How the heck does that happen?

When I heard about this and when asked the 6-year-old replied “I just push them back in or my “caregiver” does for me.” I could feel this energy rising in me akin to anger….alright it was anger. I was angry that first this was happening to this poor child living today in our modern culture with all the wonderful amenities we have at our fingertips. AND angry that his caregiver seemed ignorant to help him.

I guess this is what most gets my ire up is the fact that not only is there an obvious solution to help a child with hemorrhoids, but that fact that the child even got hemorrhoids to begin with.

Let me put it this way. Our body’s talk, and if you remember in one of my other posts I wrote about how my 9-year-old step-daughter was being given Tums for her heartburn and when she learned the connection between food and her body, she herself was able to correct this health problem….well so is the case here with this hemorrhoidal child ( not really sure if that is a word – but I will use it here).

Doesn’t it make common sense to link together the fact that the plumbing – the sewage system of the body, when backed up will create pressure and that is what hemorrhoids are telling the body…” hello there is pressure in the pipes and we need some help to get things going again!” ?

I guess years ago before my health crisis, I would have not known this either. The only reason I ate what I ate growing up is because it tasted good…… and I am not talking about a salad. My mother was tired of cooking by the time I came around so with the advent of fast and convenience foods, my meals and snacks came out of a box or microwave. And consequently all my siblings, including me, had very chronic plumbing problems.

So that is why this blog is here. WAKE up people….become a bad patient, ask questions, research, get some answers. Yes if the problem is genetic then perhaps there is a reason for a child to have a chronic health problem so young, but really here is the easiest solution to try first and go from there.

RX for Hemorrhoids:

1. Fluids—drinking 6-8 (8-ounce) glasses of nonalcoholic fluids daily to soften stools. Rule of thumb for everyone now is 1/2 your body weight in ounces is the daily requirement. So 120 lb person = 60 oz of water daily.
2. Eating more whole fresh fruit, raw, or cooked vegetables, and whole grains has been consistently shown to reduce hemorrhoidal symptoms including bleeding.

If this doesn’t alleviate the symptoms over a few days then yes, common sense dictates call your doctor or naturopath or a trusted health provider.

But really folks how many times and how many years are you going to ask a small child to sit in a sitz bath? Lets face it, good nutritional habits……less sugar and white flour products…….and ample water daily will create a foundation of life long freedom of most chronic health conditions, allowing a 6-year-old to live symptom free from the pain and annoyance of Hemorrhoids.

Two great resources are :

* Gut Feelings an E-book By Olga Sheean “A quirky, off-the-wall story about the internal shenanigans of the body”. Available at www.olgasheean.com
* Herb Cocktail - a safe, non-habit forming food for the bowel which restores the electrical capability of the colon wall and strengthens the colon muscle – creating efficient and comfortable transit and elimination. Available at www.hellotohealth.com

Listen to your body and help your children too create a body mind awareness that will lead to great health and longevity.

Mona McClelland

Personal Empowerment and Health Coaching Specialist

Private and Group Coaching sessions available …..

Contact Mona at www.MeetMonaMcClelland.com

Last week a gave a talk to a group of high school students grades 8-12…..

I asked them at the beginning of my career fair presentation if any of them were familiar with “Energy Medicine?” I gave two presentations back to back and in each of the presentations the answer to my question was “ is it Red Bull”?

To be clear “Energy Medicine” is a compilation of many alternative healing modalities like Acupressure, Acupuncture, Reiki, Vibrational Medicine, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Hands on Healing etc……. but these young people spouted out “Red Bull”

I got to thinking that was interesting that young people these days must think that energy comes from a beverage instead of good food, clean water, fresh air, quality sleep and exercise…….I guess it is really not surprising with a “Starbucks” on every corner where you can get a double mocha frappaccino, non fat, extra foam, grande beverage with chocolate and vanilla sugar sprinkles on the top.

So I did some research on energy drinks and found that there is a huge concern amongst doctors with the high use of energy drinks by teens. That children and teen are brought into emergency centers with symptoms mimicking heart problems and in some case – real heart problems not to mention the effects on the nervous system.

Wow – what is it that these teens are lacking……I thought they were in school for education but sadly last week I realized that yes they were getting education – but most of them knew more about the effects of caffeine then they did about the effect of “good nutrition”…..that is scary to me.

