What to Reflect on In Your Health
Research has been done time and time again that the way we talk to our self/ our cells is so important for our well-being; in fact, you can always take a look at Dr. Emoto’s water experiment that reflected this (especially as over 70% of our body is water).
To add on to this too, we can reflect and get a sense of what’s going, but don't forget to pause and practice patience either while 'waiting' for some kind of next step. 🙂
As a society we’ve normalized quite a bit around the ‘go go go’ lifestyle, including getting caffeine for extra energy, working out to avoid feeling/ feelings, and staying busy until we somehow hope to fall asleep yet may wind up tossing and turning despite all the melatonin or other type of sleep aid we’ve tried. Yet this has been deemed somewhat ‘live-able’, ‘normal’, and putting it out there- in my long-time work with hormone imbalance I’m usually adjusting the exercise routine (especially cutting back cardio) first!
There are also moment that can get us quite overwhelmed, which not only does a number on our hormones, but also our neurotransmitters. Ongoing stress can even deplete serotonin, our ‘feel good’ hormone, one of the factors that can then increase our cravings for sugar, carbs, or fat, to help increase that satiation/ feeling again.
However, as I’ve also learned and have been experimenting with myself, in moments too that I begin to feel ‘too caught up’ in the moment, it can be more though than just a hormone imbalance or even neurotransmitter level. We need to also have tools for the moment (as commonly too there could be a mix).
Place your hands especially in these moments - one on your heart, one on your belly to feel your breath to at least get it out of 'shallow breathing'- and then go down this list.
Could it be:
🍃 Hunger/ blood sugar
🍃 Task avoidance
🍃 An old emotion
🍃 Not enough sleep
🍃 A surprise event/ task
🍃 Hormone imbalance (e.g. hot flash)
🍃 Unwanted thoughts
🍃 Imbalanced neurotransmitters
🍃 Not enough sunlight/ fresh air
🍃 Not enough fun
As you can see, the list can go on and on. Do what you need in the moment, consider some refection later.
However, some of these can take time to figure out (i.e. specialized testing), others you can tend to right away (i.e. eat something).
Are you able to add to the list? Or did you not necessarily need the whole list?
Then we talk knowing our body even more deeply + prevention 💜
If you’d like to find out more tools & strategies, let’s find some time to chat HERE. And drop your realizations below as I’d love to hear!!