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This short video offers practical HeartMath technique, giving you a helping hand for managing life’s challenges with more balance and flow, resulting in more care and compassion in our interactions (the secret sauce). Together, we can remove this viral brain fog spreading throughout the planet as we shift to finally using our hearts for choices and guidance through these times of aggressive change. Remember, tools become effective through practice. https://buff.ly/4f0u9sQ #peace #balance #mentalhealth #heartcohernece #HeartMath

Many people are stressed out today, breathwork is one way to intentionally change breathing patterns to improve physical, mental, and emotional health. Essential oils can enhance breathwork and further increase its benefits and calm the mind-body as they support circulation, oxygenation, and the vagus nerve. According to Vibrant Blue Oils: "Inhaling specific essential oils blends in conjunction with your breath work practice can further enhance results. The natural expectorant properties of many essential oils can help open up airways to allow oxygen to help increase oxygen intake and lung efficiency." Essential Oils That Can Be Considered Include: -Cypress -Frankincense -Peppermint -Eucylaptus -Lavender -Parasympathetic Blend -Lymph, Circulation, and Fascia Blends Learn more: https://buff.ly/44bNlQ6 #Mindfulness #Meditation #Breathwork #EssentialOils #NaturalStressRelief #MindBodyMedicine #MentalHealth #RespiratoryHealth #HealthyLungs #

Many struggle with grief and our society doesn't really allow the time or space for people to just feel and move through their emotions. This is a helpful post for those dealing with grief or loss: https://buff.ly/3UXteSL Essential Oils can also be very helpful with moving through emotions, here is a podcast on this with Jade Shutes on EOR: https://buff.ly/3JZU1b2 #Grief #Emotions #CopingwithGrief #EssentialOils #MentalHealth

Breathwork has re-surged in popularity. It can quiet the brain’s default mode network (DMN) activity, which over-activation is linked to depression. It also can activate the parasympathetic nervous system, releasing endorphins and calming the brain. Benefits include healing from trauma or grief, increasing mental clarity and focus, helping with burnout, decreasing stress, and promoting a better night’s sleep. According to one review on the biological mechanisms, it also enhanced heart rate variability (rest and digest system) and changed brain wave patterns while enhancing well-being: “Slow breathing techniques act enhancing autonomic, cerebral and psychological flexibility in a scenario of mutual interactions: we found evidence of links between parasympathetic activity (increased HRV and LF power), CNS activities (increased EEG alpha power and decreased EEG theta power) related to emotional control and psychological well-being in healthy subjects. Our hypothesis considers two different mechanisms for explaining psychophysiological changes induced by voluntary control of slow breathing: one is related to a voluntary regulation of internal bodily states (enteroception), the other is associated to the role of mechanoceptors within the nasal vault in translating slow breathing in a modulation of olfactory bulb activity, which in turn tunes the activity of the entire cortical mantle. Have you incorporated breathwork? I love using it with essential oils, not only do you enhance your breathwork, you get double mind-body enhancement! https://buff.ly/4aGVWNQ https://buff.ly/3vaa0Pt #breathwork #stress #mindbody #mindsetasmedicine #calming #relaxation #naturoapthicmedicine

During the fall transition, tension is especially high due to the additional demands of back-to-school combined with troubling world events and the impact of technology. If not appropriately addressed, these chronic, excessive stressors can have negative emotional, mental, and physical health ramifications. Unfortunately, because children’s brains are still developing, they are at an even higher risk of experiencing these detrimental effects. This is why I believe that offering additional supportive mind-body approaches, that can be used along with conventional psychiatric care, is crucial to intercept the mental health crisis we are facing. In this video and clinical tip, I will offer you information and resources to help support parents’ and children’s resiliency and mood balance. These include: 1. some updates on statistics related to the state of our youth’s mental health 2. how to calm the brain using naturopathic medicine mind-body techniques 3. a review of my resource guide that offers a compilation of integrative resources to support mental health 4. an empowering podcast on connection between the gut-brain link and mental health from a holistic pediatrician It is my hope that these tools can assist you in taking empowering action to support your children, teens, and yourself in navigating the changes and upheaval our future generation are up against. Click here to access the video, read the transcript, and get all the resources https://buff.ly/3zL93jn #mentalhealth #mindbodymedicine #brainhealth #anxiety #depression #integrativementalhealth #backtoschool #essentialoils #naturopathicmedicine #youthmentalhealth

