How do I manage flushes naturally?

Is it coping with anxiety, coping with sleepless nights, not putting yourself in a situation where you experience flushes? Or is it running away and doing a Shirley Valentine or is it starting anti-depressants? I have thought long and deep and I think the number one things women can do prior to menopause and managing…

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Overcoming a Love Addiction (part B)

Why is splitting up so hard and painful? When we fall in-love we secrete an abundance of two beautiful hormones: oxytocin and dopamine. Both create a physical change in our chemistry and re-wire our brains/heart/body so that we want and CRAVE more. They make us feel incredible and in a blissed-out state. In the first…

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Why love can feel addictive – oxytocin

NEWS FLASH – when were you last in-love? REALLY IN-LOVE? Can you remember how it felt? That’s it, remember the internal glow, the vibrancy racing through your body and the feeling that life was as juicy as a ripe peach? That is the powerful and addictive nature of love hormones. Delicious, scrumptious, enchanting and ADDICTIVE!…

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Internal Saboteurs

My mind coach introduced me to a new concept last week: Positive Intelligence. It is a concept (and quiz) that helps you identify which internal voices are holding you back. You see we all have internal voices. The loudest in this model is called The Judge. And assisting the judge are other saboteurs such as…

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How to calm down and lower testosterone

Have you ever looked at your partner and wanted to scream at him? Why don’t you just hold me? Why don’t you just hug me?! Help me stop this anger now and I will snap out of it. HUG ME?!  And instead a string of angry words cascade out. “ You start off admirably in conversational mode…

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