As a Motivational Speaker, My Wellness Starts Now, and So Can Yours
As some of you know, after being diagnosed with cancer last year, I spend a lot of time on health and wellness, and my own health journey. The thing is, I know I am going to have a complete remission. I don’t know when or how, but it will happen.
Starting from day 1, I changed my life radically, physically and mentally. My diet is now mostly vegetarian, I exercise every day, I meditate every day, I practice intermittent fasting, and I see an acupuncturist, naturopathic doctor, and integrative chiropractor besides my oncologist.
The biggest challenge for me has been Faith. This is probably been due to a non-religious background, and a career as an attorney where I need to see evidence of something to believe it. But as they say, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. So now I am thinking deeply on this, and giving in to a greater being. I know that I am a small part of something much bigger than myself.
I just have to look at the world around me to see that. I just need to raise myself up a little bit higher, and it’s obvious. I am looking past the political bickering, past the wars between nations, past everyday issues, and focusing on the natural world around us. Look at our perfectly round Earth, our tides connected to the moon so far away, a sun that warms us from millions of miles away, an ecosystem where everything is perfectly connected. All of this without me or any other human’s influence.
Faith. It is growing for me every day, and that even includes my business life as well as my personal life. I choose to reject the labels from my doctors, and to accept the fact that I have a long, healthy life ahead of me!
Justin Constantine is an inspirational and motivational speaker who speaks (live and virtually) to companies, nonprofit organizations and universities of all shapes and sizes. He focuses on thriving in the face of change, resilience, that it’s okay to ask for help, and that you are stronger than you think you are. You can learn more about him and view his TEDx Talk at www.justinconstantine.com.
