Resistance and Nutrition
Well known author Steve Pressfield recently completed Do the Work and was interviewed about his lifetime journey with his struggle with the resistance field that we call the mind
What I find intriguing about Pressfield's comments about writing and finding one's purpose in life is that it applies in all areas of our lives whenever we are "up against it"(resistance = mind field)
Pressfield's Life Observations
"I just ran away from it for so long and in so many different avenues that proved to be dead ends, that I just ran out of places to run to So the pain of not doing it was worse than the pain of doing it I never really thought about it from an accountable point of view because I just had to do it, there was no question"
"I thought, “If I were to crap out now, I’d just have to hang myself” So for me at least, I don’t need anybody else’s opinion to make me go forward I just know that I’ll be so unhappy inside myself if I don’t And vice versa"
"I know I’ll feel good at the end of the day when I do put in the work and do what I need to do I’ve done so many thousands of days where the day starts and there’s such huge Resistance but I push through and by the end of the day I feel great I feel good that I’ve trained myself to know that that’s the only way to do it"
"In the end you have to become a little crazy to want to do this"
Health is Like Developing a Psychosis
Much of what we talk about here at Health is a Skill is making lifestyle choices that are life promoting and/or sustaining The energy science medical disciplines give us helpful lifestyle guidelines: when to eat the biggest meal of the day, which foods are balancing, which foods combine well, how to manage a healthy digestive fire, when's the best time to go to bed and when to wake in the morning, what exercise program is best for me?
But in my office I find that there is a resistance to what I suggest to patients when they are asked to do a lifestyle change around nutrition For them it's hard to believe that nutrition makes them sick, unless we are talking the overweight condition
And there is no where to turn because there is literally nothing that the matter science medical discipline has to offer them for "cure"
For them their medical misery wins out and the mind loses In a way as Pressfield points out, we have to be a little crazy, have to be willing to "go out of our minds" literally to make a change
Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired
There comes a point in time for many of us where we've just had enough! Where the resistance of the mind to change is overcome by a force within us that craves health
And now I know why people come back and hug me with tears in their eyes, overwhelmed by the joy that they were able to step out of mind field, go a little crazy and reach a new level of health
It certainly makes going to work worthwhile for myself! Thanks for the gift
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
