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voice.","\u002Fareas\u002Feyes-and-ears","i-lucide-eye",2,"\u002Feyes-and-ears",3,{"title":22,"description":23,"path":24,"icon":25,"order":20,"comingSoon":10,"to":26,"conditionCount":27},"Respiratory system","The emotional and spiritual meaning of breathing problems: what colds, coughs and lung issues may say about space, freedom and your taste for life.","\u002Fareas\u002Frespiratory-system","i-lucide-wind","\u002Frespiratory-system",7,{"title":29,"description":30,"path":31,"icon":32,"order":33,"comingSoon":10,"to":34,"conditionCount":12},"Heart and circulation","The emotional and spiritual meaning of heart and circulation problems: what they may reveal about love, joy of living and the pressure you carry.","\u002Fareas\u002Fheart-and-circulation","i-lucide-heart-pulse",4,"\u002Fheart-and-circulation",{"title":36,"description":37,"path":38,"icon":39,"order":12,"comingSoon":10,"to":40,"conditionCount":33},"Digestive system","The emotional and spiritual meaning of digestive problems: what stomach and bowel issues may say about what you cannot digest, control and letting go.","\u002Fareas\u002Fdigestive-system","i-lucide-utensils","\u002Fdigestive-system",{"title":42,"description":43,"path":44,"icon":45,"order":46,"comingSoon":10,"to":47,"conditionCount":20},"Back","The emotional and spiritual meaning of back problems: what back and neck pain may reveal about support, burdens, flexibility and what you hide behind you.","\u002Fareas\u002Fback","i-lucide-person-standing",6,"\u002Fback",{"title":49,"description":50,"path":51,"icon":52,"order":27,"comingSoon":10,"to":53,"conditionCount":20},"Skin","The emotional and spiritual meaning of skin problems: how your skin may reflect boundaries, contact, self-image and the emotions you hold inside.","\u002Fareas\u002Fskin","i-lucide-fingerprint","\u002Fskin",{"title":55,"description":56,"path":57,"icon":58,"order":59,"comingSoon":10,"to":60,"conditionCount":20},"Joints and bones","The emotional and spiritual meaning of joint and bone problems: what they may reveal about flexibility, rigid thinking, authority and your inner structure.","\u002Fareas\u002Fjoints-and-bones","i-lucide-bone",8,"\u002Fjoints-and-bones",{"title":62,"description":63,"path":64,"icon":65,"order":66,"comingSoon":10,"to":67,"conditionCount":12},"Reproductive system","The emotional and spiritual meaning of reproductive problems: what they may reveal about creativity, femininity, masculinity and your body.","\u002Fareas\u002Freproductive-system","i-lucide-venus-and-mars",9,"\u002Freproductive-system",{"title":69,"description":70,"path":71,"icon":72,"order":73,"comingSoon":10,"to":74,"conditionCount":20},"Kidneys and urinary system","The emotional and spiritual meaning of kidney and urinary problems: what they may say about fear, old emotions that have not been let go, and the balance between what comes in and what leaves.","\u002Fareas\u002Fkidneys","i-lucide-droplets",10,"\u002Fkidneys",{"title":76,"description":77,"path":78,"icon":79,"order":80,"comingSoon":10,"to":81,"conditionCount":18},"Blood sugar","The emotional and spiritual meaning of blood sugar problems: what diabetes and low blood sugar may say about sweetness, sadness, and love you find hard to receive or to give.","\u002Fareas\u002Fblood-sugar","i-lucide-candy",11,"\u002Fblood-sugar",{"title":83,"description":84,"path":85,"icon":86,"order":87,"comingSoon":10,"to":88,"conditionCount":18},"Mouth and teeth","The emotional and spiritual meaning of the mouth and the teeth: what they may say about taking life in, speaking, and biting into a decision.","\u002Fareas\u002Fmouth-and-teeth","i-lucide-smile",12,"\u002Fmouth-and-teeth",{"title":90,"description":91,"path":92,"icon":93,"order":94,"comingSoon":10,"to":95,"conditionCount":18},"Liver and gallbladder","The emotional and spiritual meaning of the liver and the gallbladder: what they may say about anger, criticism, bitterness, and the faith you have in your own possibilities.","\u002Fareas\u002Fliver-and-gallbladder","i-lucide-filter",13,"\u002Fliver-and-gallbladder",{"title":97,"description":98,"path":99,"icon":100,"order":101,"comingSoon":10,"to":102,"conditionCount":18},"Pancreas","The emotional and spiritual meaning of the pancreas: what it may say about digesting feelings, freedom, and