need support and being open to receiving that support from others.
Thank you Jane for a great sharing. We need to reassess where we are at in our lives at times and health too is one such area.
Jane this is a great reminder and note for everyone to appreciate that life is about taking care of our body and not pushing ourself in ways that we get sick out of disregard, that part of the support for life is to have checkups and to see the doctor and not leave medical support until we are ‘too far gone’. Self care and seeing the doctor for a checkup would change our health-care system for the better. It seems clear its all about priorities.
There are many complaints about the medical system and yes, it is not perfect. But the intention of it and its set up is about supporting people. Why not take support when we need it?
It is amazing how little we choose to listen to the body and signs of illness until we are on our knees, and even then we think we can go it alone and try our own remedies. I have done this too, thinking I can sort it out but in the end I usually need to visit the doctor. Natural remedies have their place but once the body is sick we need conventional medicine. Caring for the body is something I am learning on a daily basis, the deeper I allow myself to go, the more I can feel the pockets of disregard I still have in not listening to my body.
I cannot but laugh and see the irony that someone who has worked in the NHS system for 33 years not using it when she needed the support – and instead ‘would struggle through, trying to find some natural remedy, which usually didn’t work’. The mind sure can work in funny ways and explain the illogical so logically so we go along with that train of thought and believe it is true.
Jane I agree how supportive it is to go to the doctors and get a full understanding of what the body is doing on a physical level and what maybe causing this. For a good few years I have been pro-active in having check ups and following up on something that might not be quite right and the support I have been given from the Doctors has been awesome. A very empowering process and I can see how huge my responsibility there is in having a healthy body, mind and soul.
This is a completely different way to appreciate our bodies – “I then realised that it is actually natural that the physical body does get sick, or does need medical attention, and, I could for myself feel just how normal that was” I have found the way I now view illness and disease and how I am when I become unwell has completely turned around since understanding what my body is actually showing me.
Thank you Jane, I can so relate to what you have shared here. My whole attitude to self-care has transformed in recent years and I have realised that seeing my GP is a natural part of this. I used to have a bit of a ‘head in the sand’ approach to health believing that I should just put up with a certain level of discomfort because ‘everybody has it’. Having become more responsible for my own wellbeing, I now enjoy understanding my body and its workings and the knowledge our health practitioners offer is a key part of this.
It is beautiful to be able to come to a greater awareness and understanding so that you can let go of ideals and beliefs that do not serve you and embrace a way of thinking that is more supportive in the way you look after your health and well being… and able to take responsibility for your life in ways that you had previously disregarded or overlooked.
I agree, esoteric medicine and conventional medicine go hand in hand like a teabag in boiling water. Understanding the energetic cause behind an illness and working with that whilst getting the conventional treatment for it is just so powerful.
Before starting to attend UM courses, I didn’t even consider going to my GP. I had registered because I knew I had to be, but I did not bother to go in even when I did not feel well. However, as I started to pay more attention to how I’m feeling and how my body is functioning, I’ve had to see a doctor quite a few times over the last year or so, and each time the way I was approached by the health care professional reflected exactly how I had been treating myself up until that moment. When I am more caring, the doctors are more compassionate, they listen and they are just eager to support my recovery. When I am in disregard, the doctors seem to be in a rush, trying to do a few things at once, and even creating a mix up.
There have been times in my life too, where I have arrogantly refused to see a doctor. I am sure much of this has stemmed from not wanting to take responsibility for the conditions that have presented or to deal with what they are showing me about choices made. However over time in letting go of the walls of protection and hardening and in developing a much more loving relationship with myself I find that nurturing my body has become much more normal and now I wouldn’t hesitate to go to the doctor if I needed to.
It’s incredible that we don’t put 2 + 2 together when it comes to us being sick and that it may be related to the way we’re living. I think in general we need a completely different relationship with our health and our health professionals so we can begin to learn what ill-health is really truly about, and begin to address it in a way that supports us to make changes in our lives so that we truly heal and not ever return to that way of living of that illness.
The only reason that makes sense to me is for health professionals to not do the maths is a more comfortable position for them to be, because if the maths is correct then not only do massive changes need to happen in the way we treat patients and within all our systems but they also have to do the maths in their own lives and ultimately take full responsibility for the way they’re living too, and in that become role models for what health should actually look like.
Fabulous article Jane, it really highlights the devil-may-care attitude so many of us adopt when it comes to our bodies and our health. I know I lived with a similar level of disregard until two things happened: one, I heard Serge Benhayon present on self-care; and two, my own body crashed and burned and I was forced to really attend to all you describe. But I’ve come full circle and also like you, now love going to all the people who provide the support I need, medical and esoteric. It really does feel good to be taking such good care of myself.
‘As I left the surgery I cried, as I realised how many times I had ignored my impulse to go to the doctor for support, and how going to my doctor is actually deeply self-regarding.’ Beautiful to read how you allowed yourself to seek the self-loving support of seeing a doctor, and how through that relationship we are able to build a confidence within ourselves and with those who offer us medical support.
I am very much like you Jane, having come from a very anti-medical stance following my Naturopathic training. Even though nothing overt is stated about medicine, there is a constant pervasive attitude that it is inherently bad, poisonous and dangerous, and treats only at a symptomatic level. I could not differ any more to this these days, thanks to the understanding I now how have of what healing actually entails, and how this can be supported in the body. That understanding has been provided by the presentations, workshops and teachings available through Universal Medicine.
I can still feel a lack of acceptance when I feel tired and my body is not performing how I want it to, yet I agree with Jane it is natural for the body to get tired or sick sometimes and it is not to beat ourselves up but to take note and appreciate what the body is sharing with us and to seek the essential and what feels true means of support.
The ‘I can do it all’ approach is so familiar, yet it turns its back on the services that are there ready to help us. The doctors and the beautiful care they offer are not the whole answer and I wonder if that is why we can turn our back on them. Perhaps we know on some level we have equal responsibility but until we are willing to see it we turn our back on everything. I don’t know, I just wonder. What I do know is we need one of those forms of support or we simply go round and round getting progressively worse till even the ‘function’ stops.
Jane this is a really great blog to be reminded of and for me to choose to look at a healthcare checkup to keep myself checking in with how healthy I am versus waiting for myself to get sick and then checkin.
That’s great, and it gives you a very clear picture of how you are and if there are things in your lifestyle that are harmful that you may need to drop.
Re-reading your blog Jane I can feel the arrogance that I operated with for so many years that I did not need support from the medical profession and how much I prided myself on finding another way around the messages that my body was communicating with me about just how ‘unwell’ it was. The more I have opened up to myself the more willing I am to seek support from the medical profession and work in partnership with them to heal any imbalances.
Western and Esoteric Medicine is indeed a very powerful combination and one that brings us a complete package for us to support and heal our body. I took my body for granted for a long time and although I went to my doctor for support, I was never truly supporting myself. I did not want to take any medicine for my terrible headaches and migraine as I knew I had these because of the way I lived, so it was my fault and just had to put up with it. There was no love or regard for my body and Esoteric Medicine has been my inspiration to love my body and myself more and more, to not be so hard on myself and like you say Jane how natural it is for the body to get sick and to get support for ourselves.
It is interesting how we can have a sense of failure when we get sick and may resist seeking support from the GP as this would seem like an admission of weakness and failure. Perhaps this comes from an inner knowing that the way we have been living is a contributory factor in our illness and we are resisting taking responsibility for the choices we make for our own wellbeing.
Thank you Jane for inspiring us to truly look after ourselves and our health by taking responsibility for our health by visiting our Doctors, Dentists and Practitioner on a regular basis. What a difference it can make to our quality of life when we take all aspects into consideration.
It seems that our most basic bodily functions are the ones we take for granted and look after least. When we start to care about the way we breathe and the way we feed ourselves and the way we move we start on a self care programme that begins to appreciate the amazing bodies we have and all that they do for us. We begin to appreciate ourselves and live more fulfilling lives.
How is it that with all the so-called intelligence we have in this world, we still have a level of self care that is crippling both our bodies and our health care systems. We are wrecking ourselves faster than we can demand it to be fixed. This will be exposed at some point, for if you burn the candle at both ends… you’re gonna get wax everywhere!
Caring and looking after ourselves is often glossed over and not felt or taken to a deeper level, in order to look after ourselves we have to realise that every choice we make has an impact on our body either in a healing or harming way, and we are oblivious to many of the choices we make. Through connecting more deeply to ourselves and accepting that at times our body needs support as the physical body has to deal with all our harming choices, and on occasions we will get tired and unable to fight off viral infections, doctors are indeed there to support us, they don’t judge us for our choices they are there to help, prescribe or refer us. The best support we can give ourselves is to make space in our lives to deeply and tenderly care and nurture ourselves.
Caring and nurturing myself , looking after my diet and body in a way that I am enhancing the quality of energy that I bring to all of those things, has had a doctor ask me at a check up ‘What do you do to maintain your health?’ No, I am not on any regime that is not sustainable, and that in the end actually exhausts and depletes me. I endeavour to consider my energy first, listen to my body, and not to go into an over-drive that hardens my body. Thank you Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine for all the incredible wisdom… .which, when it comes down to it makes absolute common sense.
There is a stigma that is attached to being sick that often comes loaded with judgements in how people are living. What is powerful in this blog is your willingness to combine Esoteric and Western Medicine to support and understand the ideals and beliefs that can cloud our way and noting that the signs of tiredness etc. was a simple connection from your body that there was more here to delve into that would bring back the vitality you knew was a natural way to be.
