Health Recovery and our Stinkin’ Thinkin’

"We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them."

— Albert Einstein

We cannot address our epidemics of sickness and disease with the same definitions, superficial adjustments, failed philosophies, diagnoses, treatments, procedures, techniques, or individualized health models that have fallen short.

To move forward, we must ask new questions, listen to the answers, and view health through a fresh lens—one that embraces context and the needs of whole human beings. Our spirits, hearts, minds, bodies, and relationships require nourishment too, just as much as our physical selves need good food. Perhaps then we’ll see how external tweaks, even the best “health” advice, and an isolated, individual-focused approach have failed most people.

By asking different questions, exploring new perspectives, and truly engaging with the reality of those who are exhausted, stressed, depressed, confused, and overwhelmed by daily struggles, we might reach new conclusions.

Yes, there are practical steps we must take to give people a fighting chance. Beyond that, we can help our families, friends, and neighbors remember how we’re designed to be deeply nourished by love, truth, and beauty—through community, nature, and the personal relationships we share with ourselves, others, and the world.

Health isn’t just an outcome; it’s a daily practice that honors and strengthens our connection as breathing, feeling, thinking, moving, and relational beings. Faith, emotions, thoughts, actions, and interactions all play a role in cultivating and sustaining it.

We can—and must—work together to revive truth, redeem our thinking, and restore love in our daily lives and communities. Let’s find creative ways to nurture the connection between our spirits, hearts, minds, bodies, and relationships. Together, we can reconcile our scattered parts, simplify the overwhelming array of choices and demands, and renew trust in our sacred, beautiful human design