Mind Body Connection

Mind Body Connection

I started reading one of those mind/body health connection books yesterday, Peace, Love and Healing by Bernie Siegel.  It was given to me by a dear fried Jaqui.

While I completely subscribe to the idea that body and mind work together to promote healing and sickness, the actual reading of the text has given me some insight. People often give key advice at specific times if we just listen. Several of you offered encouragement last week when I was feeling – at least – blue.

One of you said Lighten the F@#K up. That is mostly good advice – no matter how crappy I feel from time-to-time as we (I do include you guys in this by the way) go through this, a good positive attitude can only help. So what, right? Bill’s going to embrace cancer with a marshmallows and butterflies attitude?

Hardly!

What I am gong to do is fall back on what has helped me all my life. I’m going to set some goals and work to achieve them. If you’ve never been to a goal workshop there’s a couple of things that you need to do. Language matters so to convince the cosmos and ourselves we need to state things specifically, positively, and in the present tense.

For example one of my goals is to get physically strong again when this Cancer stuff is over so my goal would be, “I bench press 275 pounds on 1 January 2012.” My point is that setting these goals not only sets them mind/body stuff in motion, but also sets the cosmos in motion.

I believe it is true that what a person conceives in their mind they can hold in their reality.

So today I am sharing my first draft of my short term and intermediate goals with you guys.

Bills Goal list

I am cancer free on 1 Oct 2011

I run a 10 K race in 56 minutes or better on March 2012

I meditate everyday on Jun 20, 2011

I have written my cancer play on 1 Sep 2011

I return to work on 1 Oct 2011

I only speak to people about cancer when I have something affirming to say on 20 Jun 2011

I make positive affirmation posters and hang them up in my house and hospital room on 20 June 2011

I walk everyday 20 June 2011

I stay especially positive on days 8 through 14 of any chemo block.