How far away from the truth are we, when we stay shut up at home, and don’t even access the care we need? For what I hear in what you write Jane, is that there is a much bigger part of life for us to look at. If we are depressed or blaming others, feeling rejected or fed up with our situation, that is already a substantial un-wellness that it is essential we also stop and get support for. These emotions need not be our normal.
I agree with you Jane. The moment I felt and honored the impulse to take care of myself and allow western medicine to support me with esoteric medicine, I am saying yes to more trust in myself and in the world. In the past, when I did not go to doctors, even though I may feel better after a while, there was always a niggling feeling that there is something I have not taken responsibility for to bring to light, and eventually this way had to be discarded when my body alarmed me in illness. Returning to being truly caring to myself, is a gradual letting go of holding back myself in living the responsibility that I know.
Jane what I love about this is it shows that we can’t simply do one thing on its own, everything is connected and by looking at all parts of our life, we start a whole different relationship with our health and self care.
A great blog Jane. It is our willingness to embrace both Western (Allopathic) Medicine and Esoteric Medicine that allows us the greatest health and when we accept that life is medicine and it is the way that we care for ourselves, the way we breathe and move and how and what we choose to say that accounts for harmony or disease we can choose to support ourselves in that on a daily basis. I find it really helpful to have regular sessions with an Esoteric Practitioner and to have regular check ups with my GP even if there doesn’t appear to be anything”wrong”.
It sure is a powerful combination Jane, I fully agree. And I can relate to this one; ‘ As I left the surgery I cried, as I realised how many times I had ignored my impulse to go to the doctor for support, and how going to my doctor is actually deeply self-regarding.’ I was totally against western medicine and saw illness as my fault and was quite hard for myself, asking support was the last thing to do. I’ve let that idea and behaviour go (although sometimes it wants to creep back in) and still cry now and then if I let myself feel how much support there actually is when I am honest and step out of the hardness and protection I have kept myself in for so long.
It is important that we all take stock of how we are living, is it truly supportive and caring, or is it just functional to get by, are great starting points to consider. Things like our food choices, some form of regular exercise, taking time to wind down and go to bed early are some simple starting points to reflect on.
The ingrained view that being ill is being weak has done more damage to society then we care to realise. The real truth however is that illness and disease are massive opportunities to see, feel and heal ways in which we had been living. Thank you Jane great blog.
Yes I agree, it is like someone has left half of ‘the purpose of life’ out of our instruction manual! We flounder as we try to reconnect, taking this trip into doing and achieving rather than seeing and appreciating that how we look after ourselves is directly related to how well we look after another and comes through everything we do. When we get sick it is a massive opportunity to heal patterns of behaviour that do not support us or others.
The beliefs and pictures we hold often stop us from allowing the lessons to be communicated, as we have put up the barriers, and these reflections are for us to feel and can come in any guise from a butterfly, to an accident, a doctor or an argument, they are all there to return us to our truth and by staying open we are free to clear and heal and evolve.
How many of us have lived by the adage ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’? Regarding the body as a machine that we can just flog to go and go and go until it starts to show signs of wear and tear and only then do we stop and with utmost arrogance, expect others to fix it for us.
What a blessing it is instead to see it as Serge Benhayon presents, that ‘life is medicine’ and when we view the body as a vehicle through which we express our divinity – the love of God – then we are in a far better position to truly nurture and take care of our physical forms, no different to how we would regularly service our cars. If we look at the car as being an extension of our body, the state of what we drive around in and the degree to which we care for or do not care for it, says a lot about the choices we are making on a daily basis.
A simple truth that we as a race of beings seem only too willing to overlook is that we are multidimensional beings living through these forms of flesh. How we care for these vehicles will determine the level of communication we will be able to receive from Thy Father, the Body of God, The Universe we belong to. Looking at the way we as a whole currently bludgeon our bodies with excess food, behaviours, emotions, reactions and the like explains why so many of us do not believe that God even exists and if he does, then we have got the entirely wrong picture of him. Quite simply we have become deaf to his voice. God is love and as such we are his many Sons that have the perfect vessel through which to express this love through. And because God is love, we also have the free will to override this and choose otherwise.
It’s a huge topic and concern that many live like this Jane .. live in a way with conditions they think is normal.. “What if there was more that I could do to support myself in my daily life?” That simple question coming from the heart and someone who has already lovingly contemplated that question and made changes brings a truth to it. That same question I’m sure has been raised by many and no real or significant change has been made by the masses. So, therefore how important is it to be living what you know for any true change can be made..
It is interesting that there are quite a number of people who work in health care to support others but deny themselves the same support that is offered by doctors and the health service. The thought that we can ‘fix’ ourselves and it shows a weakness to ask for help can be very pervasive.
I offered complementary health for a while and I too would rarely go to the doctors or have complementary sessions unless I was in such a bad way I was forced to do so. On hind-site although I was in that profession my lack of taking care for my own health showed that at the time I did not truly understand what taking care and what health was about.
Your blog is a great reminder to look at what really lies beneath our ideals and beliefs and with honesty ask ourselves whether they are fact or fiction.
“for the first time feel how supportive and self-caring it was to go to my doctor. ” when things get busy we tend to let certain areas of life slip, we put up with niggles until they stop us. I really like your new approach to healthcare and the doctor, I had a number of years where i would get full body checkups but have not done so this year yet. However running some simple blood tests and working through these things could well be what is needed for me, before I wait until it gets too late.
I have found too that it is deeply healing when we let go of our deeply held, ingrained behaviours. I have cried on several occasions in appreciation of myself for making choices that now support me. It is so worth while when we choose to let go of our hurts and openly welcome the support that is on offer.
I can relate very much to what you’ve shared Jane, having come from a complementary health background, these attitudes you describe are fostered very much within these circles I have found. It wasn’t until coming across Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine that I started to broaden my view and understanding of what true health care entails, the responsibility that lies with the patient and the validity of the support offered through conventional medicine. I once thought the complementary therapies had all the answers, but once in practice I discovered very clearly this was not the case, and that no single approach was ‘it’.
My arrogance is stopping me from seeing that the way I am living is not truly deeply loving and there is a whole new level I need to take it to support my health and wellbeing.
I’ve had the tendency in the past to continue through life, pushing, pushing, pushing until such point that my body says enough. Today that is very different however I keep the doctor and myself separate, like they are there when things get really bad. What I like about your post is how we can integrate our doctor into our self care choices and see them for preventative care rather than fixing the broken down body.
There is a very delicate balance that plays out in our body and with all that goes on, including what we eat, what we drink, how we move, the way we speak, our interactions with others and not to mention our thoughts, we are constantly affecting our body. The more I realise how everything I choose determines my ill health or my health, I too decided to have regular health check ups. I can’t see what is going on in my body, nor can I tell if my chemical levels, hormones and other important factors are indicating something is up. I would much prefer to get on to it early rather than have my body need to shout more loudly through pain.
Going to the doctor, dentist etc. and having those regular check-ups is a loving thing to do for ourselves and our bodies and gives us the opportunity to see how the way we are living is impacting on the body either inspiring us to make changes or confirming that we are doing well and to keep doing what we’re doing.
It’s amazing as a humanity what we have allowed ourselves to accept as normal and what we do to ourselves when we push through with the lack of vitality, digestive issues, inevitable illness, etc. that results. Universal Medicine is lifting the lid off this and presenting that for the majority the way we are living isn’t working and those who are choosing to sit up, take notice, take responsibility and change the way they are living are now living lives of vitality and with a commitment to life knowing their bodies and minds will be in a fit state to work and be of service well into the latter years and that this is available for everybody.
Jane it struck me again reading your blog how different our healthcare systems would be if we approached our doctors taking care of our choices with how we live and use their support with preventative medicine rather than a waiting room of sick people, time pressured doctors, we would have much more of a flow within our healthcare systems.
Who would have thought that being Esoteric, in terms of good medicine, meant going to the doctor, dentist etc and supporting ourselves by admitting when we are feeling ill and seeking advice or help, plus, addressing poor sleep or nutrition habits and other most basic lifestyle choices?
It seems to me that attitudes to illness and disease in our work places support the notion that to be ill is a failing. It’s a tricky one I realise, because it has a big impact when people are off sick but I often see staff who come in when they are clearly unwell sometimes to extremes. Perhaps what we need is a culture change around our perceptions of illness and disease, with a deeper understanding of the body and its innate ability to heal, its natural rhythms that are better adhered to than ignored – and what happens when we constantly override the wisdom of our body. Sometimes when people ‘soldier on’ rather than give in to their illness, they are ‘celebrated’ at work for their commitment. But when their bodies finally give up after years of trying to ‘communicate’ their needs – those ‘celebrations’ are soon forgotten.
Jane you are not the only one that held on to these beliefs that getting sick is a sign of weakness and not needing medical attention. This is rife in our society and I can’t help but wonder if this has played a big part in the rise of multiple illnesses and diseases in the world today. I grew up in a pro-medicine household, for which I’m grateful, there was never a moment when going to the Doctor was not considered, within reason. Once I left home, that’s when I dabbled in alternative modalities, and then all the beliefs you mentioned Jane poured in. Looking back they were very detrimental and unloving. Going to Universal Medicine definitely felt like “a mist was lifting’ and I once again connected back to what my body truly asking for to heal, be vital and well.
