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About Me
I'm an integral living coach. I help people identify their major challenges and support them to make their most resonant choice to resolve them. As advisor and advocate I support people to revolutionize their overall health and well-being, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
Find me at www.novalisintegra.com
As a result of my own experience, and over a 30-year career in medical information and management at both the Vancouver Hospital Medical Library and the Woodward Biomedical Library at the University of British Columbia, I have developed an integrated system for physical, mental, emotional and spiritual regeneration.
A lifelong seeker, I discovered my spiritual path during the depths of my stress and depression. I have been studying meditation with spiritual master Sri Chinmoy for over 15 years.
And now for the behind the scenes version
My mother died of stomach cancer when I was 18. It was horrible. They removed her stomach and she starved to death. On the day that she died I told myself, I am not going there. This is not going to happen to me. I could not allow such tragic sickness and suffering into my life. I had to find answers that would empower me in my commitment to wellness.
And So My Quest Began
For years I read nutrition and self help books, bought a supplement because it was advertised as “the solution” to my problem. I tried several different therapies. I ate margarine because butter was bad. Then “they” said margarine was bad, and butter was good. So I switched back.
My diet wasn’t great, even though I thought I was eating healthy. Acording to the latest research and what the media said, I was eating well and should be full of vitality. In fact, this is the most common phrase I hear from people today, “I’m eating healthy, but I just don’t feel great.” So I share my story and then their light bulb often goes on.
Just like the ice cream flavour of the month there always seemed to be something new that would fix me. I spent 1000’s of $’s and couldn’t say I felt any better. In fact I felt worse.
Of course life got complicated, and like most women, I made lifestyle choices that were destructive. I smoked. I drank too much. I took birth control pills.
I got married and had children.
On the surface, it appeared as though I had it all together: the perfect career, a lovely home, a beautiful garden, a swimming pool and a country club membership. I was like a lot of women—superwoman or bust.
But I was not only stressed. I was sick with severe colds and flu, and constant headaches that often lasted for five days. I was depressed and totally exhausted, but I kept on pushing myself.
And then one day, when I got out of bed, I was so dizzy, I couldn’t move. My doctor did a battery of tests that indicated there was nothing physically wrong with me. And yet I didn’t feel good. I didn’t look good and I was afraid for my overall health.
The Road Less Travelled
Out of desperation, I went to see a homeopath. She gave me the full picture of what was really going on inside my body. I had allergies I didn’t know about. I had fungal, bacterial and viral infections in various parts of my body. I had parasites. I had chemical and metal overload and the list went on. Internally, I was a toxic waste dump.
That rather horrifying assessment was my wake-up call. I knew I needed to flush out the toxins and waste from my body. But where did they all come from? And how was I going to get them out?
And I knew I needed to take a hard look at my toxic lifestyle. But not just what was going on with my body. I needed to look at my attitudes, my thoughts, and my beliefs. And the biggest question of all—who am I?
Ancient Principles—Modern Science
My homeopath introduced me to the ancient Chinese principles of nourish, balance, and cleanse—the philosophy of regeneration. These principles applied not only to the body, but also to the mind and emotions.
The philosophy of regeneration says that the body is best nourished by a wide variety of whole foods. Once the body is nourished, it has the innate ability to bring itself into balance and harmony, to create optimum health. It is a blue print for vitality and well-being.
I finally understood the problem of modern nutrition. There is no philosophy. The single isolate or single nutrient approach is just a prop up job. If you try to do something to strengthen the body with one single herb or nutrient and expect to get a whole effect, you won’t. And you will probably get a side effect as your body is pulling in too many different directions all at the same time.
Our bodies have so many different parts, and so many different things are required to nourish all these different parts. If you don’t nourish the whole there can be no balance. There will only be excess and deficiency.
But regeneration goes beyond the body and encompasses the mind and heart also. If we have negative thoughts our minds are out of balance. If we have anger our emotions are out of balance. And if we have hatred our hearts are out of balance and we cannot become the love we came here to spread.
And now the exciting news. Even contemporary science is beginning to understand what the ancients knew. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
As a result of the mapping of the human genome, a whole new science has emerged—epigenetics. The greatest discovery during this project was that it is the context of the cells that is the most important factor in determining health—not DNA. It is what happens outside the cell that is the critical factor. It’s what happens to the DNA that makes it respond.
This applies to nutrition as well. An exciting aspect of epigenetics is nutritional genomics, the discovery of the path to personalized nutrition. What we put into our mouths has a profound effect, not only on our body, but on our entire being.
The deeper I dig into this knowledge the stronger is my inspiration to share my journey with all those who resonate with me. I believe that anything worth having is worth sharing. So by building a better me, I build a better world.
“As you ought not to attempt to cure the eyes without the head, or the head without the body, so neither ought you to attempt to cure the body without the soul; and this … is the reason why the cure of many diseases is unknown to the physicians of Greece, because they are ignorant of the whole, which ought to be studied also; for the part can never be well unless the whole is well.” Plato
Personal Updates -- Mini Blog
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September 12, 2009
Hello,
Thanks for taking an interest to read this mini-blog post.
One of the things that has been difficult for me is to express myself from that place of inner knowing. Almost all my life I've been caught up in my insecurity, along with fear and doubt.
As I started to unravel what was keeping me stuck and unable to bring my dreams into reality, I realized I was not really coming from my authentic self. It was all crazy head stuff.
I found a lot of things along the way that helped me. But I know there is a lot more to learn. So I'm developing an 8 week online teleseminar workshop to support others in their journey and learn from them. It will be interactive so we can all share and support each other.
It's going to be for women only. Sorry, you guys, we'll do one for you later.
I need your help. If you'd be willing to share what kinds of challenges you have experienced when trying to come from the heart I'd be most grateful. Also what kinds of things worked for you. Together we can make this a very powerful experience for everyone.
Warmly,
Joyce
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September 09, 2009
For everyone who's been feeling sluggish lately ... tune in and discover
1. What's the difference between cleansing and detoxificaiton?
2. Why it's critical you don't get trapped into trying the most popular detox cleanse today.
3. How toxins affect your immune system and what you need to do to keep it strong to withstand the swine flu virus (or any virus for that matter).
4. There's one source of toxins that nobody is talking about. You'll learn how to identify and eliminate them before they take hold.
5. Which organs when not in good working condition will prevent you from detoxifying.
6. How to know what you body is saying when it's speaking to you and telling you it's time to detox.
7. How negative thoughts and feelings affect your toxic load.
8. How nutrition is they key building block for a strong cleansing system.
9. Solutions to support cleansing, detoxification and your immune system.
Join me and Ati Petrov of Novalis Integra Center for Healing and Transformation (www.novalisintegra.com) on Thursday Sept 10 8:30 EST to get your answers
Here's the link to access the teleseminar/web simulcast:
http://www.instantteleseminar.com/?eventid=8931603
You can submit your questions right now and we'll answer them on the call.
See you on the call. Your body will thank you.
Warmly,
Joyce
PS If you can't make the call come back to the link and listen to the replay.
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August 08, 2009
We're so exciting about our First Steps to Health. Please visit www.novalisintegra.com/first-steps-to-health/ and join the health care revolution starting with your own personal transformation.
JoyceFriesen
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