Stress

Stress is one of the greatest causes of harm towards our health today.

When stress is high, our bodies take their energy away from fighting off illness and disease. Instead, they are working on just keeping us going.

We are all unique and similar at the same time, so the way that stress affects our bodies can differ.

1) Your adrenals are shot: Your energy drops, you need a ton of sleep and can't focus/concentrate, you crave salty foods and/or meet, you need sugar, soda, coffee or other 'uppers.' (Try adrenal support supplements as you cut down on the 'uppers' - check your local health food store.)

2) Your seratonin levels are low: You may have panic attacks, you are showing signs of OCD, you have negative thoughts, you might have an eating disorder, you are fearful, edgy and/or irritable, you experience pain.

You likely have too much caffeine or alcohol. You may be on a "low" diet - low fat, low protein or low carb. You may be depressed or having anxiety or panic attacks. (Try 5-htp for your seratonin levels.)

3) Your thyroid is malfunctioning: You have cold hands or feet, gain weight easily or can't lose it, headaches (esp. in the morning), you're depressed, you have low energy and are fatigued, perhaps you sleep a lot.

(Again, check your local health food store for supplements that support thyroid function.)

4) You are deficient in B Vitamins: You might be depressed, have loss of energy, be paranoid and/or nervous, have insomnia, have tingling in fingers and/or toes, irritable or easily overwhelmed.

Perhaps you haven't been eating a balanced diet with enough raw foods (We often 'overcook' our vegetables, which gets rid of the vitamin Bs. To keep the Bs in, they need to be kept close to raw.)

Effective ideas for how to reduce stress

* Take yoga

* Stop drinking coffee

* Start exercising

* Turn off the TV

* Don't work as much

You probably have heard of these or others.

The challenge is finding something that we are willing to do.

Even though we know how to reduce our stress, we may not do it because either the inconvenience of our discomfort isn't great enough OR our underlying beliefs that are controlling our actions.

Meridian Tapping For Stress

Remember, when you have something - such as a memory- come up, tap on it. You can tap on everything and anything.

(KC) Even though I have this stress, and I feel it in my body, and I don't enjoy life as much as I could because of it, I deeply and completely accept who I am and how I feel. Even though I hate having this stress and how it interferes with my life, I deeply and completely accept myself.
(EB) This stress
(SE) I can't relax
(UE) I can't enjoy my life
(UN) I'm preoccupied with what I need to do
(UL) I feel guilty doing anything for myself
(CB) But I can't let go of this stress
(UA) Even though it isn't actually working for me.
(TH) Nothing is going to help this stress.


(EB) This stress
(SE) It's killing off my life
(UE) I'm so sad about how it makes me feel.
(UN) I'm so sad about how I treat people because of it.
(UL) It makes me be not who I want to be.
(CB) I'm sick of it.
(UA) I'm ready to let it go.
(TH) But I can't let it go.


(EB) It's a part of who I am.
(SE) Who will I be without this stress?
(UE) All I know is stress.
(UN) But I can choose to let it go.
(UL) I think I might be ready to let it go.
(CB) But I don't have to let it go.
(UA) I can keep it.
(TH) But I'm letting it go.


(EB) No I'm not.
(SE) I'm keeping it.
(UE) If I let it go, I won't get anything done.
(UN) I'll become a failure if I don't have this much stress.
(UL) My life depends on this much stress.
(CB) But it's killing me.
(UA) I have such a conflict.
(TH) I have this conflict, and I deeply and completely love and accept who I am and how I feel.


(EB) I'm letting the stress go.
(SE) I don't have to keep it anymore.
(UE) It's not keeping me safe.
(UN) It's destroying me.
(UL) I let go of this stress.
(CB) I can take a deep breath.
(UA) I can get things done even though I don't have this much stress.
(TH) I choose to release this stress.