Healing You

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  • Make someone Happy!

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    I hope you all are doing well and staying away from everything contagious. I have been dipping and dodging around friends and family that are sniffling, sneezing, coughing and looking otherwise unwell.

    My husband Brett and I recently were invited to an early birthday party for a dear friend of ours. She sent out invitations to her birthday party early as she will be having some very intense treatment for her recent cancer diagnosis. Upon hearing about the diagnosis, I began to question things I know to be true and good.

    I immediately felt the unfairness of life and wondered how could this happen to such a wonderful person, that has just found her happiness in life. I then began to feel immense sadness for her children; she has 2 children under the age of 5 and 2 older children. I wondered, ‘How will she prepare her family for what is ahead?’. ‘How will she let her two younger children know the person she is or was, after she has gone?’. My sadness was compounded with the medical knowledge of the physical toll cancer can take on a person and the emotional toll on both the person and the families.

    The sadness I felt creeped into my soul and I began to feel depressed. I wanted to crawl into bed and just be sad in my sadness for her. I wrote last time about how physical and mental health are very intertwined and how issues to one will effect the other. Then my daughter called to FaceTime and I was able to video chat with my grandchildren. This returned me to my previous happy mood. I then wanted to get up and get out of the house to enjoy the rest of my evening with my husband.

    I look forward to helping our friend in anyway that is necessary, and I would like to do this with a positive outlook on life. I want to help her and her family to enjoy what time they have together whether it be 5 years or 50 years. (I’m praying for the 50 years!!) I plan to use the blessings in my life and the little joys of each day to bring whatever sunshine I can to her. I have heard for many years that ‘Laughter is the best medicine!” and I will try to bring a dose of happiness each time we talk or are together in person.

    So, to all of you, I ask….Get out! Enjoy the day! Find something wonderful in each day (even the smallest things like ‘it didn’t rain on my way to work!’). Call or FaceTime with someone that can bring a smile to your face and a laugh to your belly! Kiss a baby (but make sure it’s a baby you know!) Make today great for someone else and it will be great for you!

    Tracy

  • Take a Hike….no, Literally!!!

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    Thinking about my first official blog post, I ran through some ideas for what I should write about. Health, happiness, wealth and balance were all very interesting.
    These ideas are very intertwined. They are often deeply sought after and rarely found. Our health is directly impacted by our happiness and our happiness influenced by our health. While caring for persons along the spectrum of wellness, from healthy children to terminally ill elderly, I have seen this in practice. Unhealthy individuals often feel guilt and shame at the impact their health problems have on family, finances and lifestyle. This in turn directly impacts their happiness.
    Mental health and physical health are also very intermingled. A person with a mental health diagnosis can have difficulty making sure they care for their physical health and a person with a physical medical diagnosis can have difficulty caring for their mental health.
    Here are two such examples. A person with COPD is limited in the amount and type of physical activity due to having symptoms of shortness of breath, often missing out on activities that require physical stamina and may become depressed by missing on life events with family and friends. A person with a mental health disease such as bipolar disorder often will cause that person to lack the mental motivation to perform physical activities and therefore will develop medical conditions related to inactivity such as obesity, diabetes and coronary artery disease.
    How have you improved your mental health by your physical habits? What physical habits have helped your overall mental health? Research has shown that the simple act of taking a walk even as short as 10 minutes, not only helps you feel more energized mentally but physically as well. William Shakespeare wrote over 451 years ago…. ‘a turn or two I’ll walk, to still my beating mind‘ – Prospero, The Tempest
    I’d like to challenge you this week to go for a walk a minimum of 10 minutes, 3 days this coming week. Let me know what effects it has on your mental and physical health.

     

  • Welcome

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    Good afternoon family and friends! Welcome to my blog! Some of you may wonder why I chose the name Healing You. It is a portion of the title of the book I am currently writing. I feel that everyone, everywhere has a portion of themselves, either physically, mentally or spiritually that can use some amount of healing.

    For those of you that are not familiar with me, I am Tracy Hauke, wife, daughter, sister, mother and friend. I am a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner of 13 years. My story is long, but you can find out more about me later.

    As a Nurse Practitioner, I am interested in helping others. I have spent years in school and thousands in dollars preparing for this job, but the NEED to help has been in my DNA since birth. Caring, tenderhearted, loyal and optimistic are just some of the words that have been used to describe me. (I can’t get through a Disney movie without a few tears at the happy ending!)

    I hope you will find this blog meaningful helpful and encouraging. Thank you for taking the time today to read my first blog post! I invite you to enjoy many more in the years to come!

    Tracy