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Heal Yourself: Mind Body Spirit

Marcia Kamph, D.C. M.S
Robert D. Reed Publishers (2005)
ISBN 1931741476
Reviewed by Phyllis Kruciak for Rebeccas Reads (3/08)

For the individual who is sick of being sick, “Heal Yourself: Mind Body Spirit” is an excellent resource!  Dr.  Kamph takes you to the basics of the mind/body connection.  She introduces the book with insights provided from a chiropractic and nutritionist standpoint.  Learning early how factors such as nutrition, stress and toxicity affect an individual’s overall health, one is clearly able to navigate through Dr. Kamph’s advice to understand healthcare in a fundamental way

Chapter two of the book illustrates the “General Adaptation Syndrome” which posits that there are three stages to a body’s reaction to a negative stimulus.  Stage one is alarm, two is adaptation, and three is exhaustion.  The reader is introduced to the stimuli outlined as emotional, dietary, physical and environmental then given basic information toward effective management.  This framework provides the basis for understanding the way the body functions as a reactionary device.  Understanding this allows and person to then dive into what stresses are presented and how to counteract the outcomes.

The reader is then introduced to the basic body systems and cells.  Dr. Kamph simplifies these systems by analyzing how they function, reporting what they do and addressing common issues with which we bombard them.  The beauty of her style is that she presents them very thoroughly yet easy to “digest,” so to speak.  The reader is given the information in fun, short and to-the-point analyses, which allow the lay person to understand without feeling lost in jargon.  The book is filled with fun illustrations and personal stories that relate to these areas and make the knowledge real in terms of our daily lives and functions.

After a basic understanding, we are introduced to ways to detoxify and help reverse the negative effects of the stressors the body has already encountered.  We are told of the need to begin with a “clean colon and liver” and how to proceed from there.  Water is essential and this book even gives great tips about what types of water (or more appropriately sources and filtering) truly help to achieve the goal.  We learn how to supplement and exactly what vitamins and minerals do.  We then learn of the components of a good diet to maintain health, even down to how to store and cook our food.  We are presented with an “emergency kit” of holistic products that can serve to stem our day to day issues.  The book concludes with a chapter on “the power of thought,” and the role of the mind in the entire process.  Dr Kamph emphasizes the need for all components to work in union to achieve the goal.

Overall the book does a great job of education and suggestion to help heal, and maintain a positive course of holistic health.  Readers will find themselves enlightened and entertained simultaneously by “Heal Yourself: Mind Body Spirit.”

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