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How to Manage Anxiety by Removing Caffeine
Put down the cup of joe I used to love coffee… mochas were my favorite; I still miss them, mostly the chocolate 😢 but on my journey to inner balance and control of my anxiety, I realized that caffeine was a HUGE trigger for me.Unfortunately, caffeine triggers and stimulates our fight or flight response which is also what we experience when we’re in a panic attack or anxiety episode. Until recently there wasn’t much thought to the effects or contribution caffeine can have with anxiety disorders. Too much can lead to a full-blown anxiety episode. Once I drank over what my threshold was, and let us be honest this was…
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Need to Manage Anxiety? Try Adding Magnesium
What can cause anxiety? One thing I found in researching anxiety disorders is that there can be a direct correlation between vitamin levels in your body and anxiety. One of the main culprits I came across was low Magnesium levels. I first tried your standard supplement pill but found that it made me so nauseous. Once again, my local Co-op came to my rescue, and I found this fantastic product, Natural Calm. This is a powder Magnesium supplement I add to my morning tea EVERY day, usually 1 ½ TSP. Let me warn you…this will loosen, um, the number twos. So, I suggest starting with ½ to 1 TSP and…
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Why It All Started
This is what finally pushed me to start this blog, it was Christmas of 2018…This holiday season was one that started like many have before, running around last-minute trying to figure out how we were going to fit seeing everyone into the few days we had. I’m sure you can relate. I found myself getting lost in the whirlwind that the holidays bring. Christmas day changed my view on life in only a short amount of time. Christmas Eve was spent with my dad and family. During our time together I found out how truly sick my grandmother was. I knew that she had been moved out of her home…








