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Notes from the Workshop: 22nd December 2021

Normal Blood Pressure Returns!

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Summary: After a thorough investigation, the author’s GP confirmed her blood pressure was normal at 109/68, dispelling her hypertension scare. However, adopting a morning walking routine during this scare has been a positive change that she’ll continue. All blood tests, including cortisol, were normal, challenging the author’s theories on cortisol’s role in diabetes. More mysteries to explore.

I have an update on my blood pressure. I wrote here about how my diabetologist diagnosed me with hypertension.

I went to my GP and had a more thorough investigation undertaken. I wore a blood pressure monitor for 24 hours, whilst exercising and resting and everything in between. It turns out that there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING wrong with my blood pressure! My average blood pressure was 109/68.

Interestingly though, whilst going through this health scare, I adopted the habit of walking every morning… And I kinda like it so I’m going to keep it up! I think maybe God has intended this to be the outcome. Who knows…?! He has filled me in on his plan!!

My GP also ran a series of blood tests, including a full blood count, folate, cortisol, creatinine, sodium, potassium, ferritin. vitamin D and TSH. All of my readings were completely normal! So, for a chronically ill person, I’m pretty healthy!!

My normal cortisol reading leaves me with questions. It kind of throws a bit of a spanner into my fight-flight theory of diabetes! I started wondering whether it’s not the amount of cortisol being produced that is a problem but some other part of the cortisol system. I found this study that showed how Type 2 diabetics had normal cortisol production but cortisol is still high in the human body. That suggests a problem with the way cortisol is processed. An interesting thought for now.

Bye for now!

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December 22, 2021

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Notes from the Workshop: 29th November 2021

Meditation, Exercise and Rest

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Summary: Struggling with a lapse in her morning routine and spiritual connection, the author has rekindled her desire for meditation. Guided by her ADHD coach’s advice on holistic health, the author is easing in with two-minute sessions three times a week. The author is also revising her exercise routine with weights, swimming, and daily rebounding and also prioritising rest.

Here’s my next quick diary entry for what’s going on in my healing journey right now.

Morning Routine And Meditation

My beautiful morning routine died a death a short while ago. I think it was about the start of October. I had a few late nights that required me to rest rather than get up at 5.30am and then it just didn’t restart. To be honest, I think it was something deeper than that. I hit a kind of spiritual wall. My faith seemed to trickle away. I was left just wondering what the point of these practices were. I didn’t meditate. I didn’t pray. There was no communication with God. I felt isolated from my faith and my beliefs so I just mothballed my meditation space. It all felt stagnant and a bit barren. But the desire seems to be returning.

Two things have happened to aid my spiritual regeneration. Firstly, I have started seeing an ADHD coach. She has been emphasising how nutrition, sleep, exercise and meditation are all crucial, crucial, CRUCIAL for managing ADHD. I think I do fairly well with my nutrition, sleep and exercise but I’m definitely hearing that my meditation needs to be stepped up. Secondly, I have found multiple studies (including this one in the highly respected journal Nature) that show that meditation can modestly improve my hypertension.

I used to regularly meditate for 20 minutes each morning. I am not going to expect myself to get straight back to that. I will build up slowly. So, to start with, I am aiming for two minutes of meditation three times per week. I’m making it so achievable that not doing it will be hard to achieve…!

Exercise

My exercise has now stepped up another level. My weekly exercise routine now consists of two weightlifting sessions to build muscle, two swimming sessions for aerobic fitness, and walking every morning to help improve my hypertension. I also rebound for 20 minutes once per day for lymphatic drainage and detoxification purposes.

Resting

I spoke in my last ‘Notes from the Workshop’ post about how exhausted I have become. My body is in need of rest. I have started to incorporate rest into my daily practices. To be honest, I’m not finding it easy. I have to be really disciplined and often have to mentally fight myself to stop being on the go all the time. I hope that incorporating more meditation into my life will also hope.

Bye for now!

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November 29, 2021

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Notes from the Workshop: 7th October 2021

Himalayan Salt, reduced toxin exposure and increased detoxification

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Summary: Currently, the author is making several changes to support her healing journey. To reduce her toxic load, she has switched to pink Himalayan salt, toxin-free beauty products, and using a shower filter. Rebounding for 20 minutes daily boosts her fitness and mood. Drinking lemon water every morning detoxifies,. The author notices she feels exhausted but assumes it is the detoxification process.

I just wanted to make a few quick notes about things that I’m changing in my life at the moment that are leading to my healing. A lot of things are happening concurrently so it’s definitely time for this record.

