Thoughts for Today

 Life has been a bit overwhelming lately. I have plenty of tools for stress and use them quite often and today I wanted a new approach. I went to my bookcase and pulled out the book, Start Where You Are, by Meera Lee Patel. I opened to a page that I am finding quite helpful. It is simple and powerful at the same time. Take some time to consider the list below. What do you discover?

The title of the page is: List Your Sources of the Following:

        HAPPINESS

        LOVE

        COURAGE

        FRIENDSHIP

        STRENGTH

        LAUGHTER 

Need a Boost?

Boost Essence is the name of a fairly recent Australian Bush Flower essence combination that Ian White has created. It's the one to grab when you feel out of sorts, overwhelmed, overly sensitive to people, energy and change. And, you want to feel calm and balanced, grounded, courageous and resilient.

The individual flower essences in this combination are quite powerful on their own. Together, they offer a great sense of relief when life pulls the rug out from underneath you.

 

Individual flower essences in Boost:

Bottlebrush for letting go;

Bush Iris for clearing blocks around trust;

Crowea for releasing worry and finding balance;

Dog Rose for confidence and Courage;

Fringed Violet for energetic protection;

Illawara Flame Tree for confidence and self-reliance;

Sturt Desert Pea for healthy grieving;

Sundew for grounding and staying in the present. 

My favorite site to order the Bush essences: www.southernherb.com

 

 

Overwhelm Relief With Eye Exercises

 There are many techniques for reducing stress and overwhelm and this article will focus on your eyes. The act of reading can weaken eye muscles with the back and forth motion. Reading on your phone or tablet can lead to eye strain. Add fatigue, poor lighting, stress, lack of sleep and your vision can become inhibited.

One simple technique to incorporate is to look up periodically and focus on something in the distance. Or, make it a frequent eye exercise of looking close then looking far away.

When you have a lot of mind chatter or overwhelm, the following exercise is extremely helpful.

 Take a deep breath with each step:

• Look diagonally up to the RIGHT
• 
  Look to the RIGHT
• Look DOWN RIGHT
• Look STRAIGHT DOWN
• Look diagonally DOWN LEFT
  
• Look LEFT
• Look diagonally UP LEFT
• Look STRAIGHT UP
• Look STRAIGHT AHEAD

REPEAT WITH EYES CLOSED

 

 

Resilience

 resilience /rĭ-zĭl′yəns/

noun

1. The ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune.
   
2. The act of springing back, rebounding or resiling.

 Last week I received many calls and texts from friends and clients who were having a difficult time recovering from overwhelm. I would put myself in that category, too. For many the varying weather conditions has been exhausting. For others: dealing with the exhaustion of caring for elderly family members, having to make a major life decision, needing to express emotions, recovering slowly from illness. These life events have made resilience challenging.

Flower essences to support resilience:

From Tree Frog Farm - www.treefrogfarm.com

Arnica flower essence for the "shocks' of life that often get trapped in the nervous, muscular and endocrine system. The flower affirmation: 

"I am resilience during life's shocks, bumps and scrapes." 

Ruby Hellebore for resilience of the heart when experiencing sorrow, grief, hopelessness. The flower affirmation:

"I am courage and resilience during times of heartache and hopelessness." 

 

From the Australian Bush Flower Essences - www.southernherb.com

Banksia Robur to enhance recuperation back to vitality and full strength again,
especially for those who are normally very dynamic. The flower affirmation:

"I now feel joy, energy and enthusiasm for life." 

 Macrocarpa for physical strength, endurance and stamina. A wonderful support for the adrenal glands and other endocrine glands. The flower affirmation:

"I am now tapping into the unlimited energy source within me." 

 

Overwhelm Support

 Overwhelm occurs when your nervous system is stuck in freeze mode: fight, flight, freeze. If you can't run or fight, you protect yourself by becoming immobile. Jodie Cohen, founder of Vibrant Blue Oils writes:

"The freeze response kicks in when the survival system has decided that whatever is facing us is too overwhelming."

So, what do you do? I encourage you to visit the website: www.vibrantblueoils.com

Jodie is an authority on essential oils. Her extensive blogs on the overwhelm response are from many different perspectives. Her book, Essential Oils to Boost the Brain & Heal the Body is a must have. You will feel like you have gone back to school and you will be armed with meaningful information to support your body, mind, spirit.

 

If you are a facilitator for healing or simply interested in learning more to help yourself become healthier, I recommend the information and summits at www.healthmeans.com

Come back to my blog for more information on the nervous system. I will continue to post simple techniques for supporting your brain and body.