The 22 Non-Negotiable Laws of Wellness

Change your perception of the problem. Change your perception of your ability to respond

Exercise, just like eating, means changing personal habits that over time may have become very comfortable

There’s nothing like bad news to get your attention. I felt I had two ways to go. One was to give in to the despair and prepare to die. The other, with no promise of success, was to decide to fully participate in an effort to get well

1. Behaviors contribute to illness or wellness. Our choices regarding food, alcohol, tobacco, exercise, and drugs have profound effects on the development of disease and our potential for recovery from disease

Esprit is an intense love affair with life. It is making the most of now, enjoying what is at hand, as we go along.

The concept of total wellness recognizes that our every thought, word, and behavior affects our greater health and well-being. And we, in turn, are affected not only emotionally but also physically and spiritually.

Your physiological state is determined in large part by the way you respond to the circumstances of your life. A calm response generates “soothing” biochemicals. An angry or fearful high-stress response generates toxic biochemicals. Over a prolonged period, unchecked psychological stress can contribute to illness by creating physiological turmoil.

Prevention magazine, in a widely quoted study, reported that 90 percent of all physical problems have psychological roots.

If life is a constant battle against weight gain, a herculean effort of keeping fit, a career filled with struggle, a marriage that is toxic, we have missed wellness. We have missed it because we have missed the joy. The Law of Esprit has not been honored.

No megashift need take place. Esprit blossoms gently. The inner music begins to crescendo, like a happy band of musicians marching down the street.