Remember the little girl on the playground? You know, the one who really wants to be part of the group. Wants to join in. Wants to feel the love. But she doesn’t. The little girl holds, back. Hopeful. Lonely. Watching. It would be fair to say that the little girl is causing her own discomfort and sadness. After all, an objective observer can easily see that she could simply join in with the other kids. It would be easy to conclude that she doesn’t join in because she doesn’t want to play. But just ask her. She does! She just doesn’t know how to make it happen. An unfortunate myth in the mind-body health community suggests that someone who recognizes their role in creating a condition of ill health must have “wanted” to be sick. In most cases, this just isn’t so. The average person, in creating their state of health, is no more aware of the process than our little girl on the playground is conscious of hers. They both “want” one thing. Unintentionally, they are both creating something else. What’s going on in the little girl’s mind? The answer to this question offers a really big clue. It … Continue reading Mind Body Myths – Creating it Means Wanting It-57