Limiting Wellness Belief#1 – I’m a Victim of My Genes

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How often have you heard someone say, “Well, it doesn’t matter what I do, I’m going to get (fill in the blank) anyway?”
Not!

It is true that genes are responsible for a small number of relatively rare diseases. Hemophilia would be one such example.  It is also  true that you inherit neural programming and genes from your family that may predispose to certain illnesses. And, it may also be true that because you ‘bought into’ these beliefs over the years as you listened to family members and experts that you programmed yourself to manifest these conditions too.

What scientists now know is that despite your family history, your genes can express  in thousands of ways. Heredity only gets around 30% of the vote. The environment your cells live in has the greatest impact on  how they express themselves.  This part is largely under your control.

What you think, the emotional climate you create, your stress level, the foods you eat, toxins you take in, and how much you sleep and exercise you get all impact the health of your cells. Your cell environment is created on an ever changing basis depending on your subconscious programming and by how you take care of yourself mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.

Lifestyle diseases including heart disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes were very rare a hundred years ago. Very few people were obese regardless of the family tree. Compare this with today. Same genes, different lifestyle.  Why one disease manifests in one person over another may be due to inherited predispositions. But the reason they are manifesting is because of the environment you are creating in your body.

Even how you age is greatly affected by your wellness habits. If you treat your mind and body poorly, and expect to get ‘old and decrepit’ you probably will. I know lots of people who expect to get arthritis and become forgetful just because they are aging.
Yes, it’s true that we age. We age from birth til death in a continuous lifelong process. Again, some of it is heredity, much of it is lifestyle.

The good news is that it’s never too late to affect your health for the better on all these levels. This new understanding of genetics isn’t being shared to cast blame (what good is that?), but to show you that you do have the ability to powerfully affect your health.  You are made up of communities of cells. The healthier they are, the healthier and happier you’ll
be regardless of your age.

You have the power to deliberately create a positive, nurturing environment for your cells
to thrive in. You can greatly increase your odds of staying well and aging gracefully. You can turn around and improve conditions you are already manifesting.

Look at your family tree for information. Use it to help yourself make informed health choices. Do some research so you can make choices that support systems that may be more at risk. Do it with the attitude of loving your body and not out of fear
of possible impending doom.  An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

As for me, I don’t know for sure that I inherited my mother’s gene for diabetes. I do know that it can be traced up her family tree. I also know that I don’t want to activate it if I have it. That means I have to make choices that support healthy insulin and blood sugar
levels as a lifestyle now.  That means plenty of exercise and not too much sugar.

What lifestyle diseases is your family susceptible to? Do some research. What holistic steps can you take, starting today, to consciously create a healthy environment for you cells so you can get healthy and stay healthy?