How can you tell if a patient’s ailments are caused by metaphysical issues (such as stress, emotional turbulence, spiritual imbalances)?
I have come to believe that all physical ailments contain some degree of emotional and spiritual elements. The challenge is to evaluate this balance correctly. Clearly, a case of acute appendicitis requires surgical correction immediately. Whether or not there were emotional/spiritual issues which enabled the process to develop can be discussed at a later date. Other ailments such as irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic headaches and non-cardiac chest pain have more obvious mind/spirit components. 4. How does an ailment turn from a non-serious health issue to a disease that must be treated? In my practice, I see time and again how patients manifest physical ailments because of their emotional unhappiness and spiritual imbalances. Stress and anxiety manifest in our bodies as physical pain or illness and can cause of host of symptoms that, while real, originate from dis-ease in our lives. I try to help them deal with stress in a positive, powerful, life-affirming w
