All Is Well: Heal Your Body With Medicine, Affirmations, and Intuition by Louise L. Hay, Mona Lisa Schulz Read Free Book Online

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    This isn’t what you’d expect, is it? You’d think that having
    more friends would expose you to more germs and therefore cause
    more colds. But germ theory obviously doesn’t have the full an-
    swer to why we get colds and infections. The reason people with
    fewer friends are more susceptible may be because they experi-
    ence stress from being alone and unsupported most of the time.
    That stress causes the adrenal glands to release norepinephrine
    and suppress the immune system. In fact, it’s been shown that
    people who have few friends are at greater risk for health problems
    than smokers or the obese. They also have higher levels of corti-
    costeroids, immunosuppressants that make them more susceptible
    to chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, HIV,
    frequent colds and infections, and osteoporosis.11
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    Depressive thought patterns are also potent. Depression’s ca-
    pacity to increase one’s risk of osteoporosis is equal to the risk of
    having low calcium intake or smoking.12 So next time you see yet
    another TV commercial or magazine advertisement for calcium
    supplements to prevent bone loss, your thoughts should also go to
    lifestyle changes and affirmations to support your health.
    If you are unlovable to other people—you are frightened so-
    cially or have grief that causes you to seclude yourself—you must
    aggressively try to change the thought patterns that keep you en-
    trenched in self-imposed exile, or soon your bones, joints, blood,
    skin, and immune system will let you know that your solitude is
    unhealthy. But enough of all this scientific, medical stuff. What
    do we actually do to heal ourselves?
    Bone and Joint Problems
    People who tend to have bone and joint problems like arthri-
    tis, fractures, osteoporosis, back pain, joint pain, or slipped disks
    likely feel overwhelmed by the responsibilities of caring for family
    and friends, always putting the needs of everyone else before their
    own. They have become so obsessed with caring for others that
    they don’t have the ability to stand up for themselves. If you are
    one of the millions of people who have bone and joint problems,
    listen up. It is critical that you identify what it is about your inter-
    action with family and friends that is making you feel unsafe or
    insecure. You must address these behavioral patterns and beliefs if
    you are going to fully heal.
    For individuals with illness in the first emotional center, there
    is hope. Using medicine and affirmations to address the intuitive
    signs your body is giving you, you can create a strong, healthy
    body. While your doctor can give you specific instructions for
    how to address your medical concern, no prescription for long-
    term health is complete without changing the negative thought
    patterns that have paved the way for illness. A good general af-
    firmation for bone and joint problems is: “I lovingly release the
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    past. They are free and I am free. I am my own authority. I love
    and approve of myself. Life is good. All is well in my heart now.”
    While the overall theme of the affirmations addressing health
    in the first emotional center is about creating a feeling of safety
    among your family and other social groups, your affirmation var-
    ies depending upon the specific body location of your bone or
    joint problem (see the table on page 183). For example, if your
    entire back gives you problems, you have general issues with sup-
    port. However, if you feel pain in only one part of your back, your
    affirmation becomes more specific. If you suffer from chronic
    lower-back pain, you probably have financial fears, while upper-
    back pain relates to feeling very alone, without having enough
    emotional support.
    Louise also looks at the illnesses that can occur between bones
    and joints, and these, too, are addressed with