| When I was three years old my father was | | | | people. |
| kicked on the thigh by a horse. The resulting | | | | Was it possible to avoid them and their approach |
| injury resulted in a trip to the local emergency | | | | to illness? In 1985 I decided to investigate and |
| room and hospital. The eventual medical | | | | took a leap of faith. I soon found these five |
| treatment (spinal tap) resulted in full paralysis | | | | inspirations to guide me along the way. |
| from his waist down. That medical intervention | | | | 1. Alternative health care |
| caused my father to spend 45 years crippled. | | | | 2. Trust the healing power of Nature |
| Later I watched my mother consume daily a | | | | 3. Trust my inner guide |
| lineup of sixteen different pharmaceuticals. This | | | | 4. Stay out of harms' way |
| lineup of pills followed a stroke in her middle 60's. | | | | 5. Accept death and life without fear |
| Drug interaction and complication caused several | | | | 6. Avoid conventional authority |
| years of suffering and finally death. I observed | | | | The study of alternative health care led me to an |
| many others caught in similar scenarios that were | | | | ND (naturopathic doctor) and a PhD (Philosophy of |
| stripped of independence and relegated to | | | | Natural Health) and a consumer practice of natural |
| dependence on drugs, surgeries, and care givers. | | | | medicine. Using this knowledge I have managed to |
| Those common situations lowered my trust in | | | | survive over 35 years without using chemical |
| medical doctors and their methods to treat | | | | medicines, medical doctors or their treatments. |