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Spring and Summer

Herald Change

by Svetlana Kogan, M.D.
any of our readers hail from where Scientists discovered that a human being has anywhere between
the four seasons of the year can be 60-80,000 thoughts in a day. 95% of these thoughts are the same
Mvery distinct. And who does not like ones over and over again. Furthermore, 80% of our thoughts are
spring or summer? negative. Every time we feel emotions produced by negative thoughts
They herald the coming of rebirth, - there is a biochemical cascade of molecules coursing through the
rejuvenation, and revival. This theme permeates body - creating corresponding feelings of disempowerment and
religious holidays of the season and awakens shame. Every cell in your body - and there are over 50 trillion of
the hearts of people around the globe. Here, them - gets to soak in those “juices” of insecurity. Cells make up
in Florida - our bodies sense the coming of tissues and tissues make up organs and we know from research that
spring in the many subtle expressions of Nature organs remember the emotions that you have felt at one time or
around us: the locations of the sunrise and sunset shift, nights get another. In fact, if you speak to any organ recipients, they will tell you
less humid, and strawberries taste amazing. that they sometimes remember things that never happened to them
Spring and Summer are also great seasons to start changing your but instead happened to the organ donors.
state of mind. It is almost as if Nature itself were helping you off So, once you have experienced an emotion - your body has
to a fresh new start. Changing your old habits is never easy. First, it memorized it and now will try to match everything you come across
would help to identify several character or physical traits you would against it. Let’s say that you have felt inadequate when your project
like to change about yourself. Say, for example, you are an insecure at work went unnoticed and unappreciated by the management. Your
person who tends to slouch and shuffle-walk. For most folks, this is body will subconsciously look for similar matching cues in future
the kind of stuff that has been incorporated into their personality situations you encounter. If, for example, you go on a date and have a
since they were kids. Like a shy sullen child who may not have been bad time - your body will immediately suggest that it is your failure.
very popular in school, grew up to be somewhat socially isolated, This is a vicious cycle and the only way to put an end to it is to be
and prefers watching TV to going out with friends. He or she then like Nature in the spring - to be reborn again as a personality. But it
progresses further to become a quiet and introverted employee who is very hard to just tell your old self to fall off like a wilted leaf. You
does not set out to impress anyone, has low expectations of himself, see, civil conversation does not work with the old self.
and feels guilty every time something does not go right at home If you imagine the old self as a computer program, you literally
or at work. This frame of mind may have been perpetuated by this need to uninstall it first, and to do that you need to dive deep into
person’s thinking and behaviors for decades. your subconscious mind, where all the habits and personality traits
So, let’s say that you have decided to become a different kind of have been developing over decades. The “transportation” which takes
person - you feel that a different you would be much happier. At us into our subconscious comes in many flavors. It can be structured
this point, it is so important to realize that the real change cannot as meditation, or hypnosis, or a blend of both. The journey into
come from a new surgical body augmentation or a new hairstyle - it your subconscious mind takes time and effort and you cannot do
has to come from within you. In fact, the old you has to “die off” it on your own. Make sure to turn to experienced and responsible
figuratively speaking because it will always be in the way of your physicians who will guide you through this process every step of the
happiness. The old you has been molded for decades with thinking way. May all of you be inspired and motivated to experience the joys
self-disparaging thoughts, feeling guilty and insecure. of spring and summer in your Mind-Body.
The author of ‘Diet Slave No More!’, Svetlana Kogan, MD
is a Board-Certified Internal Medicine, Holistic & Functional Medical Doctor with 25 years of experience.
Her website is CustomLongevity.com Office Phone: 239-676-6883
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