Help yourself and your body will respond

«Your health!..» – we usually say, raising our glasses and smiling. But what do we mean by that? Is this toast a sermon, an incantation, a plea to fate in the hope that unknown forces will give and help preserve such a valuable asset? Does it not mean that we perceive health as a gift, and illness as a cruel fate, believing that the reason for everything is «bad luck», and our personal influence on this lottery is utterly insignificant? In this book, which emerged from a long conversation with people – a conversation that consisted of pain and joy, suffering and well-being, pleasures and disappointments, — we would like to show that health certainly depends on many factors that are not always under our control. However, we ourselves possess effective means to preserve, and even improve it. A new branch of medicine, expansively named psycho-neuro-endocrino-immunology, has experimentally demonstrated that our body is in constant interaction with our psyche, as body and consciousness are one whole; therefore, we can definitely influence our health. The techniques we offer naturally complement each other and eventually allow us to take a new approach to caring for our health. A new method, including contact with oneself and one's inner world, allows for a better understanding of one's range, needs, and priorities. This method encourages us to reassess our beliefs, our notions, our «personal truths», and to change both psychological attitudes and life habits, to make the best use of the existing hidden potential for maintaining and enriching our health capital. About the authors Anna-Maria Fillooza is a renowned French psychoanalyst, psychotherapist, one of the first to introduce psychotherapeutic support for patients in France. Dr. Gérard Guash is a well-known French and Mexican homeopathic physician, acupuncturist, and psychosomatics specialist, author of more than ten books. Anna-Maria Fillooza and Dr. Gérard Guash are pioneers of an original psychosomatic approach that jointly explores our thoughts, inner images, emotions, sensations, and body memories.