Dr. Di’s Corner

5SPIRITUALITY.

This is my favorite. I have my patients do one good deed a day. It boosts your immune system by 40%. It also boosts the other person’s immune system along with every single person who witnesses it. That good deed is your spirit. We have got to change our spirit. Our genetics don’t change but our genes can get turned on or off to facilitate or prevent disease. We look at what is turning on and turning off your genes. This encompasses who you are, what you believe and what your attitude is. Do you have a good attitude? What is your outlook in life? I don’t agree with Billy Joel – the good don’t die young, they really don’t. Do one good deed a day, it’s so important for your physical and spiritual health, because it really can increase your longevity if you’re a good person. Have a gratitude practice. Think of one thing daily that you’re thankful for. You will actually feel better. When I graduated from medical school, the Dean said, “Make a difference in one person’s life and you will be considered a success in medicine.” I never forgot that. So, my goal has always been to make that difference in one person’s life throughout my practice.

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I’m currently reading a thought-provoking book by Dr. Joe Dispenza, “You Are The Placebo.” Here’s just a snippet: “Is it possible to heal by thought alone – without drugs or surgery? There are numerous documented cases of those who reversed cancer, heart disease, depression and others who made amazing changes in their careers, relationships and families – just with the power of the mind.” I truly believe we haven’t even come close to harnessing this power.

As long as I can remember, I’ve been insatiably curious about the way people think and how it shapes their lives. As an exercise physiologist, I’d spent years trying to educate people on how to change their bodies. I taught them the right kind of exercise to do, the right way to eat…the list goes on and on. While most people will lose weight, the percentage of people that keep that weight off permanently is slim. I finally realized that making a change in your life has nothing to do with how much knowledge you have about how to make that change. In the end, there is only one thing that matters.

If you think you can make a change; that is the only way you’ll make it.

It starts with a thought.

After I got over that shock, I learned something so valuable. If I could create an unwanted reality, I most certainly could create a desired reality. If I was this good at creating what I didn’t want, what could I create if I really applied myself to focusing on what I did want! As I thought back over my life, I realized that I’d been creating my reality since about the age of 14, I just didn’t realize what I was doing. When I was in 8th grade, I really liked this boy and every night I would imagine him asking me to this upcoming dance. I would visualize him calling me on the phone, what he would say, how excited I would be, what it would be like to be at the dance with him. I was creating in my mind a crystal-clear picture of this possible reality. The important thing was, I actually believed it was possible. Well, you can guess what happened. A week before the dance, he called and asked me to go. It played out exactly as I had imagined.

Belief is a powerful thing that can work for you or against you. You can reach your wildest dreams if you believe you can, or you can remain stuck in the same old routine feeling unsatisfied and unfulfilled. If your mind is powerful enough to cause death – then what wonderful, amazing things can you do with it in this life?

Dr. Diane Hayden, PhD, is an entrepreneur, mindset warrior, perspective shifter and unshakable optimist. She started a health and wellness publishing business (Natural Nutmeg & Essential Living Maine Magazines, ELM Publishing) with nothing more than passion, a laptop and a dream, and has created a socially conscious print and digital platform that has touched thousands of people in the last 13 years.