the sugar of joy.","\u002Fareas\u002Fpancreas","i-lucide-sun",14,"\u002Fpancreas",{"title":104,"description":105,"path":106,"icon":107,"order":108,"comingSoon":10,"to":109,"conditionCount":18},"Spleen","The emotional and spiritual meaning of the spleen: what it may say about unfinished things, nostalgia, regret, and the fear of having missed your life.","\u002Fareas\u002Fspleen","i-lucide-shield",15,"\u002Fspleen",{"title":111,"description":112,"path":113,"icon":114,"order":115,"comingSoon":10,"to":116,"conditionCount":20},"Muscles and tendons","The emotional and spiritual 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earth.","\u002Fareas\u002Flegs-and-feet","i-lucide-footprints",18,"\u002Flegs-and-feet",{"title":132,"description":133,"path":134,"icon":135,"order":136,"comingSoon":10,"to":137,"conditionCount":18},"Hair and nails","The emotional and spiritual meaning of hair and nails: what they may say about vitality, protection, and the strength you use to face change.","\u002Fareas\u002Fhair-and-nails","i-lucide-scissors",19,"\u002Fhair-and-nails",{"title":139,"description":140,"path":141,"icon":142,"order":143,"comingSoon":10,"to":144,"conditionCount":18},"Breasts","The emotional and spiritual meaning of the breasts: what they may say about giving and receiving, mothering, and the balance between the feeling side and the practical side of a life.","\u002Fareas\u002Fbreasts","i-lucide-flower-2",20,"\u002Fbreasts",{"title":146,"description":147,"path":148,"icon":149,"order":150,"comingSoon":10,"to":151,"conditionCount":18},"Thyroid","The emotional and spiritual meaning of the thyroid: what it may 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say yes to the energy that can serve this life. I live my own life, and I recognise what I deeply want.",[263,264,265],"Anemia","Low haemoglobin","Iron deficiency","heart-and-circulation",{"type":268,"value":269,"toc":369},"minimark",[270,275,279,283,286,289,292,313,316,330,334],[271,272,274],"h2",{"id":273},"what-anaemia-is","What anaemia is",[276,277,278],"p",{},"Anaemia is a drop in haemoglobin, the pigment in red blood cells that carries oxygen. Iron sits at the centre of that pigment, which is where oxygen and carbon dioxide bind. Iron deficiency is the most common kind. Blood loss, including heavy periods or bleeding in the gut, a diet low in iron, pregnancy, and trouble absorbing iron can all bring it on. Other anaemias come from a lack of vitamin B12 or folate, from long illness, or from the bone marrow itself. You may look pale, feel exhausted, get breathless on stairs, or notice a heart that races. The cause is found with a blood test. Iron tablets, B12 injections, food, and treatment of whatever is losing the blood are ordinary care. They belong with a clinician, because taking iron without knowing the type can do harm.",[271,280,282],{"id":281},"the-emotional-meaning-of-anaemia","The emotional meaning of anaemia",[276,284,285],{},"Blood is read as the joy of living, as love, and as the emotions. This state sits with a lack of joy, of strength, and of depth in the love you have for yourself and for others. It sits with doubts about your ability to love with any real force or determination. It sits with discouragement, with a refusal of life, with the impression of having no worth, and with a resistance to love that ends in devaluing yourself.",[276,287,288],{},"You devalue the very things that carry you. Hopes. Aspirations. You live in \"yes, but\", with little interest, feeling restricted by everything, and so you conclude that your deepest wishes cannot be realised. You have the impression you are going to collapse, or that your life or your family is crumbling into crumbs. What used to transport you no longer seems worth much. You need other people to prop you up, because you do not feel strong enough for your own deep desires. Despair and resignation can be there. You feel undermined, weak, and you go pale from the sense of being drained. It is as if someone were drawing the blood out of you, and you are left in pieces.",[276,290,291],{},"You may feel you are suffocating in your surroundings, often in a family you feel apart from. The question is why you have to go all the way to exhaustion before the people you love recognise you. Life's events can be met with a great rigidity. All of this