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How to Create Wellness Habits That Can Save Your
Life
How to Create Wellness Habits That Can Save Your
Life
The most important subject we can talk about
…
that’s your health.
The most important subject we can talk about
…
that’s your health.
Time-tested principles, proven strategies and
best-kept secrets
Time-tested principles, proven strategies and
best-kept secrets
That thousands of wellness doctors use for themselves and their families.
Do you know?Do you know?
Every 30 seconds in the United States,
someone files for bankruptcy as a
result of the treatment they receive
for a serious health problem?
-- according to researchers at Harvard University
Do you know?Do you know?
That’s over 50%of all personal
bankruptcy filings affecting over two million Americans
every year.-- researchers at Harvard University
Do you know?Do you know?
“…three-quarters of the medically bankrupt
had health insurance at the
time of their illness.”
-- researchers at Harvard University
“Nobody’s safe.”“Nobody’s safe.”
-- Elizabeth Warren a law professor at Harvard University
Inconvenient Truths of Health Care
Inconvenient Truths of Health Care
“America is in serious financial trouble.”
-- David WalkerU.S. Comptroller General
(America’s top accountant)
Inconvenient Truths of Health Care
Inconvenient Truths of Health Care
“America and Americans are going bankrupt due to health care …
or dare I say – lack of caring for our health.”
-- Discover Wellness, How Staying Health Can Make You Rich
The American LifestyleThe American Lifestyle
• Pain = stop exercising
+ gain weight
+ poor posture
+ unhealthy thinking
+ poor habits
The American LifestyleThe American LifestyleDepression
High Blood Pressure
Elevated Cholesterol
Increased Risk of Preventable Diseases
Heart Disease
CancerDiabetes OBESITYStress Related Conditions
… And Much More
The American LifestyleThe American Lifestyle
The cycle continues… • Increased Pain =
increased weight gain + unhealthy posture + depressed thinking + destructive habits.
The American LifestyleThe American Lifestyle
Are YouLiving Sick?
America SpendsAmerica Spends
$2 trillion per year on health care …
really… sick care.
America SpendsAmerica Spends
More than 15% of every dollarspent in America … goes toward health care
America SpendsAmerica Spends
More than 70% of our health care Dollars treating preventable
lifestyle-related chronic diseases.
America SpendsAmerica Spends
Heart Disease, Cancer, Diabetes, Obesity, Stress Related Conditions,
Chronic Pain and Adverse Drug Reactions
The Seven Conditions causing America’s #1
crisis
America SpendsAmerica Spends
$6,280
Each and every man, woman and child spends per year on
medical care.
America SpendsAmerica Spends
• If you and your children didn’t spend $6,280 each on health care last year, – that means your neighbors and
coworkers spent your share and you still paid for it
– A family of four = $25,120 per year
Now, If you’re thinking to yourself…
Now, If you’re thinking to yourself…
I’m not spending that much on health care – this isn’t my
problem… why should I care?
I’m healthy, I feel good,
look good, my family is healthy
Think for a moment…Think for a moment…• Starbucks spends more
money on health insurance than they do on coffee.
• General Motors spends more money on health insurance than they do on steel for their cars.
Think for a moment…Think for a moment…
How do you think they pay for that?
They pass the costs on to us – their customers.
Every time you spend:Every time you spend:
• $1.95 at Starbucks for a cup of coffee, – $.30 goes to cover medical costs.
• $10 for a movie ticket, – $1.50 goes to cover medical costs.
• $20 for a pizza, – $3 goes to cover medical costs.
• $50 for a tank of gas, – $7.50 goes to cover medical costs.
Every time you spend:Every time you spend:
• $250 for an airline ticket, – $37.50 goes to cover medical costs.
• $1,000 on auto repairs, – $150 goes to cover medical costs.
• $2,500 on a plasma television, – $375 goes to cover medical costs.
• $25,000 on a new car, – $1,666 goes to cover medical costs.
We’re all paying the bill …
Increased prices, Increased taxes, Increased premiums
We’re all paying the bill …
Increased prices, Increased taxes, Increased premiums
How to Create Wellness Habits That Can Save Your Life
How to Create Wellness Habits That Can Save Your Life
Why should we create wellness habits?
We can’t afford not to…
Do you know?Do you know?
“over 95% of our nation’s health expenditures, including most of the billions of dollars employers spend on health coverage, is committed to
diagnosing and treating disease only after it becomes manifest.”
