M. Higsbee – I have been asked about health and wellness a lot recently. What does it cover? What are people saying when they mention a health and wellness lifestyle?

I have to tell you those questions have made me question why some so-called professionals are trying to fool people about health and wellness. When they know what they are saying is wrong. I hope I can help clear up a little confusion and tamp down on the blatant attempts to fool those who want to pursue a healthier and better lifestyle.

Health and wellness have been under attack by impostors for decades now. The false claims of what health and wellness represent have moved beyond a gray line to downright deceit.

It has left many people who aspire to live healthier confused. They want to improve both their physical and mental well-being. This can range from losing weight to thinking better and faster. But what should that routine be? What does it look like?

Is it simply a spa day that we schedule every other month for a massage? Is it learning to make a quick, healthy drink mixture? Is it taking a diet pill and losing twenty or sixty pounds in two to four weeks while feeling miserable and stressed as we do? Then we hope, by some miracle, we can keep the weight off by not changing our lifestyle. Or is it a pill that makes us forget about our problems, but does not help us solve them?

None of these is a definition of a complete health and wellness lifestyle.

Yes, sometimes a person may need a fast medical intervention. This intervention may be needed to change their lifestyle to save their life. But these treatments will normally come from a physician.

A true health and wellness program should not leave you anxious or stressed out. It should add comfort to your life and improve how you live every day. And it is a gradual change with positive and permanent results that, with a little effort, you can keep.

Take care of yourself.

Michael Higsbee