It’s taken me a long time to realise that we can’t just trash our bodies with impunity and expect it to resiliently absorb the insult and carry on without consequences. and much of life is geared to this kind of treatment – extreme sports, and adventuring, overwork and highly stressful work environments, raciness and overachievement or drugs and alcohol and screen numbness – it does seem crazy that this is how we choose to live. The biggest tragedy is when we treat ourselves in this way we miss out on the most precious thing of all, a communication and connection with ourselves that can only be found in stillness. And in that stillness can our true wisdom and understanding be found.
How many of us feel that being ill and going to a doctor is weak, the circles I used to run in it was kind of unheard of to even have a doctor let alone go and see one. I now go for semi-regular check ups though even if I’m not really ill.
There is an incredible arrogance in dismissing support from healthcare professionals. I too have been in the position where I ignored advice from doctors, thinking I knew better, or not wanting to put ‘chemicals’ into my body. But you are so right Jane when you describe how regular check-ups with doctor, dentist, optician is such a support. I hadn’t looked at it in this way before – or more to the point, I hadn’t let myself feel the support being offered, so thank you for bringing my awareness to the support that we can so often just take for granted.
If we all lovingly cared for our bodies today and lived each day in a responsible manner that considers not only our long term health and wellbeing but is focused on healing and correcting our past lifestyle choices, I am pretty sure there would not be as much pressure and demand on our hospital beds in the future. Beds that with our escalating health statistics and growing population will surely become prime real estate. Developing a healthy relationship with our GP is foundational to this responsibility.
We are not meant to operate independently in life. In fact, if anyone says this they are sorely mistaken. As children we are tutored, as young adults we are trained in a skill and throughout our entire lives, there is another person in the picture which makes our lives go around.
It is impossible to live independently, thereby the only rational choice would be to optimise our interdependency life style.
Jane I too made a shift from avoiding doctor’s visits to making it part of my regular care. Recently, after my original doctor left the practice and a series of locums came and went, I have another doctor join the practice who I feel has taken the time to read my file and understand my conditions. Rather than just reacting to the minor ailments for which I was seeking advice, she checked to see where I was with my preventative tests and encouraged me to follow-up with this level of care. She also listened to my questions and appreciated that I was really engaged with my health so that our approach has become one of collaboration, and is mutually enjoyable. I feel deeply supported and appreciative of our health care system and the people working within it.
Dear Jane the message in your blog about caring for our bodies how they need to be cared for is the message greatly needed for humanity. There is so much on offer that doesn’t support our bodies, yet we blindly and arrogantly eat it, drink it, smoke it, listen to it and watch it. It is this part of the human psyche that needs to be addressed, for each of us to begin our own path to caring and truly supporting our bodies, no matter where we are at in our lives, or health.
Jane, I can relate to a lot of what you have written. I have only gone to see my GP as a last resort. The underlying belief has always been that I am tough and that my first preference is to just push on through if I was feeling unwell. I have seen illness as a weakness and something to berate myself for. There has been a turnaround in recent years since attending Universal Medicine as I am now understanding that even minor ailments are telling me something important about how I am living. There is also a point where a trip to the GP is the self caring thing to do. I now go with the attitude that I am responsible for the choices I make around health care and this includes working in partnership with my GP when needed.
What is it about us that we wait till we experience a dose of distress, a break or rash or an outbreak of some kind, before checking in and seeking support? Even then we can tend to shrug things off, as long as we can get up and eat. What a change of approach to consider our health not based on severe illness but on a quality of joy, vitality and warmth. And how different to constantly seek support rather than ‘doing life’ like a soldier alone. Your words here Jane illustrate how it is these beliefs we have had are a substantial part of illness and disease.
It’s crazy when you put it this way Jane, that we expect to carry on as we like in life, but be free from any consequence. It makes no logical sense, in a world we understand is governed by natural laws of cause and effect. In pursuing this superhuman impervious dream, we miss out on the magnificent power we are born with. Like amazing swimmers, attempting to front crawl on dry land, there must come a point where we see how simply absurd this is in reality.
Thank you Jane for a great article, I was one of those people who chose to not go to Doctors, and prided myself by not having one. I was surprised to learn from Serge’s presentations, the importance of medical care, so I opened up to receiving medical care, sometime ago I needed surgery and instead of being fearful of what might happen I choose to accept the s upport offered, I am learning about the word support , and am accepting and appreciating, the deep nurturing and loving care that it brings.
There was so much I could relate to in this blog Jane – most particularly the arrogance and ignorance of ignoring or resisting the support of Medicine western in favour of natural medicine, and taking great pride in the fact that I (and my family) didn’t visit a GP, even when this was in extreme circumstances and (looking back) to the detriment of my / our health (and often far from supportive in terms of addressing pain etc).
Through my introduction to Esoteric Medicine, through Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, the way I support myself now is totally different than the way I previously did. I now have a deep respect for Western Medicine and regularly have checkups with my GP. I have been able to address several medical issues that otherwise may have been ignored or gone unchecked. I love the relationship of Esoteric Medicine and Western Medicine which to me equals ‘Universal Medicine’… medicine for all…
I ignored the doctors for many years and believed that they couldn’t help me with any of my health issues, and then sought the advice of many alternative practitioners, but nothing seemed to make any lasting difference to my health and well-being. But since attending the course run by Universal Medicine I now see conventional medicine with different eyes, as in they can only help up so much and the results will depend on how much we are willing to help ourselves.
As we would have our car serviced regularly it also makes sense to also have ourselves checked up on a regular basis
Love what you share Jane, it shows how much developing a relationship with our GP is an important part of our self-care. In recent years I have found a doctor I feel very supported by and this, along with the support of the esoteric modalities, has allowed me to begin developing a truer relationship with myself, as well as taking a deeper level of responsibility for the choices I am making daily. I now see so clearly how esoteric and conventional medicines offer us all the opportunity to go deeper in supporting ourselves to develop a deep level of self-care.
How lovely to include a check in with the doctor’s health too – we do tend to treat our appointments as a one way how-can-they-help-us time without bothering to see the doctor as an equal fellow human being to whom we can offer care and attention back.
This is a great point Jane. I too have built a great relationship with my GP that includes conversations about her health and well being. When we take time to build these connections we are opening ourselves to an understanding of no only our health needs but those of others.
So true Ariana – to nurture ourself should be part of our day like brushing our teeth. You have expressed it very well, normally we wait until we crash. That doesn’t make sense at all.
Over the past year I have had four different GP’s all tell me the same thing in regards to supporting a health condition and for the first three I defiantly ignored their advice until the fourth time when I asked myself ‘Why don’t I give it a go and follow their advice?’ As such in three weeks my health has improved so much it has been a huge lesson in accepting the support from others and not holding onto stubbornness or mistrust. But I don’t reckon I would of gotten here without the support of Esoteric Modalities that have opened me up to caring for and trusting myself more and more.
I love the level of responsibility you address here Jane. It makes so much sense – all the check-ups, blood tests and so on are part of self-care and taking responsibility for our own health. Instead of pretending everything is fine and ignoring the signals of the body.
Great blog Jane and yes there’s nothing to be ashamed of in requiring the need of medical attention… just our body’s way of letting us know that how we’ve been living is off track. Having regular check ups is simply another way of receiving the body’s messages.
Our bodies, like any car, need a regular service. When we drive we often get a reminder about the mileage and the importance of have a service. Our bodies often send us the same mileage report, so why do we not pay as much attention?
I love your blog Jane and totally concur that since attending workshops and presentations by Serge Benhayon I now have an understanding that my body is continually communicating to me and showing me, by reflection, if my daily choices are loving or not. When I’m not listening so attentively I may need a bigger stop moment and considering conventional medicine alongside esoteric modalities forms a great combination.
Great blog Jane, so often we see self care as being an activity that only involves ourselves and we completely miss the responsibility that we have towards our bodies and that if that means seeking care and support from another or a doctor then that is also a self caring action, through life we usually just struggle through and try to survive on our own, but true self care includes being able to surrender to a situation and seek necessary help when our bodies are telling us something is up
Beautifully said Oliver. Our body is constantly communicating to us what is going on within and when we ignore what it is telling us we miss out on the valuable clues that can support and nourish us on our pathway on self-care and self-love.
Thanks Jane for your insightful story with asking for help and support from the doctors. Not asking for support and seeing the weakness in it I can relate. This attitude is not only in the health area but I can see this in other areas of my life too. As a wife, mother, and a woman. It feels like a relief and supportive to let go of these beliefs.
Great point made Concetta the roles we play and the beliefs we have is what holds us in the “supposed weakness’ rather than calling out that doctors are there to do just that- provide support when needed.
Thanks Jane, I too was one who considered going to the doctor a weakness and avoided it like the plague, I had to feel like I was on death’s door before I would make an appointment. Another thing that kept me away from a doctor’s surgery was the thought of being in the waiting room with all the other sick people, I thought I would come away even sicker than when I went in, by picking up bugs while I was there. I now realise that when we are sick or have ailments it is a true sign our bodies are letting us know that the way we are living is not right.
I can relate Kevmchardy to using the excuse that I will come out sicker than when I went in if I visit the doctor, after all the surgeries are full of sick people. Then I look at the staff how could they work there without being sick all of the time – surely they would be a prime target for any bug.
