Time and time again I hear people discussing their health ‘issues’, in a way that would suggest they believe their health is completely out of their control. Curiously, a lot of these people spend a great deal of time talking about these very same problems and in doing so, get better and better at describing the experience... Can you see how this could be a problem?

Let’s look a little more closely at our health.  If we have an ailment or illness, it is obviously a very real experience for our physical body, in a small or large way, but what interests me most, is why and where it began.

Being “At Cause”

An, at cause (“proactive”) style of coping with stress and ill health is associated with enhanced activity by the body’s immune cells (Goodkin et alia, 1992). That is to say, when someone is in a state where they feel in charge of their life, and as if they are making choices about their future, a check of their immune cells (T lymphocytes to be exact) will show that these cells are more actively protecting the body from infection, and eliminating cancer cells. In fact, people who adopt a more “optimistic” approach to life live 19% longer, according to a 30 year study at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota (Maruta, Colligan, Malinchoc, and Offord, 2000).

Mayo clinic doctor Toshihiko Maruta says “It confirmed our common-sense belief. It tells us that mind and body are linked and that attitude has an impact on the final outcome, death.”                         

                                                               – Dr Richard Bolstad | author of “Being at cause”

The Biology of Belief

Recent advances in cellular science are heralding an important evolutionary turning point. For almost fifty years we have held the illusion that our health and fate were pre-programmed in our genes, a concept referred to as genetic determinacy.

Though mass consciousness is currently imbued with the belief that the character of one’s life is genetically predetermined, a radically new understanding is unfolding at the leading edge of science.

Cellular biologists now recognize that the environment (external universe and internal-physiology), and more importantly, our perception of the environment, directly controls the activity of our genes.

The quantum physics behind these mechanisms provide insight into the communication channels that link the mind-body duality. An awareness of how vibrational signatures and resonance impact molecular communication constitutes a master key that unlocks a mechanism by which our thoughts, attitudes and beliefs create the conditions of our body and the external world. This knowledge can be employed to actively redefine our physical and emotional well-being.

                                             - Dr. Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D. | author of “The Biology of Belief”

So, how do you begin to re-establish GREAT HEALTH?

Explore these to begin with:

• Listen to how you describe your current state of health
• Write the words you use to express the issue, illness or experience
• Keep track of your body’s state of health in a daily journal
• Approach this with curiosity
• It may be helpful to ask other people for their feedback; what they have noticed or heard frequently from you – a friend, family member or colleague



About the author

"Having studied intrinsic and extrinsic motivation through the viewpoint of many different modalities, I discovered the best way to move forward and create a life of mastery and purpose. I realised, there is a significant mismatch between what science knows and what people & business do. I have made it my purpose to take the learnings of many years into the lives of people & organisations, to those who are willing to look at how they get what they get & take the challenge to approach life powerfully by working with their own intrinsic motivation to power them forward with purpose."