Anchors ⚓️ They Can weigh something downThey can pull and dragThey can also Steady somethingKeep It safe and rooted amidst turbulent tides Behaviors are like anchors too Some we throw when we are trying to escapeThese anchors pull us downHold us backLimit usDisconnect us They make us forget WHO we areThat we came here to …
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Is Butter healthy?Does grass fed really matter? It CAN beAndYes it really matters See below for a breakdown of the nutrition benefits of grass fed butter which include 📌Butyric Acid📌CLA or conjugated Linoleic Acid📌Vitamins A, D, E and K2 If we are what we eat ( and we are) literallyThen we are what we eat, …
Lets dig in. See below for How each is made 👀 Disclaimer : I am not into food shaming, absolutes or extremes🙅🏻♀️ which only create food fears and more stress! I’m sure I consume some margarine and processed seed oils when I opt for a donut or other sweet treat here and there and I’m …
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🎵” What you want might make you cry and what you need might pass you by if you don’t catch it, and what you need ironically will turn out what you want to be if you just let it “🎵-Lauren Hill ❤️ (song: when it hurts so bad) One of my favorite artists, Lauren Hill …
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See below for 5 Days worth of Breakfast meal ideas Each meal is packed with nutrients that support our Acute Stress ResponseBy including Antioxidants ✅Anti-inflammatories ✅Vitamin B6 ✅Tyrosine ✅And more The choices we make at the start of our day truly set the tone for the rest of the day! Starting off with a nutrient …
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One night years ago I was driving home from a shift working on the ambulance in Brockton. There is a stretch of highway there called 24 which is or at least was really really dark at night I was coming around a bend in the roadway which it seemed I had to myself when… A …
Following up on yesterday’s post addressing the ACUTE Stress response I wanted to dive a little deeper into how to support our natural adaptations to stress During a stress response our vascular system can experience 📌Rapid changes to diameter ofthe effected vessels -which in turn causes…📌Rapid changes to internalPressure within the vessels This calls on …
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The ACUTE Stress Response 📌Systems that are challenged📌How to support them-Nutritionally-Physically📌Most importantly -WHY-( remember I’m a big proponent of knowing the WHY behind information ) I will always be expanding on these but here is a bite size breakdownSee below for the WHY & more on each Coming up ‼️ 📌A list of Antioxidant and …
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Who has been a victim of the mom seatbelt🙋🏻♀️ (who has been the mom seatbelt 🙋🏻♀️😂 ) You know when mom has to slam on the brakes and her arm comes flying across your chest 👀 Both of you are equally surprised… It all happens before either of you can consciously process the situation That’s …
I’m not here to serve up fluff sandwiches(Taste good but zero nutritional value…) Info can be like that tooSounds easy and cuteBut doesn’t move the needle I want to EMPOWER you with this information BUT I also love EASY ways to remember things so stay with me -I got you- First Responders If we want …
The 2 Tiered system of Stress, The Nervous System & the Endocrine System Read More »