It is not uncommon for many people to be suffering from a multitude of illnesses and conditions and still consider themselves reasonably well due to the ability to function in life. The support that can be offered by western medicine in conjunction with honesty, self-care and responsibility, exposes the illusion of that. It is also a beautiful combination for it addresses the symptomology but without burying or denying the way in which you were living that was not true that contributed to the illness. It is a powerful and empowering form of deeply healing the body and honouring the lessons it shows us whilst supporting true health.
On some level I knew conventional medicine didn’t have all the answers and was fooled into thinking the only other option was to seek an alternative. When I look back now that choice to walk away from conventional medicine didn’t make any sense. Once I discovered Universal Medicine I could go back to conventional medicine because I now found something that could make the whole healing package complete ie. Complementary.
Absolutely Jane – as you share here – Universal Medicine was and never will be alternative. In my experience, it has absolutely complemented and brought a deeper understanding of where I am at and any sickness I may have. It has also allowed me to see sickness as not always a bad thing, but sometimes a way to flush the body. Never before Universal Medicine would I have looked at health in this way.
There is so much that we can learn from being ill if only we allowed it. Being ill is a STOP moment in our lives and if we really allowed that for ourselves we would have a different relationship with our health and wellbeing.
This is brilliant Jane – …”illness is simply a love letter from our body”. Indeed it is.
I agree Elizabeth. When faced with an illness we are given an opportunity to make more self care choices than before. Our bodies are testament of this.
I agree Marcia the body is constantly calling us to deepen our care so that we make more loving choices to live with the true vitality we know is needed.
I can relate to the arrogance of thinking that ‘Oh I hardly see my GP’ and with that, I must be better than others or I am doing really well. It is true, that I am hardly seeing my GP, but the important part here is: if there is something, will I go? My answer is yes, I would. Same with the dentist. Even if it is something small or we might think: oh, no worries, it actually feels very loving to just go. I got a new GP beginning of this year and I actually went to see her to meet her. That felt so lovely, now I know who she is and when there is something going on, I already have built on my relationship with her.
What stays with me about your blog is that ‘it is actually natural that the physical body does get sick’. I’ve lived all my adult life under that health and wellbeing consciousness of our time, one that’s had me following alternative-only ‘medicine’ , feeling I’d won the prize by not clocking up visits to the doctors over the years and gleeful when I dodged the latest bug going round. My goal was a level of wellbeing which at its core was about ‘getting through without being ill’ and avidly following the latest trends and fads about nutrition and exercise. It’s certainly a paradigm shift when you realise that illness and disease are just markers of how we have been living our lives – the body’s own feedback mechanism on the effects. For me, it gives me the spur to take responsibility for all my choices and takes the notion of preventative medicine to a way deeper level.
Love what you share Cathy, seeing illness as a natural and important marker in our lives is so valuable. It then offers us the opportunity to stop and check-in with the choices we are making and how these may be affecting us. As you share, it leads to us developing a deeper level of responsibility in the way we are choosing to live our lives, as so beautifully reflected in Jane’s article.
I very rarely get ill enough for me to go to the doctor. I can feel though, that as I get older I am in increasing fear of what illness my be lurking around the corner to get me. It’s a belief about running out of luck. However I also know that it isn’t about luck. I am more healthy and vital than I have been since I was a kid and this is down to the choices I make – not to try to escape illness, but to live a loving life. Even top athletes get ill. If I do get ill, I know that it is an experience to learn from and I will seek the support of Universal Medicine and western medicine.
Jinya, I too rarely get sick enough to go to the Doctor. It has actually taken me a couple of years to make more regular visits to the Doctor, knowing now that it is very self-caring to get check-ups, blood tests etc. As I get older, these tests will either confirm how I am feeling or reveal to me something I may not yet be aware of. I never did see it like that when I was younger.
As you shared Jane, being ill is not a weakness, it is simply our body’s way of calling us to the awareness of something that needs our attention and care to be healed. In this day and age Conventional Medicine is an essential ingredient to this healing process, as is our own responsibility to commit to caring for ourselves by listening to, implementing and appreciating the support health care professionals, from doctors and dentists to opticians, give us.
Wow I love this blog Jane. Especially how you describe the mist lifting upon attending your first Universal Medicine event. It’s like we all walk around with fog permanently around, stopping us from seeing what’s right under our eyes. It’s inspiring to read how step by step and with the support of your doctor, you let the sunshine back in. It’s like in this place you were finally able to see illness and medicine in its true light.
Jane, I love reading your blogs. Your story could (almost) be my story with aversion to medical support. I am so grateful to now also allow the full support of both Western & Esoteric Medicine! What a powerhouse couple!
Thank you Jane, for such a beautiful description of how developing a more self-loving relationship with yourself and body has meant that you no longer do it all on your own and let in the support of other health professionals.
I used to have exactly the same sentiment about going to see a doctor and taking pharmaceutical drugs for a long time. When I first went to see a doctor after a long period of not even being registered with a GP, I found myself crying while sitting in a waiting area. What was going through my head was ‘there better be something wrong with me to make the doctor’s time worthwhile’ – as in, unless I am seriously ill I don’t deserve to be seen by a doctor. I used to think it was a distrust or having an ideal about how natural and organic health care should be etc. that was stopping me from going to see a doctor, so it was very interesting to feel there was actually an underlying lack of self-worth that perhaps played a big part in choosing to believe that I didn’t need a doctor all the more convincing.
I had never an issue to see a doctor when needed. I do not have any preconceived notion against them. Yet, I do not check in enough and do not have myself checked as I should. Do I feel is a sign of weakness to go to a doctor? No. For me it is more a pattern of I go to the doctor when my body tells me so. Otherwise, I do not. This is my old pattern but perhaps not for much longer….
I too have always felt that getting sick has been a sign of weakness. Many years ago, when I first started to see an Esoteric practitioner, I was proud to say that I never got sick. Over the years, whilst this has remained somewhat true, in terms of not ever really getting anything more than a runny nose, and almost never catching a virus, but when I started to really look at my health, I had to admit that I was not feeling vital, and once a month I would find myself in complete agony and need to take pain killers to ease my period pain, and that would often mean spending hours in bed. On top of that, my body has always been sore, particularly through my back and neck. So whilst I’m not one to fall ‘ill’ as I know it, my body has still been showing me that it requires a lot more attention than I have been giving it.
It’s a pretty amazing thing, the body.
The idea that being sick or getting ill is a weakness is so harming. I know this one very well and it is also only since I attended presentations held by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine that I started to see how:
1. it is not a failure of me when I get ill and
2. that going to the right medical professional is very lovely to do.
I also start to feel how lovely it is to work on prevention of big illnesses by going for check ups before something huge is coming up. Thank you Jane for sharing so honestly.
Thank you Jane, I can relate to what you have shared on so many levels. From thinking that being sick was a failure, a failure of my body, I must be doing something wrong or I must be on the wrong remedy. Stubbornly refusing to see a doctor or a dentist, thinking that ‘natural medicine’ was an alternative – which I now know it is not to being surprised at the support I have received from my GP and naturopath. In fact I love seeing all of my health practitioners – which is a real turn around.
Well said Jane. I often had the feeling of ‘Why me?’ when I felt my body was letting me down by having something wrong with it. When I listened to Serge Benhayon I realized that ‘me’ did have a lot more to do with the ‘why’ than I had been willing to accept. I now also embrace “Esoteric Medicine has a role to play in our health and wellbeing as does Western Medicine. Together as I am experiencing they are a very powerful combination.”
Great blog Jane, it’s amazing how many health conditions that we will ‘put up with’ because we think that it’s part of life or normal, and as long as we can keep functioning on some level, then there is no need to stop and take a good look at what is really going on. Thank you for sharing how you started to look past this ‘normal’ and just how supportive it has been for you to have regular check ups with your doctor, dentist etc – it reminds me that I am overdue for an appointment!
In retrospect I was very arrogant and self-satisfied about my health until an esoteric practitioner pointed out to me that having migraines and suffering from constipation since the age of twelve is not the sign of a healthy body. I have grown more humble since then and appreciate how my body is constantly offering me ways to change that support my body and my life. Like you Jane I am willing to listen to what the doctor has to say whereas at one time I would listen – and just think the doctor didn’t understand me! Life is so much more simple when I allow the help that is offered and live in a way that supports me.
Jane for a long time I thought that “being ill was weak.” I very rarely had a sick day and would look down on colleagues or family members who did not soldier on when unwell. It was pure arrogance and ignorance on my part. Universal Medicine has shown me what good health is all about and how to go about achieving it.
Like you Jane, I was always one to tough it out when I was unwell, and I thought going to the doctor was weak and showed failure. This stubborn attitude is shared by many and in itself is a form of illness. No true lasting healing can take place until this attitude to healing is cleared. As you have described Jane when you embrace the healing, Esoteric Medicine and Western medicine are a powerful combination.
What a beautiful exposure of how we choose, yes choose, to either keep life merely functional or expansive and including our whole being. We can get through life with just keeping our bodies functioning but are we truly meeting ourselves in the process?
Thank you Jane. Reading this again today has re-emphasised to me the power that our choices do have. We choose every moment of every day and in that choose to ultimately support all of who we are, or not. Realising we make these choices, and therefore have the power to change who we are on any given day should that be what is needed is so empowering. We can support each other in making these choices and I know Serge Benhayon has inspired and supported me (along with many others) with many of the self-loving choices that are now part of my now-normal life.
