Quick Fix

Why is our society so fixated on the idea of a "Quick Fix"?

Lose weight, don't exercise, take a pill, and do it all within a few weeks!!! Make millions with little effort and do it all within months!!! Find love after one date! Cook great food in 1/3 the amount of time... just add water and put in the microwave! Fix all your medical problems fast with these pills with minimal side effects!

OR... even worse...

How about the frustration with those in our society and what they're being taught to think for the benefit of third parties making millions of dollars over controversy? For example; Why hasn't our President fixed the economy? He hasn't fixed the Middle East either. And what about the Healthcare issues? Why hasn't he personally fixed the Gulf BP Oil disaster?!?! He's had 1 1/2 years to fix these massive issues, how come we are all not taken care of???

Our ENTIRE culture is so caught up with this belief that there is a quick fix to everything that most live in a fantasy world without any relief in sight. What they wont tell you is that most who get rich quick, lose it almost as fast as they gained it. Those who lose weight fast... gain it back just as fast. Fall fast in love... and faster into divorce. And my personal favorite... Quick fix for your health problems, leaving you with side effects in many occasions worse than the initial issue.

Whether you like President Obama or not, you have to respect the fact that he came out once elected and stated very clearly in his speech;

"The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America – I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you – we as a people will get there.

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won’t agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can’t solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it’s been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years – block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.


When he said that, I thought to myself, "Thank you! Finally a realistic man and a realistic approach. But it didn't take long before I heard so many different people who were angry that the President's "Change" wasn't working or fixing anything, forgetting or choosing to forget what he admitted from the very beginning. In fact I had a discussion with a friend about that very thing when she told me that a racist comment towards Obama was due to the fact that people were angry that he hadn't fixed anything...... 9 months into him being in office. Words would have only insulted the true feelings that were running through me.

It absolutely amazes me on how many people expect the quick fix and are outraged when it doesn't happen. How many expect to have a house bought and paid for by age 25 without a great paying job. How many expect to eat lousy and have medication to solve all of their problems.

But, if you know what you're looking for, it all makes sense. This "Quick Fix" message is driven by the same people and corporations that are making millions off your decisions. Those messages try and convince you that things like Energy Drinks are ok because they contain Vitamins, so the quick burst of energy by these drinks is validated. Or Pasteurized Cow's Milk is ok because it contains Calcium and that is the only real way you can get your calcium...instead of eating your green leafy vegetables which have more calcium then cow's milk. Or eat "blank" because it contains Vitamin-C and that will keep you from getting sick when there isn't any evidence that supports such theories, but it is a gimmick that has been used for years.

So many things you see on TV and the internet are directed to actually keep you in a constant state of unhealthiness. Because if everyone was healthy, you'd pretty much watch the healthcare industry collapse upon itself. Our healthcare should be focused on preventative care and healthy lifestyles, when it is more about coping with the symptoms of unhealthy living. Like my Shiatsu Master told me when I asked him why more don't use or know of this healing technique and philosophy that he taught me, "There isn't money in getting people 100% healthy."


Many who see me for regular Shiatsu sessions, or even new clients, generally ask me the same two questions; "What is the one thing I can do to help my body?" and "What was the one thing that caused this problem?". Do you notice the similarity between the two questions? They are both asking about the "one" thing they need to change. I wish it was so simple.

I have tried to explain that to be healthy, it takes a lifestyle of being healthy. There isn't just one thing that you do to fix your problems, nor is it just one thing that is causing all of your issues. Want the easiest explanation for how to be as close to 100% healthy as you can?

Live like nature intended.

Eliminate all processed foods and beverages. Walk barefoot as much as possible on natural surfaces. Get outside as much as often. Exercise by working in your garden or something else outside. Breathe breathe breathe! Most don't know how to properly breathe, and it makes a massive difference. I'll show you if you don't know how or you can ask me via email. Spend as little time in front of the television and the internet, and even less in your car. Walk to work, to the grocery store, to the park. Consume only foods that are grown seasonally to your immediate environment. Meaning if you live in Western Washington, don't consume fruit in December, since 500 years ago you wouldn't have eaten it because fruit wasn't growing in Western Washington in the Winter.

Your body has the ability to heal you and make you so unimaginably strong. How many times have you started to eat right and notice how much energy you have?!?!?! Eating right didn't cause you to have more energy, NOT EATING POORLY allowed your body to work more efficiently thus bringing your body closer to its natural state. And the new found energy you have is the same energy that has always been there, it has just been focusing on trying to correct all the junk you put in your digestive system. Understand that every time you consume an unnatural product, your body doesn't just simply digest it and use it. It has to REALLY work hard at breaking it down and by doing so it uses a massive amount of your own energy. Which is why we are all generally sluggish even when we think we're not.

If you want a quick fix, I've given it to you. Combine a healthy lifestyle with an occasional Shiatsu treatment to clean up any slow parts of your circulation and you'll get the quickest, most effective "fix" I have ever seen. BUT, it still is a process. I personally have seen and felt massive amounts of difference in my leg that had the blood clot. It is healing, but it has been a process that took its time.

The decisions of your entire past is the ultimate factor in what you see in the mirror today. If it took you 20, 30, 40, or 50 years to create that product you see, do you really believe that there is something on this planet that can fix it without pain, without side effects, without changing your lifestyles, without costing your soul, and do it all quickly? The best thing you can do for yourself is throw away that understanding and know that it is a process to bring your body back to optimal health. If you can't accept that, then you'll never see just what you can become.

You can do it. There is a whole other side of you just waiting to come out!

Stay Happy, Healthy, and Ready for Anything!