Specific to mental & emotional health, dialectics is the process of examining opposing ideas to learn a deeper understanding of truth. It emphasizes the interconnectedness of polarities, and the importance of integrating the opposing viewpoints.
Why is this interconnectedness important?
Understanding the interconnectedness of opposing thoughts helps the individual to recognize that two opposing truths can coexist simultaneously.
How is it used in a counseling and/or coaching session?
Dialectics encourages self-discovery by encouraging individuals to explore different viewpoints which can lead to deeper understanding of one’s beliefs and of oneself. In the counseling/coaching setting, an individual will examine contradictions and find ways to reconcile the contradictions within ideas or concepts.
How is this beneficial?
It helps the individual foster a more nuanced understanding of their experiences and emotions, assisting in a gentler/kinder approach to self-exploration. Through this approach, an individual may learn to let go of negative belief systems/thoughts and gravitate towards self-growth & self-love.
Below are several examples of dialectic statements that may help and individual to integrate opposing truths:
🌿 What is Natural Holistic Wellness: A Complete Guide to Body, Mind, Spirit & Emotional Health
Introduction: What is Natural Holistic Wellness?
Natural holistic wellness is the practice of nurturing the body, mind, spirit, and emotions as an interconnected whole. Instead of treating symptoms in isolation, holistic health focuses on balance, prevention, and self-healing.
This guide will explore what holistic wellness really means, its benefits, core principles, practices, and how holistic nutrition plays a key role in lifelong wellbeing.
🧘 What Does Holistic Health Mean?
The word holistic comes from “whole.” Holistic health recognizes that every aspect of life—nutrition, mental clarity, emotional balance, spiritual purpose, and lifestyle—plays a role in your wellbeing.
Unlike conventional healthcare, which often addresses specific symptoms, holistic wellness asks:
What is the root cause of imbalance?
How do lifestyle, environment, and emotions contribute?
How can the body’s natural healing abilities be supported?
👉 In short: Holistic health = whole-body wellness, not symptom management.
🌱 Core Principles of Natural Holistic Wellness
Holistic wellness revolves around four key dimensions:
1. The Body
Proper nutrition with whole, natural foods
Movement that enhances flexibility, strength, and endurance
Adequate rest and recovery
Natural remedies and preventive care
2. The Mind
Mental clarity through mindfulness and focus practices
Nutrition is the foundation of holistic wellness. What you eat fuels not only your body, but also affects your mood, energy, immunity, and even spiritual clarity. Holistic nutrition focuses on whole, natural foods and eating in a way that honors your unique body’s needs.
🌿 Core Principles of Holistic Nutrition
Eat Whole Foods
Choose foods in their natural state: fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds, legumes, herbs, and clean proteins.
Avoid overly processed, packaged, or artificial foods.
Balance Macronutrients
Protein: Lean meats, beans, lentils, quinoa, tofu
Healthy Fats: Avocados, olive oil, nuts, seeds, fatty fish
🥬 Holistic Nutrition for Body, Mind, Spirit & Emotions
For the Body: Prioritize nutrient-dense foods to fuel energy, support immunity, and prevent chronic illness.
For the Mind: Omega-3 rich foods (salmon, chia, walnuts) and B-vitamin foods (whole grains, leafy greens) support focus and mental clarity.
For the Spirit: Many holistic traditions recommend plant-based, clean, and sattvic foods (fruits, nuts, grains) to promote inner peace and higher awareness.
For the Emotions: Comforting whole foods like soups, teas, dark chocolate, and grounding root vegetables help regulate mood and emotions.
🍵 Healing Foods by Holistic Tradition
Ayurveda:
Focuses on balancing the doshas (Vata, Pitta, Kapha) with specific foods.
Example: Cooling foods like cucumber for Pitta, warming spices like ginger for Vata.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Foods are categorized by warming or cooling properties.
Example: Mushrooms for immune strength, ginger for digestion, goji berries for vitality.
Artificial additives, dyes, and preservatives (toxic load)
Excess caffeine & alcohol (stress on liver and adrenals)
Highly processed grains and oils (poor nutrient value)
🌟 Supplements & Herbal Support (When Needed)
While whole foods are the priority, some natural supplements may support holistic wellness:
Vitamin D3 – for immunity and mood
Magnesium – for stress and sleep
Omega-3s – for brain and heart health
Probiotics – for gut balance
Adaptogens (Ashwagandha, Rhodiola, Reishi) – for resilience and energy
(Tip: Always consult a qualified practitioner before adding supplements.)
