Outliers Wanted

I find it difficult to socialize these days because all anyone seemingly talks about is medication, ailments and doctor’s appointments. More and more people are spending their lives in a “woe is me” state, where health problems have taken over whole identities, snuffing out actual living. Too many people feel and act helpless, and are waiting for a doctor’s appointment, a surgical procedure, or for a prescription to take effect. They are staying within the system. Often, it offers a narrow, finite view that I find really depressing and worrisome. 

If you are in the US, look around. Look at your colleague, your family, your friends…and look at members of your community at large. The empowered ones are outliers. 

Empowered wellness is not about being a perfect physical specimen. It’s not about being a size two or possessing superman strength or having movie star looks. Empowered wellness means simply not playing victim. You can have an ailment, acute or chronic, AND stay empowered. In essence, helping yourself, help yourself. Today, that means venturing outside the standard American diet/lifestyle/healthcare system.  

Not feeling, functioning or looking your best? Don’t be defeated. What’s in your power? What do you have control over? Where can you grab hold of the reins? 

Keep plugging away. Keep cheerleading for yourself. Keep searching for solutions. Keep turning over all the rocks, many of which will be off the beaten path. 

There are always empowered wellness tools in the toolbox – movement is just one of ’em. The “woe is me” folks don’t even open the toolbox, but the outliers do. They give it all a go, and they dwell in possibilities. In fact, the outliers never put the toolbox away. It stays open, at the ready…and they keep adding to it! Maybe it’s a two minute meditation. Maybe it’s a foot rub. Maybe it’s freshly squeezed orange juice. Maybe it’s forest bathing or sun gazing or sound healing or Reiki or a walk on the beach…I think you get the point. 

In this day and age, with so much propaganda and confusion, it’s very common for the establishment to belittle simple, natural and/or outside-the-box modalities, but simple, natural and/or outside-the-box modalities – which are often free – can be powerful and empowering.

Remember: the empowered ones are outliers.
Be empowered. Be an outlier. 😉