I can definitely put my hands up too and say Jane I also I had a ‘ingrained view that medicine was for others, and that being ill was weak.’ When I say this now I can feel the arrogance that comes from this belief and the harm it actually causes. Like you it was only when I started to attend Universal Medicine presentations I understood how caring deeply for oneself was so important and part of that care is to get seen by a doctor when need be. I now enjoy going to the doctor instead of absolutely dreading it which is a 100% turn around.
I was able to identify with a lot of what you have written Jane. Avoiding seeing the GP and taking pharmaceutical drugs and relying only on natural remedies was my way of dealing with any health issues I had. Now I have come to appreciate what Western Medicine has to offer whether it just is having a yearly blood test and check-ups to see what may need attending to. The Union of Esoteric Medicine and Western Medicine all have a part to play in keeping us healthy. But the main responsibility is to honestly look at the way we have been choosing to live and being willing to change what needs changing to support ourselves.
I really enjoyed reading this Jane, It was really interesting to read how you went from being someone who chose not to access the support of the nhs to embracing that support fully. I know in the past I have looked at illness as failure on my part and yet I did nothing to truly support my body! Crazy.
Jane your blog really spoke to me as I too thought I had failed if I got sick or lord forbid needed to go to the doctor. I even prided myself on the fact I had brought my younger children up with hardly any doctors visits and a preference for natural medicine. This all changed when I became very unwell and the natural therapy was not longer working so I was forced to seek the support of western medicine. Now like you, I now understand that becoming sick is not taboo and that my daily choices is what supports me with my health and well-being. I too now have regular maintainence visits to my GP, dentist and podiatrist as well as with Universal Medicine practitioners which feels truly honouring of my body.
What a fantastic blog Jane, I love your writing and what you share. You’ve helped me tremendously with your story, unearthing a huge belief I was carrying that it was not normal to get sick or be unwell, therefore it was something to be hidden or ridden out alone. I feel this has a lot to do with the macho culture I grew up in that perceived all Illness as weakness and lack of character and strength. The other part of this is that it’s weak to receive help, however as your blog spells out its all very normal to be unwell at times and very necessary to receive skilled caring support. Beliefs are so crazy, they give us such a skewed vision of life, it’s like walking around with blinkers on. They prevent us feeling what we know innately to be right or true. To judge myself when I am unwell to the point of not allowing help is similarly crazy since I would not do that to a child. Brilliant support from your blog Jane, thankyou.
I have a feeling that I thought our health services were for the weak and ill, not for me to maintain and support my health and well being. Some of that is my doing, as in not thinking that I need to have an annual check up or go to the GP if something comes up for me, but also I have felt how busy and often the overwhelm of the doctors, surgeries and hospitals. A self worth issue that has been uncovered, which is wonderful!
I have been going to see the doctor more recently if I feel to, and have even had an referral to the hospital out-patients in regards to something that I had been living with concerning my hearing for years. I have experienced both Western medicine and Esoteric healing in the last 10 years and I agree without a doubt that together “..they are a very powerful combination”
It is great to read, and how revealing it is, that although there were so many apparent boxes being ticked, with food and lifestyle choices, there were so many gaping holes that Jane has chosen to write about. You could say it’s similar to ticking the box on meditation.
I meditated for three to five hours a day for 10 years, you could say that’s ticking one big box, But in truth, the only thing I was connected to was a deeper layer of the mental plane, and it wasn’t until I heard Serge Benhayon talk about the gentle breath that I experienced a true in deep connection with myself.
Esoteric medicine and Universal Medicine are indeed unique complementary-to-medicine modalities. They truly support the whole being and work beautifully with ‘conventional’ medicine.
Jane I have often been slow on the uptake concerning a visit to the Doctors. I have always “eventually” made appointments but I realise I have also been my own worst enemy at times and haven’t supported my body the way I needed to. I am improving but still tend to take my time deciding if its “serious” enough to warrant a visit to a Doctor. Our bodies are certainly worth more care and tenderness and Love than we are taught for after all how do we evolve without them! Thank you Jane for a great blog.
‘In choosing to look at my daily living choices over a few years, I got to understand deeply how many things in life are self loving, and one of these was that it is actually deeply self caring to go to my doctor and get support when I need to, and, that getting sick was my body’s way of alerting me that something about the way I was living was not working.’ This is so beautifully said. Our bodies are constantly communicating and reflecting to us how we are living. And it is senseless how we have these pictures of what is ’healthy’ and what determines health ( I have been here too!) yet as I have learned the clearest and truest picture of all is presented by the bodies that we are living in. And you have highlighted how choosing self-care with the support of Western and Esoteric medicine is truly a powerful combination to restore harmony back into our bodies and lives. Thank you Jane for your wonderful blog.
Well you were certainly stubborn Jane! Wonderful read, and a great confirmation that when we truly start to care for ourselves, we realise that Western Medicine is there to support us, just as Esoteric Medicine supports us with a deep understanding of the science of our bodies and how they work. My experience has also been that the two really do complement each other and I now seek the GP when required and the hygienist every six months! Total turnaround for me as well. Again, a deep thank you to Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine for the health and wellbeing awareness.
Yes Jo, my hat is off to Universal Medicine for presenting the reality that as humans we need conventional medicine. I too now see my G.P. on a regular basis.
Exactly Greg, I tried the natural therapies way for so long, and in some cases it was effective – but mostly the issue would re-appear because I wasn’t addressing the underlying cause. What is presented by Universal Medicine is taking responsibility for the ill, while at the same time seeking conventional or complementary medicine to support the body while it heals.
Exactly Jo, the emotional garbage that I carried around before Universal Medicine was partly because no one was paying any attention to my emotional charged ideals and beliefs, which was a lot to do with the new age movement. Thanks to Serge Benhayon for advocating the virtues of conventional medicine.
Yes it’s interesting isn’t it that we say we don’t want to put ‘toxins’ into the body that medically support it with the pain we’re suffering from, and yet happily smoke, take alcohol or other substances/foods that do not support the body to return to its natural stasis of balance or harmony, but rather take the body in the opposite direction. The toxins it seems are the choices we make that lead to consumption. By changing our mind-driven choices so often loaded with hurts, beliefs, checklists, ideals and beliefs that play detriment to our physical body, we can remove the real toxins. Making the new choice to self-care as you share here Jane, is the greatest medicine.
I think many of us have the same belief about going to the doctor. If you don’t need to go, you must be doing alright and having to go to the doctor means admitting defeat. It is lovely to let these ideas go and allow someone with such skill to support us and our body.
I was exactly the same, Jane, I felt very proud of myself that I didn’t even have a GP and that I never took medicine. Although I refused to put ‘toxins’ in my body, the way I ate on a daily basis was far worse than the occasional dose of medicine would have been. I have also been inspired by Serge Benhayon sharing the self-love, care and responsibility he lives. I now choose to live every day with more care and awareness, and seek support from Doctors when necessary. Before, I considered myself healthy, despite my exhaustion and chronic pain from irritable bowel, now I look at any symptoms that arise as an opportunity to be more honest and deepen my own self-care.
Thank you Jane for this awesome blog. Since paying closer attention to my life style choices and deeply caring for my body I rarely need to go to the doctor but I still choose to go yearly as part of my commitment to my health. Yesterday I had my annual appointment and my doctor commented on how well I look. It was so lovely to be taking responsibility for my own health and not just going to the doctor when I am sick. When I asked my Doctor for some blood tests to “check in” at a deeper level with how my body is going she agreed and she was great at suggesting tests and explaining what each of the tests would show. I am finding that developing a relationship with my doctor is such a great support for my health and combining western and esoteric medicine provides true healing for my body.
When I read this line…” that I was not alone, and many others I worked with didn’t seem to pay attention to the way they lived or their daily work choice…” it seemed a bit incredulous but so true. And I know it to be true because I lived that way for so many years….I did the basics – reasonably ‘healthy’ eating, reasonable amount of exercise/yoga etc…but it was more like the basic watering of a plant to keep it growing and trimming it so it does not go to bushy! And most of the world live this way without really paying attention to how we live and how these choices play out for us – and we settle for this – the plant is still living – its OK.
But now I have started to pay much more attention to my life, body and choices and decided – if I can continue this metaphor – to nurture the plant much more and re-pot it, buy fertiliser, look if it is in the best spot and might need more shade/sun etc… and see expert advice if needed! And what a difference it makes. I am blooming and realised that when the plant (me!) is a bit run down, it is part of the process and I take what steps necessary to bring me back to full life….and that involves having a great relationship with my GP as well. Thanks for sharing Jane.
It seems really really obvious when we look back or even when it is stated “my choices in the way I live, in every thing I do, say and even how I think are going to affect my health”, but when we are in a poor pattern of disregard and abuse to the body, we certainly can’t see this clearly.
Serge Benhayon’s presentations have certainly shown exactly this, that all that we express has an effect on the body (both supportive and detrimental).
And I love Jane, how you explain that even though you were functional and ticked all the right boxes for being healthy, when you got the opportunity to really feel your body, you realised how dysfunctional functional really is.
Thank you Jane. I too held this attitude until more recently too. I can also see how this attitude is passed down through families. My mother worked as a Nurse and she rarely took us to the Doctor. I always thought it was because they couldn’t really do that much and that she had seen this working in the medical system. But my experience now is that there are some great Doctors out there that really do care about people and health and offer me great support.
