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Living a connected life isn’t just pivotal for our emotional well-being it’s essential for our physical health. That’s why you should help your clients rewire their nervous systems for stress resilience and secure attachment. Recommend this book to clients and add a copy to your book shelf today!

The Review of the Final Chapter of Healing for Damaged Emotions by David A. Seamands. Chapter 11: Dealing with Depression https://lnkd.in/gbpnnXtd

Is binge-watching a harmless habit, or is it affecting the mental and physical well-being of today’s youth? Let's dive into the dark side of binge-watching and its impact on young people. Discover why it’s time to reassess our screen time habits and the long-term consequences of this growing trend. #BingeWatching #MentalHealthAwareness #YouthCulture #ScreenTime #Wellbeing #SocialMediaDetox #HealthyHabits #DigitalWellness #MindfulLiving #TechAddiction

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The trees are changing. The trees are letting go. The season is shifting. In the season of life, what changes do you need to make? What do you need to let go of? Seriously, think about it. Be still and let the answer come to you. “Be still and know!” Are you scrolling too much? Are you shopping too much? Are you people pleasing too much? Are you drinking too much? Are you eating too much? Are you watching too much TV? Why? What are you avoiding? What are you trying to numb and keep buried? In this new season, what can you let go of? Remember that YOU are in control of YOU and YOU matter. Stay tuned…

This may be a busy time of year for many industries so Don't forget to stop and take a moment for your #MentalHealth. 😂 Laughter: Your Body’s Natural Superpower! 1️⃣ Stress Buster: Laughing releases endorphins, reducing stress and improving your mood. 2️⃣ Heart Health: It boosts circulation and lowers blood pressure, supporting a healthier heart. 3️⃣ Immune Boost: Laughing can enhance immune cells and antibodies, keeping you healthier. 4️⃣ Pain Relief: It’s nature’s painkiller, distracting from discomfort and releasing feel-good chemicals. 5️⃣ Stronger Bonds: Sharing a laugh strengthens relationships and fosters connections. 💡 Tip: Find humor daily—it’s the easiest way to nurture your body and mind! What makes you laugh? 🎭 #mentalhealth #holidayseason #happyholidays #justsmile

TV shows, movies, and ads often portray unrealistic beauty standards that can undermine recovery. Here’s how to approach media consumption with care: Be critical of what you watch—many shows glamorize unattainable ideals. Choose content that celebrates diverse bodies and realistic lifestyles. Limit exposure to weight-loss ads or makeover shows that perpetuate harmful messages. Reflect on how certain portrayals make you feel and step away if they are triggering. Recovery means reshaping how you see yourself—and that includes filtering out media that doesn’t align with your healing journey.

Our diet is #1 to your mental health and our vitality, which is why I’ve made it such a focus in my life and a passion of mine to build awareness for my clients to the ECO-System they interact with for themes of symbiotic relationships. >What’s your favorite tour of the neighborhood? Do you pass a community garden, does it end at a park, how far is the closest river? My micrombiome was destroyed after a C.Diff diagnosis following gall bladder disease and ulcerative colitis that erupted the last week of college in 2008. It took me until 2017 to grasp a day with less anxiety and dysfunction with food, energy, sleep, mood- my internal ecosystem. When I immersed myself in a new forest, my new lifestyle and knowledge changed the composition of my gut and I have continued on that journey ever since. A journey of committing to increasing access to knowledge and awareness of the #gutbrain and connection to the natural elements of soil (mostly microbes), sunshine, water, horizon. I attribute successes in my gut and brain to western, Chinese, behavioral health and naturopathic medicine. There’s wisdom in all of it to have propelled me to the conclusion that an inflammatory response in the body will cause inflammatory responses in our mental health: our desires, perceptions, behaviors, thoughts, feelings and even life meaning. I read Giulia’s Evers book GUT in 2 days in 2018 and was obsessed with how accessible and funny the book was and I’m very pleased to see it still has such rich content to support museum installations and TV programming in 2024!! #medicaltraumsurvivor #guthhealth #cdiff #ulcerativecolitis #gallbladderdisease Understanding mental health is understanding the #industrailizedmicrobiome. *These opinions do not reflect the opinions of my employer. They are my own based on personal research and lived experience.*

How Long is two minutes? Is it long? Or is it short? When I watch TV, two minutes feels like nothing. Twenty-two minutes fly by when I’m watching something good. Sometimes even 50-60 minutes. (Morgan and I are watching The Good Place and Dark Matter. Highly recommend both.) When I do nothing for two minutes, two minutes feels like an eternity. I seem to have more thoughts and internal conversations within these two minutes than I have in some entire days. Time is relative and abstract. It stretches and shrinks depending on what we’re doing and how we’re feeling. It’s wild how two minutes can feel like two seconds or two hours, depending on how we occupy our time. So now that we know time can be manipulated, what can we do with that information? Create more time. It seems easy to take the path in front of us. To nearly drown in the thunderous river of constant pressure put on us by our calendars, our egos, and the outside demands. There’s another way. We can inflate a flamingo floatie. Slowly but surely, as we spend time inflating our floatie, the river’s current seems to slow down with us—as if we were watching The Good Place 24/7. And in what feels like two minutes, we suddenly can make our way down the river with leisure, enjoying its beauty. But here’s the thing: you have to inflate your floatie. And keep it inflated. Mastering time isn’t about control; it’s about choice. You can rush through time desperately hoping there’s a floatie you can grasp onto in the thunderous river, or you can decide to slow the fuck down today, inflate your own floatie, and savor the ride down the river. I have good news! You don’t have to inflate your floatie alone. In fact, it inflates a lot quicker when you have others helping you. It can even be fun...🐢 You are welcome to inflate your floatie slow down with me and some other cool people tonight for free -> https://lnkd.in/gjF3Grdx

Be your best friend – Daily Reminder 19 ✨ Choosing What We Let In ✨ Today’s reminder comes from a book I am reading at the moment. Thich Nhat Hanh talks about sensory impressions and how what we consume, watch, and the people we engage with shape our inner peace. He reminds us: “Watching a bad TV program, we are the TV program. … Why do we open our windows to bad movies and TV programs? Movies that make our hearts pound, our fists tighten, and that send us back into the streets exhausted?” Just as we choose what we eat, we can choose what we let in through our senses. Conversations, shows, news, and social media are all forms of “sensory food.” When we open ourselves to negativity, we may end up feeling drained, anxious, or “not enough.” But protecting our peace is possible. Today’s Reflection: What sensory “foods” could you limit to protect your peace? What could you add to nourish it? #beyourbestfriend #sensoryimpression #day19