It Only Hurts A Little Bit
"How long have you had heartburn," I asked.
"Not very often," my patient responded.
"Well, how often, can you give me an estimate?"
"Oh, maybe every other day," he replied.
This particular dialogue is not uncommon. We can call it trivializing, denial, minimizing, or all the above. But the bottom line is that the symptom that is being discussed is not important. Heartburn, headache, anxiety, fear, abdominal pain, blood in the urine, constipation, chronic cough, chronic sinus congestion, overweight; potential problems that we can decide to put on the back burner or better yet hope that it or they won't come back.
The issue is this. The energy field mindbody never lies and never holds back when it's in pain. It will always speak the truth. So to have heartburn and not recognize it for what it is misses the opportunity to be healthier.
So infrequent means significant. Let's try not to ignore the opportunity for better health and pay attention and have resolve that we'll do something about whatever the mindbody is showing us.
Health is a skill that we work at all the time Love DrBill
