NEWSTART Plus® - the Psychosocial Dimension - 3

It is a well-known fact that body, mind and spirit are all closely entwined in a deep, mysterious correlation. To understand the connection and complexity of this mystery is a profound, natural longing of the wise and curious. Mastering the complexity of life is a challenge we all face Amazingly enough, it is all about love, the true basis of all life.

Dear Reader, If you have already read the first two parts of this series, NEW and START, that’s great! If not, I would heartily recommend you do, because they contain very important information, and all these components together make an unbeatable recipe for health and happiness! Here are the links:    NEW   and   START

These 12 components are unbeatable. They are the keys that can heal diseases that have not yet been diagnosed. If you integrate these 12 tips into your lifestyle, they will help you to enjoy all-round better health. What a deal!

If you speak German, check out the website for the magazine <Leben und Gesundheit>. Every month another of these 12 points is presented and publicized in more detail by physicians and other highly qualified individuals. The sole purpose of this magazine is to help society enjoy a more healthy life.

Here’s the homepage:  Leben-und-Gesundheit

Our health, happiness and wellbeing are not a product of chance, and are much less a product of our genetics than we might think. They are, rather, the result of various controllable factors and principles. The good news here is: You can actually significantly influence your own health!

NEWSTART Plus® is a modern, internationally known, scientifically proven, holistically based health concept. NEWSTART Plus® is an acronym, in which each of the 12 letters stands for a principle that has a decisive influence on our health, happiness and quality of life.

The most powerful results are achieved when all 12 principles are implemented together.

All the elements together give NEWSTART Plus® its holistic balance. It is an invitation for each of us to make a new start and discover a more positive life. You won’t want to miss it!

As mentioned, the NEW and START components have been treated in the last two blogs. This one deals with the points in Plus.

Every decision made or avoided has an influence on our lives and health.

The quality of our lives, happiness and well-being are all a result of our decisions. For this reason we should make all our decisions, great and small, with great care and wisdom.

The Joy in Decision Making

Every day we make about 200 conscious decisions. What to eat, how much to work, how and with whom to spend our free time, whether to exercise, smoke, or drink alcohol, what and how much media to consume, what to do to stay mentally fit: all these decisions define who we are.

On what do we base our decisions? Are they a true reflection of what is important to us?

What are key points for you? What are the values that define your life?

Choose your three highest priorities from the following list and think about why you chose them: Family, work, money, looks, status, influence, power, honor, recognition, dominance, relaxation, comfort, love? What do you take into consideration when setting priorities?

Link for more information (in German) :  LLG-Prioritäten

«You and your optimism! Easy for you to say!»

Is optimism just positive talk? A passive, fair-weather attitude? A way of filtering out negative facts?

An optimist sees the world realistically, but chooses to believe that good will prevail, in spite of obvious and towering obstacles. He or she decides to throw in his or her lot with and work on the side of good. In so doing, seemingly impossible feats suddenly become possible.

Optimist or Pessimist?

Is your glass half full or half empty?  Scientific research shows that people who are interested in happiness, high quality of life and a long, fulfilled life would do well to decide to live life optimistically.

Can I just DECIDE to be optimistic?  Optimists and pessimists differ mostly in their thought patterns, or in the way they evaluate circumstances and people.

Our thoughts influence our emotions and our emotions influence our health. Negative thoughts can literally make us sick. Check out the blog on toxic thinking. LINK

Pessimism is a learned attitude and has its roots in conditioned helplessness. Pessimists generally believe that uncomfortable situations are absolute, long-term and part of one’s personal destiny/fate. Optimists, on the other hand, believe circumstances to be temporary, short-term and impersonal.

Link for more information (in German) :  LLG-Optimismus

Children have the wonderful ability to be themselves: refreshingly honest, unstilted and authentic. We adults tend to adjust our behavior to society and often lose our integrity in the process. Quite sad!

Said and Done

Integrity means being honest with yourself and others, and striving for wholeness in every area of life. In order to keep one’s integrity intact, one must protect oneself from all forms of exploitation and remain independent of others and their philosophies (advertising, idols and ideologies). Integrity strives to maintain authenticity, honesty and autonomy.

"I do what I believe."

It’s nice to live with people who are genuine. You can depend on them. They are in harmony with themselves and others. They allow others to complement them without giving up their own identities. "What’s IN the bottle is the same as what’s written ON the bottle." Integrity breeds trust, quality relationships and health.

Can you remember meeting a person like that? How would you describe him or her?

Link for more information (in German) :  LLG-Integrität

Next to each other. With each other. For each other.

Epidemiological studies show that people with stable social networks are more content, are healthier and live longer than the socially isolated. People who have regular social contact with family and friends are generally physically and emotionally healthier than those who are not thus privileged.

The social support of family is recognized as one of the most important factors for well-being and health. This support is especially important in challenging situations. Have you ever experienced it?

Maintaining Relationships

The moment we arrive in the world, we are dependent. No one can make it alone. Not one.

People are relational beings, dependent on each other. We are often not aware of this and allow our relationships to become more and more anonymous. When you speak to your boss, do you see a person or a function? People are becoming more and more interchangeable, replaceable.

Many people live alone, even feeling lonely in a crowd. Research is clear. Healthy relationships influence the quality and length of our lives: they strengthen our health and generally make our lives worth living. Healthy relationships are not the product of coincidence. They require work and care. This is a skill that can be learned. That’s the reason for this blog!

True love, the highest form in relationships, doesn’t care just for itself, but for others. People who follow this motto find themselves richly blessed, because to give is to live.

"Shared joy is double joy," my aunt always used to say. True happiness is found in serving others.  Have you noticed?

Link for more information (in German) :  LLG-Beziehungen

In case you are interested in having one or more of these subjects presented at a location near you, don’t hesitate to contact me so we can work out the details.

