The adrenal glands bear the brunt of our overly stressed lifestyles. Adrenal overwork and fatigue help to explain how 'stress', something that can seem so mental or emotional, leads to physical illness. Chronic stress disrupts the balance of the adrenal hormones which...
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Body Awareness Quiets the Mind
Have you noticed how a mind can be a terrible thing? A busy mind can torment us in many ways, negatively influencing both our psyche and body. The mind is busy, often negative … worrying or obsessing, and the body is tense. Many of us are so hypnotized by our minds...
How Do I Quiet My Busy, Anxious Mind?
A busy mind, one that disturbs our peace of mind, or sleep, or makes us anxious, is a reflection of a deeper imbalance. A busy mind reflects a stressed nervous system and brain with negative implications for our mental, emotional and physical health. A busy mind can...
Combating Stress-induced Food Cravings
It becomes more difficult to exercise self-discipline when your brain function and body chemistry are negatively influenced by stress. During the stress response, which could be triggered by something as ordinary as an upsetting phone call, our neurology and chemistry...
Best Treatment for Stress-Induced Pain
One of the primary reasons that chronic pain doesn't resolve is that the cause of the pain isn't being addressed. Surprisingly, most chronic pain is driven by brain circuits that are stress-induced. One scenario is when we've had pain for a period of time the brain...
ADHD, Sleep Disturbances, & Acupuncture
It's often believed that the overactive mind that prevents an adult or child with ADHD from falling asleep is a symptom of that illness. My experience is that the overactive mind is a symptom of an imbalanced autonomic nervous system (ANS) that in fact contributes to...
Heart Intelligence, Inflammation, and Healing
Inflammation is epidemic and leads to pain and illness ... in fact most illness, both physical issues like arthritis and psycho-emotional diagnoses like anxiety or depression. Inflammation is a natural, temporary part of a healing process, but when it becomes chronic...
ADD, ADHD, or Just Scattered?
Whether we've been diagnosed with an attention disorder, or we're just feeling scattered, we (adults and children) can learn to be more in control of our minds and bodies. To improve brain function we need to be aware of what causes foggy thinking, a lack of focus,...
Depression … It’s Not What You Think
We’ve been taught to believe that depression and anxiety are the result of chemical imbalances in the brain … that are best treated pharmaceutically … without any consideration for what was actually causing the imbalances in the first place. That’s the mainstream...