Christiane Northrup

I consider my body my most trusted adviser. I think it assimilates the information of the universe that I do not fully understand at first. You see, I know that the Universe is my life better, but sometimes I have ignored his advice - sometimes I'm convinced that I did not hear it.

It's like Oprah says, life sends you messages - firstly it will put a pebble in your path, then a rock, and then a brick wall. If I do not hear the plink of the stone, the rock appears - most often a symptom body. I watch because I really want to avoid hitting the brick wall.

If I ignore the messages of my body, it is capable of great drama. In fact, I saw my body produce Oscar-worthy performance.

I work as a nurse midwife in a hospital. I consult with doctors when I'm a woman who is considered high risk, and sometimes I do not agree with the physician's plan for managing a particular case.

One night I told a doctor that I was not willing to follow his plan and he responded by saying: "That's why I'm here to tell you what to do." Those who were not his exact words, but you get the point.

I knew that the doctor's plan would not cause harm and I do not want to continue the fight, so I followed his orders. Within hours, I lost my voice. My throat hurts and I could not raise his voice.

When I got home I looked in my copy laryngitis-wear and Louise Hay You Can Heal Your Life. I think the book gives clues to understand the underlying messages of a disease or an imbalance in your body. If you decipher these messages and, most importantly, act on them by changing your thinking, you can improve your life.

For laryngitis, she writes that the probable cause was "so mad you can not talk. Afraid to speak up. Resentment of authority. "I was struck by the truth of this: I was crazy. I was afraid to talk to the doctor. And I did not like it does not seem to value my skills.

The new way of thinking, she offers is "I am free to ask me what I want. It is safe to speak. I am at peace." I have applied this new thought in my mind like a balm, but I have my voice back quickly after that.

The statement also helped me find a glimpse into the fact that I did not need to force the doctors agree with me or even see my side. All I can do is use my best judgments and present a plan of care. And trust that all is well.

For me, being at peace means that my value does not depend on others I value. I value.

Since this epiphany I had other differences of opinion with my medical colleagues, but I have not had this sense that my value as a practitioner has been reduced. And I never lost my voice.

Many of my coaching clients are middle-aged women and a common problem is insomnia. We all know there are many suggestions on how to improve your sleep through better habits - such as eliminating caffeine, increased magnesium, exercise, bedtime routine and get acupuncture. All these strategies face the hormonal changes that accompany menopause.

But insomnia is often a way of our body clues in a deeper truth about ourselves. Christiane Northrup, MD, in his excellent The Wisdom of Menopause, written as insomnia and fatigue are often "the result of unresolved emotions and unprocessed foods, such as anger, sadness, or anxiety," enormous changes that accompany the midlife years.

It encourages its readers to identify the emotions that challenge and the search for their underlying meanings. Are you worried about a girl to enter his preferred college? You feel guilty for things that have not obtained in one day? Do you feel resentful that everything seems to depend on you?

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