Hyvinvoinnin anatomiasta - About the anatomy of well-being

Miten onkin niin, että joku ihminen voi syödä joidenkin mielestä suunnattoman epäterveellisesti, mutta voida silti äärimmäisen hyvin ja olla fyysisesti terve?

Miksi joku toinen, joka laskee joka kalorin, liikkuu superkurinalaisesti ja on muutenkin kaikin puolin kelpo kansalainen, ei voi hyvin ja on mahdollisesti sairaalloinenkin.

Tässä se juttu, miksi rakastuin opinahjooni, koska siellä jaotellaan ravintoa monenmoiseen kategoriaan; ei ole vain sitä ravintoa jota laitamme kurkusta alas, vaan myös niinkutsuttua ensisijaista ravintoa, joka on kaikki muu mitä meillä on ympärillä: ihmissuhteet, liikkuminen, henkisyys ja ura, itsemme toteuttaminen jne jne. Jännittävällä tavalla tämä kaikki muodostaa meidän ravinteemme tässä maailmassa, ja kokonaisuuden summa määrittää hyvinvointimme asteen.

Mitä enemmän olen tehnyt töitä ensisijaisen ravinteeni eteen, sitä onnellisempi olen.
Mielestäni tässä on joku juju.

Olen aloittamassa hyvinvointikonsulttina koska opiskeluni alkavat olla siinä jamassa että voin niin tehdä, ja suuri haaveeni on keskittyä nimenomaan tähän ensisijaiseen ravintoon, tietenkään unohtamatta perusravintotietoutta. Haluan eritoten auttaa kiireisiä tai stressaantuneita naisia löytämään tasapainon ja kuulemaan itseään suorittamisen viidakossa. Tosin en käännytä ovelta miespuolisiakaan itsensä etsijöitä tai parempaa ravintoa kaipaavia.

Elämä on jännittävää ja ihanaa !

Kurkista webbisivujani http://erja-jarvela.healthcoach.integrativenutrition.com/ , ne ovat viittä vaille valmiit, tai näillä nyt mennään tällä hetkellä. Voit downloadata myös ilmaiseksi loistavan kirjan "Feed your hunger for Health and Happiness", jonka on kirjoittanut kouluni perustaja Joshua Rosenthal.

Same in english;

How can it be, that someone, who eats fairly unhealthy, is feeling really great and is not falling ill, as someone being disciplined with calory calculations and food intake, does a lot of sports and is a "good citizen" in these means, can feel bad and actually be ill?

This is the dilemma why I love my school, as they have officially introduced the theory of primary and secondary food: primary food is actually all other stuff, the stuff that we do not swallow (at least physically :-)). Primary food is relationships, spirituality, movement (sports), career, self-fulfillment etc etc. In an exciting way the combination of everything actually provides us with the nutrition we need,  and the total wellness comes from the balance of these all, combined with secondary food.

Personally, the more I have worked with my primary food, the happier I have been in general. I think there is a clu in this.

I am just about to start my career as a health coach as my studies are at that point that it allows me to,  and my big dream is to focus on people's primary food, not to forget of course the secondary. I specifically want to reach out and help busy and stressed women, who are struggling to find balance in their life, or hear themselves in the execution of everyday routines. I will not turn down men, for that matter, who are seeking themselves or just more healthy nutrition.

Life is exciting and fantastic !

Have also a look at my website http://erja-jarvela.healthcoach.integrativenutrition.com/, the pages are just about to be ready. You can download free the excellent book "Feed your hunger with Health and Happiness", written by the founder of my school, Joshua Rosenthal.

Joy

Have you ever had that wonderful joyful feeling, when a spesifically good feeling totally fulfills you inside out, and you feel the joy and goodness trying to come out from your inside somehow and needs to be expressed.... :-)

I have it now.

It is total inner peace combined with happiness, being overly content exactly where you are, and feeling grateful for everything around. My home, my relationships. My friends. My hobbies, puppy, daughter, career, sports. Spirituality. New things in life. Choices in life, tough decisions, challenges, sorrows. All has been there and is there for a reason. And I am happy.

