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Heavy Metal – Enviromental ​Toxins

We are bombarded with heavy metals and environmental toxins every minute of every day. We can stress about it and add to our toxic load or we can detox. This does not have to be complicated. Does not have to turn our lives upside down to do this. Dr. Klinghardt recommends this as well…

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Keep Moving

“I just want to crawl under the covers, take a pill and make it all go away.” Are you familiar with the herculean effort it takes to keep moving while chronically ill? Whether you can physically move or not, your mindset can be one of movement. Simply choosing to wake up and try another day is the first step as we all keep moving through chronic illness. Without movement, no one would ever get healed!!

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Flavor Real Food With Herbs & Spices

Flavor matters. Start with real food, it already has layers of flavor. Add some herbs and/or spices and you have a gourmet delight with very little effort.

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Treat Yourself Like Someone You Love

How do you treat someone you love? Usually, we are kind and loving, giving, put their needs above our own, etc. Okay, so we don’t get all that perfect all the time but you know how you desire to treat the ones you love. How do you treat yourself? Are you kind to yourself? Do you take care of your needs while you are chronically ill? Are you gracious in your attitude about yourself? Are we treating ourselves like we would treat someone else or are we rude, unkind, name-calling, and not stepping up to take care of basic needs?

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Panic or Anxiety ​Attack vs Physical Overwhelm

Ever been so physically overwhelmed that it didn’t matter what you called it, it STUNK??? Anyone with almost any illness clearly knows physical overwhelm. We have to stop and deal with whatever. Sometimes panic or anxiety attacks kick in and they are quite different but they cause a physical overwhelm. Sorting it out a little can help us navigate social situations so we are not so isolated while we are chronically ill.

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Comparing Illness Journeys Has Its Limits

There are SO many illnesses and so many variables that no two people can possibly have the same illness journey. No two experiences can be exactly the same, impossible. When we compare ourselves to others, we are either overly disappointed or overly self-superior to others. Either way, it does not serve us to compare. We can heal faster when we let comparisons go.

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Matching Reality With Expectations

There are so many ups and downs with chronic illness that our expectations do not always match our reality. What happened days ago may or may not be our physcial reality for today. Constant matching of our reality to our expectations can get us down the healing path with greater ease and safety.

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Set Aside Goofy Pride During Illenes​s

All humans do goofy things. The goofy feels magnified when we are ill. No one is so cool that they are above this. Pride can sometimes drive our goofy actions and blindside us. During illness, set the goofy pride aside!!

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