Episode 7 - Don't Ignore The Signs
In this next episode, I’m sharing what has been an important realisation for me in recent weeks. I’ve been opened up to a totally new way of thinking about my health, sparked by a recent discussion series hosted by LiveLine, our national radio here in Ireland. It’s been a big learning for me and I’m sharing it with you because I think it holds an important lesson for all of us.
As I shared in my last episode, following the death of both of my parents, I was diagnosed with both type 2 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis. I’ve been managing and living with these conditions since then. My mum had diabetes when she was alive and I’ve always felt a sense of inevitability around being diagnosed with it myself. For a long time, I held the belief that it was hereditary, and I’d simply resigned myself to the fact that I’d just have to learn to live with the symptoms.
Last year, when Covid-19 hit, I realised that now was the time to focus on my health and ensure I was as well and healthy as I could be. With the help of a really excellent hypnotherapist – Dr. Niamh Flynn – I was able to make some positive changes and I am delighted to share that I am currently not in the diabetic range.
But as I share in the episode, I’ve been surprised to realise that some of the issues and symptoms I’ve been dealing with, and thought were part of my condition, have not gone away. It was only hearing the recent conversation with Joe Duffy on LiveLine that my eyes were opened and I was able to acknowledge that I had been completely ignoring the signs that were there all along…
The body has an excellent way of talking to us – but the question is, are we really listening?
So often, we ignore the obvious signs in front of us, because they don’t fit with the particular story that we are telling ourselves. It is my hope that by sharing my own personal health journey with you here in the episode that you can learn from this, and reflect on where you might be ignoring the signs that are in front of you. And that’s my TOUGH LOVE ENERGY for you today – DON’T IGNORE THE SIGNS. We all owe it to ourselves to feel as fit, healthy and able as we can. That’s my wish for you. Don’t suffer in silence.
I so hope you find this episode helpful – and if it resonates, I’d love to hear from you. You can find me on Instagram here or get in touch with me here on my website.
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Until next time,
Niamh x
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I highly recommend Dr. Niamh Flynn, a hypnotherapist based in Galway, who helped me in my weight loss journey. You can find out more on her website, here.
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