What is your body saying?

Take a moment to listen...

I am the Lungs

I am an important organ because I allow for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood, so your vitality is dependent on me. I am also responsible for distributing Qi around the body and so when I am functioning properly I give sharpness to movements and allow for good reaction times. I also play an important role in releasing attachments to the past as you release each breath. So when you ‘hold on’ to things in your life, your breathing becomes shallow and you feel suffocated and unable to grow.

I am the Wrist

I am a complex character because I have such close ties to the hand, which is one of the most expressive parts of the body. I have to be very flexible and precise which requires a lot of intelligence, so it is little wonder that the stomach controls me. The stomach represents the conscious mind, and so when you start thinking too much and especially when you’re thinking becomes rigid and narrow-minded, then I become rigid. If you can’t ‘stomach’ your life and what is happening around you, then you will start having indigestion and I will ache and degenerate.

I am the Large Intestine

You may think that my only role is to eliminate waste as a result of the digestion of food. I do much more than that. I also eliminate impure thoughts and emotions as a result of our life experience. To do this I am able to generate grief to help you let go and move on. The desire to be in control of every situation leads to the inability to surrender yesterday’s emotions – which you call constipation. When I am functioning properly I allow for the ability to release the past and cleanly enter each day with an open mind.

Thinking about what your body is saying is an important part of the healing process. Take a moment to listen.

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Addiction Recovery Series: Step 2 - Hope

Step 2: Hope 
Come to believe that the power of God can restore you to complete spiritual health.

When we feel guilt there is something deep within us that says, ‘I did something wrong.’ This can be a good internal barometer to guide and help us to become better. But when shame is felt, it brings with it the feeling and belief that, ‘there must be something wrong with me.’ Shame is a companion to addiction and compounds with every failed effort to quit. Eventually, these failed attempts leave a person feeling hopeless and believing that there is no way out. No one sets out to become an addict. It’s not who you are or who you are meant to become. Preston’s Story about Drug Addiction Recovery demonstrates how there is a way back and how our spiritual health can be restored. It is possible to be forgiven and to feel the love of God.


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Addiction Recovery Series: Step 1 - Honesty

Step 1: Honesty
Admit that you, of yourself, are powerless to overcome your addictions and that your life has become unmanageable. 

Secrecy perpetuates addiction. Unless the secrets are out and properly confronted, the addiction will continue to thrive. Denial of the problem and its affects prevents a person from seeing the way out. But there is a way to get back to who you are at your core, and it begins with honesty. This video demonstrates how secrecy feeds the addiction, leading us far away from others and ourselves. But honesty and admitting powerlessness are the first steps to confronting and overcoming addiction.





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Landscape of the Mind

Do you or a loved one struggle with addiction? This is a great video The Mormon Channel put out on the brain and how addiction actions affects your mind.