When I learned of the Mindfulness May movement, it thought it was right on time.
It’s not always about the food we eat, but how we are living in our bodies on a daily basis. Many of the clients I’ve seen recently are completely fried..
This is a classic nervous system dysfunctional response.
Since a majority of my clients are women in their 40s, many symptoms present as flares of early onset peri-menopausal symptoms such as sleepless nights, worsening memory or changes in the menstrual cycle.
The most disturbing changes occur in the limbic system. This looks like fatigue, anxiety, exhaustion, (the stress eating cycle) and worse of all, changing your internal programming to accept living a blunted life within this dysfunctional pattern.
As an integrative clinician, I dig down and find out the roots of which hormones need adjusting and use all forms of medicine to achieve the alignment.
My favorite off label go-to for healing the limbic dysfunction is having clients create mantras or meditations for themselves. Have you tried this before?
If not, now‘s a great time to begin.
Here is a freebie meditation on generating more self-compassion. I teach you how to mantra. It will literally reprogram your brain to function differently.
Check it out!
XOXO
Dr. Vera