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Learning to Heal from
the Inside Out
Happily, there is a less-known but powerful
and ever-increasing army of doctors,
therapists,
scientists,
researchers,
biochemists, and other experts who
have been steadily building a mass of
documentation over recent years about
another approach to treating depression.
The specific methods and strategies they
recommend may differ somewhat from
professional to professional. But what each
of these insightful experts have in common is
this: They believe passionately in the ability
of human beings to heal, from the inside out.
Now, this is not some newfangled,
unresearched,
pie-in-the-sky,
quirky
medical view. This perspective is consistent
with the deepest, oldest wisdom human
beings have had for millennia about the
healing process.
For example, Hippocrates, the widely
acknowledged father of Western medicine,
taught that the human body possesses the
capacity to heal itself, from the inside out;
and that a healer’s job is to help activate and
strengthen those innate healing capacities
within their patients. And Eastern medicine
has long been a practice of identifying
blocks or obstacles to wellness, and
removing them so that the healing energy
within the individual can carry out its innately
designed work, bringing that individual to full
wholeness and health.
In recent years, these ancient perspectives
on healing have been joined by modern
scientific research. Joel Fuhrman, Mark
Hyman, Dean Ornish, Caldwell Esselstyn,
John MacDougall, Colin Campbell, and many
other health and science professionals have
bountifully documented the impact of simple
lifestyle and nutritional adjustments that can
powerfully promote healing and wellness.
And most recently, researchers have
discovered that even the human brain
itself—that most complex and intricate of
physical organs—likewise has the power
to regenerate itself - to heal itself, from
the inside out, through a process known
as neuroplasticity – the innate capacity of
the body to continuously generate healthy
new brain cells, from birth to old age. Now
that’s hopeful science. Those are ideas
that can heal, and inspire, and facilitate
positive action. And they are ideas that
can powerfully work for you, and for your
loved ones – if you will learn them, and then
carefully apply them.
So – Where Do You
Start?
There is much to learn about emotional
and physical healing. Don’t expect instant
results or effortless relief. You’re going to
have to work for this. But it is doable, step-
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alternative views of depression. And those
other less-advertised, less profitable views,
in my experience, hold infinitely more
powerful and hopeful keys to actual healing,
actual happiness, actual recovery. And best
of all, these are strategies you can learn to
apply for yourself and your loved ones –
starting today.