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by Rebecca Shisler Marshall (Author)
Today, women are overwhelmed by chronic health problems. Adrenal fatigue, hypothyroid, candida, SIBO...the list goes on, as does the list of potential interventions. Women are inundated with competing messages about what we need to do to be healthy. With busy lives and constantly changing information about the "right" diet or new trend for health, it's nearly impossible to keep up. And yet with all of these potential treatments, most people still are not getting better. That's because in spite of the hype, none of them alone addresses the root of the problem-until now. While there isn't a single solution to fix these myriad health problems, there is a single framework-Centered Wellness-and Whole Body Upgrade explains what it is and why it works.
I know what it's like to be one of these tired, frustrated souls searching for answers. For years I struggled with a litany of symptoms: exhaustion, dizzy spells, migraines, high cholesterol, irritable bowel syndrome. After seeing doctor after doctor, I discovered that many of my issues were part of a larger systemic problem called Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, or PCOS, one of the most common endocrine disorders among women today.
After pouring over the research myself, and using a variety of different healing modalities, things changed. I was eating more whole foods, mostly cooked at home. I had minimized junk food and eliminated added sugars (which was a small miracle considering how sugar addicted I was). I was feeling better. I had more energy, my symptoms were decreasing, and my blood test results had improved dramatically. I felt empowered that I could do things a different way and see amazing results. When I returned to the doctor, she was surprised by my results and declared that I could be the poster child for how nutrition can help PCOS. It was a turning point, cementing the idea it was up to me to play an active role in my health.
Over the years I went to every type of healing practitioner I could find. Often they helped with one or two issues, yet none of them fully solved my problems. I kept seeking answers. I wanted all of the people on my healing team to talk to each other; to have direct conversations about my healing process and yet that framework didn't seem to exist with alternative treatments, so I created it for myself. What I saw again and again, was that if people weren't taking care of all parts of themselves, they couldn't truly be well.
From my own experience, along with information from ancient texts, client feedback, and data, I created Centered Wellness, an approach that frames excellent, enduring wellness as the result of understanding and caring for our five wellness bodies: physical, mental, emotional, energetic, and spiritual.
FIVE bodies? That sounds complicated! It's not. Whole Body Upgrade not only outlines the personal and cultural issues that underlie many of our health challenges, and it also offers a practical, easy-to-access, step-by-step method for achieving and maintaining wellness. It includes guided visualizations, energy clearings, and more-all of which I have used successfully with my individual clients and groups-as part of an accessible, six-week guide to better health.
Whole Body Upgrade takes all of that confusing information from providers in various disciplines and simplifies and merges it into what you need to know to feel better, with step-by-step instructions to follow so you don't get lost or overwhelmed.
The secret of Centered Wellness lies in merging modern-day evidence with ancient wisdom. The framework is so simple, it feels like a kind of magic, allowing women to feel better fast and have more energy without all the information overwhelm. With Centered Wellness, being well is easy.
