Dr. Peter J. Weiss

Amer­ica Needs More Health and Less Care.  That’s my mes­sage.  You know it by now.

But I’ve been lim­it­ing my remarks to the United States because I feel that I under­stand our Amer­i­can cul­ture.  Although other devel­oped coun­tries are expe­ri­enc­ing sim­i­lar pub­lic health issues, I haven’t felt qual­i­fied to com­ment.

I just don’t know enough about how life is and how peo­ple think else­where, and it’s a huge mis­take to assume that every­one lives and thinks like you do.

Wen­ley

Mar­shall

That’s why I’m so excited by my email con­ver­sa­tions this week with Helen Wen­ley of Auck­land, New Zealand and Anne Mar­shall of Devon, Eng­land.

They’ve both endorsed “More Health, Less Care.” It’s great to know the work speaks to oth­ers across the sea, and it reminds me that all of us can find the help we need wher­ever we are.  Poten­tial health team­mates are every­where.

Helen is a self-described “Healthy Aging Boomer.”  After a var­ied career she became a self-taught nutri­tional expert and well­ness coach.  Now she’s help­ing oth­ers to bet­ter health and vital­ity.  I love Helen’s story for two rea­sons.

One is that peo­ple need help and I always appre­ci­ate the helpers.  But her jour­ney also val­i­dates my con­tention in “More Health Less Care” that you CAN be your own expert.  You CAN take con­trol of your health and learn what you need to do to be well.  Helen did, and now she’s shar­ing her wis­dom with oth­ers.

Anne started as a nurse and then broad­ened her expe­ri­ence to include hyp­no­sis, train­ing and coach­ing.  Author of the book, “The Health Fac­tor: Coach Your­self to Bet­ter Health” she has a thriv­ing health and well­ness coach­ing prac­tice.

Hav­ing had a chance to read her book, I am struck by our sim­i­lar philoso­phies and mes­sages.  Although the styles are very dif­fer­ent, we’re clearly com­ing from the same place.

I feel good that the “More Health Less Care” mes­sage res­onates across the ocean — at least in New Zealand and Eng­land, and it’s nice to con­nect with oth­ers.  Thank you Helen and Anne for all that you do.  You are mak­ing a dif­fer­ence, and I appre­ci­ate your encour­age­ment of me.  Keep up the good work!