Episode Notes: The Architecture of Healing
This is the final installment of our Deep Dive into the Seven Principles of the Health Under Control (HUC) Framework. After covering Measurement (P1-3) and Clarity of Function (P4-5), we now address the ultimate goal: Autonomy.
The entire Health Attention Economy thrives on dependency and complexity. These final two principles are the antidote, teaching the client how to reclaim their discernment and the practitioner how to structure genuine, lasting healing.
In this episode, we tackle Principles 6 and 7 (Agency and Relationship):
Principle 6: Client-Led Agency over Practitioner Dependence. We unpack the predictable pattern of dependency where clients collect protocols like passwords, but their confidence shrinks. The true measure of success is the transference of capacity —the practitioner’s job is to make themselves optional.
Principle 7: Presence over Teaching Mode. We challenge the default urge to give more information. Clients often show up over-informed but lack presence. When a practitioner holds the silence, the client’s body is allowed to complete the emotional process that analysis had frozen solid. Presence is the foundation that restores desire and allows the client to find out what they actually want.
The Conclusion: When you align all seven principles, you restore Embodied Literacy. The entire framework serves one purpose: to close the gap between what you should do and what you want to do, making your own body your ultimate authority.
Series Wrap-Up: One Final Thought
The system is screaming that your health is a project to be managed. The HUC framework suggests the most important skill is protecting your ability to tell when something is actually working for you, without needing a graph to prove it.
Question for Reflection: Do you have one metric, one device, or one habit you’re currently using that is be preventing you from hearing what your body already knows?
Sources & Links
Derived from Mark’s essay: Seven Principles for Inverting the Health Attention Economy.
More audio and essays at Mark’s Substack: HealthUnderControl.com
My practice (HUC in action): Unblocked.Health
