Your Money or Your Health

I have a book on my shelf called Your Money or Your Life, which I think is a catchy title that makes you think. It inspired me to write this blog about Your Money or Your Health.

How many times in your life have you put off taking care of yourself because you were too busy or didn't want to invest the money in a cure for something bothering you. Come on ... I know everyone out there has probably done this at some point.

I know I have and sometimes still do. Let me give an example. After a bad chiropractor adjustment a few months ago, I had terrible neck pains and headaches for almost 2 months. It was awful and it brought my normally productive days to a screeching halt. Could this have been a sign from the Universe to slow down? Nevermind that right now (another discussion entirely).

I called my traditional osteopath healer, Rick Williams, to try to get a tuneup to fix the body knocking, but he moved his practice to an hour and half away. And with the price of gas these days and the amount of time it would take to get there I decided to wait out the pain.

Just a year prior, I did the same thing. While on vacation in Cabarete with my family, I thought dancing with my 35 pound son in my arms swinging him around was a great idea. We were having so much fun afterall! However it slipped out one of my back joints and caused this horrific pain for the next 6 weeks. I thought I ruptured a disk in my lower back. Something I was terrified of since I had ruptured 2 disks in my neck 15 years ago and couldn't work for over a year (another story). I am good as new now - even better than new - so don't let any doctors tell you will only get worse with age after that type of injury because you can get much better. I am living proof. You can heal yourself even when the odds are against you.

Anyway ... here I go rambling again. So the back problem I created in Cabarete was scary. I should have gone to see Rick immediately, but no ... I waited ... and waited ... and suffered until I couldn't stand it anymore and then got an appointment. It was $115 afterall and not covered by insurance (since rarely do they cover alternative healers). After 1 visit I was back to normal. Silly me to wait so long.

And yet, I did the same darn thing a year later with my neck pain. Rick had moved away so I have a small excuse. Don't we all make excuses for ourselves even though we are the only ones who suffer from them? My acupuncture clinic, Wu's Healing Center, founded by the Goddess of Mind, Body, Spirit Healing - Dr. Angela Wu (also a friend of mine) recommended I see her son Devin Wu to help my neck.

Devin spent an hour with me pinpointing the problem and carefully working on my neck so as to gently coax it into a healing state. After a little direction from this talented healer, I was on a path to recovery. In a week my headaches were gone and I could work again.

So what is my point? That we choose to not spend our money on our health unless we are in dire circumstances (like broken bones or cancer), and as a result our overall financial picture suffers. An investment in taking care of yourself and the money spent on holistic healers is well worth the time and money, because in the long run you will increase your financial abundance and your quality of life will be much higher.