As a young man, author Dr. Jason Mallia experienced trauma and upheaval. But from those experiences and wounds came growth. In The Wounded Healer, he shares a guide to help you accept and embrace your wounds to move toward a deeper sense of self and growth to become the best version of yourself. Using his personal experiences and his work as a practitioner and healer, Mallia teaches you to become your own healer and guide by establishing a plan to improve your health and connect you with achieving your telos. The Wounded Healer presents a discussion of natural versus mainstream medicine, the hidden drivers of disease, the fundamentals of healing, and the five elements of health and wellness. With the goal of empowering you to master your life, Mallia presents a seven-step breakthrough and a plan for transformation. The Wounded Healer offers a tool to help you live the life you were meant to live--abundant, happy, and fulfilling. The Wounded Healer Find Your Health. Discover Your Clarity. Live Your Purpose. By Jason Mallia Balboa Press Copyright © 2016 Jason Mallia All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-5043-0490-0 Contents Introduction, xi, Part 1, Chapter 1 The Secret to Mastering Your Life, 1, Chapter 2 The Journey of the Wounded Healer, 8, Chapter 3 Reaching your Potential, 23, Part 2, Chapter 4 Understanding Yourself as an Individual, 31, Chapter 5 Natural and Mainstream Medicine, 40, Chapter 6 The Five Hidden Drivers of Disease, 44, Chapter 7 The Key Fundamentals of Healing, 45, Chapter 8 The Five Elements of Health and Wellness, 50, Chapter 9 Setting You up for Success, 57, Part 3, Chapter 10 Your Self-Help Plan to Transformation, 65, Chapter 11 The Seven-Step Breakthrough to Mastering your Life, 66, Step 1 — The Preparation Phase (Seven Days), 68, Step 2 — The Detoxification Plan (Fourteen Days), 70, Step 3 — The Nutrition and Dietary Plan, 75, Step 4 — Stress Management and Exercise, 101, Step 5 — Mastering Your Mind-Set and Creating Your Life, 105, Step 6 — Loving Relationships, 114, Step 7 — Spiritual and Self-Development, 117, Final Note and Resources, 125, Resources, 127, Appendix, 129, References, 137, CHAPTER 1 The Secret to Mastering Your Life I am going to empower you to live a happy, healthy, and amazing life, the life you've always dreamt of. There is a reason you are reading this book right now. Either consciously or subconsciously you have realised you need a tool to help you to live the life you want — abundant, happy, and fulfilling. You have been calling out for something to help you move forward in your life, to move you toward where you aspire to be, your true purpose. It is no coincidence that this book is in front of you. This book is a manifestation of something that you have created, something to help you live the life you've always dreamt of since you were a child. It is important to recognise and acknowledge that you are reading these words because it is something you have desired, and now you need to make the most of this information to create your destiny. Give yourself a pat on the back for having brought this moment into existence. Congratulations on your first creation toward the life you want. It is important to believe this, as with this belief you will do it again and again for other things that you want throughout your life to come. You are the master creator and architect of your own life. Obviously what we create for ourselves needs to be believable and realistic. We need to have a minimum of 80 percent belief that we can achieve whatever that goal may be, and with that belief we can bring it into our reality. You have demonstrated this now and by choosing to accept this, you can create the life you want. Health, longevity, vitality, happiness, and your life goals will be within your reach. This book is a combination of many years of work and experience — as a healer, a practitioner, and a person. It aims to fast track your success, whereas it took me many years to develop these understandings through both study and life's challenges. I have condensed twenty years down into this book so that you can take this summarised information and utilise it. You do not have to spend a long time discovering the keys for yourself. You can harness the energy of my life and be fast tracked to success. By the end of this book you will have learned empowering tools to help you achieve what you want in this life. You will implement the tools to help you become the very best version of yourself and contribute to this world in the process. This will give you ultimate happiness and mastery of your life. During my upheaval and growth, I learned many lessons. While some were difficult, I learned a lot from them and realised how awesome this was. I wanted to tell the whole world because I felt like it was my duty. That is where this book stems from. I am excited to pass on my lessons and knowledge. I want to help you change your li