Mature Resources - Emotional Health

Listen to Your Body for Good Mental Health

Whenever we have a headache, backache, or stomach ache, our knee-jerk reaction is to grab for a pill or surgery to relieve our pain. But what if we first stopped and investigated where the pain is coming from. Yes, sometimes a stomach ache is just some bad chow mein. But if your stomach constantly hurts after the quarterly meeting, Thanksgiving with the in-laws, or the PTA meeting, it may be a sign that something is off in your daily life.

More times than not in my life, disease was not a medical condition but actually dis–ease with my life. Dis-ease occurs when our minds and our thoughts mislead us from what is true and instead reflect what society tells us should be or what we should do. Unfortunately what “should be” is often counter to what we are really meant to do or be. Stop and listen to your body. The body is in touch with your essential self, with your true self. The first step to peace and well-being is to start listening to your body and your true needs.