"Top Ten Tips on Recovering After Illness."

1 Give yourself time to "heal" do whatever you need to do to put your "before you got sick" life on hold, remember you will be back stronger than ever before.

2 Surround yourself with beauty and with love.these are powerful recovery tools, allow yourself to take, take,take from others "now" you can give back later.

3 Don't be afraid to ask for help, your body got sick because you were giving more than you were taking consistently, its time now to bring back balance.

4 Stay calm, breathe, sleep and eat, remember medications can often make you feel worse, know that these feelings too will pass, if not ask your prescribing doctor for help, or insist on a second opinion regarding medications.

5 Welcome and embrace your current state of "go slow"By moving at a slower speed you will give your body a chance to heal and catch up with itself bringing the body mind and emotions once again into balance.

6 Start to create future dreams, have both small and large things to look forward to, this will bring a sense of purpose and hope to yourself and accelerate the healing process.

7 Build a new self image, write down at least ten positive ways to view yourself from this moment onwards, for example," I am beautiful","I am strong alive and vibrant" a new positive self image will solidify your healing process.

8 Allow fresh flowers into the sick room, or a potted plant. Bring color and light wherever possible, transform this room into a room of calm and beauty, these simple actions are guaranteed to lift the spirit and senses.

9 Focus on and enjoy the things that you now realize are important even if you only feel well enough to enjoy small doses make joyful choices on how to spend your energy and your time.

10 When you are feeling much better and can think clearly look at all the things that led to your illness, because there will have been one main point or many factors involved.Decide now to make positive life choices and changes to ensure your future wellness balance and happiness.