Why ‘managing illness’ isn’t necessarily the answer to illness

Today I attended a health meeting on chronic illness with a number of medical professionals. The one overriding phrase I noticed being repeated again and again was the approach of “managing illness” or “managing health conditions”. And what I realized as I was listening to the presenters is that there seems to be a general expectation that people are either …

Are doctors in the dark ages?

On whether we need a fresh perspective to understand… and resolve….chronic pain and illness So the question is: Are doctors in the dark ages? Well, no…. and yes. I have a huge admiration for what modern medical science can do when it comes to, for example, extra-ordinary surgical techniques. Just this week a man left hospital with the world’s first …

THERAPIST HELPS PEOPLE RECOVER BY PHONE FROM CHRONIC PAIN AND ILLNESS WHICH BAFFLE DOCTORS

Emotional intelligence coach Kim Knight, Director of the Art of Health, has been helping people to recover from chronic pain and illnesses which still baffle many doctors, such as chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel and depression…by phone. In an era where surgery, medication and supplements are seen as the common solution, how is this possible? “It’s all a matter of …

Letting go of wanting to be well to get well

What if getting well required you to give up wanting to get well? By Kim Knight www.artofhealth.co.nz In my experience, one of the biggest blocks to getting well is trying to get better without learning the lesson the illness or health condition is trying to teach us. Symptoms are not random events, the body has not made a mistake in …

The symptoms behind the emotions behind the symptoms

Understanding the deeper layers of dis-ease and consciousness. As most of you who have experienced Mickel Therapy will know, most often we find that the underlying cause of dis-ease are unrecognized and unresolved emotions. This is because everything in the universe is energy, which includes our physical, mental and emotional being. Blocked energy (or Qi in Taoism) will compromise the …

The true meaning of health vs disease

This article is part one of a series demonstrating the necessity of understanding the reasons BEHIND illness in order to successfully improve wellness at work. This will also help understand the rising new phenomenom of ‘presenteeism’ – employees who turn up for work who are not present, functional or productive’.