Mignon McLaughlin Quotes

For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I truly believe medical care should address the person as a whole - their mind, body, and spirit.

Of course, the medical profession doesn't like D.I.Y. anything.

It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing.

I've been amazed at how quickly people can heal themselves, actually.

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.

The five patients in 'Rethinking Cancer' share with us the path of their recovery: the courage to take their own lives in their hands with a natural approach to healing their bodies.

The wish for healing has always been half of health.

I've fought physical disability and was cured because of naturopathy and yoga.

Instead of using medicine, better fast today.

To believe you're being psychically attacked gives you an understanding of your illness that no Western doctor can provide; this can be reassuring when you've exhausted the Western doctor tool kit, and the doctors are sending you to acupuncturists for pain relief.

The Alexander Technique works... I recommend it enthusiastically to anyone who has neck pains or back pain.

Alternative medicine people call themselves "holistic" and say it's the "whole" approach. Well, if it's the whole approach, let it be the mind as well. Use logic, use sense, use the incredible five wits you were given by creation.

I'm all for natural solutions. I'm for eastern philosophies. Yoga is a good one.

If I can help it, I don't go to modern doctors.

At the time I made 'Safe,' I was really intrigued by the whole culture around AIDS, which was turning to people like Louise Hay and these other West Coast New Age thinkers.

Home remedies are the best.

In this hectic life, we have no time to take care of ourselves, hence massage is needed for rejuvenation and stress reduction. A lot of people are looking for quick fixes: like, they are taking medications, and they are doing other things which are not healthy. But massage is very holistic and natural.

I was really inspired by lots of people I came across who were managing various illnesses through diet and lifestyle. I kind of figured, you know, if it worked for them, then I might as well try it and see if it works. So I did.

Do I want to walk the rest of my life? Do I want to not be in pain? It just sucks because I have this true battle going on in my head, and everyone keeps telling me you gotta put your health first, but there's so much of me that wants to put my career first.

My view is that homeopathy is what you can do before you go to a doctor, not instead of going to a doctor, and it's a way of being positive and pro-active about health.

My dad lived with pain his whole life.

I don't mind getting older; I just don't want to be in pain.

I've done acupuncture, and I believe in it. That's the first place I go if I'm having any particular pain anywhere.

Long-term effects of taking painkillers and anti-inflammatories are never really good. To find another form of relief has been great.