Dr. Travis decided that rather than treating sick people, he would dedicate his life to
inspiring people to be well.
Dr. Travis Key Concept #1
Illness-Wellness Continuum: Wellness is a process, never a static state.
Dr. Travis Key Concept #2
Iceberg Model
Iceberg Model
Illness and Health are only the tip of the iceberg. To understand their causes, you must
look below the surface.
Dr. Travis Key Concept #3
Wellness Energy System: We are all energy transformers, connected with the whole
universe. All our life processes, including illness, depends on how we manage energy.
The efficient flow of energy is essential to wellness.
Wellness Energy System
How you manage your energy has an impact on how you manage your health
Energy Inputs
Three major sources for energy input around are around us all the time. These are.
1) Oxygen (breathing)
2) Food (eating)
3) Sensory Stimulation - the sensing of physical touch, heat, light, sound and other forms
, of electromagnetic radiation.
Energy Outputs
You are the channel or the transformer of energy sources.
Internal Output
We use part of the energy we take in to maintain the channel, to build and repair the
body itself and much of it occurs during our all-important sleep periods.
External Output
It will also be impacted by the ways in which you transform energy.
You will radiate heat and dispose of waste products through excretion of urine,
sweating, carbon dioxide, and the sloughing of dead skin.
The rest of us will be touched by your touching, your physical work and play, your
laughter and sorrow.
We will come to know you and ourselves through communication, sharing of intellectual
activity, and the expression of creativity.
Life Processes of Energy Output
1) Self-Responsibility and Love
2) Moving
3) Feeling
4) Thinking
5) Playing and Working
6) Communicating
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