Healthy
Editor’s Note
Epic Summer.
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I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT SUMMER THIS YEAR, BUT IT FEELS BIG. IT FEELS POSITIVE. SOMETHING’S ABUZZ AND I FEEL THAT GREAT THINGS ARE WITHIN REACH. I feel energized by the theme of this month’s magazine – “Epic Summer.” There’s something hopeful about a sunny summer day. As I sit here on my back porch enjoying the warm evening and summer sounds, the thought occurs, “Why not make this my best summer ever?” Simple enough. I’m going to do it. This is the year. Call it a bad habit, but I enjoy daydreaming. It’s actually when some of my biggest, deepest thoughts achieve clarity, kind of like staring at one of those stereograms. It takes a moment, but when you ease up and don’t try so hard, the image comes to life and you see how all the little pieces combine to create the big picture. When I’m wondering and what-ifing, things seem possible—achievable. The mind is quite powerful. I’m still coming to understand this, but I’m learning that a few common axioms are true. As a man (or woman) thinketh, so is he (or she). It’s been quite true in my life. I am literally the sum of my thoughts. I cannot be anything other than what I have thought I could be. I would not have a master’s degree if I had not thought about such an achievement, believed I could
JOHN A. ANDERSON,
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF @JOHN_A_ANDERSON
get it and then through hard work converted my thoughts into reality. Here’s another tiny, more personal example. In January we wrote about health resolutions, and I made a big push for knocking off small, achievable goals. I put my money where my mouth was—literally. I determined to quit a nasty habit of biting my fingernails. I’ve always hated that habit, but could never quit. But I literally spent some time envisioning not biting, imagining bite-free nails and thinking about that disgusting little habit. I’m not ready to be a Kardashian, but my nails look great and it’s been months since I even considered tooth-clipped nails. That is just one simple personal example, but I could go on and on. Everything I am or am becoming began with a thought, a daydream, and then followed a process of belief and putting my thoughts into action. It’s literally true:
“WHATEVER YOU CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, YOU CAN ACHIEVE.” This works in health, education, finance, relationships, love, athletics and so on. There is no area of your life that cannot be improved by positively conceptualizing it and nodding with belief. It’s the first step of achievement. So here we are in the midst of a sensational summer. Embrace it. Take more than a moment to daydream about where you would like to be this time next year. Let your mind wander. Jot down the results. I hope you walk away from reading this issue and simply say to yourself, “I’m going to do it. This is the summer.” Dream big. Believe. Achieve.
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JUNE 2015 VOLUME XV, № 6
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF John A. Anderson | john@healthy-mag.com PUBLISHER Kenneth J. Shepherd | ken@healthy-mag.com MEDICAL DIRECTORS Steven N. Gange, M.D. Lane C. Childs, M.D. DESIGN EDITOR Phillip Chadwick | design@healthy-mag.com MANAGING EDITOR Michael Richardson | michael@healthy-mag.com MAGAZINE EDITOR Kirsten Soelberg | kirsten@healthy-mag.com DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Lyn Timboe | lyn.timboe@healthy-mag.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Ron Fennell | distribution@healthy-mag.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Caitlin Schille, Angela Silva, Megan Moore, David Joachim, Mark Saunders, Derek Jacobs CIRCULATION Healthy Magazine® is distributed widely to more than 800 locations along the Wasatch Front. It is also direct mailed to doctors, dentists, practitioners, health clinics, banks and other businesses along the Wasatch Front.
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