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    So What's the Point?
    So What's the Point?
    So What's the Point?
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    So What's the Point?

    By Dr. Holly Fourchalk

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    Dr. Holly grew up in a traditional Baptist Church, the only one in the family who attended church. By the age of twelve she had read the Bible numerous times. She frequently stopped by to visit the Pastor, with questions he could not always answer.

    At fourteen, she read the biography of Edgar Cayce, which answered a lot of questions the church could but opened up a lot more questions. At eighteen, she read Autobiography of a Yogi, with similar results.

    In Grade Twelve, she created a course on world religions with the intent of studying religions around the world. In university, while she studied math and physics and then psychology, she continued to explore religions and philosophy. By the time she was twenty-five years old, she had lost fifteen people who had been close to her, which provoked her to ask the question: So what’s the point?

    As a psychologist, she dealt with clients going through despair, hurt, anger, and frustration who repeatedly asked, “So what’s the point?” During her years practicing as a Dr. of Natural Medicine, clients with challenging health issues asked the same question. In this book, Dr Holly explores why we ask the question and how we might explore possible answers.

    If you are a philosopher, you enjoy exploring concepts and ideas, or if you have ever asked the question, so what’s the point? then this is a must read.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDr. Holly Fourchalk
    Release dateDec 16, 2014
    ISBN9781927626412
    So What's the Point?
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    Dr. Holly Fourchalk

    Dr. Holly Fourchalk practiced as a registered therapist for 20 years. During that time she questioned the fact that the brain requires nutrients to create neurons, neurotransmitters, transport systems, to fuel processes and to eliminate toxins. If one's brain doesn't have the sufficient nutrients and capacity to detox, she surmised, then surely that would affect one's capacity to think, feel and function. Always working with leading edge science, she continued her research of the mind and brain outside of the psychological parameters. When she went on to study Naturopathic Medicine, she found that there were various dysfunctions, disorders and depletions in the body known to cause psychological issues, including depression and anxiety. Transferring from Naturopathic Medicine to Doctor of Natural Medicine, she also finished her Ph.D in Nutrition and a Master's Degree in Herbal Medicine. She went to India to study Ayurvedic Medicine and followed that with studies in German Homeopathy. She continues to expand her knowledge of ways to help people heal from today's common ailments that allopathic medicine tends to simply manage. Dr. Holly's mission is to empower people to reach their full potential in all aspects of health. Her in-depth understanding and training, in so many different modalities of healing, allows her to address the inter-connections between the mind and body allow her to help people in ways that few others can achieve. She is a passionate health researcher and an engaging teacher. Everybody needs a Dr. Holly. Also see Dr. Holly's other books.

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      Book preview

      So What's the Point? - Dr. Holly Fourchalk

      SO WHAT’S

      THE POINT?

      If You Have Ever Asked

      Holly Fourchalk, PhD., DNM®, RHT, HT

      CHOICES UNLIMITED

      FOR

      HEALTH AND WELLNESS

      Copyright 2014 © Choices Unlimited for Health and Wellness

      Dr. Holly Fourchalk, Ph.D., DNM®, RHT, HT

      Tel: 604.764.5203

      Fax: 604.465.7964

      Website: www.choicesunlimited.ca

      E-mail: [email protected]

      Editing, Interior Design and Cover Design:

      Wendy Dewar Hughes, Summer Bay Press

      ISBN: 978-1-927626-40-5

      Digital ISBN: 978-1-927626-41-2

      Smashwords Edition

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      DISCLAIMER

      Every effort has been made by the author to ensure that the information in this book is as accurate as possible. However, it is by no means a complete or exhaustive examination of all information.

      The author knows what worked for her and what has worked for others but no two people are the same. Therefore, the author cannot and does not render judgment or advice regarding a particular individual.

      Further, because each person is unique, any two individuals may experience different results from the same therapy.

      The author believes in both prevention and the superiority of a natural non-invasive approach over drugs and surgery.

      The information collected within comes from a variety of researchers and sources from around the world. This information has been accumulated in the western healing arts over the past thirty years.

      It is not the intent of the author that anyone should choose to read this book and make decisions regarding his or her personal beliefs based on ideas contained in this book.

      The author and publisher are not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences resulting from the use of any of the suggestions or information contained in the book but offer this material as information that the public has a right to hear and utilize at its own discretion.

      To my Parents

      For all their support and encouragement

      My Dad for his ever-listening ear

      My mother for her open mind

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      CHAPTER 1 - Why do we ask the question?

      CHAPTER 2 - Religions from East to West—So what’s the point?

      CHAPTER 3 - From East to West Psychologically—So what’s the point?

      CHAPTER 4 - What about people who are not criminals but cause chaos for everyone else?

      CHAPTER 5 - Actions and Consequences

      CHAPTER 6 - Relationships—is there a point?

      CHAPTER 7 - What is the point of suffering?

      CHAPTER 8 - Why do we compare?

      CHAPTER 9 - What about when we try hard without achieving what we are struggling for in business?

      CHAPTER 10 - What about when we are struggling for weight issues without apparent success?

      CHAPTER 11 - What about when we are struggling for our health without apparent success

      CHAPTER 12 - Does time contribute to what’s the point?

      CHAPTER 13 - What purpose does the question served in our lives?

      CHAPTER 14 - Conclusion

      INTRODUCTION

      Have you ever asked yourself—what’s the point? Most people have at some time in their lives, if not regularly throughout life. Many ask the question as they are going through difficult ordeals. Others ask themselves when they have gone through the ordeal. Some ask at critical points in their life, such as during a mid-life crisis. Some need to have a purpose or reason for being. Some ask out of sheer curiosity. The question can take on various forms:

      What’s the point to life?

      What’s the purpose of being here?

      Why bother working a lifetime?

      What’s the point of my job?

      What’s the point of going through all the hell in life?

      What’s the point of going through all the challenges in life?

      Some take a somewhat different approach and ask: Is this all there is?

      So why do we ask the question? We tend to ask the question what is the point? for some basic reasons. The first concerns finding meaning as a species in the cosmos. The second is to find one’s specific purpose in our own individual life. The third is when actions, whether negative or positive, our own or the actions of others, don’t appear to have the consequence we expect them to have. The fourth is to find meaning in our suffering. All reasons that provoke questioning stem from a quest for meaning.

      Ultimately, it is a very good question to ask, regardless of the spin you put on it. The more challenging element, however, is how you answer yourself. If you come up with an answer that gives your life meaning and purpose, you have hit the jackpot. Or at least for as long as that answer suffices. However, if you learn what you need to learn at that particular stage of life, and you move onto the next stage of life, you may find yourself asking the question asking—perhaps from a different perspective.

      When you are in a place in your life where you have found a great answer to your question, good for you. That is a great place to be—although most people tend to waste it.

      How do you waste a time like that in your life? Well, many will see it as a waste if you choose not to embrace growth, learning and increased awareness. For many Westerners, if not for all peoples around the world, we get lazy when:

      • Life feels good

      • Our needs are met

      • We have a sense of purpose

      We settle. We get comfortable. We enjoy the time with complacency. We don’t push to continue to grow, learn, and develop our awareness. In effect, we get lazy.

      Ultimately, I think this time, when life is so giving and feels so good, is the best time to push boundaries, to dig deeper, to ask further. But that takes determination, discipline, self-initiative, and awareness that many don’t have. If, however, we choose to push during these good times, I believe it makes the more difficult times easier to move through. In fact, we may not require the more difficult times to push us to develop our understanding and awareness and reach

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