Write me at: ernst.zwiker@yahoo.com

So, now we’ve had just a brief look at the components of NEWSTART. You wouldn’t believe the amount of power for healing there is in this simple, transparent system. Sometimes it seems almost impossible when we see modern day miracles happen right before our eyes at Sonnmatt by using this simple pill-free strategy.

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Toxic Thoughts - What Does It Include?

What we think of others has a lot to do with us and our perception. Behind this is our value system.

Our Brain - a Scientific Challenge

Ever since scientific research institutionalized epigenetics, new discoveries have come onto the 'market' almost every day, which are always surprising. Not for good Bible and prophecy connoisseurs, however.

While psychology tries to help people learn to deal with toxic thoughts, biblical thought tries to make us aware that there is a solution and that one does not have to be at the mercy of destructive thoughts.

The desire to get rid of toxic mindsets is everywhere. Indeed, it is possible. We can renew our minds. Today the biblical principles are scientifically supported.

Caution: The more extreme the symptoms of the illness due to toxic thoughts, the more important it is to be looked after by specialists.

In the case of severe mental disorders, a visit to a specialist is necessary. However, even then, a healthy lifestyle (NEWSTART PLUS) will have a very positive effect.

Today, in the information age, which is doubling every few years worldwide, we have a better understanding of how we can influence our thoughts, feelings and our bodies.

What are Toxic Thoughts?

Toxic thoughts are like poison. They can destroy our health, our relationships and our existential added value (success).

ONE thought alone can become a physical, emotional or even spiritual danger. Thoughts are measurable these days. They are active, grow, change and influence our decisions, words, actions and every physical reaction.

Every thought has the potential to change the brain and the body - for better or for worse.

Toxic thoughts do not arise as a result of abuse or trauma. They affect us all at all ages. Even the smallest annoyance can become toxic.

The consequence of toxic thinking affects our body in the form of stress. Stress is the general term for extreme stress on the physical system from toxic thinking. Damage is the result: memory gaps, mental disorders, weakening of the immune system, heart and digestive problems. See next blog.

There are a number of studies that make it clear that up to 80% of modern diseases can be viewed as a direct result of our thought life.

Why is the problem of toxic thinking unknown?

We live in a scientific revolution today. In the past, when doctors couldn't find a cause for an illness, they might say: "You are just imagining it." A biological cause of mental illness was not seen as fundamental.

The brain was seen as a machine that wears out and is largely defined by our genes.

Today we know that we are not victims of biology. We can turn on our brains, renew our minds, change and heal ourselves. There is hope for children with learning difficulties, patients with head injuries, and people seeking inner peace.

This rigid mind-body separation is over. Since thoughts can be measured nowadays, it is known that they have an impact on our entire life.

We have a highly developed health system in most countries today. Nevertheless, people often remain neglected in their real search for causes and the satisfaction of basic needs.

How do toxic thoughts work?

How do they differ from healthy thoughts?

Toxic thoughts are thoughts that trigger negative and fearful feelings, which in turn produce biochemical substances that stress the body. They are stored in both the mind and the body cells.

There are certain topics (2 blogs follow) that can cause serious damage and should therefore be rejected. How about a 'brainwashing' or brain cleaning for the purpose of detoxification?

Thoughts, positive or negative, are electrical impulses, chemical substances, and nerve cells. They resemble a tree. The more the thoughts develop, the more branches the tree receives. By changing the mind, the tree also changes.

Our value system is always addressed with every thought. Our attitude is activated and can even be made visible in chemical substances.

1. A positive attitude leads to the release of a 'correct' amount of chemical substances.

2. A negative attitude falsifies the chemical release so that it becomes irritated.

These chemical substances are tough. As cell-like signals, they transmit the information to the body and mind, which can then trigger a feeling.

In this way, the body and mind can be positively and negatively influenced. We can perceive this influence in our feelings ourselves. (Risk of accident, wedding proposal, "I'm pregnant !!", termination ...)

For every memory we have stored a corresponding emotion, and that in the brain and as a copy in the body cells. That's sensational, isn't it? First are the thoughts, then follow the feelings, which lead to a reaction in the body and mind. This is called a psychosomatic network.

. man, did I miss something because of that?

So as soon as a memory of a certain situation is called up, feelings that were produced many years ago can be relived.

Experiment:

Try to remember a sad experience. The more intensely you succeed in this, the stronger the feelings are set in motion by chemical substances from the past and from the present moment. You may now have become angry, or frustrated, or sad. Sorry If you manage to regain your balance with a positive experience, then congratulations !!

Whatever works: As soon as we smile - it can be a grimace - however we feel, the laughing muscle 'speaks' to the brain and reports 'everything is ok'. You should do this for at least a minute if your soul is down. Psychosomatics sends its regards.

Today, thanks to epigenetics, we know that our experiences can have an influence even on genes. This can change the cell predisposition. In this way, diseases can 'fix' themselves in the body. But as soon as we think non-toxic, "feel-good" substances are released, which give us a feeling of inner peace and accelerate healing and also give us better storage capacity and sharper thinking. This increases among other things. the emotional intelligence! (Blog on this follows)

In the following blogs we will think about how we can 'conquer' stress and gain better control over our emotions.

As we think, so are we!

There is usually more to life than what we mean. We give up quickly or are satisfied with little. Toxic thoughts screw up a better life. That can not be. Let's get on the sunny side of life!

If you are interested in moving towards an emotionally happy and physically healthy lifestyle, then give yourself a chance and read the following blogs on the subject.

If you have 'thoughts', additions or questions, then register with your email address and write in the blog. Wish you a good week.

PS. Reference book: "Who turned my brain off" by Dr. Caroline Leaf