Why Do Things Happen in Threes?

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Enchanted Seashells

In a space of a blink of an eye, I injured my back, hurt my right foot, and need skin cancer surgery on my left shoulder.

One-two-three.

The phrase “things happen in threes,” especially “bad things happen in threes,” is a common superstition and an example of apophenia, the human tendency to find patterns where none may actually exist.

I have no idea how what happened to my back — one minute it was fine and the next minute it was so painful that I could hardly move without screaming, not that I let that stop me. Targeted stretching and yoga definitely helps, but it’s still a mystery. I can’t figure out what caused it.

My foot was a different story. First, it felt like there was a rock in my shoe, and when I checked, there wasn’t, but there was a lump on the bottom of my foot.

I remembered that’s a classic symptom of a plantar fibroma, so of course I Googled at-home treatments. One of the suggestions was that a massage ball would help, so that’s what I did. It not only didn’t work, but the nodule grew and my foot swelled up and it was so painful I couldn’t put any weight on it. The vigorous massaging made it a hundred times worse. I then re-read the treatment suggestion — which said to massage AROUND the lump, not directly ON it. Oops, my bad.

Plantar fibroma is a benign condition that causes fibrous nodules to form on the bottom of the foot, along the plantar fascia, the thick band of tissue that runs from the heel to the toes.

I called my doc who told me to soak my foot in epsom salts and use a specialty pad to place around the now very painful growth area, and if that didn’t work, I’d need a steroid injection. Her non-invasive ideas are starting to be effective and the lump is slowly subsiding, which is great because I hate steroids.

Every six months I have a check up at the dermatologist’s office because I’ve had previous Mohs surgery for basal/squamous cell carcinoma. This time, she noticed an area of concern and performed a biopsy. When the results came back positive (not melanoma, thank goodness), she called to schedule a Mohs microsurgical removal. It’ll be difficult to use my left arm for a while until the sutures are removed, which is sort of annoying, but I’ll be happy to be cancer-free. I’m definitely paying the price for many summers at the beach with no sunscreen, just liberally applied baby oil and cocoa butter.

I’m not too sorry to say goodbye to August and hope for a healthy September!

When Your Gallbladder Isn’t Your Friend

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Enchanted Seashells

GALL…

“Of all the unmitigated gall!” “He sure has a lot of gall!”

Have you heard that? My mom used to say it about certain people. I don’t think it’s used very much now, but it still has a relevant place in our language.

Gall is a digestive juice secreted by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and aids in the digestion of fats. vocabulary.com

“If someone has gall, they’re irritating. In fact, as a verb, gall means “to irritate” like new tight jeans that gall your thighs. Gall is “bile,” too, like what’s in a gall bladder. Back in the days of Hippocrates, if the four humors of the body were out of whack, it affected your spirits. If you had too much bile, or gall, then you’d be aggressive or depressed. It’s also a noun for “deep feeling of ill will.”

I’m reminded of this because I’m on my way for a yearly ultrasound to check on the status of a growth on my gallbladder.

Prior to my first ultrasound, I experienced right upper quadrant abdominal pain and that’s how I initially learned about the cyst/polyp.

Adenomyomatosis: An abnormal overgrowth of the gallbladder lining that forms cysts in the gallbladder wall. Scientists aren’t sure why it occurs, but it isn’t usually harmful.

So far (knock on wood), it hasn’t really changed size enough to cause alarm, but my doctor asked me why I haven’t had it removed. She thought it was easier to have it removed than to monitor it on a yearly basis.

No one had suggested that before, especially since it hasn’t reached the size protocol for removal. I’m also thinking that if I did that, it could grow back and anything invasive seems to increase the probability of creating something new and different and perhaps even malignant.

I told her my prudent course of action is to continue to get a yearly ultrasound and if stays the same, to continue to do nothing. I don’t believe in slicing and dicing my body parts unless it’s a thousand percent medically necessary.

Waiting for the ultrasound report is always stressful and I hope when it finally gets emailed to me, it’ll reveal no significant change in size or location to the little cyst valiantly clinging to my gallbladder wall — which would be great news and I’ll be able to stop worrying about it — until next year.

Healing with Emotion and Body Code

Posted on March 1, 2024 by Enchanted Seashells

I thought the first of March would be the perfect day to share a great therapeutic tool I discovered. Via a blogging friend, I was introduced to a healing modality that processes stuck emotions called Emotion Code and Body Code.

Both Codes re-align the physical body and release toxins, imbalances, and other misalignments.

I was lucky enough to be chosen by Intuitive Healing with Janice as a volunteer for three sessions, which meant I needed to learn all about it before the experience.

Janice says, “The technique works to identify and release trapped emotions.”

Emotion and Body Code are the newest, powerful tool in an energy healer’s toolkit. With them, one can identify trapped energies and imbalances in the body, decode them, alchemize (correct) them, and create an environment where the body can use its own intelligence to heal. The practitioner is the facilitator or radio receiver of information which is picked up from the subconscious of the client.

The Body Code method allows us to find imbalances in six key areas―Energies, Circuits and Systems, Toxicity, Nutrition and Lifestyle, Misalignments, and Pathogens―that are the root causes of our physical, mental, and emotional issues.

Intuitive Healing with Janice (she’s lovely, by the way) uses a form of energy work called The Emotion Code, where she helps people and animals literally get rid of their emotional baggage. The technique works to identify and release trapped emotions; emotional energies from negative past events. Trapped emotions can cause sadness, anxiousness, block happiness, and cause them to feel disconnected from others.

Because trapped emotions are made of energy just like the rest of the body, they exert an influence on the physical tissues and can cause acute soreness and even more serious issues. They can slow down the body’s healing time, make you feel older, fatigued, and break down the body’s organs, glands, joints, and tissues. Releasing trapped emotions make conditions right for the body to heal itself physically, while emotional difficulties often disappear or become much easier to handle.

Often during a session, one might feel sensations such as tingling, tension, and/or emotional releases. The room may even begin to feel brighter. There can be a lightness or weight lifted

The goal is to bring the physical body back to homeostasis.

Dr. Bradley Nelson, DC (ret.) is the developer of this advanced form of energy medicine. A holistic Chiropractor and Medical Intuitive, Dr. Nelson is one of the world’s foremost experts in the emerging field of Bioenergetic Medicine.

His bestselling book, The Emotion Code, has been shown to help people all over the world rid themselves of their imbalanced emotional baggage. Many users of The Emotion Code™ technique have reported finding freedom from emotional problems such as sadness, anxiousness, and fear, as well as physical problems including fatigue, discomfort, and disease. A key element of The Emotion Code™ is removing emotional baggage that may be clustered around the heart. Dr. Nelson has coined this cluster of emotions as the “Heart-Wall,” and it has been called “the most important discovery in the history of energy medicine.”

I was fascinated by the process and what was revealed and cleared during my three sessions. Many people describe a feeling of inner peace after a session, as if a weight has been lifted. Others report better sleep, resolution of chronic skin issues, improvement in digestion, and a calmer, happier, positive mood.

Since I’m always open to learning about and trying mindful tools, whether it’s meditation, conventional therapy, binaural beats, Reiki, or shamanic healing, I’d now recommend emotion and body code to the list. Best of all, Janice can practice this energy work via Zoom so her skills are available no matter where you live.

Learn more at https://www.intuitivehealing.pro/