Healing Thots Archive Vol #1 Janaury 2005 - Introduction

The Healing Adventure opened on November 8th. How I came up with the store's name has generated a few questions. It is a little different, and I'm hoping the store itself will be recognized as a little different than your usual "health-food store."

For the past 25 years or so, I have been self-educating and experimenting with natural health alternatives to address health issues as they arose for my family and me. I found the whole process empowering and quite effective in dealing with everything from colds to depression.

Somewhere along the way, the search for self-care information evolved into a spiritual journey which brought with it an understanding of the importance of living a holistic life. Holistic means whole. The search for wholeness requires balance and balance is a fleeting thing requiring continual adjustments in all aspects of our life. In order to maintain some semblance of that elusive balance requires awareness of what is available to nurture our body, mind, and spirit. Education brings awareness and awareness offers choice. Choice brings empowerment and empowerment can bring some peace into your life. If you are living a peaceful life, you have taken strides toward balance and wholeness.

The whole process is an adventure -- a healing adventure. It's about sharing, empowerment, self-care, and quality of life. It is about learning how to live each day we have to the best of our ability by taking responsibility for ourselves and learning from each other's experiences about how to make the very best of every day.

May the new year bring peace and wholeness,

Priscilla