As much as areas of the brain determine function and mood, so do networks. According to Amen Clinic: Your brain consists of multiple networks that work together to process information and guide our behavior. Some examples of the most important networks include: Default mode network (DMN)—This group of brain systems becomes more active when you’re at rest, such as while you’re sleeping, daydreaming, contemplating the future, or letting your thoughts wander. Activity in the DMN declines when you’re engaged in mental tasks that require focused attention or when you’re actively paying attention to external stimuli. Central executive network (CEN)—This network of brain regions works collaboratively to control cognitive tasks and engage in goal-oriented actions. Brain regions involved include the frontal lobe and the parietal lobe, which is why this system is sometimes called the frontoparietal network. Dorsal attention network (DAN)—This group of brain regions is involved in voluntarily focusing your attention. Rather than reacting to external stimuli, this crucial network allows you to intentionally shift your attention. Reward network—This brain system is involved in desire, motivation, and pleasure. It activates in response to rewarding stimuli, including food and addictive substances. Salience network—Think of this network as the brain’s moderator. It detects and filters salient stimuli, helping you identify what deserves your attention and shift between external stimuli and internal thinking. For example, in depression, the default mode network can be overactive at rest or self-reflecting, leading to rumination and negative thoughts. In addition, the salience network, which helps identify important information, may be underactive. Research shows can lead to focusing on negative experiences. More: https://buff.ly/3XOhhiC #brain #mood #brainhealth #brainnetworks

There are many underlying factors that can relate to mood and depression. It's not just a serotonin imbalance, and this one factor may be overstated, or only the result of a variety of underlying imbalances. Hormones can impact mood: estrogen, progesterone, thyroid, testosterone, and stress hormones. There are receptors in the brain for hormones and they impact neurotransmitters. For example, there are specific interactions between estrogen and progesterone and the brain neurotransmitters of serotonin, GABA, dopamine, and glutamate and associations between estrogen and progesterone and psychiatric disorders including anxiety, depression, and OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). Thyroid hormone and depression associations are mixed in the literature, and it is likely due to individual variations in brain receptors and fluctuating hormones. However, there is enough to show thyroid does impact brain health and mood. If your getting treated for mood disorders and you aren't getting results, consider evaluating your hormones as well as getting an integrative, naturopathic, functional medicine assessment for all brain health factors that could be implicated. Essential oils are supporting for all aspects of brain and hormone health because they modulate psychology, biochemistry, and physiology in multiple ways. I use them in almost all of my brain health and hormone protocols. Hormones influence on the brain: https://buff.ly/3ofPbz0 Hormones and depression: https://buff.ly/45gorPy Serotonin and brain factors in depression: https://buff.ly/3lakE3Z Essential oils for brain health: https://buff.ly/3ySXw0M #mood #depression #brain #brainhealth #brainhormones #brainandhormones #hormonebalance #mentalhealth #anxiety #mindbody #hormonebalance #estrogenbrain #estrogen #progesterone #thyroid #thyroidhormone #thyroidandbrain #cognition #brainandmood #moodimbalance #depressionandhormones #sexhormones #emotions #wellness #health

Did you know that your menstrual cycle can impact your nutrient, exercise, and brain needs. "Cycle syncing is all about adjusting your mindset, exercise, rest, and nutrition routines to align with the phases of your menstrual cycle. It can help you feel your best, make the most out of your day, and gain a better understanding of your body’s moods and needs. If you ever feel like your body’s cycle is working against you, cycle syncing might be just what you need to bring your body and life into harmony and optimize your efforts." Learn more: https://buff.ly/3BHbX9b This is why it's so important to tune-into your body, especially as a female, where hormones can modulate what is best for your brain and body that day. As our physiology shifts, so does what it needs to be optimal. This is why I never tell people to "push through", it can backfire and stress out the brain and body.

"Emotional armor refers to the protective wrap you put around yourself to stop the things that have hurt you in the past from ever hurting you again. Emotional armor acts as a barrier between you and your emotions – it protects you from feeling deep hurt. " -VBO The problem with emotional armor is that is also prevents accepting nurturing relationships and being fully present. It can also be stressful on the mind and body increasing emotional, physical, and spiritual tension. According to VBO: "Research demonstrates that somatic (of the body) and visceral (felt in internal organs, like the gut) feedback plays a role in the repression of emotion. Armoring can disconnect different parts of your body from awareness, cutting you off from your full range of sensory and emotional experiences. The inhalation and topical application of essential oils can help send safety signals to your body and brain which then allow you to transmute and digest the emotions and memories that often facilitate the need for your armor. Topically applied essential oils... may help you to break down and dissolve layers of your emotional armor, which then allows your blood, oxygen, and life force to flow more freely throughout your body. ....Your sense of smell offers a direct channel to the emotional center of your brain known as your limbic system. Smell travels through your olfactory system to your limbic system, relaying signals of both danger and safety. Inhaling essential oils is the fastest and most efficient way to create physiological or psychological balance in your limbic system to allow you to feel the sense of safety necessary to begin to dismantle your emotional armor. " Topically applied oils can help to release tightened fascia as well. Learn more: https://buff.ly/3Y9Xomv #emotionalhealth #emotionalaromor #mentalhealth #relationships #mindbody #essentialoils #fascia #fasciaessentialoils #dissociation #pain #tension #emotionalpain #trauma

Could too much technology be harming your memory? "Digital dementia” refers to individuals who overuse digital devices who may, over time, have trouble with forgetfulness, focusing, and multitasking—symptoms that are similar to early signs of dementia." Learn more: https://buff.ly/4gFdywx Consider using mind-body techniques to assist you in calming the overactive nervous system response. One of my favorites is essential oils, and the process of Aroma Freedom.