is read against a great weakness in the blood.",[276,293,294,295,299,300,303,304,307,308,312],{},"Two puns carry the iron. In English, iron sits beside \"I run\". In French, ",[296,297,298],"em",{},"fer"," sounds like ",[296,301,302],{},"faire",", to do. The anaemic person, in this hearing, no longer feels enough joy or motivation to do everything there is to do. There is a lack of doing, and no strength left to run after what you want. You have the impression you cannot do what the situation needs, or that what you do is not right. The questions follow. Why refuse the energy that is available to you? What are you afraid of? ",[296,305,306],{},"Se ronger les sangs"," is the French for eating yourself up with ",[309,310,311],"a",{"href":256},"worry",". What is doing that to you?",[276,314,315],{},"A deep feeling of not having been loved by your family may be there, and a conflict about the love of your clan. You have no motivation, because you do not know what, at the bottom, actually pleases you. You are not in touch with your inner life. The future looks blurred, uncertain, dangerous. Negative thoughts toward yourself drain the energy. It is as if physical reality itself cannot be taken in.",[276,317,318,320,321,324,325,329],{},[309,319,210],{"href":211}," belongs in the questions. So does the ",[309,322,323],{"href":34},"heart's"," blood, already read on the page for ",[309,326,328],{"href":327},"\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fhigh-cholesterol","high cholesterol"," as a joy that has trouble circulating.",[271,331,333],{"id":332},"a-gentler-way-to-hold-it","A gentler way to hold it",[335,336,337,345,351,357,363],"ul",{},[338,339,340,344],"li",{},[341,342,343],"strong",{},"Say yes to the energy"," that is ready to serve this life with love.",[338,346,347,350],{},[341,348,349],{},"Choose food with care",", the food that feeds the body and the blood and rebuilds strength, alongside whatever the blood test asks for.",[338,352,353,356],{},[341,354,355],{},"Look for the joy that is already around you",", in family, work and friends.",[338,358,359,362],{},[341,360,361],{},"Live your life rather than someone else's",", and recognise your deep desires.",[338,364,365,368],{},[341,366,367],{},"Keep the medical plan."," The blood test, the iron or the B12, and the search for a bleed stay with your clinician.",{"title":370,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":371},"",[372,373,374],{"id":273,"depth":18,"text":274},{"id":281,"depth":18,"text":282},{"id":332,"depth":18,"text":333},"2026-10-04","md","blood",{},true,"\u002Fconditions\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fanaemia",[382,383,384,385,386,387],"Where has the joy, the strength, or the depth of my love gone thin?","Do I doubt that I can love with any real force?","What aspiration have I decided is no longer worth much?","Who do I feel is draining me, and why do I go to exhaustion to be recognised?","What am I afraid of, and what has me eating myself up with worry?","Am I living someone else's life, because I have lost touch with what actually pleases me?",[327],[390,391],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAnemia","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ5445",{"title":260,"description":370},[394],{"author":395,"work":396,"entries":397,"pages":399},"Jacques Martel","Le Grand Dictionnaire des Malaises et des Maladies",[398],"Sang — Anémie","375–376","conditions\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fanaemia","Anaemia is a lack of haemoglobin, so the blood carries less oxygen and the body feels drained. It is read as a joy, a love and a strength that have thinned, and as a life lived in \"yes, but\".","If this reading resonates with you, looking for where your joy and your own desires went thin, and feeding the body the clinician recommends, can be a good next step.",[404,405,406,407,210,408],"Joy of living","Love","Discouragement","Family","Worth",[410,411,412,413,414,415],"Chest pain, fainting, or breathlessness at rest. Call emergency services.","Black stools, vomiting blood, or very heavy periods. Seek urgent medical care.","Unusual paleness, exhaustion, a racing heart, or dizziness that is new.","A blood test before you start iron tablets. Extra iron is harmful in some conditions.","Anaemia in pregnancy, or