Last year I paid tribute to my brother by sharing stories about his life and connected them to health concerns…
How many times do you hear yourself saying “I can’t believe XXX has cancer” – “he/she is so fit, or why does it happen to the good people”? Etc.
I along with others put Wayne on the ‘good persons’ list, and for those of you that are new followers; I delivered a post each day the week of Wayne’s anniversary to pay tribute to him, but also to share with everyone aspects of our lifestyles that can affect people in different ways that can cause cancer or other chronic illnesses to appear.
Wayne’s story:
Wayne passed away after a fight with Pancreatic Cancer at the young age of 43.
His son Koby was 14 years old at the time.
Wayne is my only sibling and I along with many others, miss him dearly everyday.
This year marks his 4th anniversary.
My mission:
‘help people live a healthier life for longer’, and to not have to deal with being diagnosed with a chronic illness, because it is tough having a loved one battle these circumstances.
These stories reached and resonated with many people, so I will again this year give you a story a day, to help you connect some dots on how our bodies can become damaged on the inside, which when continually treated these ways, will break our bodies down, and present a health concern you may not like…
For those that knew Wayne, I hope you enjoy the special pictures and they give you a smile…
Please share these stories with your friends and family especially if you feel they resonate and would like to get a message across..
Movement:
We as humans were made to move.. We were made to walk everyday and run often..
However as the world becomes busier and faster, we tend to want to get to places quicker, so transportation is the first option, and therefore the amount of walking has dropped off.
Wayne was always active and loved his team sports (and kept umpires on their toes), that’s what kept him active, he wasn’t one to go out for a 5km run or anything like that.
Wayne got to his heaviest weight just before he was diagnosed, and I must say this was when he was at his least active stage.
Wayne was one that loved playing Xbox games, watching TV and chilling out, and not putting regular exercise first.
Movement is a huge part of our human make up – we are meant to move all the time. What happens now is that our lives are more sedentary and therefore we are made to schedule in time to exercise.
Some people take it too extreme and work at high intensity to make up for the time sitting, but unfortunately the sedartery still outweighs the movement.
However it’s the little things that add up that can help you
-move more often throughout the day, such as going to the bathroom over the other side of the office, or the level below your office, to make you use the stairs more often.
– It can be changing a meeting to a walking meeting (more creative).
– It can be standing at work stations, walking to work or doing a lap around the block before you walk in your back door.
Stress levels:
(which will be discussed later) has been proven in studies that it can be lowered when exercising, so therefore with your job/lifestyle giving you stress, movement is very important to incorporate.
Wayne realised that after he got sick, walking was required and moving was needed to help keep our body healthy.
Think of when you start jogging/running, your bowels move quickly and you need to go to the toilet.
Our body is an amazing organ that is all connected, so by moving more, you use your bowels better, then the toxins (more on this later) are released, because you do not want to store toxins inside of you.
This causes toxicity within the GI tract, causing GI problems, it can backtrack into the stomach, gallbladder, and liver.
When other organs are dealing with waste and toxins, this can disrupt hormones and set off an autoimmune response, and the ripple effect goes on and on.
So my call to action:
This story is to make a conscious effort to move more. I’m not saying start training for a marathon, just add more steps into your daily duties.
– Make a phone call whilst walking, walk your children to school, or park a block away from school/work.
– Have a walking catch up, then a coffee with a friend.
– Walk laps while your children are at basketball/netball or footy training, don’t just stand and watch.
– many fitness trackers have a notification to move every so often, so make sure you do, don’t just swipe left/right/or up – it’s there to remind you.
– walk to a coffee shop, don’t use drive throughs when you can.
– find a trail you love and visit it once a week or fortnight either on your own, with a friend or take your dog.
If you’d like help with any health concerns, to help shift some bad habits, to create new mindsets, I have openings for new clients.
Life throws curveballs at you all the time, but it’s because you need life lessons.
So learn from others, teach others what you know, and always be open to share.