Firstly, I’ve recently made a lot of changes to my life in order to address my toxic load. I have removed regular salt from my diet and replaced it with pink Himalayan salt. I have also removed a lot of my beauty toxins. I still tend to shower daily but I have a filter on my shower so the water quality is better. I continue to only wash my body with water and use no other products. I wash my hair twice a week (instead of daily) and use shampoo and conditioner that is free of sulfates, parabens and silicones. I also now dry-brush my skin before showering to further remove toxins. I have also switched my deodorant to an aluminium-free brand. I still use regular toothpaste and make-up, plus I occasionally use dry shampoo for my hair. I think that is all the beauty toxins that remain in my day-to-day life.

Another action I have taken that is decreasing my body’s toxic load is rebounding. I am now rebounding for twenty minutes a day. It’s certainly helping my general fitness but has the added benefit of bringing more fun into my life… I enjoy it! I feel like a kid on a bouncy castle as I do it!!

I have also started drinking lemon water first thing every morning (a blog post is coming on this soon!). It’s great for removing toxins and cleansing the system.

Interestingly, as I’ve been doing all this, I have been feeling ABSOLUTELY EXHAUSTED!!!! I just want to curl up on the sofa and tell the world to go away!! I’m actually taking this as a really good sign that all the detoxing steps I’m taking right now are truly helping my body. Intuitively, I feel like I’m stepping in the right direction.

There are also a couple of things that I have stopped doing. I wrote in my blog post here about taking steps to healing my Attention Deficit Disorder with green tea, classical music and walks in nature. I actually found that green tea did not work well for me. I suspect it was the caffeine in it that left me feeling jittery and on-edge so I stopped that. The classical music just didn’t really seem to do anything for me, despite many hours of listening. And the walks in nature are no longer possible for me, now that I’m living in such a hot and arid climate. I have still maintained my commitment to being in nature, though, by doing open water swimming in the sea.

That’s all for now!

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October 7, 2021

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Notes from the Workshop: 21st June 2021

Bumps In The Road In Healing

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Summary: Currently navigating mental quicksand, the author is struggling to achieve a flow state or articulate thoughts effectively. Implementing advanced healing strategies feels daunting amidst this ebb. Despite fatigue and despondency, I embrace this phase as crucial in my healing journey. Honouring rest and any presenting feelings, I await energy renewal and trust in ongoing healing processes.

I’ve hit a bit of mental quicksand. I’m struggling to get into any kind of flow state in my life at this moment. I am struggling to put my thoughts onto paper in a way that does them justice. I am struggling to implement the next level of my planned healing strategies in my healing journey. In the ebbs and flows of life, this is definitely an ebb.

Don’t get me wrong. This isn’t a ‘woe is me’ post. I’m not feeling defeated or depressed or hopeles sin anyway. It’s just getting the pedal to the metal isn’t coming so easily to me at this time. But I still want to honour this moment, this state, this flux, because it’s all part of the journey to healing. I am now being reminded of the quote by Audrey Kitching that I have often seen floating around the internet on healing platforms…

So, I guess, if this post is anything, it’s a reminder to myself to be gentle and present with where I am right now. I’m tired, so I need rest. I am feeling despondent and I’m letting that be okay. I know my energy will reawaken. I trust that. I know I am still healing. I am still tending to the habits and routines that I have established. But I am not taking on more just yet and I am not going to commit to anything beyond my current levels. In this moment, I am honouring the incubation that comes before the rebirth.

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June 21, 2021

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Notes from the Workshop: 19th May 2021

Daily Hygiene Practices for Improved Healing

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Summary: Embracing God’s nudges, I reconsider my daily hygiene rituals. A hairdresser’s advice and a newspaper article prompt me to rethink excessive cleansing. Fear of smelling and societal rejection tugs at me. Yet, reducing toxins and inflammation beckons. It’s a leap towards health and authenticity, one brave step at a time.

God has been talking to me today. Well, actually He’s been nagging a bit… What can I say?! I don’t listen too well sometimes!!

God has been talking to me about toxins. Yep, that’s right, toxins! In particular, what I am exposing my body to each day. I do what the average human being does… I keep myself clean. I shower each morning. Shampoo, conditioner, shower gel. Well, yesterday I went to the hairdressers just to get my hair all tidied up – my fringe had got so long I’m not sure I was still complying with the legal requirement to be able to see when driving!! Whilst there, my hairdresser told me to stop washing my hair everyday. Too many products are not good for hair, apparently! She explained that she only washes her hair once a week and then explained to me how I could stretch the time between washes. She explained to me that my hair gets greasy quickly because shampoo and conditioner (and any other products one might use) dry out the hair so the scalp produces more oil to replenish it what has been taken out. The more you wash, the more your hair needs to create more oil to replace it and the greasier your hair gets! The result – one greasy clump of hair and a big bill in hair products! An interesting thought.