in a child.","Do not stop iron, B12 or any other prescribed treatment because of anything you read here.","hwDRIUZwChJVzA9hnPsyoTpLFdEdb1wYECu5wQ6EGEQ",{"id":418,"title":29,"body":419,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":597,"datePublished":597,"description":30,"extension":376,"groups":598,"icon":32,"meta":614,"navigation":379,"order":33,"path":31,"reflectionQuestions":615,"seo":622,"sources":623,"stem":630,"themes":631,"whenToSeeADoctor":636,"__hash__":643},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Fheart-and-circulation.md",{"type":268,"value":420,"toc":585},[421,424,427,438,442,445,448,451,455,460,463,467,470,474,477,480,494,498,501,505,508,534,538,544,547],[276,422,423],{},"Your heart beats around 100,000 times a day. It pumps blood through a network of arteries, veins and tiny capillaries that, laid end to end, would circle the Earth more than twice. Through this circulation, every cell in your body receives the oxygen and nutrients it needs, and releases what it no longer needs.",[276,425,426],{},"In the emotional and symbolic approach to health, the heart is associated with love: our capacity to love, to be loved and to love ourselves. Blood represents joy of living, and circulation represents the way love, energy and life flow through us. When the heart or circulation is affected, it can be an invitation to look at how freely love moves in our life.",[428,429,430],"note",{},[276,431,432,433,437],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. If you have chest pain, breathlessness, ",[309,434,436],{"href":435},"\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fpalpitations","palpitations"," or any circulation problem, see a doctor. In an emergency, call emergency services.",[271,439,441],{"id":440},"what-your-heart-and-circulation-represent","What your heart and circulation represent",[276,443,444],{},"In this reading, the heart symbolises home. It represents love, joy, vitality and security. Its energy radiates throughout the body, and it works like an energetic pump that makes life circulate. Symbolically, the right side of the heart is linked to the father and the left side to the mother. A calm, gentle heart rhythm is often seen as the sign of a person who is at peace inside.",[276,446,447],{},"Blood is compared to the fuel of a vehicle: to work well, it must be clean and flow freely. It represents joy of living and the energy that circulates in us. It also carries our genetic heritage, which links it to our family, our \"bloodline\" and our clan.",[276,449,450],{},"Circulation is the network that distributes love, joy and life to every part of our being, without discrimination. It is often read as the reflection of our desire to evolve.",[271,452,454],{"id":453},"common-emotional-themes","Common emotional themes",[456,457,459],"h3",{"id":458},"loving-yourself-and-receiving-love","Loving yourself and receiving love",[276,461,462],{},"Heart problems are often associated with a basic question about love: either we do not love ourselves enough, or we do not feel we receive enough love from others or from life. Guilt can quietly play a part, making us feel unworthy of love.",[456,464,466],{"id":465},"heartbreak-and-taking-life-too-seriously","Heartbreak and taking life too seriously",[276,468,469],{},"The heart may react when we feel as if our heart has been \"torn out\", when we feel not nourished enough by the love of others, or when we take life too seriously.",[456,471,473],{"id":472},"love-that-no-longer-flows","Love that no longer flows",[276,475,476],{},"Poor circulation is often read as love that is blocked. We may find it hard to express our feelings, or feel in conflict with love. When a situation affects us emotionally, we may withdraw from it because we do not have enough energy to move forward. We may also protect ourselves from emotions that feel too intense to bear.",[456,478,404],{"id":479},"joy-of-living",[276,481,482,483,485,486,489,490,493],{},"When joy of living fades, circulation may slow down too. ",[309,484,237],{"href":238},", severe self-criticism, ",[309,487,488],{"href":256},"worries",", tiredness or ",[309,491,492],{"href":175},"anger"," can make everything \"freeze\". So can over-excitement or obsession. In this reading, life needs projects, ideas and sensations to