A Path to Healing

Zusatztext "This [book] is a treasure." --Iyanla Vanzant! Author of In the Meantime "Dr. Sullivan has captured the essence of holistic health for all Americans." --Robert S. Ivker! D.O.! President of the American Holistic Medical Association! author of Sinus Survival "Dr. Sullivan is truly a pioneer in alternative medicine. Wise! informative and practical! A Path to Healing is a map to wellness that will guide us into the new millennium." --Tavis Smiley! "BET Tonight" and "The Tom Joyner Morning Show" " A Path to Healing is a powerful and compelling guide that transcends the merely physical to also deeply engage the reader in the emotional and spiritual determinants of their health." --Joseph E. Pizzorno! N.D.! founding president of Bastyr University! author of Total Wellness ! coauthor of the bestselling Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine Informationen zum Autor Andrea Sullivan Klappentext In A Path to Healing ! Dr. Andrea Sullivan! one of the nation's leading naturopaths! tells readers everything they need to know about establishing wellness in their lives. In easy-to-understand language! she demystifies alternative medicine and prescribes an overall guide to maintaining health and keeping disease at bay. Special attention is devoted to the most common and dangerous diseases! including: stress hypertension cancer diabetes obesity HIV/AIDS arthritis depression In the tradition of Dr. Andrew Weil's Natural Health! Natural Medicine ! A Path to Healing is a necessary prescription for creating a healthy and balanced life. Homeopathy One of the reasons I decided to go to graduate school to study sociology and psychology was that I wanted to have a better understanding of human behavior. I was in my early twenties, fresh out of college and a little naive about what I wanted to do with my life, although I knew I wanted to "save the world." I had a lot of unanswered questions about the way people acted--the way they responded to things and expressed themselves to one another. I thought that an advanced degree in a field which deals with the interaction of individuals would provide some of these answers. Long before I made this decision, however, I had always wanted to believe there was more to me than my mind and emotions, my acquisitions and success. No matter how well I did in school, I still felt inadequate. No matter how many friends I made, I still felt separated and distant from them. I needed to make some sense of all the suffering in the world, including my own. I needed to know more about Truth, about the idea that there is something greater than man and his intellect. I also wanted to rid myself of the sense of inferiority and pain I had accumulated as a black female in this country. I wanted to know more. I wanted to know who I was. I wanted an awareness of myself and how I fit into life. I wanted to understand others so that I might have more compassion and kindness. And I wanted the same for others. But sociology didn't provide the answers. Nor did my job at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. It wasn't until I began studying natural medicine that I was able to find my true self--and along with that the Truth. As I mentioned in the Introduction, between my second and third year of naturopathic school, while traveling in the Holy Land, I discovered the soul, the part that is connected to the universal spirit that connects to us all. As the New Testament declares, the kingdom of heaven is within us. The true self focuses on the divinity within. It uses love and wisdom to create harmony with God's creations. We are all part of creation. We are made in God's image, and we have the right to be joyful, healthy, and wealthy. We deserve it. This new awareness helped me replace my false self, the self that...

"This [book] is a treasure."
--Iyanla Vanzant, Author of In the Meantime

"Dr. Sullivan has captured the essence of holistic health for all Americans."
--Robert S. Ivker, D.O., President of the American Holistic Medical Association, author of Sinus Survival

"Dr. Sullivan is truly a pioneer in alternative medicine. Wise, informative and practical, A Path to Healing is a map to wellness that will guide us into the new millennium."
--Tavis Smiley, "BET Tonight" and "The Tom Joyner Morning Show"

"A Path to Healing is a powerful and compelling guide that transcends the merely physical to also deeply engage the reader in the emotional and spiritual determinants of their health."
--Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D., founding president of Bastyr University, author of Total Wellness, coauthor of the bestselling  Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine

Autorentext

Andrea Sullivan

Klappentext

In A Path to Healing, Dr. Andrea Sullivan, one of the nation's leading naturopaths, tells readers everything they need to know about establishing wellness in their lives. In easy-to-understand language, she demystifies alternative medicine and prescribes an overall guide to maintaining health and keeping disease at bay. Special attention is devoted to the most common and dangerous diseases, including:

stress
hypertension
cancer
diabetes
obesity
HIV/AIDS
arthritis
depression

In the tradition of Dr. Andrew Weil's Natural Health, Natural Medicine, A Path to Healing is a necessary prescription for creating a healthy and balanced life.

Leseprobe
Homeopathy

One of the reasons I decided to go to graduate school to study sociology and psychology was that I wanted to have a better understanding of human behavior. I was in my early twenties, fresh out of college and a little naive about what I wanted to do with my life, although I knew I wanted to "save the world." I had a lot of unanswered questions about the way people acted--the way they responded to things and expressed themselves to one another. I thought that an advanced degree in a field which deals with the interaction of individuals would provide some of these answers.

Long before I made this decision, however, I had always wanted to believe there was more to me than my mind and emotions, my acquisitions and success. No matter how well I did in school, I still felt inadequate. No matter how many friends I made, I still felt separated and distant from them. I needed to make some sense of all the suffering in the world, including my own. I needed to know more about Truth, about the idea that there is something greater than man and his intellect.

I also wanted to rid myself of the sense of inferiority and pain I had accumulated as a black female in this country. I wanted to know more. I wanted to know who I was. I wanted an awareness of myself and how I fit into life. I wanted to understand others so that I might have more compassion and kindness. And I wanted the same for others.

But sociology didn't provide the answers. Nor did my job at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. It wasn't until I began studying natural medicine that I was able to find my true self--and along with that the Truth. As I mentioned in the Introduction, between my second and third year of naturopathic school, while traveling in the Holy Land, I discovered the soul, the part that is connected to the universal spirit that connects to us all. As the New Testament declares, the kingdom of heaven is within us. The true self focuses on the divinity within. It uses love and wisdom to create harmony with God's creations. We are all part of creation. We are made in God's image, and we have the right to be joyful, healthy, and wealthy. We deserve it. This new awareness helped me replace my false self, the self that harbored feelings of fear, insecurity, and pain. This awareness answered my many questions.

The false self is a great force, but not the greatest force. Opposites exist everywhere in nature, including the human psyche. Underneath the negativity of the false sel…