Living at YES! Success Stories Archive

YES! stands for You Embracing Spirit!
In the LOGO, notice the symbol for the "Y" is a heart.
When you embrace Spirit - your heart is opened!

"Good overall health in mind, body and spirit is the greatest gift we can give ourselves!" -- Gail Wickwire

...yet, so many of us choose not to embrace this gift. Often times it takes a health challenge for us to finally understand the importance of good health. It took a wakeup call of being diagnosed with hypoglycemia in her mid-thirties that gave holistic healer Gail Wickwire her "aha" moment. "I realized that I needed to make some lifestyle changes, or my lifestyle would be dictated by my health issues - and I didn't want to travel on that journey." Today, fifteen years later, Gail is a budding entrepreneur with a thriving holistic healthcare business. Alternative Health Associates offers an array of healing modalities using a holistic approach to wellness. These healing techniques include, among others; Integrated Kabbalistic Healing^sm (IKHsm,^sm), Foot Reflexology, Reiki, Transformational Breathwork, Homeopathic and Naturopathic care, and a new line of Certified Organic Skincare Products and nutritional supplements.

Gail's primary goal and focus with her business is to assist people embarking on their path to superior health and well-being, and to greater personal and spiritual evolution. "I like to consider myself a resource for people seeking to improve their lives and to become more functional and happy with the life choices they make. It's exciting when somebody has a standard way of thinking or is "stuck" at a certain point in their life and they move out of that stuckness. I get great satisfaction when a person comes to understand themselves and their life process more fully and comes to know there is another way to approach their life, and you watch them slowly transform.

Most of us have something or multiple things we need to heal from on all levels. When we don't think well, we don't eat well, we don't make good choices, etc. and it becomes a vicious cycle and we start to unravel. When you start to unwind the pattern you were stuck in and really discover where it came from, therein lies the "aha! I didn't know that was underneath - I didn't know I had a choice because it's always been that way!" moment of transformation. Integrated Kabbalistic Healing has the power to free you from that automatic way of being and seeing, and return you to your authentic self. When you go through a "Finally - I got it out - look at it, see it, evaluate it - then you can choose, and choice is really the key to living a fulfilled life."

Gail bid on a set of business coaching sessions Sharon was offering at a silent auction at a fund raising function one evening. "We were already colleagues in the business community and knew about each other, and our relationship went to the next level when I won these coaching sessions. I find Sharon to be a great resource. I respect the fact that she's been in business for a long time and it was very helpful to have someone to brainstorm with and bounce ideas off of that was neutral and objective. I would ask for her feedback on thoughts, ideas on how to move forward. I found her experience to be very valuable as well. She has a wonderful ability to stay neutral and objective regardless of the situation."

One of Gail's primary goals is to help change the negative views about alternative therapies and bring it into the mainstream of society. "We as a society in general resist change. We've been conditioned to accept the "status quo" that encourages us to fill our bodies with junk food and take a pill for everything from stress related disorders to insomnia. While I certainly am not suggesting that holistic healing is the "cure all" and that modern medicine is not of any value, I am saying that often times disease begins because we haven't strengthened our inner core. And inner core strengthening requires more than modern medication. This is challenging work that requires commitment, dedication and consistency. Modern methods are what most people are most familiar with so they seem convenient, and predictable, and tend to make people comfortable. I'm not trying to convert everyone, however, what I want to do is provide support for those who are interested in making changes, especially if it goes against the grain of what they or their families are used to. It can be a lonely road and having healers and practitioners, a safe haven that supports you on your journey, is important. That's what I want to offer people, and why I do what I do."

For more information on Gail's services, visit her website at www.AlternativeHeal.com

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