circulate.",[456,495,497],{"id":496},"family-and-belonging","Family and belonging",[276,499,500],{},"Because blood carries our heritage, blood problems can invite us to look at our relationships with our family. Is there a conflict with a relative? Do we sometimes feel like a stranger in our own clan?",[271,502,504],{"id":503},"reading-the-signs-where-circulation-is-affected","Reading the signs: where circulation is affected",[276,506,507],{},"In this approach, where circulation problems appear can add nuance. Take these as questions to explore:",[335,509,510,516,522,528],{},[338,511,512,515],{},[341,513,514],{},"The legs"," relate to our emotional direction, and to the emotions we can rely on and care about.",[338,517,518,521],{},[341,519,520],{},"The hands"," relate to expressing our emotions, and sometimes to a wish to stop what we are doing.",[338,523,524,527],{},[341,525,526],{},"Cold hands or feet"," may point to withdrawing from full emotional participation in life, as if we were keeping our distance.",[338,529,530,533],{},[341,531,532],{},"A blood clot"," may relate to a well-kept secret, or to a feeling of having been betrayed, where emotions hardened instead of flowing.",[271,535,537],{"id":536},"caring-for-your-heart-from-the-inside","Caring for your heart from the inside",[276,539,540,541],{},"The idea is not to blame yourself. Genetics, age, diet, tobacco, activity levels and many medical factors play a real role in heart and circulation problems. The emotional perspective simply adds another question: ",[296,542,543],{},"how freely does love flow in my life?",[276,545,546],{},"A few gentle practices can support this inner work:",[335,548,549,555,561,567,573,579],{},[338,550,551,554],{},[341,552,553],{},"Open yourself to love."," Let others show you affection, and notice when you push it away.",[338,556,557,560],{},[341,558,559],{},"Stop criticising yourself."," Harsh self-judgment weighs on the heart.",[338,562,563,566],{},[341,564,565],{},"Forgive yourself."," The more we forgive ourselves, the more easily we can accept love from others.",[338,568,569,572],{},[341,570,571],{},"Focus on compassion."," Attention to love, compassion and forgiveness is said to help the heart work in joy and peace.",[338,574,575,578],{},[341,576,577],{},"Let life circulate."," Keep projects, ideas and new experiences moving in your life.",[338,580,581,584],{},[341,582,583],{},"Look after your heart physically."," Regular movement, good food, sleep and not smoking are some of the best gifts you can give it.",{"title":370,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":586},[587,588,595,596],{"id":440,"depth":18,"text":441},{"id":453,"depth":18,"text":454,"children":589},[590,591,592,593,594],{"id":458,"depth":20,"text":459},{"id":465,"depth":20,"text":466},{"id":472,"depth":20,"text":473},{"id":479,"depth":20,"text":404},{"id":496,"depth":20,"text":497},{"id":503,"depth":18,"text":504},{"id":536,"depth":18,"text":537},"2026-09-30",[599,603,607,610],{"id":600,"title":601,"description":602},"blood-pressure","Blood pressure","Blood pressure problems, often linked to accumulated emotions, control and the pressure we put on ourselves.",{"id":604,"title":605,"description":606},"veins-and-circulation","Veins and circulation","Circulation and vein problems, often linked to joy of living, direction in life and the flow of love.",{"id":377,"title":608,"description":609},"Blood","The blood as joy of living, and what a lack of joy, or a joy that cannot circulate, may be asking.",{"id":611,"title":612,"description":613},"heart-rhythm","Heart rhythm","Palpitations and a heart that beats too fast, too slow or out of step, read as a call about love, choice and the pace of a life.",{},[616,617,618,619,620,621],"Do I love myself enough, and do I feel loved by others?","Am I taking life too seriously at the moment?","Is there guilt that makes me feel unworthy of love?","Is love flowing freely in my life, or have I closed myself off to avoid being hurt?","Where has my joy of living gone, and what could bring it back?","Is there a conflict with a member of my family that still weighs on me?",{"title":29,"description":30},[624],{"author":395,"work":396,"entries":625,"pages":629},[626,627,628],"Cœur (en général)","Sang (en général)","Sang — Circulation sanguine","114, 373, 