Over Weight as a Chance for Self Growth
OVER-WEIGHT (Third Paper of three)
Over Weight as a Chance for Self Growth
MICHAL RON*
This paper is a continuation of two other articles of mine – ‘Beautiful, Smart Bodies’, and ‘Why self torture doesn’t help us loose weight’.
In those I suggested that bodies are smart when they accumulate over-weight; that they do so for different reasons, and that therefore the simple, old fashioned way of trying to treat this symptom by not eating and/or exercising usually proves not to work for the long run.
If we want to loose weight, we need not only to find out what is the function of our over-weight, but also to fulfill this function in another, more positive, way.
Generally, it has to do with the way we solve ‘Problems’.
We could believe ‘problems’ to be ‘real’.
Yet, we could also think about them in ways:
• ‘Problems’ could be seen as signals saying that we’re doing something wrong;
• ‘Problems’ could be seen as a great chance to change something;
• ‘Problems’ could be seen as a gate to a new, different, better form of experiencing our lives, in a more happy, meaningful way.
Looked upon from such point of view, over-weight could also be seen as a ‘problem’ – a beautiful starting point to a journey of self-growth.
If we choose to see over-weight in such a way, we could start by asking ourselves a few questions. For example:
• What is the ‘Problem’ I want to grow out of? (And it isn’t over-weight!) Is it fear? Is it loneliness? Why do I over-eat?
• What do I need to change? (And again, it has nothing to do with eating or exercising.) Should I break up a relationships? Am I to assert myself?
• In what direction do I need to grow? Think of your live in the most general, broad way – Is it time to get married? To start a new career? Else?
What we call today ‘over-weight’ could become our most wonderful turning point in life and our most trust-worthy guide.
* Michal Ron, B.A. in psychology, instructor in the Grinberg method (2nd level), and alternative therapist lives in Tel Aviv, Israel, and work with people privately and in small groups in order to solve and grow out of physical, mental, emotional, and behavior issues.
For further information and private consultation: michali67@yahoo.com
September 19, 2003
About the Author
Michal Ron, B.A. in psychology, instructor in the Grinberg method (2nd level), and alternative therapist lives in Tel Aviv, Israel, and work with people privately and in small groups in order to solve and grow out of physical, mental, emotional, and behavior issues.
For further information and private consultation: michali67@yahoo.com
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