What you share Vicky is so true. There are great doctors available, that care a great deal and treat you like a partner in health. In fact that’s how they prefer it as it makes their job so much easier.
This is beautiful Jane. I too now have a very different approach to medicine than I did before Universal Medicine.
Previously, I didn’t even have a GP! Now, I choose to regularly see a doctor that I trust, which has been a great support for me in addressing the things that I may have just ‘let slide’ in the past. I have been requesting blood tests for some time now, and taking a much more active role in my health on all levels. My doctor was surprised at my enthusiasm at first, as it is not the ‘norm’ from most patients. I am really enjoying the extra level of care and support this has brought me, by simply seeing that all aspects of my physical body and life need addressing, in addition to the quality and integrity of my daily choices.
I had a similar attitude like you Jane and felt it a nuisance to regularly see a doctor also because I thought I don’t need to because I am not sick. However last year I decided to go for a check up to a GP and started to build a relationship with this doctor, I have seen him for a few little things over the year and also followed his advice on general health care suggestions. It feels so loving and supportive to have this connection as a deeper level of self-care and I would not want to miss that anymore.
This is exactly my experience too Jane. I was so off conventional medicine and ran myself into the ground until I came across Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine. It is an interesting thing to have refused the amazing support that I now enjoy from our GP. I’m not sure why I did that – I am living a much, much healthier life now than I was when I thought herbs and getting on with it were the only way.
Thanks Jane. This article has just reminded me to make an appointment with my doctor!
I really enjoyed reading your article Jane. It is interesting to note that I have met others who have felt the same way as you, that it was a failure to get sick and/or see the doctor. I myself subscribed to this to some extent. However after attending presentations with Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine I have now realised that modern medicine complemented by Esoteric Medicine offers true supportive, responsible and holistic health care.
Absolutely Jane and Karen, I also felt a failure if I got sick or had to see a G.P.
Universal Medicine is definitely complementary to conventional medicine, and I only realised this because the roots of conventional medicine are esoteric.
Thank you Jane for your sharing- a beautiful story that encourages more self-love and deeper understanding for your own body and seeking support where necessary – from Western Medicine a n d Esoteric Medicine.
I can relate to what you share here Jane. I lost trust in western medicine many years ago after a couple of wrong diagnoses. I now have more understanding, and am more trusting of doctors. I agree a marriage of western medicine and Esoteric medicine is the way forth.
Thank you Jane for sharing your story – a story I know so well. And I totally agree that the combination of Western Medicine and Universal Medicine is an incredibly powerfully union; one to be embraced universally.
What strikes me Jane with what you are saying is that it is all about taking responsibility for ourselves. The way we live certainly has a huge impact on our health and the more honest we can get about that the better. Through the support of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, my GP and a naturopath I have been able to heal a thyroid condition that I had.
It was very similar for me in that I thought being ill was a sign of weakness and/or of having dome something wrong, so I would never go near any doctors or prescribed medication – until I started listening to Serge Benhayon and the presentations by Universal Medicine and got to understand that visits to my GP and regular check-ups are part of me looking after me.
I agree Gabriele the doctors were not on my list of people to see when I felt ill either, until I discovered the self-loving and self-caring and trusted others to do the same, which makes such a difference. This allowed my overall well-being to be consistently vital, which is what is presented by Serge Benhayon.
Thank you Jane, this article really resonates with how I lived my life and similarly I hold a deep appreciation for all that Universal Medicine presents as to the possibilities that abound should I choose to live self-responsibility for my own well-being.
Recognising that conventional western medicine has a role to play to support my self-care, would also reduce my burden on the health system, rather than me either doing nothing till something serious happens, or being the type that runs for a remedy at the drop of a hat without considering self-responsibility.
Thank you Jane, I love what you have shared, especially what you say here…
“getting sick was my body’s way of alerting me that something about the way I was living was not working”…
Yes, totally agree as I have found too that ailments from the body do bring a stop and reconnection to ourselves, to our body and the way we are living.
I would like to go to the doctor more often. In the past I have definitely fallen into that category of person who tends to avoid doctors unless something really bad has happened. It’s actually been a difficult habit to break but the more I look after myself the more comfortable i am going to the doctors.
Wow Jane I can relate with just about all you have brought to the table as I have lived the same disregard thinking I knew better, not listening and honouring my body and not trusting the care of others. Like you this has shifted in me where I now honour my responsibility for my gorgeous body and openly accept caring support from medical practitioners and the sad tiredness has been replaced by joy and vitality. It’s a no brainer .
Thanks Jane, you bring a lot in this blog. I can relate to a pride and arrogance of not wanting to use conventional medicine. Serge Benhayon has helped me to understand it is actually more freeing to have it available to use when our bodies need some support. Before this I was going through life wanting to ‘cheat the system’ and by that I mean I wanted to live however I wanted and not get sick and not need conventional medicine. My cheat the system back up plan also involved alternative medicine.
Thank you Jane for sharing your experience – I also avoided seeing my GP on numerous occasions when it would have been very supportive to my health and well being – I realise that now. For years I turned to homeopathy, osteopathy and acupuncture. This was only a short term fix. The fast pace and the pressure I was putting upon myself would certainly not continue any form of healing after such treatments. Not until I had some healing sessions with the esoteric practitioners did I realise what being gentle for me was and how the healing can continue long after the session itself. Listening to Serge Benhayon and what was being presented really opened me up to learning to listen to my body. Seeking support is not a sign of weakness – that being a self loving act in itself.
It is so beautiful when we ask for support from others. I have been so independent but now I realise it doesn’t have to be that way. When we do ask for help a weight has been lifted!
One of the points that resignates with me that you have made is getting to bed before 9pm. Since getting to bed earlier I no longer suffer from lower back pain and I have so much more energy throughout the day
Best of both worlds seems an easy step, but its taken me years to do one step, but once you start, the second step is easier to do. The big one is the first step.
Jane its fantastic that you chose to honour how your body was feeling and with that honouring let go of old beliefs around doctors and western medicine. It really does make such a difference to know how supported we can be if we choose it.
I too used to only prefer to see alternative therapists. Since attending Universal Medicine presentations I have learned the wisdom of seeing my doctor, together with an esoteric healing practitioner in order to assess, treat and prevent illnesses from developing. I now see my doctor at least once a year now, whereas there was a time when I couldn’t remember his name! It was a matter of pride to me and I felt a failure if I had to seek out conventional medicine. Such arrogance. This is no longer the case.
Jane, what you have said easily resonates with me. I too have always taken pride in being ‘tough’ physically and so have pushed myself at times just to not give in to the idea that I might need to take a different approach. It has certainly been an attitude of ‘mind ruling the body’. I am slowly changing these long ingrained patterns since coming to workshops and listening to Serge and others. The esoteric way of livingness and conventional medicine certainly do complement each other.
“I got to understand deeply how many things in life are self loving, and one of these was that it is actually deeply self caring to go to my doctor and get support when I need to, and, that getting sick was my body’s way of alerting me that something about the way I was living was not working.” I can so relate to this Jane for many years I avoided doctors at all costs, now I go whenever I need to and I actually find these experiences really rewarding. The more I can be honest with what is going on for me and seek help when need be the more I able to support my body with what it is truly asking for.
A great, lived testament to the marriage of esoteric and western medicine. The truth is that applying and engaging with both of these forms of medicine simultaneously opens the door for us to a life of remarkable quality in health and well-being.
“I had prided myself at being stoic” this phrase struck a chord with me. I was the one who others depended on so I could not ‘allow’ myself to ask for support from others and going to the GP was always a last resort. As I get older my body is showing me that I have to take much greater care of myself and respond more quickly to when things feel out of tune. Conventional medicine and esoteric medicine play a very harmonious duet.
The valuing of our own self care and that of Doctors and Medical Practitioners as part of this feels so much more supportive than I had ever realised, thank you Jane for sharing this. The support is out there for us all if we also choose to support ourselves. Bringing love and appreciation with this makes for an amazing way to live in our daily lives as you say when listening to our bodies and all it is showing us.
Thank you Jane. I did not value Western Medicine much earlier in life. I was brought up thinking other than injections for serious epidemics, only natural home prescribed medicine was useful. Then I discovered that I was more than just a physical body and got carried away and started to ignore my body and think that everything could be resolved by working on the energy side of things. Interestingly it was Serge Benhayon whose teachings brought greater depth and clarity around healing and energetic work, was the one who inspired me to also look to Western Medicine as part of a responsible and self-caring approach to my life. I now know the way I live has a fundamental impact on my health, and I know Western Medicine’s help in dealing with the physical manifestation in my body is immensely valuable. The combined effect of the teachings of Universal Medicine and the support that Western Medicine can provide hand in hand work wonders. It makes complete sense.
Beautiful Jane. So often we see illness as a failure of some kind, something to be ashamed of. It seems related to a stigma of needing support and that we believe that we should be able to be tough enough to go it alone and not need any support. We forget about our vunerability and tenderness and sensitivity. It is natural that the human body is actually very fragile and would not last long in our environment in its raw state without support. After all we need clothes and heat and food to survive don’t we? These are forms of support. So there is no difference between that and needing to see a doctor or call a friend or family for some support or even admit to ourselves or to another that we can’t handle a situation on our own. As I write this I can feel how liberating it actually feels to admit our own venerability and delicateness and fallibility. And to admit that we need each other and no man or woman is an island.
