Move Mountains With Me
National Stress Awareness Month
How I reduce your stress with herbs and EFT
So, we all know how it feels to be stressed. We all know what it’s like in our bodies, in our minds and how it impacts on us.
Or, do we?
Do you notice the relentless micro-stressors in your daily life? Do you feel the constant onslaught of more things to do and get done, more blips on your phone nagging at you, your children tugging your sleeve wanting things and maybe your partner asking for things from you too?
Sometimes, you will and you feel ok about it and sometimes, it all builds up into TOO MUCH and that’s when we might eg shout at someone we love and then feel guilty. It’s a relentless cycle sometimes.
How can herbs help me with that? That’s just in my head, isn’t it? It’s up to me to be more controlled and in control of myself. Right?
How’s that been going for you… … …?
Adaptogens
As a herbalist, I have an entire armoury of wonderful medicines at my disposal to support you. There are different ways of approaching it. If you are feeling stressed and that’s the predominant feature, I can prescribe one out of many different adaptogens. These literally do what they say – they assist your mind and body adapt to stress.
My most recent work with a patient who is taking the lovely adaptogen Withania somnifera has been remarkable. Withania is indicated in many scenarios but particularly for the ‘tired and wired’ and can be brilliant for busy, working mums. We’re also using EFT-tapping and she’s finding the ramifications of the double-pronged approach and subtle changes to be really far-reaching:
She is calmer at work, choosing to lead with love (she’s in what she describes as a ruthless industry)
She has told me that she has chosen the humble path with her husband and that an argument was diffused and she felt much stronger and less petty
These changes are not directed by me, she is growing them from within her as she feels stronger and more at peace.
How much more peaceful (and less stressful) are the choice of humility and love?
Those outcomes may not completely resonate for you but these outcomes feel right for this person.
Don’t forget nervines…
“A medicinal preparation, usually of herbal origin, which is said to act on the nervous system, reduce anxiety and tension (nervine relaxant), and stimulate or strengthen neural function.”
https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/nervine
Nervines calm you by soothing and nourishing the nervous system. We have a wide variety of nervine herbs with subtly differing actions – some also support the digestion, some support the gynaecological system, some the musculoskeletal system and others the cardiovascular system. I choose the herbs which align most closely with your symptoms and your experiences. Is feeling stressed sending your blood pressure through the roof? There’s a herb for that. Are you getting palpitations when you’re uptight? There’s a herb for that. Do you get bloating in your belly? There’s loads of herbs for that!
I would use a nervous system trophorestorative when someone’s body is far out of whack with what would be considered normal rhythms and responses.
Perhaps you’re a hypervigilant new mum who can’t fall asleep because every noise triggers an ‘alarm’ response which prevents the ‘permission’ to sink into sleep.
Or a distressed student who is feeling totally overwhelmed and panicked by the volume of work they have to tackle and the upcoming assessments and deadlines.
Maybe the business person who lies awake half the night, then eventually falls alseep only to oversleep and ends up dashing for the train every morning…
Maybe one of those describes you?
When we work together, using herbs and healthful food choices to nudge the body back to a state of wellness, combined with EFT to clear out habitual patterns of emotional responses, we can, almost literally, move mountains. Those old thought patterns get tapped away so that the herbally nourished body can flourish.
I have seen it time and again. When our frenetic brains lead the way and we forget our bodies, then we can move out of balance and into a situation of illness. Often something with no name but a collection of life-impacting symptoms. Maybe it’s a dodgy digestion, hurting head, muscular aches and pains, tired all the time…? There are so many annoying ways our clever body devises to send out SOS signals. My job is to hear them and help you to hear them differently and between us, find the best ways to soothe them and take notice in a constructive, reparative way.
Sounds difficult? Not got time?
We do it in ways which work for you and with your routines. Baby steps or giant leaps, whatever you need and are ready for.
There is no set path as it is entirely tailored to you.
Every prescription is different.
Every bit of advice on food and lifestyle.
Each takes into account what you can do and manage.
This mountain is not moved in one day and not by you on your own. We’re in this together, picking up the pebbles and step-by-step, moving your mountain.
Let’s do it! Contact me to support you in choosing the pebbles to move to become a less stressed and healthier you.
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