Here are the facts – a Red Bull energy drink has about 1/3 the milligrams of caffeine of a cup of drip coffee which has about 237 mg of caffeine per cup. In a earlier blog post I mentioned that it takes about 12 – 8 ounce glasses of clean water to rid the body of the effects of caffeine in one cup of coffee and that the body artificially revs up taxing many of the organs so they will do everything they can to get that caffeine out of the body as fast as it can…..then the body craves more of that energy which in turn creates a false sense of “awakeness and alertness” and the cycle continues.

So for a child drinking Red Bull or another energy drink – this can be happening to their bodies on a daily basis. As I mentioned the “energy drink” phenomenon is creating quite a buzz among Doctors ……so much so that many of the energy drinks have been banned in some countries such as France. The major concern is not just the caffeine but the energy enhancing herbs that are mixed in with the beverage and the unknown long-term effects on the body.

When I was a kid – I was not allowed to go anywhere near my parents coffee…..as my mom would say “ I was hyper enough as it was” ( probably the sugar)……. But kids and teenagers did not drink coffee….. however, now they can get their caffeine and false energy fix anytime, any day at the corner store.

Let me ask you …..would you give your 10-year-old a cup of coffee everyday? If not then think twice when reaching for a Sobe or Red Bull for yourself or your child.

To Your Best Health,

Mona McClelland

Professional Empowerment and Health Coaching Specialist

“Your Health Is Your Life and Your Life is Your Health”

www.MeetMonaMcClelland.com

Most people wake up with a pain, say a headache and reach for a pill to stop the pain….for awhile anyways. Magic Pill we hear it called, a quick fix so to speak to mask or hide the “cause”.

Let’s look at the bigger problems, say results from Breast Imaging or a Thermogram. What do we do if the results come back any other way but normal?

Well the traditional medical community would want to “fix” it….and traditionally to fix it that would be radiate, drug or operate.

Well recently this was my experience and I am only telling it to you to help you see that there are other ways to look at what our bodies are saying. I am no authority on this but I am just wanting you to ask yourself if it is possible that “my body is actually talking to me and telling me by my symptoms that I am not listening……not taking care of myself”so to speak.

Breast Thermography is an alternative to breast mammography and my preference to having my breast squeezed and squished paper thin to detect a possible abnormality. Thermography is non evasive (to learn more about Breast Thermography visit www.medthermonline.com) and problems can be found before abnormalities are seen with mammograms.

This was my third scan in 4 years, however this time the report came back showing a very slight abnormality. Initially of course anxious thoughts raced through my mind….but upon thoroughly reading the report……the thermogram is not a diagnosis but an indicator to have a health care professional assess you and determine the next if any course of action.

The report also goes on to say that with the rating I received that it is more likely that these features exhibited from the pictures taken represent benign changes such as inflammation, acute cysts and/or fibroadenoma development, infection or personal variant.

It was that phrase, personal variant, that caught my attention and upon discussion with an authority on “body talk” and disease….. Rather than rushing into fear and panic about the symptoms, it was important to take a deeper look, or listen if you may, at the underlying meaning of the pain or dis-ease in the body and what it is telling us.

Perhaps and in most cases I believe that self care is being ignored. Here is a great way to recognize if you are doing something out of love or receiving self love.

Ask yourself that question …..Am I doing this out of love (for someone or something) or am I doing this because from it I receive love – the feeling of love and purpose specifically. If it is the latter then it is safe to say you are receiving self care. If you are doing it out of love – which is fine but understand even doing something out of love can mean doing it because you think you should.

One other thing to look at that I feel is important is when you receive an unfavorable test result to look at the timing of the test and what was going on at that point in time. Were you getting enough self care, were you stressed, overwhelmed and was your body then simply reflecting that in that moment what was going on for you?

The body moves fluently through time and the cells are constantly replacing themselves with new ones. So with that essentially a “new” body is being created daily, weekly, monthly.

Please do not ignore the symptoms, definitely consult your health care professional and in addition, ask your body what it is trying to tell you about your health, physical, mental and emotional and then LISTEN…….we all know what to do…..the problem is we just don’t do it…….

My best advice is take some quiet time daily; a walk in nature, close your eyes for 10 min in your favorite chair, your favorite spot in the library, sitting on a rock at the beach. Whatever that time maybe, know that you are recharging, reenergizing, and loving yourself so you can have more, be more and give more to yourself and others.

Mona McClelland

Professional Empowerment and Health Coaching Specialist

www.MeetMonaMcClelland.com