Dr Iris Bell's Ponderings

Treatment Options - How to Think about Your Choices

"Our bodies are our gardens - our wills are our gardeners." 

                      - William Shakespeare

This time, we will talk about levels of treatment options for whole human beings. You can take back control of your health from your chronic disease and from mainstream medicine. Last time we talked about you as a whole being, an indivisible system whose parts are interconnected and interdependent.

Not only are we as whole beings complex - including body, mind, and spirit, but we also need to re-think our treatment options in systems terms.

Holistic medicine information beyond sound bites and headlines

"Play big...in life and in your health."

Welcome to Dr Iris Bell's ponderings blog on alternative medicine - with information, ideas, tips, and inspiration on how to heal from chronic disease. This blog goes more under the surface than the quick fix sites you can find all over the internet. Beyond and beneath the sound bites and headlines - to understand how simple and how complex health really is.

Please remember that these ideas are only for educational purposes. They are not intended to substitute for or provide you with personalized medical advice. Please see your own health care providers for specific personal advice on your individual case.

Let's start with the whole person idea. When most peopletalk about "holistic health," they usually mean that body, mind, and spirit are involved in health and healing. You have to take care of yourself at all of those levels.