True health is only possible when we understand the unity of our minds, emotions, spirits and physical bodies. Christiane Northrup More Quotes by Christiane Northrup More Quotes From Christiane Northrup All over the world today, many girls still get the idea that their bodies are somehow not as good as a boy's body. These girls - who later grow up to be women with girls of their own - get the message that they are weaker in spirit, not worth educating, somehow cursed because of their menstrual cycle, and so forth. Christiane Northrup growing-up girl boys When you move toward that which is most fulfilling and life-enhancing, healing follows regardless of what your health is like in that moment. Christiane Northrup moments healing moving Nothing in our society-with the exception of violence and fear-has been more effective in keeping women in their place than the degradation of the menstrual cycle. Christiane Northrup degradation our-society violence The inability to love and accept yourself and your humanity is at the heart of many illnesses. To be loved and accepted, you must start by loving yourself. If you have traits that you consider unlovable, you must love them anyway... it's a paradox. Christiane Northrup health healing heart One of the biggest gifts you can give the world is a healed life. Christiane Northrup healing giving world Our female bodies are connected with nature just like a garden. Christiane Northrup female garden body Illness is often a sign that you need to make an adjustment in your life path. Christiane Northrup health healing needs Our inner guidance comes to us through our feelings and body wisdom first - not through intellectual understanding. The intellect works best in service to our intuition, our inner guidance, soul, God or higher power - whichever term we choose for the spiritual energy that animates life. Christiane Northrup understanding soul spiritual No matter what you’re feeling, the only way to get a difficult feeling to go away is simply to love yourself for it. If you think you’re stupid, then love yourself for feeling that way. It’s a paradox, but it works. To heal, you must be the first one to shine the light of compassion on any areas within you that you feel are unacceptable. Christiane Northrup love-yourself stupid thinking Unlived dreams often show up in your body as disease. Go for the Big Wow. Life is short! Christiane Northrup life-is-short body dream If you have a headache every Monday morning when it is time for you to go to work, perhaps you're driving the wrong car, perhaps you're taking the wrong route, or you may be in the wrong line of work. Obviously, only you can figure out the message. Christiane Northrup healing monday morning The exceptional patient is the person who, despite their diagnosis, takes charge of their health and decides to be responsible to their illness or their condition and not necessarily feel responsible for it. One stance is drenched in blame and the other is full of power. Christiane Northrup diagnosis patient healing Science must acknowledge truthfully how much it doesn't know and leave room for mystery, miracles, and the wisdom of nature. Christiane Northrup miracle wisdom rooms When enough women realize that birth is a time of great opportunity to get in touch with their true power, and when they are willing to assume responsibility for this, we will reclaim the power of birth and help move technology where it belongs-in the service of birthing women, not their master. Christiane Northrup inspiring pregnancy moving The secret to thriving is the knowledge that we are never simply victims of our bodies. It’s very reassuring to know that we all have within us the ability to heal from anything and go on to live joy-filled lives. Christiane Northrup secret goes-on joy To get to forgiveness, we first have to work through the painful experiences that require it. Christiane Northrup painful-experiences painful firsts Imagine what might happen if women emerged from their labor beds with a renewed sense of the strength and power of their bodies, and of their capacity for ecstasy through giving birth Christiane Northrup bed pregnancy giving Love is a universal force, like gravity, that holds the solar system together and pours into our hearts as life-force - and gets expressed to us most beautifully by small children and animals. Christiane Northrup heart animal children Understand that you have the ability to get healthy and stay healthy. Christiane Northrup ability healthy body If we lived in a culture that valued women's autonomy and in which men and women practiced cooperative birth control, the abortion issue would be moot. Christiane Northrup abortion issues men
