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𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘈𝘝𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘓𝘐𝘝𝘌𝘚.

𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺, 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵.

𝘐𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢.

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𝘈𝘴 𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴, "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵."

𝘉𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘉𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 "𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺" 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘉𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩.

𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.

- Elaine Barlow

𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺, 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 ...

... conglomerating together and trapping themselves in endless feedback loops of negativity is how we got where we are.

Choose your support wisely.

Think about what you need, truly need, and the best ways to obtain the focus, positivity, understanding, and self love you need to be able to love others going forward.

It may not be from the sources you expect it to be from.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 ... 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘷𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦.

They also believed that environment was a key component in how a person developed their mind, spirit, and body.

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The original Greek practice of "medicine" INCLUDED PSYCHOLOGY, PHYSICAL HEALTH, and ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS that contributed to a person's health; both the natural environment (sky, air, water etc) and the societal environment (people, politics, social issues).

It emphasized the causes and therapeutic importance of psychological factors, nutrition and lifestyle, independence of mind, body and spirit, and the need for harmony between individuals, society, and the natural environment.

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Greek medicine was holistic in nature and the point of it was to understand how EVERYTHING figured into the overall health of an individual. It was never solely about the physical ... and despite what people think today (which is usually 1000% incorrect), it is about the balance between body, mind, and spirit and all of the factors that influence those things.

Choose your environments wisely. Choose your friends wisely. Choose what you take into yourself wisely.

Now more than ever.

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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 ...

If the environment you surround yourself with constantly emphasizes repeated collisions of hope and reality, it is probably not going to be the best environment for healing, wellness, or critical thinking.

If the environment you surround yourself with constantly focuses on draining energy into negative thoughts and actions, it is probably not going to be healthy for you.

Asclepius and Hippocrates' focused medical practice had three main components of philosophy and provision of care:

- health promotion
- interventions on trauma care
- mental care and art therapy interventions

Component 1: Health Promotion

Health promotion included physical activity as an essential part of physical and mental health and emphasized the importance of nutrition to improve performance in the Olympic Games.

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Component 2: Interventions on trauma care

These included surgical practices developed by Hippocrates, mainly due to the frequent wars in ancient Greece.

Component 3: Mental care and art therapy

These interventions were in accordance with the first classification of mental disorders which were proposed by Hippocrates. Music and drama were used as management tools in the treatment of illness and in the improvement of human behavior.

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If you think about the original idea that Asclepius and Hippocrates created and not how much the world deviated from it and completely destroyed it ... you'll see that it's the same general wellness concept that provides the most benefit

1. EXERCISE
2. SELF CARE and SELF AWARENESS
3. THERAPY including ART

Consider it.

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