Emotional Balance

Our 5 external senses, proprioception, interoception and our vestibular systems are key to regulating our nervous system and healing trauma. We may not be used to being present, grounded or in our own body. We may be dissociated or unable to connect to ourselves. Memories or fear may overpower us dragging us into our past or future and disconnected in time. Flashbacks may cause a visceral and very real physical response. Here are some healing practices.

Here's a short video on why tuning in to our body or thoughts can be challenging. Is that difficult for you?

How can you balance emotions and calm yourself in a stressful environment? I share the importance of tuning into our bodies to strengthen and heal our nervous system. Some highlights are: the unique connection between aroma and our brains and how it can unlock us when we're stuck. Read more to explore the connection between nature, aromatherapy, and our nervous system. 

Discover the inspiring story of the eagle and the crow and the valuable lessons it teaches us about staying focused and not letting distractions and criticism bring us down. Learn how the majestic eagle rises above it all and how you too can soar to new heights by adopting a similar mindset. This powerful lesson could change the way you approach challenges in your own life. Read on to find out more.

Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed by negative self-talk? Discover how to harness the power of your inner voice and turn it into a positive force. In this article, we'll explore what an inner voice is, how it can become an inner critic, practical tips and most importantly, how to use your inner voice to uplift and encourage yourself. Don't let your inner critic hold you back any longer. Read on to learn how to take control of your thoughts and unlock your true potential. Read the full article and start your journey toward inner peace and self-compassion.

We think our memories are about the past. However, our brain and nervous system use this information to evaluate and assess our present. Those memories also influence our current beliefs and ideas, plus form our thoughts about future outcomes and possibilities / limits. 

We begin an upward spiral by addressing one of these three key areas. With emotional balance and a supportive inner voice, we set boundaries with ease, set and reach goals. Which one is your greatest challenge? Let's start with bringing that one into balance so you can start your upward spiral!

What if you could back up and notice your emotions before they escalate? What if you heard their message and could address the situation quickly and easily, neither stuffing emotion down nor letting emotion spill out? Wouldn't that be great? What would your life look like flowing in peace? Does that sound good?

You may have heard the poem “Your mind is a garden and your thoughts are the seeds, you can grow flowers or you can grow weeds” and I have a pallet painting with that quote - one of my favorites I've lived by all my life. An still I found ... 

Could you use a lift? Does life sometimes feel overwhelming and heavy? How can you tap into more joy?

 

Early 2020 was a challenge for me, as it was for mostly everyone everywhere. To help me overcome my challenges, I researched, looked into the science and compared what I found to the scriptures. Learn how gratitude rewires your brain, increases serotonin and dopamine and what that means for your mental, emotional and physical health. Complimentary mini course link in the post.

Do you experience random aches and pains? Are gut issues an ongoing problem for you? Both were true for me as far back as my preteen years. That’s a long time! Do you know what I found out that made a big difference for me? We are, as humans, interconnected parts. They ALL must be well for the whole being to be well and feel well.

Do you struggle to keep up the pace? Here's what helped me

Do you have difficult memories? Have you put them in a box in your mind and try to keep the lid closed? What if you had a way to let go of the emotional attachment and inner story connected to those memories? How free would you feel?

Did you know I used to think of myself as an introvert? Do you feel free and open to people, or is it scary? Do you warmly welcome interaction with others? Do you feel comfortable with most people? Do you feel fully supported by those around you? Do the people you interact with daily empower and lift you? If not, what can we do about it? Do we have a measure of control? Here’s what I learned.

These tools are various practices based on healing our nervous system and restoring us to a state of calm. All these tools are excerpts from various workshops and classes. 

Use this tool to guide rhythmic breathing while you do your reset. It will calm your nervous system and is a good guide during your reset if deep, calm breathing is challenging. You can also use 1:1 breathing to downregulate your fight / flight or upregulate if you're in freeze / shutdown / numb. 

There's an app that has adjustable settings you may enjoy for your mobile device called Kardia. 

Check the App Story or Google Play Store

It looks like this:

When our fight / flight activates, it pushes us to disconnect if it goes on too long. It can also activate panic if we do not respond to our nervous system's prompt to self-protect. 

We begin to disconnect from our body and from the present time as our brain pulls us back in time. Our survival brain does not understand time and actually believes we are experiencing that past situation

Sometimes we didn't tune in soon enough. My emotional balance course and workshop teach how to do that. Notice what signals you missed. 

Maybe we're used to stuffing it down and push through. See the section on how our nervous system works in this member vault. 

Sometimes we are not in a position to do something like having a panic attack in our sleep.

This is one of many techniques I teach to help you come into the present time and space, pull you out of that disconnect. Aroma Reset also does that - connects you back to your whole self, mind, body, emotion. 

Rest assured fight / flight and freeze / numb are exactly how our nervous system is supposed to function. It is functioning as designed. Learning to tune in at the lowest levels is crucial to our mental, emotional and physical health because our mind / body / emotions are all part of the same system. They are interconnected and designed to work together.