What is a Doctor of Naturopathy?

 The first annotation in the dictionary defines "doctor" as a teacher. A naturopath is a teacher of natural means for enhancing health, wellness and longevity. Naturopathy is not a system of medicine, diagnosis or treatments such as are held by the medical societies, but a lifestyle of practices which builds immunity, improves mental health and enhances body function. Our belief is that every person has the right to learn of the natural God-given, life-enhancing practices embodied in naturopathy which will help him/her maintain mental, physical and emotional health. To this end, the Healthy Living Center offers training which shall first be used by the individual for his/her own personal development after which time, at the individual's own discretion, may be used to educate others.  Naturopathy embodies philosophies and principles involving pure water, clean air, wholesome food, proper diet and nutrition, exercise, proper living, appropriate rest, right thinking, absence from toxic substances, body ecology, effective management of stress and a number of other natural subjects which lead to a balanced living concept. Only those who agree with this philosophy should apply to the Healthy Living Center. We believe that physical health is primarily a reflection of God's universal law of cause and effect. A man reaps what he sows. How we care for our bodies is both a physical and spiritual issue which impacts our health and the health of our offspring. In cases where health principles have been violated the only true "cure" is for the body to restore its own protective mechanisms by removing those physical and spiritual roadblocks which hinder proper restoration and/or healing.

Emotional Health

I have always taught my clients that emotional health is as important as their nutritional health. Statistics tell us that 87 percent of all disease is from stress. The Bible teaches us that men's hearts fail them for fear. Fear is at the root of all stress. At the Healthy Living Center we always look at the health of the emotions when consulting with our clients. What are the "lies" we believe about ourselves. Lies represent the way we look at situations according to the beliefs we developed as children and were enforced by circumstances later on. These beliefs usually come from negative words that were spoken to us about ourselves. These words usually come from an authority figure in our lives such as a parent, older sibling or teacher etc.

99% of all lies are learned and believed before the age of 12.  For example: If your Dad said those words that so many do say to motivate us to good works, such as "you will never amount to anything" This becomes a lie in the heart of a child which causes their heart to believe it as a truth and allows that lie to permeate into their whole being, taking on that identity; in this example this lie will govern that person’s thoughts and emotions and consequently their decisions and actions.

At the Healthy Living Center we use a therapy that is simply the process of removing the lie from your heart and replacing it with the TRUTH. John 8:32  says you will know the truth, and it will set you free. This therapy is about receiving the freedom that we need to set free us from the negativity that has kept bound. 

We recall the root memory where you "learned the lie" and then we explain the Truth you can see (God’s perspective) about the situation.

When we choose to believe the Truth and reject the lie, we essentially uproot the lie from our heart and replace it with the Truth. Once the Truth has taken root and matured, through daily meditation on what is revealed, we experience healing and freedom and our lives began to take a turn in a different direction.

Once we are free emotionally we get healing in those physical areas that seem so difficult to overcome. In this way we are becoming "FREE" in more ways than one.