Alternative Therapies Archives

September, 2009 - VOL. 15, NO. 5		September, 2009
Could Health Coaching Build a Bridge to a New System of Healthcare?
Karen Lawson, MD
“In order to change, we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.” — Author Unknown The talk of healthcare reform has been growing in intensity and urgency among consumers, healthcare providers, administrators, and our nation’s leaders. When planning a journey, or building a bridge, it is critical to know where you want to go and from where you are starting. So . . . FUTURE SCENARIO, 2040 Children are raised with adult modeling of self-care and responsibility for their own health as well as social and environmental health. Our system of formalized education focuses not just on intellectual and sometimes physical intelligence, but also on emotional and social intelligence. There is recognition and valuing of multiple ways of knowing, of diverse cultural mores, and of the spiritual core of all purposeful human life. In our schools, there is attention to creating functional educational environments that are healing spaces, with nutrition that nurtures the body and senses as well as the intellect. Children are raised to be aware of the manifestation power of their own consciousnesses. Mind-body skills and practices are cultivated in the classroom from children’s first years in school. Self-care is a right and responsibility that children grow up to accept and expect.
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