Category: Mind Body Soul

  • Grounding and Blood Sugar

    Grounding and Blood Sugar

    Let the Earth Heal You: Spring Grounding Practices This spring, don’t just clean your house — reconnect to your planet. Grounding (also called earthing) isn’t just a hippie buzzword — it’s an evidence-based practice that can help reduce inflammation, improve sleep, and even stabilize blood sugar. Here’s how it works: The Earth carries a negative…

  • You can’t think your way out of stress.

    You can’t think your way out of stress.

    Stress is primarily a physiological issue, not just a mindset problem. Elevated cortisol affects decision-making, leading to impulsivity and disrupted sleep. To effectively manage stress, one must focus on resetting the autonomic nervous system through specific techniques. This approach improves regulation, mood, and overall metabolic health by breaking the stress cycle.

  • Willpower is not the problem. Thank goodness!

    Willpower is not the problem. Thank goodness!

    The article discusses how nervous system regulation affects glucose levels and overall well-being. Stress triggers a survival response, altering heart rate, hormones, and insulin sensitivity. Traditional stress management often fails because it overlooks physiological changes. Effective tools, such as breathing techniques and deep rest, can help reset the nervous system and improve glucose regulation.

  • The Hidden Load Women Carry behind “I’m fine.”

    The Hidden Load Women Carry behind “I’m fine.”

    Chronic stress can affect women silently, operating below conscious awareness and influencing biological responses. Even functioning without overt signs can keep the body in a survival mode, which disrupts various systems and increases health risks, such as type 2 diabetes. Recognizing this hidden stress is crucial for wellbeing.

  • What Would You Love? A Valentine’s Gift to Yourself

    What Would You Love? A Valentine’s Gift to Yourself

    This Valentine’s Day, reclaim your desires and discontent as pathways to transformation, especially for women with Type 2 diabetes. Recognize that your longings are valid, create a discontent list, and transform each into a desire. Take small steps towards your vision, affirming self-love as alignment and honoring your needs.

  • Seriously, what were you thinking?

    Seriously, what were you thinking?

    The Reticular Activating System (RAS) is a crucial brain filter that influences what we notice and motivates our actions. It’s impacted by beliefs, emotions, and past experiences, often reinforcing unhealthy patterns. However, with small, consistent changes, such as asking positive questions and recognizing wins, individuals can rewire their RAS to promote healing and reverse insulin…