Today, on the You Can Heal Your Life Podcast, you'll hear a chapter from the brand-new

audiobook, Care Package, by Life Coach Sylvester McNutt III. Sylvester shares the stories

of his own traumas and challenges to reveal the lessons he's learned to overcome obstacles

and truly thrive. If you enjoy this excerpt, you can listen to the full audiobook, Free,

with a trial of the Empower You Unlimited Audio app. To download it today, visit hayhouse.com-mpower-u.

I find it madly ironic that when one thing is out of alignment, an entire project can go

wrong. If the NASA engineers are off by one inch, it will result in a fatal catastrophe.

If the trajectory of your jump shot is not optimal, you will shoot at a lower rate. If you

have the wrong friends, you will produce the wrong results. My friends, alignment is

everything. In order to fix anything in business, in sports, in relationship matters, or within,

we must always start with the observation of alignment. Alignment helps us figure out

what pieces of the puzzle are in the wrong places. So let's start there. How to identify

when you are out of alignment. I have dealt with back pain for the last two years. Something

is not right in my mid-back area. I play football for 10 plus years. I live weights and play

basketball three times a week. If you know just a little bit about the human body, you know

that these activities cause stress on the body. As far as I understand, stress on the body

isn't always a bad thing. If you want to grow your muscles, working out adds a stress that

seems to give positive results. Stronger muscles. However, not all stress is good, especially if

said stress causes pain. Then it is definitely not good. The pain that I have in my mid-back

causes me a great deal of unbearable stress. I experience restless nights of tossing and turning,

and it slows down my day-to-day functionality. It's hidden pain because I never talk about it

with my friends or family members. Plus, you cannot see it since I do not limp. I am very

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