This is the fifth and final day of our 5 Day Instagram Challenge! If you haven’t already, you can join the challenge by following us on Instagram or by joining the Sweet Water Sisterhood Facebook group. Today your challenge is to CELEBRATE! Celebrating reminds us of all that we have to be grateful for. It shifts our brains into a mode of appreciation instead of critically assessing what is wrong with our lives or what we need to work on. Do This First Before you decide what to celebrate and how to celebrate it, I want you to take a few minutes to make a list of things you are thankful for. Set a…
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Move {Come Back to Center Day4/5}
This is the fourth day of our 5 Day Instagram Challenge! If you haven’t already, you can join the challenge by following us on Instagram or by joining the Sweet Water Sisterhood Facebook group. Today your challenge is to MOVE!
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Connect {Come Back to Center Day 3/5}
This is the third day of our 5 Day Instagram Challenge! If you haven’t already, you can join the challenge by following us on Instagram or by joining the Sweet Water Sisterhood Facebook group. Today your challenge is to CONNECT with some one you love who encourages, comforts, or energizes you.
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Create {Come Back to Center Day 2/5}
This is the second day of our 5 Day Instagram Challenge! If you haven’t already, you can join the challenge by following us on Instagram or by joining the Sweet Water Sisterhood Facebook group. Today your challenge is to CREATE something.
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Breathe {Come Back to Center Day1/5}
This is the first day of our 5 Day Instagram Challenge! If you haven’t already, you can join the challenge by following us on Instagram or by joining the Sweet Water Sisterhood Facebook group. Today, your challenge is take 5- 30 minutes to breathe.
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Come Back to Center: A 5 Day Instagram Challenge
I’m excited to announce that the FIRST EVER Sweet Water Offering Instagram Challenge starts tomorrow – Monday, February 27th! This challenge is for YOU, if you…
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Are You a Coffee Drinker?
by Katie Palmer, Certified Herbalist and FDN-P Do you find yourself stumbling around, glaring at everyone, and murmuring words of frustration at the sun until you’ve had your first cup of coffee? Are you the type of person that constantly repeats the phrase, “Sorry, I haven’t had my coffee yet”? If so, this may be a sign of adrenal dysfunction.
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Books that Have Been Good for My Mental Health Lately
I love to read. And – an odd little secret about me – I love to read out loud. I started reading my textbooks and literature out loud in middle and high school, when my baby sister (10 years younger) would happily sit and listen. I soon realized I remembered everything so much better when I read out loud and that it was way more fun than just zipping through it in my head.
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Foundations for Mental Health without Medication: What You Eat for Breakfast Matters
Last week, we talked about how a healthy circadian rhythm is key to mental and emotional well-being. I gave you several strategies for how to create a morning ritual that will set your wake-up time and result in benefits like increased energy, better digestion, improved mental clarity, and reduced mood swings throughout the day. There is one morning practice that I left off of the list on purpose.
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Foundations for Mental Health Without Medication: Your Circadian Rhythm Part 1
Symptoms of anxiety and depression are one way that our bodies and minds “speak” to us to tell us when something is wrong or “off.” The first thing to do when these symptoms arise is to stop and listen. What is your body trying to say to you?