Beautifully expressed Andrew, and when we look at the simple facts like this it takes away those misguided emotions we have about being weak or failing. It often takes a lot of courage to stand back and admit how precious we are…for many it feels like failure, but the rewards are so beneficial there is no question as to wether it is worth going there.
I have always been fairly fit and well, put it down to good genes previously. But it gave me an arrogance that I was better than all those ill weedy people. So when I was ill, it came as quite a shock that I realised I hadn’t been looking after myself. Illness is always an opportunity to heal, and learn to look after ourselves more.
Thanks for this very inspiring blog Jane. For me, I never had an issue with going to see my GP but I did have an issue with getting sick. Getting sick was a waste of my precious time as it meant less time where I couldn’t play any sports or do any of the activities which, funnily enough, actually made me sick in the first place. Today, thanks to the presentations of Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon, I now have a better understanding that it is, and always has been, the case that the daily choices I make will always reflect the state of my health. If I get sick now, I know it is because of the way I have been living and so it is up to me to be honest with myself and make some changes.
I had this same belief Jane, that getting ill meant you were weak, but now realise that it is a natural part of life, and ignoring it, or thinking I’m ‘good’ if I avoid taking pain killers is not actually supporting myself.
At college we were taught ‘Prevention is the better than cure’ in terms of getting regular vet visits in for our animals. Yet I never considered this to be relevant to my life until that phrase came back to me years later within my involvement with Universal Medicine. I am starting to see that going to my GP can be hugely self-supporting as I am choosing to keep an awareness of my health rather than how I have lived: Non-stop until my body forces me to listen by being much louder. By going to the GP I can start to listen to the smaller messages before my body has to resort to getting out the megaphone.
Thank you Jane. I have often felt less of myself by going to the GP when there is something ‘wrong’ with me. I paid attention when someone said to me “You take your dog to the vet once a year for a check up but you do not do the same for yourself”. I couldn’t argue with this and have since had regular check ups and have found it very interesting to be able to chart how my general health has improved since introducing changes to the way I live and care for myself as a result of listening to presentations by Serge Benhayon.
Jane the title of your article “seeing my doctor is part of my self care” is a revelation in itself. I know the relationship with my doctor is I see them when I get sick for them to fix me to get better. In recent years I’ve started to understand that my actions affect my health but I’ve not come to develop yet a new relationship with my Doctor. Its something that I am now going to look at including the fact that there are many times that my eyes get sore and tired yet I’ve not seen an optician in nearly 10 years as I don’t consider I have an eye issue that is “bad enough” yet! It shows me the support is there I’ve just not been looking at it.
Great sharing Jane, I went to the doctor last week, not because I had anything wrong but to have a check up as I too had my blood tested for anything that I could possibly have. She asked the normal questions. How many alcohol units do you consume to which I replied 0. Do you smoke? ‘No’ I said. To cut to the chase I am in very good condition. I had my lungs checked, which was my concern as I used to smoke more than your average bush fire but all was good there. Now if I had not met Serge Benhayon ten years ago,and looked at the way I was living, I would bet my life that this would be a totally different story, I wouldn’t be going to the doctor because I wanted to, I’d be there because I needed to or worse I’d be brown bread.
This is a great article and although I have never felt like this about doctors I have had a negative attitude to being ill, as a sign of having done something wrong but when you write that it is a natural thing it allows much more acceptance and then responsibility for the taking care yourself while ill. Beautiful.
HI Jane, it has been my experience to ignore what ever my body is telling me and self medicate and only go to the doctor as the last resort. It is only over the last couple of years that I have had regular check ups and blood work carried out; whereas with my car I would never miss having it’s annual service and the slightest thing goes wrong and it’s in the garage.
Hi Julie – isn’t an eye opener to see how material goods (the car) can be put before ourselves and even taken more care of – how crazy is this? I have done this too, but now I am enjoying taking a different level of responsibility with my health. At my recent MOT with the GP – my blood tests have come back all in the ‘normal range’ – my GP says – whatever you are doing, keep doing it, you are healthier than most 25 year olds I see.
Hi Jane, I loved reading this because it’s helped me to realise that I too used to see illness as a weakness. I don’t believe I have ever gone to the doctor’s without anything being wrong and forcing me there – so I’ve been inspired here to actually book in an appointment with my GP to just get a checkup. Thank you for sharing!
So true, Jane. I love the way you’ve related the body here to being no different to getting your car serviced or perhaps fixing little ‘DIY’ bits around the house. If only we took as much care of our body as we do the physical objects in our lives… Which reminds me to book a checkup with the dentist too! There’s another one where I don’t go unless something is painful.
Hi Jane, I too have had in the past the idea that I can grit my teeth and get by without going to the doctor. I talked to Serge about my painful shoulders and his first question was what did the doctor say and I responded by saying I hadn’t been, his response was come and speak to me after your doctors appointment. I know I had been hoping the problem would just go away and that I had been ignoring it. I was referred by my gp for physiotherapy which I combined with Esoteric healing and the two worked so beautifully together.
I used to think I didn’t need doctors, that it was best to avoid them and get on with life. In fact I was scared in case there was something wrong with me and at the time I couldn’t see going to a doctor as a form of support. Thank goodness my view of my own health and going to the GP has changed and I actually enjoy going to get a check up now. This turn around is all thanks to the presentations of Serge Benhayon.
Yes it’s always worth getting yourself checked out – much simpler in the long run.
It is amazing how unaware we can be of our own exhaustion – I spent years drinking coffee and eating sugar and doing loads of stimulating things to keep myself busy, and never felt a thing. Now as I refine my diet, I can feel how exhausted I am, I have an opportunity to explore and change what I do that’s making me so tired. There are layers of it I am uncovering:- being emotional, trying to fix everything, controlling others, seeking notice and doing things for recognition. Each time I let go of one, another one is exposed and slowly my vitality is increasing as a result, it’s awesome.
Yes Carmel it is remarkable how clear and astute the messages from our body are and most of us tend to ignore them to our own detriment. But when we do make the point to lovingly notice and honour what we feel, as you beautifully describe it guides us to greater vitality and deeper understanding of our self.
When I am unwell I now take action to have my body checked by my GP, as well as seeking support from an esoteric practitioner, to assist me in getting to the root cause of the issue.
Now that is such a brilliant way to benefit from regular blood tests Jane, I have never studied it quite so closely, only with a general overall feeling for how I have been living over a certain period between them. Thank you for sharing that.
When I was younger, nothing ever went wrong with my body. I hardly ever, ever went to the doctor and since nothing was going wrong, I paid it no attention. None. And certainly shared the view that doctors were a hassle, should be avoided and, wherever possible, best just to get on with it. I didn’t have an issue with doctors or anything like that – I just didn’t need them. Last year I made a very different decision. I decided to go to the doctor and get a full-blown, all singing, all dancing MOT of my whole body. It was totally awesome (one day soon I’ll write a full blog on it). But for now, I wanted to share the immense gift that it was to me. To spend that time (and money) caring for and investing in my body was a huge shift for me and a huge revelation (quite apart from the fascinating facts that I found out!) As a direct result of that step I now have a very much more proactive dialogue with my body. I keep a much more careful eye on it and am following through with some of the very supportive and loving processes that were put in place and I am loving building that relationship. It was awesome – in fact probably one of the best gifts I have ever given myself….and will now continue to give myself.
I love that Otto, that a medical check can give us a more proactive dialogue with our bodies and help us develop a deeper relationship. I have learned to be more open and treat doctors with respect rather than rejection and arrogance,(as I used to do) and have now had many medical investigations that have taught me so much about my body that I didn’t know.,
So true Jane and Otto – so true.
This is a top article Jane and I was exactly the same as you with my deeply ingrained view that medicine was for others and getting ill was a sign of being weak.
Looking back I cannot understand how I could allow myself to bleed for 11 weeks after a miscarriage and not do anything about it until I collapsed and was taken to hospital. I am astonished how much I ignored my body and that ignoring was how I dealt with the medical system. I knew best and the alternative way was the only way.
Today, thanks to the teachings of Serge Benhayon, I have no hesistation to go to the GP if needed and only recently I had almost 2 weeks of taking paracetemol every night to help me sleep as I was unwell and could feel my chest and throat clearing.
In the past I would have freaked out but now I see it as real medicine supporting me and having suspended all my beliefs about taking medicine, it worked and at no point did I give myself a hard time by thinking or feeling I was weak because I was sick.
I really Appreciate you sharing this as the comments reflect how much this discussion is needed to help all of us know that it is ok to go to the GP for help at the first sign.
Hi Jane, I really enjoyed reading this blog because I can totally relate to the journey. For most of my life I have played the “too cool for school” card when it comes to admitting my body needs support…countless years of self care have been wasted as I seemingly invested in anything but. Recently I have found the true feeling of being in connection with my body from head to toe and I found naturally with that comes a feeling to really take care of myself, not just have a bath once a month (joking), but to really take care of myself. Making sure to rest has been a big shift in momentum for me as it sounds like it was here, but also seeking support (admitting I need it more like) when it is required. It’s awesome to hear of you going through this and the others commenting on your blog. Isn’t it funny, to shy away from help when we are so ready to offer it to others. Anyway, back to taking care of myself
Great article Jane thank you. I too had no trust in orthodox medicine for many years going to complementary therapists for a wide range of health problems and with a view of illness being a weakness. From the presentations of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine I came to realise that my way of living was something to look at and address. In recent years I have being going to the Doctor and receiving treatment when required and this has been a great support to me.
