MODULE 11:
“Normal” Depends on What Season You’re In!
You are likely at one of those moments where things are about to shift to another level of care. Your nerve system is building up energy to make a bigger “gear shift” than ever before. So this is another moment when you may be wondering, Is this NORMAL?
What is “Normal”? “Normal” body temperature is 98.6. “Normal” blood pressure is 120/80. You’ve probably gotten used to thinking that “normal” for health is to match certain metrics and measurements perfectly. If you aspire to that standard of measurement, to that “normal”, then you can also have the normal health of the average US citizen, which ranks 72nd out of 191 countries. So, for the time being, let’s forget about that “normal” and seek a better one!
Let’s think of “normal” in terms of energy. When the temperature is at -40F, it is totally normal for water to be solid ice. When the temperature is 90F, it is normal for water to be liquid, a nice hot shower. When the temperature is 260F, it is totally normal for water to be steam. What’s normal for water changes depending on how much energy is available!
What is Normal?
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When your body, health, and life are in the “Season of Discover”, “normal” means seeking “less”. You conserve energy, and you don’t know what you don’t know. When you’re in this season, you naturally avoid pain, discomfort, and stress. You disconnect until you finally discover that trying to avoid pain, discomfort and stress has created another whole mess in the process! Limping to avoid a hurt foot can throw off your neck and back. Taking medication to treat one problem can have side effects that lead to other problems. Not dealing with a painful relationship can create other stress-related illnesses! In this season, you get to learn how to connect to what’s happening and how to experience it instead of avoiding it. So, you get to make friends with your body and your emotions, and through this you discover what’s working and what’s not working.
FYI that’s what you’ve been learning about until recently. This is the “season” when most people seek healthcare. By this point, hopefully you’ve been discovering some things and have reached the threshold of the next season: Transform!
Time to Transform
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At the beginning of this Stage, most people say, “Yes, let’s go!” Occasionally someone will declare at this shift, “Doc, I’m not that kind of person. I’m happy as I am. Do I really have to make changes?” It’s totally understandable why some people feel this way.
There’s a part of everyone, when push comes to shove, that would rather not rock the boat. It’s tempting to just keep things the way they were in your previous Season. When I moved to Ohio from Florida, it took quite a few colds for me to finally discover that it was unhealthy to wear shorts every day in Ohio. I had to change my wardrobe!
As with the seasons in nature, your body, health, and life will experience ALL seasons. As you receive care at Intrinsic Care, you can be sure that you will have the body, spine, and skills to navigate all of the seasons. Otherwise it’s like wearing a parka in summer or a bikini in winter. You’ll get sick, if you’re dressing for the wrong season. You know that trying to negotiate with the weather to be a different season before it’s time never works. Dig deep, check in, and get real about when it’s honestly time to raise the bar. Be aware when the way you’ve been living no longer works. Enough of this! It’s time to move forward! Once you reach this point, there is literally no ceiling on the results available to you!
There’s also a time when your health’s “Season” calls for experiences, actions, and a spine coherent with gratitude, joy, acceptance, blessing, expansion, profound depth, humility, and awe. You can celebrate the gift of being alive and share that gift with others!
This is the Season of Awaken
That’s what you have available in Beyond Wellness Care, once you graduate from your Initial Immersion Phase of Care. You’re getting really good at both Discover and Transform, and that’s important because a whole lot of your life happens in those Seasons. So, you can’t just skip over them if you want to get really healthy and stay that way! Your choices make a huge impact! You CAN claim the life you want, rather than allowing poor health to define your life! So, if you choose, welcome to Transform!
Bonus Video: Dr. McGonigal “How to Make Stress Your Friend”