Put a stop to re-infection
Always look at supporting and correcting any digestive imbalances to ensure adequate parasite elimination and always identify the source of the infection so the chance of parasite re-infection is minimised.
Always look at supporting and correcting any digestive imbalances to ensure adequate parasite elimination and always identify the source of the infection so the chance of parasite re-infection is minimised.
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JP Sears presents Beyond Self Sabotage in November, a course that helps attendees uncover and address the reasons behind their self-sabotage and start then on the road to greater life contentment.
JP is a holistic life coach who specialises in emotional healing. His career journey started in the exercise field, which in turn led him to work with clients on their nutritional wellbeing needs. He realized that the emotional stress his clients experienced was a huge burden for them and a barrier to them achieving the emotional and physical health they craved.
His focus on stress reduction led him to deeply explore the process and ultimately the benefits of emotional health and his specialism grew from that point. “Initially the stress reduction work was quite superficial, and although important, it become apparent to me that the real problems lay much deeper,” explains JP Sears. “What we see is just the tip of the iceberg, the healing journey I initiate and coach my clients through lies much deeper, right into the burdens we carry around in our hearts.”
JP has now specialised in emotional healing for over 10 years. He sees clients at his clinic in Carlsbad, California, helping them on their healing journey, which generally takes place over several months of coaching. He uses a variety of techniques to help clients look into their vulnerable places, taking them to where they experience their blocks and to the heart of their self-sabotage. “I look for the story, under their story,” explains JP. “What a person thinks they are stressed out about is never their true issue. I facilitate a process whereby the client is removing those layers to reveal the heart of what needs to be healed. They are empowering themselves and connecting with their own inner wisdom.”
JP knows he is lucky to work with people and feels that each client teaches him a lot about himself and the mysteries of life and spirituality. In turn he teaches other trainers and coaches to work with clients in this way.
He recently returned from leading a retreat in Australia and has also travelled and trained recently in the UK and Denmark.
His course, Beyond Self Sabotage works on several levels. As JP says: “you can’t give what you don’t have. Other trainers or practitioners need to embrace their own inner healing before they can become a beacon of light to others.”
Nutritionists, exercises specialists, chiropractors and life coaches who help clients with lifestyles behaviours will all benefit from the course. Participants will take away the specific tools and strategies to help clients resolve the sabotage that typically blocks the health programmes that they are engaging with their client in.
“So many of our clients’ health and wellbeing goals fail because of self-sabotage. They will throw up walls and barriers without even realising. If the practitioner can bring down those walls the client will enjoy greater success.”
“This kind of coaching is often the missing link in helping clients get where they want to go. Plus of course everyone who attends will benefit from the coaching themselves on a personal level.”
JP left us with a thought provoking comment that sums up his work, he says: ”in the shadow of a brilliant mind is a disconnected heart.” His course will challenge everyone who attends to look into their hearts, heal from their heart and to live from their heart.
Many practitioners won’t know that the prevalence of parasitic diseases in USA and Europe is similar to that of developing nations.
Parasites, fungus and bacteria – could you spot the signs of infection in your clients? These bowel baddies can cause a host of symptoms and health complaints that are easily misdiagnosed or dismissed. Yet infection can result in niggling gastrointestinal problems or mean clients can’t seem to lose weight or gain muscle.
Fungi overgrowth
At any one time we may have 5000 different species of fungi living on and in our bodies as normal inhabitants of the skin and gastrointestinal tract.
Fungi can enter our bodies through our mouth, noses, lungs and gastrointestinal tracts. Like most things in life, too much of a good thing can lead to imbalance and start to cause problems.
Signs of a fungi infection or imbalance include:
Symptoms can be worse in damp or mouldy places or after consumption of sugar or yeasts
There are some simple tests that practitioners can carry out to help identify if excess fungi could be the problem, and bringing the body back into balance is the next step. Healing options should take into consideration lifestyle factors, the client’s general health, their job, family and even if they have pets in the home.
The bug boom
Rates of infectious and parasitic diseases have increased by 30% since 1990.However, parasites are an under reported and often overlooked cause of common health disorders.
The common perception that parasites are only picked up during travel to exotic climes is a fallacy. People living with pets or who regularly eat out could be at risk and because parasites can be contacted via infected soil, even gardening could cause exposure.
Life cycle
During their life, parasitic organisms typically go through several developmental stages that involve changes not only in structure but also in biochemical and antigenic composition. Some of these infections can convert from a well-tolerated or asymptomatic condition to life-threatening disease.
Parasites signs
Like fungi infections, spotting bowel baddies like parasites can often be confused with symptoms of other illnesses and the question of parasites is often overlooked. Common signs of infection include:
Hard to diagnose
In some people, intestinal worms do not cause any symptoms, or the symptoms may come and go. Some parasites also cause low red blood cell count (anaemia), and some travel from the lungs to the intestine, or from the intestine to the lungs and other parts of the body.
Many other conditions can result in these symptoms, so laboratory tests are necessary to determine their cause. Plus some parasite infections can be misdiagnosed and it’s likely that the incorrect treatment protocol would then be given. Some examples of this include:
So, accurate parasite testing is key, along with a thorough understanding of the parasite world.
How do we become infected?
It’s a common misconception that parasites can only be picked up on tropical holidays. In fact, there are many aspects of our environment and lifestyle that can influence whether you may become a happy home for some unwanted guests!
Poor lifestyle choices inadequate or excessive nutrition, poor digestion, stress and a challenged immune system can all create an open door for infection. Commercial or poor farming practices, poor personal hygiene, contamination of water, sex, international travel, multiple occupancy living conditions and the poor health of pets all increase the chances of infection.
If your client complains of constant tiredness, is struggling to lose weight or troubled by niggling stomach problems that never go away, parasites or fungi could be the culprit. If you want to learn more about holistic health approaches to helping your clients reach optimal wellbeing why not sign up to our newsletter or like our Facebook page?
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