7 Ways to Calm Down Blog Series, Part Seven When I ask people to think of a calm place where they can feel grounded and relaxed, 9 times out of 10 they will say somewhere outside. Many of us work…
Use Your Body: Exercise
7 Ways to Calm Down Blog Series, Part Six When you’re stressed, it’s easy to dwell on whatever is bothering you, like your to-do list and negative thoughts, or just to avoid it all together, maybe by vegging…
Relax Your Body – Progressive Muscle Relaxation
7 Ways to Calm Down Blog Series, Part Five Do you feel tense? Do you get headaches and body aches and pains? When you’re anxious, stressed or angry it’s common to tense your muscles. This is your body’s way…
Use Your Breath – 7/11 Breathing
7 Ways to Calm Down Blog Series, Part Four Box breathing, which I wrote about last week, is a great way to slow and deepen your breath throughout your day. 7/11 breathing is a similar but much deeper…
Use Your Breath – Box Breathing
7 Ways to Calm Down Blog Series, Part Three The breath is a powerful tool for calming down that we carry with us on a daily basis. The breath is unconscious, but also in our control. When we’re under stress…
Use the Five Senses
7 Ways to Calm Down Blog Series, Part Two In the calm place visualization I wrote about last week, the five senses are used to make the positive scene more real. This is because the five senses help…
Create a Calm Place
7 Ways to Calm Down Blog Series, Part One Creating a calm place visualization helps you to feel calm and relaxed, and can also increase other positive feelings such as love, joy and playfulness. Using a calm place has…
7 Ways to Calm Down
7 Ways to Calm Down: Blog Series Stress, overwhelm, negativity and depression can make regular appearances in our lives. This is especially true if you’ve had previous difficult experiences in your life. Although these feelings may seem unchangeable…
What does EMDR look like? EMDR Explained in 10 Steps
Do you experience symptoms of trauma, depression, anxiety, or relationship difficulties? EMDR may provide some relief by helping process stuck negative experiences affecting you today, even though the actual event is long in the past. But what is EMDR and…
Feeling Down or Nervous? 10 Mood Tips from a Naturopathic Doctor
We all have them; those times in your life when things aren’t working out for you. Days when life is draining and it’s difficult to get out of bed in the morning. You may have work-related stress, be suffering from…