This blog was born a few weeks ago. I was sitting at my dining table responding to emails from my readers, wonderful women like you, which often include a comment like, “Dr. Romm, thank you for all you do,” followed by, “I have a question, if you don’t mind…” And then anything from a simple or complex health question follows.
While I can’t answer most health questions by email without a consultation, both due to realistic time constraints and because it’s not an effective way to practice medicine, I do write back to almost everyone that writes to me. I do this because I know that human connection in itself is healing. I feel grateful for the lovely note and I want to reciprocate by at least saying thank you. By giving back. And I want my readers to feel that there really is a caring human being at the other end of the wires. Because there is.
So there I was, chipping away at my email when my husband said, “I wish I could show people that smile you always get when you’re writing to your readers – it’s so filled with love.” I quickly replied, “Ah, I do love what I do, and I do love these people.”
It’s much the same for me seeing patients. While many of my patients have complex stories, and some of them have health challenges that wrack my brain for solutions to help them get their health back, I love the opportunity to connect and to give of myself. Even when I’m working a gazillion hours a week, I’m doing work that involves loving and giving. That’s how I created it – because that’s how I like it.
And here’s the interesting thing: I rarely get colds. I mean I often go two or three years at a time without getting a full-on cold or anything more that a transient sniffle. As a doctor, I’m generally surrounded by sick people, especially this time of year. So what’s the deal?
Can a Generous Heart Boost Your Immunity?
The answer is Yes!
I eat really well and do the other things to keep a person’s immune system healthy. But the truth is, I’m not a huge exerciser and I rarely take supplements. So yes, while diet is key to excellent health and immunity, perhaps something more is going on in my body that keeps me feeling energetic and in top immune health most of the time.
To read the rest of this essay by Dr. Aviva Romm, go to: http://avivaromm.com/love-boosts-immunity
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