🧩 How to Live a Holistic Lifestyle (Step by Step)
Adopting holistic wellness doesn’t mean you must change your entire life overnight. Start small:
Nourish your body with whole, unprocessed foods.
Move daily—choose activities you enjoy.
Practice mindfulness with 5–10 minutes of meditation.
Sleep deeply by creating a calming nighttime ritual.
Balance emotions through journaling or therapy.
Connect spiritually—prayer, meditation, or simply walking in nature.
Detox your lifestyle by reducing toxins (chemicals, processed foods, negativity).
Reduce risk of chronic diseases through regular physical activity
Create a healthy long life through good social connections & relationships
Experience occupational wellness with a healthy balance of work and leisure time
🧘 Holistic Wellness vs. Conventional Healthcare
Aspect
Conventional
Holistic
Focus
Symptoms & disease
Root cause & prevention
Approach
Medication & surgery
Lifestyle + natural healing + medicine
View of the Body
Separate parts
Interconnected system
Goal
Manage illness
Create lifelong wellness
👉 Holistic health doesn’t replace modern medicine—it complements it.
🌟 Conclusion & Call-to-Action
FAQs of Holistic Wellness
Q 1: Does Holistic Wellness progress beyond the absence of illness?
Yes; holistic wellness is a state beyond the absence of illness. It aims to optimize well-being, often focusing on prevention over treatment. Prioritizing prevention holistic wellness aims to support and maintain the body’s natural healing capabilities.
Q2: Is Holistic Wellness a comprehensive approach to wellness
Yes: holistic wellness is a multi-dimensional concept that includes physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual and occupational aspects. Holistic wellness recognizes the unity of the person and emphasizes the interconnectedness between all aspects of the person; promoting a balanced & harmonious approach to good health. A blend working in harmony with one another.
Q3: Does the patient/client take an active role in their well-being?
Yes: holistic wellness/medicine focuses on empowering the patient with education and motivation to make better health choices for sustainable health.
Q4: Is holistic wellness evidence-based?
Yes: evidence based holistic wellness/medicine integrates the best available scientific research with a comprehensive view of human health. This approach recognizes that physical symptoms often stem from a complex interplay of biological, phycological, social and environmental factors. The evidence-based component ensures that treatments and interventions are supported by rigorous research and clinical data, while the holistic aspect acknowledges that optimal health extends beyond the absence of disease .
Q5: Do Medical school curriculums support Holistic Wellness?
Yes: some medical schools (like Harvard) are incorporating holistic wellness education into their curriculum; teaching students integrative medicine, lifestyle medicine and alternative medical practices. These programs aim to equip the student with knowledge and skills to address the holistic needs of their patients, beyond just the physical symptoms of disease.
Q6: Does Inspiring Wellness Solutions (IWS) offer holistic wellness treatments, solutions and healing?
Yes: IWS uses a holistic wellness approach and is known for its ability to help others receive sustainable healing and wellness. 🌟 Conclusion & Call-to-Action
Holistic wellness is about creating harmony in your body, mind, spirit, and emotions. By making small, consistent changes—choosing whole foods, practicing mindfulness, and connecting with your deeper self—you can experience lasting health and vitality.
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It seems more pervasive today than ever before that men and women feel they are not where they should be in their life journey. They often carry with them a sense of heaviness, and concern that they are failing, and are behind “the 8 ball”, wondering how to catch up to where they believe they should be.
What is remarkable is that so many of these men and women are any, or a combination of these: highly educated, talented, hardworking, industrious, gainfully employed, property owners, business owners, and kind-hearted souls who maintain healthy relations. Regardless of these facts, they frequently feel frustrated, fearful, and sometimes hopeless.
It is important to understand that sometimes we walk a very straight path, but often we take detours. Although these roundabout routes may seem like mistakes, they actually provide invaluable experience, which creates a portfolio of knowledge that enhances our earthly journey. Life lessons teach us what works, and does not work, what we like and do not like, and what we truly want, and definitely do not want. Failures can provide us with fertilizer to grow us into a healthier and better version of ourselves, and give us the tools to create the life we truly want for ourselves. And that is priceless!
Why is self-criticism more pervasive today?
There was a time, not so long ago, in which social media was not a “thing”. With the birth of social media, and the extensive use of it, insecurities crept into the minds of so many. People started pitting themselves against others based on the posts they read and the pictures they observed. While we should never be jealous of someone else, we must also realize that much of what you see on social media is “good stuff”, and does not reflect the internal battles someone is or may be struggling with. As in The Wizard of Oz, we do not know what is behind the curtain.
