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The phrase “holistic health” means creating a balanced lifestyle by treating the whole person. The term was coined in 1926 to describe the direct connection between physical illness and the mental, emotional and spiritual self. For centuries, Eastern medical practitioners have embraced the belief that a person can’t be truly well unless both the mind and body are working in harmony. But it’s only during the past several decades that the effectiveness of holistic health has been recognized by countless American health care providers.
Why is understanding holistic health so important? Because if any one of the components that make up a healthy person breaks down, it affects the entire being, not just the disrupted part of the person. It’s like your car. The parts have to work together in harmony to make it possible for you to drive it. Start the engine, release the brake, and put the car into gear. If anything goes wrong with, say, the steering, the entire car is in trouble, even though that’s only one component of the entire car.
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A lot of people don’t want to deal with their past…which is understandable, especially when they lived through unpleasant experiences. But if you don’t address the negative things that happened to you, it’s like stepping on a rusty nail and covering it with a Band-aid. If you don’t clean it out properly, it can get infected. And if the wound is serious enough, it can fester to the point where it compromises the health of your entire body.
Emotions work the same way. You may think that your old emotional wound no longer impacts you. Unfortunately, it can have a lasting effect on your life, unless you acknowledge it and heal it. For example, the old emotional wound you have tried to bury may have led to a negative habit. As strange as that sounds, it’s true. Here’s an example of what I mean:
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