376–377","areas\u002Fheart-and-circulation",[405,404,632,633,634,635],"Self-love","Pressure","Giving and receiving","Forgiveness",[637,638,639,640,641,642],"Chest pain, pressure or tightness, especially spreading to the arm, jaw or back. Call emergency services.","Sudden breathlessness, fainting or a very fast or irregular heartbeat. Call emergency services.","Weakness on one side of the body, facial drooping or difficulty speaking. Call emergency services.","A painful, swollen, warm leg, especially in the calf.","Swollen ankles, breathlessness when lying down or unusual tiredness.","Regular blood pressure checks, even if you feel well.","Rx5XqxCbxdLp8es95DqZdlPJY3AzRMUQKoiOLf23vqs",[645],{"id":646,"title":647,"affirmation":648,"aka":649,"area":266,"body":652,"dateModified":375,"datePublished":375,"description":370,"extension":376,"group":377,"meta":786,"navigation":379,"path":787,"reflectionQuestions":788,"related":795,"sameAs":797,"seo":800,"sources":801,"stem":806,"summary":807,"supportIntro":808,"themes":809,"whenToSeeADoctor":812,"__hash__":819},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fhigh-cholesterol.md","High cholesterol","I let joy move in me. I have the right to be happy, and to be myself.",[650,651],"Hypercholesterolaemia","High blood cholesterol",{"type":268,"value":653,"toc":780},[654,658,670,674,677,692,704,707,710,713,717,720,746,748],[271,655,657],{"id":656},"what-high-cholesterol-is","What high cholesterol is",[276,659,660,661,664,665,669],{},"Cholesterol is a fatty substance the body uses to build cell walls and to make hormones. The ",[309,662,663],{"href":95},"liver"," makes most of it. Food from animals, meat and dairy especially, adds more. In the blood it travels in packages. LDL is the fraction often called \"bad\", because a surplus settles in artery walls and slowly narrows them. HDL is the fraction often called \"good\". A high LDL, over years, raises the chance of a heart attack or a stroke. Diet, weight, genes, an underactive thyroid, ",[309,666,668],{"href":667},"\u002Fblood-sugar\u002Fdiabetes","diabetes"," and some medicines all change the number. Care is a blood test, food and movement, and sometimes a statin or another medicine. That medicine is a clinician's decision.",[271,671,673],{"id":672},"the-emotional-meaning-of-high-cholesterol","The emotional meaning of high cholesterol",[276,675,676],{},"Blood is read as the joy of living. Cholesterol belongs to that blood. When there is too much, and it settles and narrows the vessels, the question is where the joy stopped moving. Inwardly you may believe you do not deserve to be happy, or joyful, so the joy circulates badly.",[276,678,679,680,683,684,687,688,691],{},"French hears two puns here. ",[296,681,682],{},"Se faire du mauvais sang"," is to worry yourself sick, to make \"bad blood\", and the cholesterol fractions are themselves called good and bad. ",[296,685,686],{},"Sang"," also sounds like ",[296,689,690],{},"sens",", meaning. The question becomes whether life is going in the direction you want.",[276,693,694,696,697,699,700,703],{},[309,695,255],{"href":256}," is often in the picture, especially worry about a mother and a family. A level can be read as rising after a particular event. Retirement is one. The joy that lived with workmates, and with the people the job put in your path, is gone. Another is the departure of someone you loved, who brought joy with them. The reading sets this beside ",[309,698,668],{"href":667},", which it reads as a very deep ",[309,701,702],{"href":238},"sadness",". Here the event is read instead as a lack of joy of living, and the cholesterol is what climbs. The loss of a pet can sit in the same place, and so can any situation, noticed or not, in which the joy of living drops. Insecurity is often there too. You live the situation as a drama.",[276,705,706],{},"It can be a project you care about, something you want to build, with no help from anyone. You can count only on yourself, and that weighs. When joy thins, love is what the reading hears thinning with it, which is why the heart is the organ this lack of joy is said to reach.",[276,708,709],{},"A high level also asks whether you can really take part in life. You may feel like an actor in a play. You are in the piece, and you do not fully own your emotions. You play a role to please others, when