Boost Your Mood

Boost Your Mood with Natural Solutions     Winter can often leave us feeling down in the dumps. We tend to have a few extra pounds hanging around and for those of you that live in “gloomy winter climates” there tends to be an itch for nice weather- especially when the gloom leaves a little gloom over your mood. We are here to help. Here are several articles that deal with mood and how to boost it! Smile today- that will help give a big boost to you and to someone else! Foods to Boost Your Mood My mother was a nurse who raised us to believe that diet was the most effective way to impact your overall health and wellbeing. I didn't think much of it until I had kids myself; how plain it was to me then. Watching my daughter go through her younger years, falling over, crying, and melt in down only minutes after she ate a load of sugar, confirmed that certain foods have an almost immediate affect on the way in which your brain and nervous system reacts and how you feel. Find out more here about fighting the blues with these nutrient-packed superfoods. No Worries You're caught defenseless-in line at the grocery store of all places. It's as if someone amped up the fluorescent lights by a zillion watts, and you're trapped in the glare. As sweat trickles down your back, your heartbeat quickens. Your chest constricts like a giant fist closing around your ribs. Your upper body starts shaking, but you can't take a breath to steady yourself-there's not enough air. The shopping carts, magazine racks, and aisles start to contort as dizziness warps your senses. Maybe I'm having a heart attack, you think. Suddenly, you're 100 percent sure you're dying, right there in the checkout lane. Relax-it's possible to curb your anxiety without drugs. The Benzo Trap Teryn Taylor, of Marion, Indiana, has “benzo” voice: flat, devoid of emotion, almost robotic-the result of her unwitting dependence on anti-anxiety drugs (aka benzodiazepine tranquilizers). Taylor hardly looks the part. A former long-distance runner, straight-A student, and the mother of a 7-year-old daughter, this pretty Midwestern woman reached out for help after her mom died in 1996. Although no one ever diagnosed Taylor as clinically depressed, she received that help in the form of a prescription for Paxil. Anti-anxiety drugs ensnare millions of Americans in a web of addiction and pain. Before you fill that prescription, read on. Brighten Your Mood with a Bath Aromatherapy can help fight stress, lift your mood, and alleviate aches, pains, burns, and even cellulite. So, how does it work? Brighten Your Mood with a Bath   Aromatherapy can help fight stress, lift your mood, and alleviate aches, pains, burns, and even cellulite. How does it work? “Essential oils vaporize very quickly from warm bath water and the molecules enter the nose and lungs, enhancing deep breathing and also entering the limbic system, where mood changes take place,” says Penny Price, head of the International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists (IFPA). “Usually the relaxing effect is instant.” The key is to choose a scent you like: orange, lavender, rose, sandalwood, palmarosa, and ylang ylang are popular. Lavender is good to encourage sleep, but go light, Penny says, just four to eight drops in a warm bath. If you’re looking for an energizing effect, try citrus oils.

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