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Do I have an Addiction?
Monday, July 5th, 2010
When you think of addiction, you may think alcohol or drugs. However, addictions can come in the form of not only substance but behavioral as well.
A good friend of mine has been sober for nearly 15 years. I commend him for this accomplishment. It was not an easy feat for him though. The first step was actually admitting that he had an addiction to alcohol and drugs. Once he hit an all time low in his life, he had no other option than to admit the addiction and seek help.
Do you think it’s easy to admit that you may have an addiction? My friend had to go through all the emotions of guilt, anxiety and depression. He also spent sleepless nights thinking about how he felt he was a failure. The interesting part of his story is that he was financially successful. What drove him to the addictions were the levels of stress he was experiencing every day.
My friend found his sobriety not through a rehabilitation center, but though natural methods. I’ll talk more about those methods in a bit.
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I’m so excited I can’t sleep!
Monday, June 28th, 2010
One of my readers recently wrote in asking for information about the causes of high levels of anxiety and how it affects mind racing. This leads to insomnia.
Obviously, if your mind is racing and you are experiencing anxiety, it’s difficult to slow your mind enough to relax and go to sleep. Many people suffer from this daily, but they don’t have to.
Let’s be honest. In today’s society of instant gratification, get it done now and it can’t wait until tomorrow, it’s no wonder people have trouble sleeping.
When you think of insomnia, you think that it’s just not being able to fall asleep. In actuality, it’s much more than that. Your everyday activities are in direct relation to the quality of sleep you get each night.
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Don’t Replace Your Water Requirement With Sugar!
Monday, June 14th, 2010
One of my staff members was sharing a story about her daughter recently, and she was beaming about how well she did on the science fair project for her 5th grade fair. She said it was “gross” but really convincing.
She went on to say that she has veered away from her love of sports, drinks and soda and switched over to water almost exclusively (with the exception of milk with dinner). I asked what could be so convincing and she said her daughter dissolved some baby teeth in soda.
It wasn’t a complete dissolution but they were markedly smaller after soaking for a week in sugared sodas. The average loss in the size of the teeth was 14% she said. She went on to say that when she and her daughter were looking up procedures for the experiment so that her daughter could be sure to follow the “scientific method” correctly, they found that soda wasn’t even the worst culprit. (more…)
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Increase Gratitude, Decrease Pain and Suffering
Friday, June 11th, 2010
Today I was visiting with a teacher who was sharing how his year had gone and how happy he was that it is now summer. It was bittersweet because while he is ready for his summer plans, he misses the kids and the routine- and he experiences this “happy melancholy” every year.
When I asked him if he ever had years that he didn’t miss anyone and was glad to close the book on a school year he said emphatically, “No!” As a parent of a ‘tween’ and having observed how some kids can be I thought this was curious. (more…)
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Finish Your Projects
Friday, June 4th, 2010
Are you twisting and turning for hours, waking up at 2am and not being able to fall asleep again? Or how about cursing the alarm clock because you’re still emotionally wasted, feeling drowsy and tired all day? Being an underachiever because you’re too tired to focus, missing out on life because you’re still half asleep, dreading the side effects of sleeping pills that don’t work anyway, or any other things your insomnia is burdening you with?
That sounds pretty harsh, but maybe familiar to a lot of you. Studies show that people who chronically have a large unfinished to do list like organizing closets, paying bills, etc. are at risk for cumulative negative impact on health. This sort of stress is on par with those who go through divorce.
Insomnia has been linked to an increase in high blood pressure as well as other stress-induced chronic conditions. There are many factors that cause high blood pressure from people who suffer from insomnia. (more…)
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Which Came First? Insomnia or Fibromyalgia?
Monday, May 31st, 2010
Some people believe they don’t sleep well because they are in pain. If you have fibromyalgia, it may be tough to get a good night’s sleep. Some rely on medication, which is only a temporary fix.
Very often, insomniacs will have luck with sleeping pills for awhile, only to see them grow less and less effective over time. A large number people afflicted with fibromyalgia also suffer from insomnia or other sleep disorders.
Simply put, fibromyalgia, the condition of pain, can include muscle pain and spasms, nerve pain, facial pain, sensitivity to touch and may also involve disturbances of sleep. It has been a somewhat elusive problem, as it tends to be diagnosed after a number of other problems are ruled out. (more…)
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Snoring and Depression – Normal??
Monday, March 22nd, 2010
After taking a trip to visit some friends, who my wife and I haven’t seen in a long time, they were talking to me how she was developing serve depressed over the last couple of years.
Nina, our friend, stated that she tried therapy and anti-depressants and had no positive results. Being that I am finding natural remedies I do not like taking prescribed medications from doctors. But I’m very understanding that everybody has to try the options available to them.
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Insomnia NO more!!!
Monday, March 8th, 2010
On an everyday basis, I receive comments from clients who have used my guide and programs who have found relief with their health conditions. In this group of people who contact me, some of them have been suffering insomnia.
As one of my clients, who had used my programs, has stated to me, “Have you noticed I actually am emailing you in the evening, instead of the middle of the night.”
Anybody who has used my Insomnia program will relate to this. They are actually not awake during the night up on their computers. They are asleep.
