Energy, Immunity, Inflammation, Mental Health, Mindfulness Cold Therapy for immunity and mental health

Thermogenesis or cold water therapy. Known to improve our energy power batteries within our cells – called the mitochondria. Also improves thyroid and adrenal function, helps with weight loss by increasing more fat burning “brown fat”, plus reducing leptin resistance – which is a hormone which prevents weight loss & when in the right amounts, promotes fat burning. And yes, it does support our immune system plus a whole lot more. The primary positive benefit is to reduce inflammation, the big factor in all illness.

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Mental Health, Mindfulness When life doesn’t go according to OUR plans…stop & pause for effective change

Perhaps you’ve gone ahead and made choices and changes in your life – but there is a feeling like no matter what decision or movement ‘seemingly’ forward you make, the metaphorical door keeps getting shut in your face? Ironically – to effect change, we need to pause. Stop pushing for change and driving forward. Observe the desire to move away from the uncomfortable painful feelings. Pause, reflect and lean in a little more. And listen.

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Mental Health, Mindfulness Self Compassion – an antidote to low self-esteem, anxiety & perfectionism

In my experience not many people know what being compassionate to oneself or “self-care” really means, nor “get” the concept or “practice” being kind to themselves. Yes “practice” – because it has to be a practice and must be practiced regularly, until those neural networks in our brain and re-wired and we then learn to do it automatically. I think it is the biggest hurdle I have faced myself & continue to face, and the biggest hurdle I witness in those I work with.

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Mental Health, Mindfulness Christmas time self-care Mindfulness experiment

Christmas time can be a time of joy but also can end up being a time full of pressure, perfection and expectations. Usually we run around like crazy, being everything to everyone, see people that “trigger” us, spend way too much money and eat and drink like there is no tomorrow. Is there another way…? So, if you choose to accept, here is a little end of year mindfulness experiment.

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