Then, this morning, my husband randomly hands me a newspaper article that he’d read and thought I might find interesting. It discusses how washing your body with soap daily is not only bad for the skin but may contribute to inflammation. Okay, now I’m listening!! When synchronicity hits my life, I sit up and pay attention! So, to reduce the allostatic load in my system, to reduce the level of inflammation, I need to stop doing things that are aggravating my body and causing it to work harder. So it looks like all those beautiful sweet-smelling products have to go.

The problem is… I’m paranoid about turning into a smelly and slightly repulsive example of a human being. I worry that, when I sweat, I smell. I don’t like looking dishevelled or unclean. It taps straight into a place of paranoia for me. Will I be outcast from civilised society for turning away from my bar of soap? Well, there’s only one way to find out. I have agreed with myself that I will strive to live bravely in each moment of my life. This is the next step on that path. Let’s see how it goes.

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May 19, 2021

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Notes from the Workshop: 16th May 2021

Ramadan Inspires A New Level Of Healing

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Summary: In Ramadan, I’m exploring forgiveness and using EFT Tapping for emotional shifts. Overcoming fear, swimming in the sea, and grounding on grass twice a week are bringing me healing. Rediscovering self-confidence through appearance and exploring new nutrition insights. Art and creativity beckon as part of my healing journey. Excited for what lies ahead!

So there are all kinds of things going through my mind, body and spirit right now…

It’s the Holy month of Ramadan where I live. One of the main themes of Ramadan is forgiveness. I used that theme as inspiration for my personal healing this month by focusing on my own personal forgiveness. Putting some of the baggage down so that I am carrying less weight on my back. More on that soon!

As part of the forgiveness work, I have been using EFT Tapping. It has been really useful to help me shift my emotions (and therefore my internal physical/emotional landscape) to something more joy-based and thus less fear-based. It has brought back into mind how energy healing is one of the main branches of healing that Dr Kelly Turner identified. I am mulling how much of this I feel called to put in my life and in what format. I definitely feel more called in that direction.

I have been having swimming lessons for a bit of time now (never too late to learn!!). I set myself a couple of goals for this. One was to beat my husband (an ex-competitive swimmer!!) in a race of my choosing. Yep, I gave that a go but didn’t succeed this time… By half a body length!! I went back and told my swimming teacher, who has now incorporated sprint training in my lessons, haha!! The other goal I had was to swim in the sea. I feel that the sea is the biggest source of nature where I now live and I really want to tap into that healing force. But I just don’t feel confident enough that my swimming is proficient enough to swim in a choppy, current-filled, phenomenal body of water. But, this week… I DID IT!! I’m so proud of myself on several levels… I have conquered fear in this area of my life. I have improved the fitness in my body enough to achieve this. I have given myself access to a new form of healing. It feels great! And that joy and confidence only adds to my healing.

Twice a week, when my daughter has after-school classes, I find myself sitting around for an hour waiting for her. Interestingly, this waiting takes place outside, on a patch of grass. I have seized this opportunity to use this grass twice a week to practise grounding. I take my shoes off, sit on the ground and place my hands and feet firmly on the soil. It feels healing. It gives me simultaneous access to two healing sources… The ground beneath my feet and the sun on my skin (in moderation). I am truly syncing with nature.

I have become more focussed on my appearance lately. I fell into a hole after having my daughter and stayed there for the next seven years! I didn’t bother with my clothes, make-up or any other self-investment, really. My self-confidence deflated and I just kinda gave up. But I’m now reclaiming that. It feels like hard work right now, even just taking a bit of time to coordinate clothing and put some make up on. But it also feels like an investment in who I’m becoming, in rediscovering this aspect of myself, something I used to do, but in a new way. I am reminded of the words of T. S. Eliot as this happens: “We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time”. I am letting my dyed hair grow out (I can thank the first COVID-19 lockdown for the impetus for that!) and discovering that my natural hair actually has these beautiful red tones that sparkle in the sunshine. I haven’t yet found my personality in my appearance, the clothing that really resonates with my sense of style. Heck, I don’t even know what my sense of style is just yet. But I’m in the process of reclaiming it. I am reclaiming this part of who I am in the world.

I’ve been thinking more on the importance of the place where you live whilst you heal. This week, I read an article about a Type 1 diabetic who healed from T1D when her environment completely changed when she got sent to prison. It made me ponder about how you cannot heal in the environment that made you sick. But I’m starting to understand that this does not mean that you just have to change your postal address!! I changed my country but am finding I’m still replicating elements of the life I left behind. Instead, I need to ask… Which patterns, beliefs and ways of being do I now need to leave behind? Which ones are not serving my highest good?