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Oxygen – Its Importance for Good Health
Friday, September 11th, 2009
“That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.” That’s a great quote when wanting to lend support to someone after a negative experience. It is however, especially in my line of work, mis-leading. I believe it would be more accurate to say, “That which does not kill us right away, can still kill us in little ways, every day.”
Yes for those how know my personality, that’s a bit dark. The point I’m stressing today is that just because one hasn’t suffered a major trauma such as head injury, near drowning, stroke or heart attack, it doesn’t mean one’s body is immune to oxygen deprivation.
It’s generally accepted for each minute the brain goes without oxygen, there is a 10% increase damage caused. After 3-5 minutes however, one’s chances of survival are greatly diminished.
It also depends on the type of injury. Someone who’s drowning is still getting some blood to the brain as compared to someone in a choke hold that is getting no blood and therefore, NO oxygen to the brain. In a situation like that, death could occur within seconds.
What isn’t generally accepted is that other factors occur, many of them environmental, which cause the body to deliver reduced and/or polluted oxygen to the brain and body. When this happens, the effect may not be immediate or even noticed at first, if at all.
An excellent example of this would be heart disease. Known as the “silent killer,” damage to the heart can occur for years before it is made known, via chest pains, heart attack, etc. Keep in mind that the organs work together and when one of the major organs fails to operate at a proper level, all of the organs can suffer.
If high blood pressure has caused the heart to enlarge, this has in turn, affected the muscle and it is more than likely that the heart isn’t pumping blood properly to the other organs, including the brain.
Another example could be sleep apnea. While moderate to severe apnea can definitely cause high blood pressure and other negative health issues, even mild sleep apnea or snoring can cause extreme tiredness and overeating – due to the fact that the body will try to get it’s “energy” from somewhere.
Over time, this weight increase on its own can lead to heart disease, diabetes, and other health issues, not to mention the psychological issues associated.
Pollution is another example but a little scarier to me because barring any congenital or genetic health disorders, this is the one arena I feel I have the least control. While we may disagree to what extent our earth is being polluted, I don’t think anyone will disagree that pollution is occurring.
To my point above, the sun doesn’t have to be blocked and the earth’s population dwelling underground such as in certain sci-fi movies for there to be a very real adverse affect to our health caused by pollution.
Studies now abound that more cancers, viral infections and other diseases are occurring and not just due to population increase. This pollution affects the oxygen molecules being delivered to our brain and other vital organs.
Before you decide that we are fated to ill health, I want you to consider my programs. They are all natural, safe and most importantly, these breathing and relaxation exercises work! I have had great success with the following programs which are aimed at delivering vital oxygen to the brain and body: High Blood Pressure, Alzheimers (coming soon!),Weight Loss Breeze, Migraine and Headache Relief, Vertigo and Dizziness and Stop Snoring.
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Posted in Genera Natural Health, High Blood Pressure, Migraine / Headaches, Sleep Disorders, Snoring / Sleep Apnea, Vertigo / Dizziness, Weight Loss | No Comments »
Sleep Apnea and Erectile Dysfunction – What is the Link?
Monday, August 24th, 2009
I love receiving feedback about my programs and how they’ve helped. I would have to say that the bulk of my feedback comes from women. Not just women my programs have helped but oftentimes the wife or partner of a man I’ve helped.
While I do still receive feedback from men, the lower ratio does perk my interest even more so – especially when it comes to such a sensitive subject like erectile dysfunction.
As so often happens, clients will try my programs and will find that other areas of their lives improve. This happens to be the case with my Stop Snoring program.
I highly recommend my program for anyone who suffers from snoring or mild sleep apnea.
Sleep apnea is one of the most common forms of sleep disorders. Sufferers actually stop or “pause” their breathing when sleeping, up to two or three breaths. This can happen up to 100 times per night in some severe cases.
When the person eventually does take a breath, a loud snore is heard. More than just aggravating to whomever is lying next to you; chemicals which are released to control breathing get interrupted.
This can manifest itself in different ways, from feeling tired during the day, to being unable to achieve or maintain an erection. This is known as erectile dysfunction, or ED.
This was the case with my client. He and his wife had resigned themselves to the fact that this was just a “change of life” for the husband. Prescription pills worked but the side effects were intolerable.
And so, a major component of their healthy relationship, sex, was eliminated. This lack of intimacy they had known so regularly for so many years had a definite and negative effect on other areas of their relationship.
My client’s wife took to what he called “nagging,” him in all areas of his life. In one of these “nag” sessions his loud snoring was brought up. While it’s rare, and I don’t recommend it as a way to live your life, the husband purchased my program out of spite.
Not expecting it to work but rather wanting to show that he tried to fix the problem and it didn’t work, he tried my program. Guess what? It worked! The easy to do jaw, throat and tongue exercises helped open up the breathing passages, eliminated his snoring and got him the rest and oxygen he so desperately needed.
A “side effect” of his getting more oxygen to all parts of his body was the return to “normal” sexual activity.
I couldn’t have been more pleased to hear from this client! While his ED was a humiliating and painful thing to go through, one has to admit that it’s hard to overlook. Think for a moment about all of the organs affected by lack of oxygen and the deadly but most of the time silent damage that can be done, which can lead to kidney failure or even heart attack and stroke.
If you are suffering from any of the above conditions, I highly encourage you to try my Stop Snoring program or my Erection Mastery program!
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