Moreover, we do not know what the future holds. Perhaps there is a great turn of events right around the corner, and all you have worked for, hoped for manifests in ways you could not imagine.
Compare yourself to yourself only, as it is an effective way to mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically monitor your development & growth. Try creating a state of self-actualization. Therein, you will achieve the fulfillment of your talents and potential.
Accept and embrace where you are now, and then take steps towards your aspirations and dreams.
Take deep breaths and release, stay focused in the present moment, and do not ruminate about the past, or fret about the future. Do not judge yourself or others.
Most importantly: acknowledge your achievements, as they are a big deal!
Create the life you wish to live, and be kind to yourself along the way.
“God enters by a private door into each individual.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Greetings to you on this lovely fall day,
To me, there is something so very majestic about the weeping willow tree. It exudes a peaceful, loving, and gentle energy as it stands strong, and deeply rooted in its conviction of graceful longevity withstanding nature’s harshness.
As the branches of the willow tree gracefully sway freely without resistance when the windy storms rip through them, let us be reminded to be non-resistant to disturbances thrust upon us. In non-resistance we will have tranquility, and in this state of calmness, we will best know how to proceed with the challenges we have upon us. In moments of peace, we have the opportunity to reflect, learn more about ourselves, and hear the guidance of our higher self, and perhaps the voice of Source/God/Love.
September (2022) marked Inspiring Wellness Solutions’ (IWS) tenth year as a counseling, holistic wellness, and healing practice. Within these ten years, IWS and I, like many of you, experienced winds of opposition. In the moments of peace, however, came the moments of clarity. And among the challenges have been a plethora of beautiful blessings. Among the most significant blessings is the meeting of you and being a part of your wellness & healing journey. Much gratitude to you, to my God & Angels, and to all who has made this calling a blessing.
In celebration and appreciation, IWS is offering two complementary events this fall. Check out our events page for information on these two classes.
Approximately 40 million
adults in the United States experience anxiety each year. There are many theories regarding the root
cause of anxiety, including brain chemistry, genetics, environmental factors or
other medical factors/or disease, however, there is not yet a definitive answer
to the root causes of anxiety.
A study out of Japan may
provide an important insight into the connection between nutritional
deficiencies and mental health. This
study reveals that low levels of vitamin B6 and iron may actually trigger the
chemical changes in the brain responsible for panic attacks, hyperventilation
and other forms of anxiety.
The research team analyzed
the nutritional levels of 21 participants with varying levels of anxiety, panic
attacks and hyperventilation episodes.
While some experience minor attacks, manageable at home, other attacks
resulted in emergency room visits. The
participants were tested for a number of different nutritional deficiencies or
abnormalities in the hope of identifying a pattern. At the same time, they ran a similar set of
tests on a control group of 20 people, and compared the two.
The data showed that those
who were experiencing anxiety were found to have lower levels of B6 and iron
than those in the healthy control group.
This is important due to the fact that one of the most accepted theories
regarding the development of anxiety is that it is caused by chemical imbalance
in the brain, with serotonin seen as a key player. Serotonin is one the “happiness hormones”,
responsible for triggering the reward and pleasure centers of the brain. Serotonin is synthesized from the amino acid
tryptophan, and both iron and vitamin B6 play an important role in this
process. An absence of these nutrients,
therefore, can cause a decrease of serotonin levels. As a fact, many of antidepressant drugs work
on the same theory; boost serotonin levels to regulate mental health.
“These results suggest that low serum concentration of vitamin B6 and iron are involved in panic attacks and hyperventilation. Further studies are needed to clarify the mechanism involved in such differences’
Those struggling with chronic anxiety may wish to have their B6 and iron tested, and if low, consider consuming foods high in B6 and iron, take high-quality supplements, and reach out to LisaMarie for a health consult.
Higher
adherence to a plant-based diet resulted in a lower risk for heart disease and
up to a 25 % lower risk of all-cause mortality and 19% lower risk of death from
cardiovascular disease, compared with lower levels of adherence.
Researchers
compared four dietary patterns among middle-aged adults and tracked mortality
rates. Diets that included more plant foods received higher ratings than those
that included more animal products. Higher intakes of fiber and micronutrients
and lower intakes of processed meat and saturated fat on a plant-based diet may
account for the decreased risk of death.
Plant-based
diets lower the risk of death from heart disease by up to 19 percent, according
to a study published in the Journal
of the American Heart Association.
