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Georgie Holbrook  #281-218-8773, P.O. Box 591661, Houston, Texas 77259
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How Emotions Manifest as Physical Challenges
By Georgie Holbrook

Most of us have been taught to curse our physical symptoms and to get rid of them through surgery or medication. Doing this sends messages to ourselves that say “You’re not okay,” or “This organ or breast isn’t needed.” We tell ourselves we don’t have time to feel, grieve or heal naturally. However, if we can see our symptoms and diseases as “messengers” sent to redirect our health and happiness, we can experience true healing and joy-filled living.
Looking in the mirror, I witnessed my own emotional pain as an “art form,” and as this honest messenger transformed in front of my eyes, I healed from a devastating disease.
By age 37 I felt successful in my new clothes, home and car. I was hired when companies needed help in solving complex business problems, and my normal workday averaged 12 to 14 hours. Then one day it was all over. I was in a specialist’s office being diagnosed with rosacea, an “incurable,” deforming, disfiguring facial skin disease. Treating myself like an infallible machine had caught up with me.
The disease had no mercy as it continued to worsen for the next six years. I spent all my financial resources going from medical specialists to naturopathic practitioners, in my heart begging to understand how my immune system did healing and repair. I concluded that the body is a natural system, so I chose to avoid medications.
By age 42 my face was a bright, fire engine red, raw and inflamed, and I lanced boils daily. All my dreams of having a good life, leadership, and travel appeared to be over.  I realized why people with so much internal pain end their lives or take up addictions.
In the seventh year I met a Korean doctor who diagnosed me differently from all the others. The disease, he believed, wasn’t just on my face. My natural biological rhythms were no longer in harmony, and my face was a direct reflection of my stressed organs. He noticed other symptoms of exhaustion, including an internal uncomfortable quiver and knot in my stomach, cold hands and feet, varied body temperature, and shallow breathing with chest pains. My body felt lifeless and frail.  He said I must find peace within at whatever the price. I hadn’t experienced having a quiet mind and body for years!
I started emotional therapy, first addressing the fears that had consumed me since my diagnoses, and then going further back into my past. I began to face my work addiction, (workaholic, one who works often while physically exhausted and emotionally empty) denying stress and personal needs had become a way of life. My false feeling of worthiness and internal need to always be needed had pushed this addiction forward. I had a compulsion to stay busy and numb out, serving out of exhaustion had caused me to feel angry and resentful at my own behavior. I had served others for years at my own expense until my body as my friend stopped me.
After one year of sharing my painful story, crying and releasing my pent-up emotions and work addiction patterns with a safe community, a miracle took place and I healed physically without scars. It took me an additional 10 years to heal all my emotional pain from this trauma and feel empowered. My miracle healing now became my path. It was natural for me to go into the holistic field and write the book I sought in my time of need but could not find.
Reflections of the “Physical Messenger”
Allergies were my first sign of imbalance before the onset of rosacea. I learned that allergies and sinus problems have a direct link to a toxic colon. In reflection, I had adrenal exhaustion, hormone imbalance, toxic liver, yeast and acidic pH condition. The body is a whole unit, therefore my physical imbalance also increased my anxiety, fear, stress, depression, anger and feelings of desperation. All of which led to a seven-year incurable disease.
My red face was a direct reflection of my stressed organs, directly related to living in what felt like a wooden, joy-less body.
I had put my anger and discouragement into endless work projects, even with this disease. Internally I was exhausted, numb, traumatized and functioning on automatic. Those around me never noticed or tried to care for me like a patient, because all of us thought “it was just on my face.” What I needed was emergency rest, nurturing and emotional support for however long it took to heal. 
I learned self-love and joy are great medicine, so I stopped hating the disease and instead nurtured myself like an abandoned, traumatized child.  I refused to be around anything stressful or anyone negative and focused all my energy on healing.
Years later, I discovered I needed correct-nutrition to support my immune system and adrenals. I started feeling physically stronger by eating 70% (mostly raw, juiced or steamed) alkaline vegetables such as; lots of broccoli, green leafy vegetables, celery, cucumbers, cabbage, peppers, etc. I now listen intuitively to my body and know what foods make me feel stronger physically and emotionally. I practice moderation and enjoy a variety of foods.
I have learned: the pH level (the acid-alkaline measurement) of our internal fluids affects every cell in our bodies. Over-acidification of the body is the underlying cause of the “messengers” of disease, when the body is in a healthy alkaline balance, germs are unlikely to get a foothold. While experiencing pain, illness, weight gain, or disease one can assist the natural healing process by eliminating foods that basically convert to sugar, starch, and acid - lowering the immune system.  Foods such as; grains, pasta, fruit, sugar, dairy, junk food, and alcohol. Add to this list eliminating caffeine, cigarettes, “acid forming” negative thoughts and stress. On an alkaline diet, most people feel significantly stronger within three days and their aches along with pains lesson. My suggestion, try it and notice any differences, healing begins within when we have harmony internally and externally in our lives.
Other Examples of “Physical Messengers”
Once I healed, I knew what worked for me can work for others. Following are just a few stories of how emotional and spiritual healing is possible when we view our “pain and diagnoses” with love and compassion:
A 35-year-old client had been diagnosed with pre-cancer in her female organs. She had been molded in the image of her parents, with few, if any, feelings or emotions. After three sessions she found her answers and promised her female organs to do whatever it took to heal her past and reclaim her intuition and spiritual self. She also began a healthy lifestyle of good diet and yoga. Three years later this condition has not returned.
Another client had cysts on her ovaries that prevented her from getting pregnant. Through our time together, her intuition revealed that the cysts were messengers to help her avoid having children with a man she didn’t love. She eventually divorced, releasing her years of guilt at not getting pregnant as she realized how God had blessed her. Praising the cysts for their intelligence and not their curse, she then began to heal.
A third client had a vital organ removed. She and I grieved this enormous loss. Through dialoging with these body parts, her spiritual self revealed that this organ took her years of anger for being in a non-loving relationship and shut down. She admits, “what a price to pay for sacrificing happiness.”
How to Work With Your “Physical Messengers”
You, too can dialogue with your body, realizing that emotions manifest as physical symptoms that, once heard, can possibly be reversed. Start by talking to those body parts with love and inquire of their desires and needs. Then take action.
Disease occurs when we lose contact with the body’s underlying intelligence responsible for maintenance, healing, and repair. Unfortunately, the body must, at times, get our attention through “messengers” of pain, illness, and disease. By keeping our agreement with the sacred, we can live joy-filled lives.
Georgie Holbrook is a professional speaker, wellness trainer and workshop leader. She teaches from 20 years of experience making the connection between pent-up emotions, burnout, stress and physical manifestations such as cancer, breast and colon disorders, etc. She will share health principles to assist people recognize how their emotional state is affecting their well-being, along with how to address the problems before health related issues crop us. Georgie connects with varied audiences of all ages through offering natural remedies and inviting positive change.  Author of Joy-Full Holistic Remedies, How to Experience Your Natural Ability to Heal. See her web site for before and after pictures at www.joy-full.com when you need encouragement and hope. E-mail address joy_full@earthlink.netmailto:joy_full@earthlink.net, Georgie Holbrook lives in Houston, Texas call 281-218-8773 to schedule classes and speaking engagements.