— The Partnership for Prevention
“Researchers have estimated that preventable illness makes up
approximately 70% of the burden of illness and the
associated costs.”— The New England Journal of Medicine
Of the approximate 2.5 million people who die in the U.S. each year, 7 out of 10 Americans…
more than 1.7 million people… die of a chronic
disease such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
In fact…In fact…
In 2000, the leading causes of preventable death
in the U.S. are related to:– Tobacco (435,000 deaths; 18.1%)– Poor diet and physical inactivity
(400,000; 16.6%)– Alcohol (85,000 3.5%)
— CDC Report: JAMA, 2004
The Big PictureThe Big Picture
More than 70% of all deaths in America…
More than 70% of our health care economy is spent on treating preventable lifestyle
related chronic diseases.
How can we take steps to reverse these trends?
Choose better health through better living.
Discover Wellness
How to create wellness habits that can save your
life
How to create wellness habits that can save your
lifeThe seven steps to better health in 90 days or less:
– Alignment– Exercise– Nutrition– Healthy Thinking– Healthy Habits– Utilize the Wellness Essentials– Create a Wellness Team
How to create wellness habits that can save your
life
How to create wellness habits that can save your
life
The secrets that thousands of wellness doctors and their
families use to keep themselves healthy
and well
AlignmentAlignment
• Core Values and Actions
• Structural Alignment
• Misalignments Cause Problems
ExerciseExercise
• Studies show exercise is effective at:– decreasing pain, reducing stress,
improving immune function, lowering blood pressure, improving cardiac function, boosting energy, improving sleep and maintaining healthy body weight
NutritionNutrition
Just as a house cannot be strong if it is made with poor
materials, your body cannot be healthy and strong if you
don’t feed it properly.
NutritionNutrition
Three basic things to remember when it comes to feeding your body are:
1. Drink more water
2. Eat more fruits and vegetables
3. Take supplements to ensure adequate nutritional sufficiency
Healthy ThinkingHealthy Thinking
• Mind-Body Connection (psychoneuroimmunology)
• Thoughts and Emotions Influence Health
• Being Happy Can Make You Healthy
* Studies have shown that physical wounds take much longer to heal in marriages marred by hostility and conflict than those in which couples build a more pleasurable home life.
Healthy HabitsHealthy Habits
• Minimize sugar in your diet• Get plenty of sleep• Turn off the television• Stop smoking• Increase the amount of love and
intimacy in your life • Become an advanced citizen
Create Your Wellness Team
Create Your Wellness Team
• A top quality team of various wellness professionals… – Wellness doctors who can help you
coordinate and customize specific wellness programs that fit your personal needs and goals
– Personal Trainers, Massage Therapists, Nutritionists, Acupuncturists and more
Wellness EssentialsWellness Essentials
• The top quality essential products to help make sure you are buying the right stuff for you and your family
• The most expensive products are the ones you purchase and don’t receive the full perceived value
How to Change Unhealthy Habits
How to Change Unhealthy Habits
Three-step process to changing unhealthy habits
How to Change Unhealthy Habits
How to Change Unhealthy Habits
First, make a decision.
Eliminate the word try.
Just do it, just make a decision and don’t look
back.
How to Change Unhealthy Habits
How to Change Unhealthy Habits
Second, act as if.
Changing habits is like starting a new job.
How to Change Unhealthy Habits
How to Change Unhealthy Habits
Third, work on yourself every
day.
How to Change Unhealthy Habits
How to Change Unhealthy Habits
Consistency and persistence
connects you to your inner wisdom and
inner strength in order to become unstoppable.
The Ultimate Solution To America’s Health Care
Crisis
The Ultimate Solution To America’s Health Care
Crisis
• Yes, it is true…– America is rapidly
heading toward economic disaster due to skyrocketing health care costs.
The Ultimate Solution To America’s Health Care
Crisis
The Ultimate Solution To America’s Health Care
Crisis
Who’s going to fix our health care system?
We Are!
The Ultimate Solution To America’s Health Care
Crisis
The Ultimate Solution To America’s Health Care
Crisis
Discover Wellness …
It works, if you live it… it doesn’t, if you don’t.
The Ultimate Solution To America’s Health Care
Crisis
The Ultimate Solution To America’s Health Care
Crisis My message to you today
is one of hope.
It is time for us to work together to put the health and the care
back into health care.
If you choose to…Discover Wellness,
the ultimate solution to America’s health care
crisis…
You will discover…that staying healthy CAN make you rich.
Thank YouThank You
How to Create Wellness Habits That Can Save Your
Life
How to Create Wellness Habits That Can Save Your
Life