the pleasure was meant to be yours. You became very giving so that nobody would call you selfish. Dreams feel unrealisable, unacceptable. You are looking for an identity. You no longer recognise yourself in a family you see as dismantled. That family may be the one you were born into, or a group you belong to, or the people you work with. You want them close and in harmony, and you feel unable to step in.",[276,711,712],{},"Food has a place in the reading as well as in the medicine. Rich food can be a private satisfaction of appetite, a moment of feeling good while the surplus is left unthought. The question is whether you are pleasing the body, or bypassing it. The reading asks you to look at whether self-love has tipped into a self-concern that denies the ordinary joys, and whether this discomfort is really what you want.",[271,714,716],{"id":715},"when-the-joy-left","When the joy left",[276,718,719],{},"The reading distinguishes a few moments when a level is understood as climbing.",[335,721,722,728,734,740],{},[338,723,724,727],{},[341,725,726],{},"A retirement",", when the joy of colleagues is no longer part of the day.",[338,729,730,733],{},[341,731,732],{},"Someone's departure",", a person who brought joy, or a pet.",[338,735,736,739],{},[341,737,738],{},"A project with no help",", where everything rests on you.",[338,741,742,745],{},[341,743,744],{},"Any quiet drop in the joy of living",", noticed or not.",[271,747,333],{"id":332},[335,749,750,756,762,768,774],{},[338,751,752,755],{},[341,753,754],{},"Let joy circulate."," The image is a child still amazed by what is beautiful in a day.",[338,757,758,761],{},[341,759,760],{},"Question the fear of being happy."," Joy is allowed to be part of the life.",[338,763,764,767],{},[341,765,766],{},"Be yourself, and let a dream be yours."," Playing the part for other people can wait.",[338,769,770,773],{},[341,771,772],{},"Taste the moment."," You have the right to be happy.",[338,775,776,779],{},[341,777,778],{},"Keep the blood test and the medicine."," Food, movement, and a statin you were prescribed stay with your clinician.",{"title":370,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":781},[782,783,784,785],{"id":656,"depth":18,"text":657},{"id":672,"depth":18,"text":673},{"id":715,"depth":18,"text":716},{"id":332,"depth":18,"text":333},{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fhigh-cholesterol",[789,790,791,792,793,794],"Is my life going in the direction I actually want?","Where has the joy of living gone, at work, at home, or since someone left?","Am I worrying too much, especially about my mother or my family?","Am I playing a part to please others, instead of feeling what is mine?","Do I believe I do not deserve to be happy?","Am I eating in a way that comforts me while I ignore what my body needs?",[796,667],"\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fanaemia",[798,799],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHigh_cholesterol","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ762713",{"title":647,"description":370},[802],{"author":395,"work":396,"entries":803,"pages":805},[804],"Sang — Cholestérol","376–377","conditions\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fhigh-cholesterol","Cholesterol is a fat the body needs, and a surplus can narrow the vessels over years. A high level is read as joy of living that no longer circulates, often after a retirement, a departure, or a life lived to please other people.","If this reading resonates with you, asking where your joy of living stopped circulating, and letting yourself be happy without performing it, can be a good next step.",[404,255,407,810,811,632],"Insecurity","Identity",[813,814,815,816,817,818],"Chest pain, pressure, or pain spreading to the arm, jaw or back. Call emergency services.","Sudden breathlessness, fainting, or weakness on one side of the body. Call emergency services.","A cholesterol result you do not understand, or a family history of early heart disease.","Do not stop or change a cholesterol medicine because of anything you read here.","Yellow deposits on the skin, or a very high result found on a blood test.","Diabetes, thyroid disease or kidney disease alongside a high cholesterol, which need their own care.","5plW9DEr7rv63ZJw6w6bTAlVTgLF5Exq5poW9Mysv_8",[],1791107662460]