There is a question I have asked in one form or another across 25 years of clinical work, and I have never stopped being moved by how people answer it: "How are you treating the body that carries you?"
Not how you feel about your body. Not whether you are happy with how it looks or what it can do. How are you treating it — the way you might treat a person who has been loyal to you for decades, who has carried you through grief and joy and ordinary Tuesdays, who has never once asked to be released from the work of keeping you alive?
Most people pause when I ask that question. Not because the answer is unknown, but because they have never quite thought of their body in those terms before — as a companion worthy of genuine care, rather than a machine to be managed, a problem to be fixed, or a project to be improved.
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About the Author
Dino Ubalde is a licensed Clinical Psychologist, doctoral candidate, educator, and founder of WellSpring7DAYS LivingLifeWELL — a whole-person wellness program grounded in nervous system safety, behavioral medicine, and faith. With over 25 years of clinical, educational, and community experience, Dino writes about the psychology of sustainable wellness, the neuroscience of physical nourishment, and the daily practices that build a body and a life you can trust.
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