I have been, along with nearly a million other people, doing Tony Robbins’ and Dean Graziosi’s ‘Own Your Future Challenge’. During one of the sessions, they reminded me about power postures. As I stood in a power pose for two minutes, I felt the increased relaxation and strength ooze through my body. I need to look into this more.

Diet, eurgh. Yeah, this is the thorn in my side right now. I’m doing a lot of thinking on this! The ‘Own Your Future Challenge’ has also highlighted to me how being up to 3am each night (the challenge is on the American timezone!!) dramatically increases my sugar cravings, and therefore consumption, the next day. Message received on that!! But, beyond that learning point, I’m also deeply reflecting on how to reach health and peace with my nutrition. No strict but short-lived weight loss programs. No feelings of restriction about what I can’t eat. Just delivering the best nutrition for my body and its healing journey. I haven’t got answers to this one yet.

The last thing that has been circling around my mind (again and again!) is the idea of diet being more than what you put in your mouth. There’s an anonymous quote that’s been circling around the web forever…

I intuitively feel that there are areas in my life where my ‘diet’ needs to be lifted up to something better.

Lastly, I’m feeling really called to art and creativity right now. I feel called to paint and draw and sew clothes (none of which I currently have any pre-acquired skill for!). But I am aware that Alice Miller and Stacy Solodkin and Carl Jung and Dr Lissa Rankin and so many others have used creativity, or rediscovered creativity, as a part of their healing. I am called. I need to answer that call. But in a way that elicits joy, not obligation.

That’s all for now!

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May 16, 2021

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Notes from the Workshop: 18th March 2021

Things I’m Mulling Right Now

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Summary: Exploring deeper into my internal journey, I’m realizing its messy, non-linear nature. Inspired by others’ healing stories, I’m delving into Joe Dispenza’s work and reevaluating ADHD as rooted in childhood issues. With new insights from Wayne Dyer and posture awareness, I’m reshaping my healing path towards joy, trust, and self-transformation.

I’ve been thinking about how to get more of my internal process on the blog. The thing is, this stuff is messy, it doesn’t flow in a nice constructed way. I loop about, change direction and just sometimes stop half-way through. These inner workings feel very vulnerable to expose and maybe not what I want out on the web but my gut is telling me that the real journey to healing will be in this stuff as much as it will be in the polished blog posts that appear on my site. So I’ve decided to create these ‘Notes from the Workshop’ down as I go along to try to give some insight, both to myself and others, on how my inner healing is progressing. My current thoughts are:

I’ve just watched a YouTube video about a woman who healed herself from cancer. It’s definitely made me more interested in Joe Dispenza’s work (I’ve only flicked through his books so far, not made a honourable effort with them). I’m now particularly interested in his ‘Blessings of the Energy Centers’ recordings. I might have to buy those. I was also interested to learn that she meditates three times a day. I need to up mine. I currently meditate once a day for 15 minutes. And I do find that hard work. My brain just really, really will not shut up, even for a minute. It’s hard work but I’m sticking with it. And she also spoke about trusting in joy and love, and challenging yourself. Both of these things are on my hit-list already. I just don’t know how to action them.

I really struggle with actioning anything. It’s got much worse as I’ve got older. You could just say it’s because of ADHD but I think that ADHD is just a label for an underlying issue. I like how Dr Gabor Mate speaks about that… ADHD just being a result of childhood issues, not a pathological brain disorder. And, I figure that, as the brain has an amazing ability to change itself at any age (that reminds me I still need to read the book ‘Livewired’ by David Eagleman’), then the ADHD patterning can also be healed.

I’m thinking about fun. How can I increase the fun (and therefore hopefully joy) in my life? I think the more I can get that in my life, the easier my healing journey will be.

I’m in the middle of reading Dr Wayne Dyer’s ‘Wishes Fulfilled’. He speaks about building a new self. I think this aligns well with Dr Joe Dispenza’s ‘Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself’. And I think my key to healing is in here. I believe that, everyday, my current programming – both physical and mental – is choosing to maintain my diabetic status. I don’t think it has to be that way. I can choose something new for me and my body. I just need to give it a new story. One where it is safe and well.

I’m thinking about my posture quite a lot at the moment. I am doing a chakra healing workshop and, when we covered the heart chakra, my instructor said that, if you have been emotionally hurt and therefore your heart chakra is out of balance, you will hunch over to protect it. I am always slouched. I am wondering if i can help to reprogram myself towards a safe and well version of myself by working on my posture. If I sit and stand with my back in alignment, I am telling my body and psyche that all is well and that I’m safe. The more i do it, the more the message is sent. I think it also opens up the energy channel along my spine where chi flows. And that can only help my healing.

That’s all for now.

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March 18, 2021