Talking About Mind, Body, Spirit... and Money

James Harvitt L.Ac., EMT, LMT, MBA,
Holistic Medicine

Behavioral Finance is an emerging specialty within Mind/Body Medicine that clients and friends of LightCare Medical Spa should be aware of. As further discussed below, we at LightCare strive to treat the whole person from an integrative perspective with cutting edge anti-aging medicine, complementary and alternative therapies, and consultations that address issues and provide therapy to reduce tension and stress derived from monetary or business concerns.

When we think of Finance, we generally think of the management of money affairs. When we think of Behavioral, we generally think of behaving or acting in a certain way. Therefore, Behavioral Finance addresses how we act (or react) when it comes to our money. Being holistic, Mind/Body Medicine assumes that each person is a unique combination of individual essences. While we can separate mind, body, and spirit into parts for purposes of discussion, in truth all of these diverse elements form one indivisible human being.

Consequently, to correctly apply the principles of Mind/Body Medicine to personal finance, we at LightCare will always view the medical spa guest from a perspective of wholeness. Finance affects each person differently depending on individual mind/body/spirit constitution. We already know that some people are spenders by nature while others must save. Within this broad division, we can find impulsive spenders, compulsive savers, and in-betweens that both spend and save (or invest), but only after performing thoughtful and meticulous calculations.

During a Behavioral Finance consultation, we explore various preferences the individual exhibits in order to identify biobehavioral constitution. The objective of the consult is to clearly state financial goals in the context of a personalized business model for success. The consult does not concern itself with investment specifics (i.e. what to buy or sell), but most importantly how to relate individual mind/body constitutional type to financial challenges of every sort imaginable. Planning is critical to a successful financial future.

When planning for potential financial challenges is done poorly, or not at all, the end result is most often the development of acute or chronic dis-stress. The stress of financial hardships is easily transformed by the Mind/Body/Spirit into physical ailments such as tension headaches, insomnia, neck/back/ shoulder pain, and gastrointestinal disturbances, to name but a few.

Awfulizing and catastrophizing further unbalance life energies Complementary therapies including acupuncture, massage, and relaxation techniques are effectively used during a Behavioral Finance consultation to manage pain and discomfort as well as to balance life energies. One or more 60-90 minute sessions can be conveniently scheduled with me at LightCare Medical Spa.

To Your Good Health,
Jim