Kat Elton

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What is Health?

What is Health?

Posted on Aug 23, 2010 by Kat Elton

I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN BE HEALTHY EVEN IF YOU LIVE WITH A CHRONIC DISEASE. If that’s true, then what is health? Is it the absence of a pathological process? Feeling comfortable in your body? Being fit and strong? Determined by blood tests and lab results, or by how you feel? According to the World Health Assembly, health is “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well- being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmary.” The World Health...

Coming out of the Closet

Coming out of the Closet

Posted on Jun 19, 2011 by Kat Elton

Okay everyone here I go. I’m coming out of the closet. I am officially someone who believes in Energy Healing, Reiki, Homeopathic medication, Essential Oils, and many other “Out there” healing techniques.  Until now I’ve hid this side of myself from most people except those that I feel are safe and won’t judge me. Other people who are close to me have gotten a glimpse of my secret life, like my boyfriend who knew that I have a huge drawer of supplements...

Being Healthy with Arthritis

Posted on Oct 1, 2015 by Kat Elton

You are NOT your Arthritis More than once I’ve had someone, always someone who never had a chronic disease I may add, tell me  “You are not your arthritis!”   This statement is always presented very emphatically, with the utmost confidence. Until recently, whenever I heard this I’d reply, “You’re right, the arthritis doesn’t define Me!”   I thought about this one day not too long ago and suddenly I realized...

"When I take the time to ponder the true meaning of health I realize that, surprisingly, my disease has made me healthier. With each challenge the disease has created for me, the opportunity has been there to transmute this challenge into a lesson on how to be a better person. The arthritis has made me wise. And I use this wisdom to create a healthy life." --Kat Elton

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