Elaine Ferguson MD - Superhealing: Engaging Your Mind, Body, and Spirit to Create Optimal Health and Well-being

Health Communications, Inc.

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The publishers and author of this book make no medical or psychological claims for its use. The author does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, psychological, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional, psychological, and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ferguson, Elaine R.

Superhealing : engaging your mind, body, and spirit to create optimal health and well-being / Elaine R. Ferguson, MD.

pages cm

Includes index.

ISBN 978-0-7573-1752-1 (Paperback)
ISBN 0-7573-1752-9 (Paperback)
ISBN 978-0-7573-1753-8 (ePub)
ISBN 0-7573-1753-7 (ePub)
1. Health. 2. Medicine, Preventive. 3. Diet therapy.
4. Mind and body therapies. I. Title.

RA776.F38 2013

613dc23

2013022886

2013 Elaine R. Ferguson.

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E-Pub by Dawn Von Strolley Grove

CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction:

The Foundation of Superhealing
the Unity of Mind, Body, and Spirit
Superhealing Work Sheet: Life Inventory

PART ONE:
Your Superhealing Mind

Chapter 1
Your Superhealing Mind-Body Connection
Superhealing Work Sheet: Assessing Your Stress

Chapter 2
Superhealing Mind-Body Research Breakthroughs

Chapter 3

Superhealing Work Sheet: Engaging
Your Superhealing Mind

PART TWO:
Your Superhealing Body

Chapter 4
Establishing a Superhealing Environment
Superhealing Work Sheet: Your Relationship
with Nature

Chapter 5
Superhealing with Movement
Superhealing Work Sheet: Assessing Your
Physical Engagement

Chapter 6
Superhealing with Nutrition
Superhealing Work Sheet: Assessing Your Diet

PART THREE:
Your Superhealing Spirit

Chapter 7
Your Superhealing Spirit-Body Connection

Chapter 8
The Superhealing Power of
Love and Relationships

Chapter 9
Engaging Your Superhealing Spirit
Superhealing Work Sheet: Engaging
Your Superhealing Spirit

PART FOUR:
Your Superhealing Lifestyle

Chapter 10
Your Forty-Day Superhealing Action Plan

Superhealing Work Sheet: Engagement Overview
Forty-Day Advanced Superhealing Action Plan
Superhealing Action Plan Engagement and Review
Superhealing Work Sheet: Action Plan Refinement
Superhealing Daily Lifestyle Plan

Afterword: Let Your Superhealing Light Shine

Recommended Resources

About the Author

Good health is more than a body that works.
It is feeling good about yourself, dealing effectively
with people and situations around you, and growing
spiritually toward a new sense of wholeness
and meaning in life .

Anonymous

WELCOME TO SUPERHEALING . Welcome to the mystery and magnificence of your own body. In this book, youll learn about research breakthroughs from different scientific fields that you can utilize to enjoy optimal health and well-being. This book is designed to provide you with the vital health-promoting information, tools, and techniques you need to unleash the remarkable, inborn healing capacity that resides within you. Is your life vibrant and optimal? Has it been awhile since youve felt really great? Are you sluggish and tired, lacking the energy you need to get through the day? Do you typically schlep through life, carrying your body along, but suspect that you must do something soon to prevent the development of a serious illness?

While you may be physically healthy, if you have been under stress without resolution for an extended period, then despite your best efforts, youre at risk of developing chronic diseases.

Do you feel ready to improve your health but dont know the right steps to take? Even though you may not have a physical illness just yet, perhaps youve become aware that you dont quite have the vibrant health you desire and deserve. Maybe you are currently living with a serious chronic disease, perhaps even one your doctor says is terminal. Whatever the case may be, isnt right now, this precious moment, an appropriate time for you to step up and take charge of your well-being?

The beauty of the superhealing approach to wellness is that it really doesnt matter what your current state of health is when you begin the program. Everyone can heal. Depending on how far your health is from ideal, you can either dramatically improve it or subtly but meaningfully enhance it once you understand what actions you must take. Vibrant well-being is your birthright. The challenge is learning how to create it, because if youre like most people in our society, you were never taught how to be healthy.

Are you facing the inevitable precipice of old age but want to continue to feel young? Are you looking for complementary wellness techniques beyond your conventional medical care to empower you to feel great? Or do you want something more for yourself but just dont know how to define it? In addition to addressing your own concerns, do you also want to help your loved ones experience improved health? All these are valid reasons to learn about the superhealing approach. And if I play my part well as your guide by presenting the breakthrough research now available to us, you can rest assured that this book will leave you with practical solutions you can implement.

We have all met someone who was physically sound but emotionally unstable and spiritually deprived. Perhaps youve even felt this way yourself at times, especially when life has put you under pressure. I know there have been times that I have felt this way, but I would have to say that these moments are fewer and farther between now that I am aware of the possibility of superhealing. Even though you may currently be focusing on improving your physical health, you can still be unhealthy in meeting your emotional and spiritual needs. The approach to wellness youre going to learn about in Superhealing can help you to turn your situation around so that your mind, body, and spirit are brought into balance. The scientific studies presented here will show you that when we neglect our emotional and spiritual needs, it is to our own peril, because that neglect is detrimental not only to our emotional health but to our bodies as well.

MEET YOUR AMAZING BODY

Id like to introduce you to your amazing body. Volumes of encyclopedias couldnt describe the many wondrous activities that are going on within you right now as you are reading my words on this page. When you mentally scan your body, you are unaware of the thousands of biochemical reactions taking place or the creation and repair of your cells and organs. Nor are you aware of the vigilant protection your immune system is providing you. At this very moment, it is destroying all the invading organisms and foreign particles that could potentially cause you significant harm, while keeping an eye out for any changes in your cells that might indicate the presence of cancer. Fortunately, you dont need to be aware; everything Ive just described is happening automatically.