What Is CREATION Health?

The Creation Health Breakthrough: 8 Essentials to Revolutionize Your Health Physically, Mentally, and Spiritually
by Monica Reed, M.D., Donna K. Wallace, MTS

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CREATION Health is an exciting plan for changing your life. If you apply it rightly, you will achieve mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional well-being. Each letter of the word CREATION stands for one of the eight principles drawn from the Genesis story.

C - Choice. Choice is the first step toward improved health. Your destiny is empowered and determined in large part by your choices. Making healthy choices is the key to lifestyle improvement. People who believe they have more control over their lives tend to be healthier and live longer.

R - Rest. Rest comes with both a good night's sleep and taking time to relax during the day. It includes having a weekly day of rest and enjoying a regular vacation, which allows you to slow down. Deep rest and restoration are also found in the calm of spiritual peace.

E - Environment. Environment is the natural setting where you find peace and healing. Everything that affects the senses - sight, smell, sound, touch, and taste - in the natural environment as well as your personal environment influences your health.

A - Activity. Activity is the gift of movement. It includes regular exercise and play. The best kind of physical activity (like a walk in a park with friends) also enhances the mind, spirit, and relationships. Activity should be enjoyable and an integral part of your lifelong health.

X - Trust. Trust in Divine Power ensures that your life has a sense of purpose. It speaks to the important relationship between spirituality and your overall health and well-being. People who have an active trust in Divine Power experience a host of health benefits including a stronger immune system, less heart disease, lower blood pressure, and higher life satisfaction.

I - Interpersonal Relationships. Relational intimacy is found in those moments when you allow an aspect of your true self to be shared; when you open yourself up to the power of one heart touching another. Having confidence in the support of others who care contributes to improved health. Conversely, loneliness or toxic relationships can contribute to a downward spiral in overall health.

O - Outlook. Outlook is a gift you give to yourself. A positive mental attitude colors your life perspective and influences how you view your world and the people in it. Attitude is more than a state of mind. It influences health in powerful ways and can even impact the progression of disease.

N - Nutrition. Nutrition is the fuel that drives your body. A wholesome balanced diet produces energy and overall health. Of all the nutritional choices available, two are guaranteed to improve your health and enable you to live longer: eating less and eating higher-quality foods.

These eight essential components of health meld together to form the blueprint for the good health we yearn for and the life we are intended to live. Some of the concepts presented in the CREATION Health acronym will seem like common sense - because they are exactly that. Other concepts you may not have been as familiar with but will learn about through the evidence of science. As the pieces of the picture come together like a jigsaw puzzle, you'll begin to see a simple yet profound unifying theme. We've tried to isolate the individual elements in the past, but they belong together for optimal living. You'll soon discover your own picture taking shape and with it the tremendous potential to live life to the full.

Remember, the CREATION Health Breakthrough begins the moment you can see the various parts of your life coming into balance and you catch a glimpse of your ultimate design. Once you've experienced a health breakthrough in your own life - and through these eight principles I'll show you how - you'll know when there's something in your life that needs a little tweaking. With this book you'll have the tools you need to make healthy changes for a lifetime.

The Plan

Happiness lies first of all in health.

George William Curtis

The CREATION Health Breakthrough is not a one-time occurrence in which you suddenly break beyond all the bad habits you've ever had in the past. The Breakthrough invites you to embrace new and exciting changes as you experience life as it was intended. Yes, there will be times when you will get off balance, times when you'll recognize that the Lifestyle Disease is rearing its ugly head. But that's what this health plan is about - helping you recognize the disease and giving you the tools you need to return to your best health.

If you feel there is a particular area or areas that need immediate attention, you can go immediately to that chapter, keeping in mind these three things:

Good choices are the cornerstone of all lifestyle changes. Therefore, the Choice chapter (chapter 3) should be read first.

Creating health is about complementary changes in the mind, body, and spirit. For the greatest results make sure you cover all eight principles.

If you don't have time to read the book now, you may turn to the back immediately, plan the CREATION Health Three-Day Rejuvenation Therapy, and follow the guided steps to reading the book during your getaway!

Copyright © 2007 by Monica Reed, M.D.

About the Author

Monica Reed, M.D., is the senior medical officer of the largest admitting hospital in America, directing the daily operations of two thousand physicians at Florida Hospital in Orlando.

Donna K. Wallace, president and founder of Mere Images, Inc., has coauthored and collaborated on fifteen inspirational and health-related books.