At the moment like this I tend to think that everything is possible in life, and I can become what I want to become, what I have been meant to become. I am so connected with universe. I am on a right track and this is leading me somewhere unknown, but for sure interesting and fun and exciting. The way is already like that! And it still gets better.

I just love feelings like this. Hope I remember it and I am able to return to it in the time of despair or disbelief as those are not unknown to me either.

Frank Sinatra is singing (just suits the mood :-))

Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you
If you're young at heart.
For it's hard, you will find, to be narrow of mind
If you're young at heart.

You can go to extremes with impossible schemes.
You can laugh when your dreams fall apart at the seams.
And life gets more exciting with each passing day.
And love is either in your heart, or on it's way.

Don't you know that it's worth every treasure on earth
To be young at heart.
For as rich as you are, it's much better by far
To be young at heart.

And if you should survive to 105,
Look at all you'll derive out of being alive!
And here is the best part, you have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart.

Let's dream big !!! And become and be big, proudly.

Health with a pill?

I encountered an interesting article today.

It stated, that if there was a pill that would be claimed to prevent diseases, 64% of the readers of that magazine were eager to take that pill.  A bit of cholesterol prevention medicine, a bit of blood pressure prevention and aspirine, what else? 

Are we really trusting our health to a preventive pill (which is artificial by nature, nobody knows about the side effects etc etc...)?

Why do we think we are better in control of our life and illnesses that way, and why do we believe that everything is well when we think we control it with medicine? Interesting.

I earlier also read about a study/studies, with which it has been proven, that we actually can prevent specifically coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes significantly with a certain set of lifestyle and nutritional combination (there were other studies too but these were extremely specific).

If you are a non-smoker, your BMI is less than 25kg/m2, you exercise around half an hour a day, you are considered to be eating healthy (low in trans-fat, low glycogemic load, high fish, high fiber, high total folate and moderate alcohol consumption (1 drink max every other day). If people would live like this in general, 82 % of the coronary heart diseases would be avoidable (the best heart medicine prevents the disease only by 25 %). The same set applies with type 2 diabetes, except that with 92% of that disease could be avoided.

Isn't it interesting that in that study only 3.1% of the people fell into this kind of category, i.e. had the required balance in lifestyle.

I belive with nutrition and healthy habits we could prevent more diseases than with a pill.

What do you think?

Why is it difficult to be kind to your body (and soul) by nature, and prevent these things naturally as it is quite possible?

This is where it starts !! Welcome on board!

I am surpised and enthusiastic to realize how we are at the cutting edge of the whole health industry       (as we are on the cutting edge of quartal economy and its values but that's worth another blogging)!
But do these tie together somehow?  In my mind they do.
People are forced to think on their own behalf in corporate world today.
People have started thinking more and more on their own behalf in health related issues as well.

Research of nutrition is in the shoes of an infant today. Human body is really mysterious and wonderful. And how little do we know about it. And how little do we know about what is really affecting our health and how. Not to mention that all human bodies are unique. I must say it sure is interesting and just the right times to be on board studying all this!

I am so happy and priviledged to have found this community of holistic nutrition. It has unlimited number of paths I can follow and I just cannot believe all the exciting stuff it can lead me towards. I wanted to become a doctor when I was a kid, but now I know that this is the most interesting thing I can study right now: human health and healing, and the meaning of holistic nutrition to a person.

I want to grow to fully understand and explain  the holistic idea of health and wellness. I also want to make a difference in people's lives by giving something to think at least, maybe give a hint or two, or later really work together on  health matters in the long run. Balancing one's life with all requirements and own state of will, being true to one's self, right and energetic nutrition, meaning of primary foods (relationships, spirituality, exercise and career) in one's life, healing nutrition; all interesting stuff put together. In the future I would especially like to advice people who are in a hectic corporate life, finding their way to balance life, as I myself have been there and made my way through, working and performing as a single mom. And now starting something new for the rest of my life! I am so excited.

I have just started my journey visibly, but deep down this has been ongoing for years already.

Well-being of others and myself  has always been close to my heart. I hope you walk by my side here. I try to express my feelings and thoughts here in the blog and at some point soon establish my website and business as well.

This is my starting point, I am glad I can share it with you !

Picture from FB site "Concious Living"

Don't live safe, live true!!!


Btw, would you like to have this in finnish also?