Are you ready?
Well-being Stewardship is not for everyone . . . are you courageous enough to take the first steps?
Shifting from patient to Alchemist is a personal paradigm shift.
Shifting your habitual healthcare decision making process to align with salutogenesis and Well-being Stewardship may be a bit of a tricky challenge.
Most people are very conditioned to consider the state of their health as something to fix or manage. Shifting to consider every choice, every decision from the perspective of what will elevate or expand the qualities of living fully can be challenging. Plus, you may encounter road blocks in the form of cultural norms or existing healthcare system processes. Even well-intentioned friends or family members. may not be supportive.
Pause and reflect. Are you committed to making these shifts? Is the time right to explore this territory and go on this journey?
Survey the 7 Zones of Well-being Stewardship page to identify the attributes of your current worldview and your medicinary tool choices.
Ponder the Alchemist skills and ask yourself if you want to expand or enhance those skills.
Some people are instantly drawn to Stewardship and want to be an Alchemist because this approach to living and well-being reflects your current worldview.
If you are comfortable in the Red Reductionist Zone, this may not be a fit for you. At least not now.
Take this quick assessment to see if you're ready
Simply add up the number of statements below that you agree with.
Well-being Stewardship and Alchemy are a fit for you if …
You explore the supplement aisles of your local store to self diagnosis and treat symptoms and do not experience the results you were hoping for.
You consider yourself environmentally conscious, care about making decisions that benefit the earth and want your choices for well-being to align with your Environmental Stewardship practices.
You don’t feel well – whatever that means to you – and have been told by various doctors (probably MDs) that nothing is wrong with you.
You are reevaluating your food choices, considering a plant based diet or other changes, and are open to direction about how to make food choices to cultivate personal vitality and resilience.
You hear yourself declaring “I want natural medicine” and realize you don’t quite know where to start.
You want a partnership relationship with your medical professionals.
You want to learn, be empowered and gain wisdom to make wise choices daily that will enhance your quality of life.
TOTAL YES RESPONSES:
Well-being Stewardship and Alchemy are a fit for you when …
You are disillusioned with western Red Reductionist Zone medicine and medical practitioners.
You are tired of feeling “fine” or “okay” and want to live a more vibrant life – physically, emotionally and mentally, or you are sick and tired of being sick, tired, or both.
You want to cultivate deeper awareness of your well-being decisions, recognizing what you may have been doing is simply a habit and want to find opportunities for fresh practices.
You want to understand the interrelationship between your well-being and the world around you and apply that information to create a fresh life design.
You are experiencing a period of personal transformation and want some ease and grace during times of transition.
You sense the world is in transition and want to be aligned with the flow of this period of change.
You are yearning for a change you didn't even know was possible and you want a clear path forward.
What your "yes" statements reveal
Less than 2: You may want to hit the pause button for now. Stay informed and begin exploring when the timing is a better fit for you.
3 – 7: Perfect! Well-being Stewardship is a fit for where you’re at now.
8 or more: You may already be practicing Well-being Stewardship and Alchemy, you just didn’t have a name for it, or a framework for what you’ve been doing intuitively. Enjoy the support you’ll get from the rollout of the book and other valuable information
Practice the Alchemy skill of Reflection:
You can also use the assessment as a tool for ongoing reflection. Ask yourself:
How do your answers reflect your worldview from the 7 Zones of Well-being Stewardship?
What knowledge or experience would result in a different response?
Are you living the life you want to be living by doing what you have been doing?
