Health Issue - That's insane, said the snail!

[Leila]

Hi Ivinela and Alexey,
I have read your book, Life Can Be a Miracle, and I loved it! I would like to ask your advice on a health issue that I currently have. I'm hoping that you have some activities for me to try (like the ones in your book). I have an 'incisional hernia' which is basically an old scar that has ripped on the inside and although I usually try self-healing, I will need surgery for this, something I am quite nervous about. I look forward to any ideas you can offer.
Kindest,
Leila

[Ivinela]

Hi Leila,
Thank you for contacting us on this!
I hope this is really something "simple" and not causing you much suffering. Why don't you hire a Doctor (maybe Dr. Glue) to look after your stomach for a while (like Dr. Snore in the book). And you can also make a new story for the problem in order to reformulate it. How to do this? Put down the medical name of this condition or if it hasn't one - create it, for example: 'surgery to put new stitches in old wound'. Then combine freely in new ways the letters in this expression to find new words (for example: nude, stew, syrup, tulip... etc) and make a ridiculous story that has nothing in common with the problem, using these new words... This is like rewriting the problematic scenario - you make a new scenario where there is not even an idea of the problem you experience:-)
Please, let us know how this has worked.
Best wishes -- Ivinela and Alexey xx

[Leila]

Thank you! That sounds like fun, I am going to try it and I will let you know!

[Ivinela]

Yes, please, Leila, come back and share your experience: what it was like approaching a problem this way and also - if you have noticed some changes in your reality. Just an alert: sometimes, when we act like this, it is like we open space that is not limited to solving the problem for which we started it all. So, anything that happened as a surprise could be an effect and a sign that you have succeeded in changing attitude, which is the most important. Because we do not change the situation directly, as we don't practice black magic :-) What we change is our attitude toward it and this is actually what triggers the potential and does the actual change... Looking forward :-)

[Leila]

Hi Ivinela and Alexey,
Thank you so much for your wonderful suggestions. My daughter drew me a lovely picture of Dr Glue (along with some angels, a super hero and a tiger) and I have him stuck up right above my bed! I then got all my friends and family involved with the anagrams for ‘incisional hernia’ and my daughter wrote me a funny story using all the words we came up with. Everytime I think of my surgery, I think of a sentence from the story – That’s insane, said the snail! It makes me smile every time and has already taken away some of the stress related to the condition. Thank you so much. After reading your book, I do believe that making fun out of a serious situation will certainly help me to see it in a less serious light :)

[Ivinela]

Hi Leila,
Great! This is exactly how it should be - having fun. If you can smile at this, then you have succeeded in changing the attitude toward the situation. Being too serious and focusing on problems, makes them seem bigger. Of course, I am not talking about not being responsible to a situation (a health issue in your case). But expanding a bit our perception, getting out of learned models, puts in motion the potential and the problematic situation can find a solution in an unexpected direction... I am glad that you feel more relaxed now. Keep us informed, please! :-)

[Leila]

I will thank you. I now have my surgery date as March 4th and still feeling fine about it all :)