Are We Outsourcing Our Health?

khush raho with sangeeta

Let me ask you something. Of the three things that matter most in life, your relationships, your finances, and your health, how many do you actively tend to? Most of us, if we are doing well on two out of three, feel we are ahead of the game. And perhaps we are. But here is the trend: health is almost always the one we outsource. We hand it over to doctors, to hospitals, to a system. 

I understand why. Life is full. We are busier than any generation before us. We are our own travel agents, financial planners, interior designers, career coaches and therapists. We are assembling IKEA furniture and figuring out what an Allen key is. We have embraced the DIY culture, except, ironically, for our own health. 

And here is the uncomfortable truth: the medical system, as it stands today, is built around illness. We are seeing 38-year-olds suffer heart attacks and 28-year-olds diagnosed with cancer at a rate that would have been unthinkable a generation ago. Something has gone deeply wrong, and no one is coming to fix it for us. 

Ten years ago, I was diagnosed with cancer. It was a turning point that cracked my world open. I had always been conscious about eating well, exercising, and living mindfully. And yet, here I was. So I began to ask deeper questions, about what health truly means, where it comes from, and how we lose it. 

I became someone who is no longer afraid of their own body. Someone who listens to it, understands its signals, and works on it. 

What I found, through a decade of study, research, and lived experience, was a shift I hadn't expected; the body and mind, understood through the lens of energy. Because at the most fundamental level, that is what we are: energy beings. Every cell, every thought, every emotion carries a frequency. When we learn to work with that rather than against it, everything changes. 

The dry skin. The grey hair at twenty. The anxiety that won't quit. The sleep that won't come. These are not random inconveniences. They are your body speaking to you. This column is about learning to listen. Each week I share simple, practical, ancient-wisdom-backed tools you can use right now, wherever you are. Small things. Powerful shifts. Building your awareness through a lens of energy. 

These are not meant to overhaul or overwhelm. We are adding one micro-practice at a time. In Japan they call this kaizen: small, gentle actions that compound over time. Here is where we are so far. Touch or sit under a tree for 5 minutes, daily or weekly. To naturally boost your energy. Trees release phytoncides, which measurably support immune function.  Walk barefoot on clean ground. Direct contact with the earth renews your energy and grounds you.  

Wash your feet before you sleep. To sleep better by releasing the built-up negative energy from the day.  More next week. This is your DIY guide to the most important project of your life - you. 

—Sangeeta is a certified Energy Healer & the founder of 3000 BC Therapeutics