When you think about success, what comes to mind? Successful businesses, great careers, wonderful relationships? How about success with your health? What would it take for you to feel successful and healthy? I have spent some time lately studying the thoughts of people that I consider successful. I am reading the books of Napoleon Hill, listening to recordings of Earl Nightingale, and digging deeply into what makes a person successful. I am finding that there are common threads that closely parallel our journey from disease to health.
The magic word that brings commonality to successful, healthy people is their ATTITUDE. ATTITUDE is defined as “the position or bearing as indicating action, feeling, or mood.” These actions, feeling, and moods help us determine our relationships with other people and with our health and success.
People that have a poor attitude toward work, for example, will not go anywhere with their career until they change that attitude. If we believe that we will fail, our attitude will let us know that we are whipped before we even start.
So, the question becomes, how does our attitude reflect our health? There are two models that can illustrate this very well. The disease cycle model is the typical model that most people live in. In other words,
you have a cavity = you get a filling
you break a tooth = you get a crown
you abscess a tooth = you get a root canal or the tooth extracted.
The Health vs. Disease Model – Robin P. Steely, DDS – Battle Creek, MI
This vicious cycle goes round and round until you eventually lose your teeth. AND, YOU HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY DOING IT! The health cycle model is different. If you want to get BEYOND disease, you can. This model is all about getting to the causes of disease, dealing with them at that level, and giving each person the power to control their own disease.
When your ATTITUDE is that you want to get beyond disease, you will begin to take responsibility for your mouth and your health.
You only have this life to live – live it in good Health!
About Our Battle Creek Practice
Choosing a dentist and a dental health care team is an important decision for you and your family. We understand that choosing the right coaches will make the difference between wellness and disease management.
My Passion is Oral Fitness Coaching – partnering with people who wish to transform the quality of their lives and pursue a lifetime of health and wellness. By uniquely wrapping our minds, our hands and our hearts around a process of co-discovery, co-design, and co-creation, we become a conduit for transforming your health into Oral Fitness For Life™.
We are a patient-focused dental practice that offers a multitude of services featuring lifestyle dentistry and holistic approaches. Lifestyle Dentistry offers proactive wellness guidance in order to reduce the amount of dentistry you’ll need over your lifetime. Our comprehensive approach evaluates all the various factors that affect your dental health. Our main focus is to guarantee that our practice is a safe space for you, resolving any of your fears or negative thoughts associated with the dentist office.
Our Lifestyle Dentistry services at our dental office in Battle Creek, MI include Cosmetic Dentistry, BioRejuvenation Dentistry, Restorative Care, Orofacial & TMJ/TMD care, Dental Implants, Sedation Dentistry, Dental Fitness Plans, Master Planning, Mercury-Free Dentistry, Nutrition counseling and Healthy Living guidance. We invite you to spend some time to clearly define what you want by perusing our website and learning about how our patients feel about us and where we can partner with you to improve your life. We look forward to the opportunity to welcome you to our family.
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Dr. Robin Steely and our dental team are committed to providing exceptional Dentistry care and empowering our patients with information about their dental health. If you have any questions about our dental services or would like to schedule an appointment, we invite you to give us a call at 269-968-8151. The outstanding experience of our Dentist Dr. Robin Steely, and the skills of our staff have helped us in successfully treating oral problems in our patients who visit us from different parts of Battle Creek, MI, Marshall, Kalamazoo, Hastings, Charlotte, Portage, Holland, Coldwater, Richland, Springfield, and Grand Rapids.
