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Bruce Springsteen Talks About Mental Wellness Challenges

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Bruce Springsteen is opening up about his battle with depression. In this video he talks about how his relationship with his father impacted him.

“All I do know is as we age, the weight of our unsorted baggage becomes heavier, much heavier. With each passing year the price of our refusal to do that sorting rises higher and higher.” Bruce Springsteen

Baggage. Everyone carries it. The good news is that we get to decide when we will stop carrying it! WE get to decide when to sort it out. No one forces us to carry the baggage. It is our choice. We get to decide when we will find the false beliefs and where they come from and then create new neural pathways with the truth; we get to decide when we will look at the physical side of depression and anxiety and invest in healing the gut brain axis; the choice is individual.

Perhaps you believe depression and anxiety is just part of your life, just like if you had any other illness. I used to believe that too. Now I know the truth. I’ve experienced the breakthroughs to know that uniting body, mind, and spirit obliterates depression and anxiety. I have been free from the shackles of depression and anxiety for six years now. This freedom awaits YOU!

Baggage. FACE IT. FEEL IT. HEAL IT. I’d love to be part of your journey to healing…

It matters!

 

 

More Energy From Gratitude?

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Yesterday I listened to a woman who spoke about increasing our capacity for energy.  She cited a study where they were trying to determine which of three things would help people regain some energy during the late afternoon slump.  The study wondered if drinking coffee, taking a walk, or expressing gratitude to someone would build energy.  The results were startling:  expressing gratitude to someone gave the longest effect.

I invite you to express gratitude every day for one week.  Tell someone something you appreciate about them.  Write a note.  Send a text.  Make a phone call.

What will it do for you?  It matters!

(Unfortunately I do not have the citation for the study I reference!)
 first published July 2017

Half Of Mental Health Conditions Begin By Age 14 And Go Undetected

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The World Health Organization reports that half of mental health conditions begin by age 14 and they often go undetected and untreated.

Why? My thought is that parents are unaware of how the microbiome and mindset are key to eradicating depression and anxiety. Instead, I believe that too many think that depression and anxiety are like any other lifetime illness: if you have it, just do the best you can to deal with it.

“Dealing” with it usually ends up with a person losing all hope and desire to move forward. Let’s set the next generation up for success by learning how to support a healthy microbiome and mindset…and then doing what it takes to make it actually happen!

(first published Oct 2018)

Your Microbiome Could Be Contributing To Your Depression And Anxiety

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Chances are very high that your gut micro biome is out of balance. We live in a world of large amounts of toxicity–it’s in our fertilizers and weed killers; our hair sprays and hair gels and shampoos; our pesticides; our food. So no matter how “clean” a person is with what they eat or the products they put on their skin, toxins can still create chaos in the micro biome.

This was the case with me. I could not understand why my doctor started me down this route when I cooked from scratch, made our own bread, and didn’t eat a lot of processed or refined-sugared food…

The truth was, my microbiome needed help. I had stored heavy metals from what I describe above. I had no idea. And I certainly did not know the connection between gut health and depression and anxiety.

I now know. What my doctor helped me to see was the connection and that I could do something about it. I began a study and learning curve that changed my world–I combined this learning and action with mindset training I also learned and I was freed from depression in 2012…and it has not come back!!

Watch the following video to see how the microbiome second brain affects the production of neurotransmitters and why you may be fighting depression and anxiety…

 

Gut-Brain Science

Contact me for more information!

It matters!

The Gut Brain Connection

http://unlockingdepression.net/what-if-you-had-a-second-brain/

Inspiration minus Expression = Depression

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While I fought depression for 12 years, I did a lot of withholding of my thoughts. I had convinced myself that no one wanted to really hear me. This was false but to me it was true. 12 years of bottling up my thoughts and concerns took a toll.

INSPIRATION MINUS EXPRESSION = DEPRESSION

Give yourself permission to express something today. Use the Weed, Feed & File technique…

It SO matters!

(first published Sept 2018)