I used to be anti going to the doctor, not because I was into herbal, or alternative medicine, but because I could feel the rush and lack of time given by the GP through the stress that they were under. I could feel that I was one person in many that has to be squeezed through the system. But recently, as I have begun to understand that my daily choices affect everything I can now appreciate that when I see the doctor there is a difference. Because I give more time to self nurture it opens up space for others to honour me in that. I have had to have a series of blood tests recently and it has been amazing to feel the genuine care of each doctor and nurse (despite the time pressure) and the time they gave to me. I have felt met and cared for.
Inspiring and supportive article Jane . Thank you. I can relate to much of what you say. Like Sue as a complementary healthcare practitioner I saw visiting western medicine doctor as a failure and definitely bought into the notion of ‘us and them’ so much so that I have only in the last 3 years registered with a GP. In a way I wore it as a badge of honour that I didn’t need to visit a GP and would refuse to take medication. My view has hugely shifted in the last few years. I have taken medication on a couple of occasions which felt really supportive. I have also built a relationship with my optician and dentist which have all supported me in developing self care in my life. Feeling inspired by the full MOT. Truly taking responsibility for our bodies and health care,super inspiring.
I can certainly say I have experienced the same Jane; having a general mistrust of doctors and holding the belief for a long time that they only want to ‘drug me up’ I would seek only herbal remedies. However once I started taking more care of myself, with the support of an esoteric practitioner, when I’ve been to doctors in the last few years I find I am more open to hear what they have to say, along with the confidence of knowing my own body and what I am feeling in relation to any symptoms. As a result nowadays I do feel very respected when I seek medical support and know I always have a choice.
I like your comment Shevon about ‘knowing your own body.’ I too am now more confident when I go to the doctors because I feel it’s a two way street rather than just going to be fixed. I know I have my part to play and the idea of having choices and being confident to ask questions makes me feel more engaged with he whole process of looking after myself.
“Together as I am experiencing they are a very powerful combination.” Yes indeed they are Jane
This is a great reflection Jane, and I too have had an arrogance that I am strong and illness only happens to other weak people. The body gives us so many messages if only we listen to it and respect it’s showing us a ‘stop’ moment sometimes. The combination of western medicine support and esoteric medicine understanding of illness is phenomenal.
Jane, thanks for writing this. I’ve in the past considered being ill as a weakness, in truth, what I realise when reading this blog is that at times I still do. As Sue beautifully put it, I have seen it as a badge of pride to not be ill or need help and in reading this blog I can feel, that while I will now engage with medicine when I need it, I could take it to another level and have an MOT, something I’ve not considered I need, but your article gives me pause to see where I still have old bits of thinking around even still about soldiering on. Thanks for reminding me.
Me, too Jane. I’ve always refused the ‘flu vaccine on the grounds that I don’t get ill, and it was years since I saw the doctor anyway – I, like Sue, even forgot his name. How arrogant was that. This year is different, I now know who my doctor is, had a great check up with the practice nurse, and it’s a pleasure to go there.
I was struck by Sue’s phrase ‘used to pride myself on hardly ever going to the doctor’. I hardly ever go too and have taken pride in this. That feels not true, and has given me pause for pondering. Thank you Sue
Thank you Jane for such a great sharing of your life and medicine and not needing to go to the doctors for help. My father was a doctor and I watched him help everyone else and saw medicine was for sick people but I never considered myself in that category and only went when I really needed to and have tended to override and ignore a lot of pain and things to not complain and feel weak and that I can get on with it and was ok.
When I truly allow myself to feel my vulnerability it makes me feel quite sad how I have treated myself and how hard I have been on myself and how gentle and loving I really am and with this honesty I am finding it so beautiful when I meet doctors and health professionals and can feel their real care and attention that I could never really feel before.
Combining Esoteric healing and conventional medicine has become a beautiful way of living and they bring the best out in each other for us all.
My own experience has been to avoid going to the Doctor if at all possible, and while I have not had many illnesses in my life I can resonate with your blogs idea that going is a sign of weakness. Gradually I am starting to change this attitude, and took myself off for a full check up on my Birthday last year. It was great to have the MOT, and talk with the Doctor and Nurses about any questions I had. It felt great to be looking after myself.
I used to pride myself on hardly ever going to the doctor – in fact forgetting his name a few years after my regular doctor retired! As a former alternative health practitioner I regarded it as a failure if I had to use Western medicine. Since going back into the system quite a few years ago now I discovered some wonderful doctors who treated me with respect and understanding. Now I no longer regard it as “us and them”. As Serge Benhayon has commented countless times, esoteric healing and Western medicine each have a role to play and I now take advantage of both, “a powerful combination” as you say Jane. Thankyou for this blog.
This is great Sue and I too have not used doctors over the years and have pride myself in this. Whereas now I do go to the doctors even if it is just for a check up, which I find western medicine to be a great support.
That’s a great article Jane, thank you for sharing. ‘Esoteric Medicine has a role to play in our health and wellbeing as does Western Medicine. Together as I am experiencing they are a very powerful combination.’ So true.
Thank you Jane for sharing the relationship between self care and going to the doctors or any service offered to support our bodies. In the past I have believed I can keep going and brushed off so many ailments with ‘oh its only..’ paying no attention to what the body is saying. The thing is I wouldn’t do this with my car as eventually it breaks down especially with the wrong fuel and/or no water, oil etc. And exactly the same applies to the human body – it throws up a more serious illness or disease. So now, as part of self care, I have found it is great to develop a relationship with my doctor so I can go along feeling confident I will be supported and cared for. In this approach care and support is what is received
Well said, and yes when you put it like that, I wouldn’t not get my hair cut or any car fixed, yet somehow I’ve expected my body to solider on. And yet western medicine is invaluable and when I’ve engaged with it in the last few years it’s been super supportive.
After many long session years ago to remove mercury fillings from my teeth, I realised how painful trips to the dentist were. So I started to take a pillow to support my head and neck. Now if I arrive for a ‘quick check up’ without my pillow, the dentist rolls up a towel to ensure my neck is supported!
Very different from when I would only go to the dentist if I had toothache.
Yes, great point Julie. It is actually illegal to run a car without having it regularly checked and put through its mot – how much illness and disease could be prevented by regularly checking in with our bodies for any signs of ‘wear and tear’ due to the way we are living?
The analogy with a car is so true. We regularly check the tyre pressures, oil, water and take care to choose the right fuel and also, as the car gets older, we take it for an annual check up to get an expert to identify any underlying problems that could cause a breakdown if left unattended to. Interesting how it was not until I heard presentations from Serge Benhayon that I started to treat my own body with the same care as my car.
Thanks for writing this Jane, I too now enjoy and feel supported by going to the doctors when I need to and in attending regular dentist and hygienist appointments, this does feel very self-loving and feels great to allow that support from others.
Thanks for sharing this Jane. I can so relate. In fact avoiding the medical profession had been a real theme of mine also until I met Serge Benhayon and started attending Universal Medicine presentations.
This stuck mind set endangered not only my own life with my stubborn refusal to take antibiotics …. as my throat closed up with quinsy, but also the life of my fourth child …who could not keep food down for the first year of life…my partner had to intervene in the first case and carry me to the doctors surgery after two weeks..in the second case my mother stepped in and insisted I take my ailing child to hospital or she would be forced to take action. I had taken my child to every alternative medicine practitioner I could find…homeopathy nearly wiped him out…when all he needed to take was Gavison as prescribed by a doctor.These days, thanks to Serge Benhayon’s presentations I have a great doctor who is very much a part of my self care plan.
Kathleen, thank you for sharing this as it confirms that seeking medical attention is essential at times.
I so agree Jane. It does.. ‘feel beautiful to care and pay attention to even the finest details’. It makes so much sense that we leave no stone unturned when it comes to caring for ourself because ultimately everything relates to everything and either takes it’s toll or supports us. Now a days I cannot imagine not including , a great doctor in my health plan as together with all the essential details you listed above I know with out a doubt this to be the ultimate way to take total responsible for myself.
A great point, Jane on just how important it is to not leave any details out. There are more professions out there which can be used to support us if we but allow ourselves to plan them into our self care regimes. 🙂
Wow Jane, thats really opened me up to how many parts of my day self care influences – ALL OF IT!. Thankyou.
I too discounted what my doctor and the medical world had to offer me prior to my involvement with Universal Medicine, how arrogant of me. These are people that have dedicated most of there life to learning about the human body and the diseases it can experience. All doctors I have ever met want to support me and help me find a healthy functioning body. So now I have found with the logistics of conventional medicine and the wisdom of Universal Medicine I have found a way to truly support my body.
I used to think it was good that I hadn’t seen a doctor for ages. More arrogance! And my body has taught me that I can be vulnerable and ask for help and support from the medical profession. my attitude has changed totally.
Thank you Jane for this beautiful sharing of self care.
In the past I would only approach alternative therapies for my health care and since attending Universal Medicine presentations with Serge Benhayon, I too, now go to my doctor for an MOT every 12-18 months.
It has been a truly supportive process and my GP really appreciates that I am taking a responsibility with my body through food choices etc and we both enjoy the appointment!