Arthur John Rosen • Therapeutic Reflexologist & Craniosacral Therapist – I’m not a medical doctor — please read my full disclosure before acting on anything here.
I provide natural therapies that support the body’s natural healing abilities, and share what I’ve experienced and witnessed along the way
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What’s the Cost? A Question I Wish I’d Asked Sooner
It struck me as good advice for almost any decision. And it struck me, a little uncomfortably, that it’s exactly the question I forgot to ask about my own health for years.
The Question I Didn’t Ask
Before my Crohn’s diagnosis in 2004, I was a Chartered Accountant, and costs were my business. I could advise a client what a decision was costing them. But I never once asked myself what it was costing me to keep ignoring gut symptoms I’d been having for years. Too busy — you know how it is. The truth is most don’t change until their body forces them to do so!
If I’d asked the question the way that guest described — what is this actually costing me, right now, today — I don’t think I could have kept ignoring the answer for as long as I did. The cost was there the whole time. I simply hadn’t thought to acknowledge it.
It’s Not Only a Health Question
I think that’s the part worth sitting with. The question isn’t really “what’s the cost of neglecting my health.” It’s simply “what’s the cost of this” — asked honestly, about whatever you’re currently not asking it about. A habit. A relationship left on autopilot. A decision you keep deferring because it’s easier not to look at directly.
I got into the habit of asking it about my gut only after ignoring it cost me years. I’d rather you asked it sooner than I did — about your health, or about whatever else you’ve quietly stopped weighing up.
About Arthur
Arthur John Rosen is a Registered Therapeutic Reflexologist and Craniosacral Therapist practising at Lifetime Health in Bedford Park, Johannesburg. A former Chartered Accountant, he retrained twice in his sixties after his own health journey changed the course of his career and his life.
Small Shifts, Big Results
For the next three days, pick one decision or habit you’ve been avoiding a clear look at — health or otherwise — and simply ask yourself, honestly: what is this actually costing me right now? You don’t need to act on the answer yet. Just ask the question.
You were not meant to manage your condition. You were meant to live your life. There is a difference — and it is worth living toward.
I’m honoured that you read this. Whatever you’re working towards, I’m rooting for you, but more importantly, make sure you’re rooting for yourself
Arthur John Rosen
Registered Therapeutic Reflexologist, Practice No. 108 000 0230731 · Registered Craniosacral Therapist, Craniosacral Therapy Association
Be flexible like a reed, not rigid like a cedar.
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I share my journey and what I have watched become possible. I am not a medical doctor and nothing I write or say is medical advice.
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