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Your Personal Energy level is key to accomplishing your goals in life.


Levels of Learning

 

  • Less
  • More Connection with Natural spaces.
  • More Gratitude

 

Mood Stability

Your Personal Energy level is key to accomplishing your goals in life.

Levels of Learning
  • Creating
  • Evaluating
  • Analyzing
  • Applying
  • Understanding
  • Remembering

Mood Stability

is the basis for 
Reducers - Less Stability/ more volatile


Builders 
  • Sleep
  • Meditation
  • Yoga
  • Arrive early & have a plan for the time
  • Autonomic system "Tone"
    • Vagal Nerve Tone
    • Sympathetic Tone
  • Plan - Prepare better
  • Practicing Gratitude
  • Chunk it. Chunk Chains
  • Celebrate Completions
  • Use & Teach 
    • in all learning styles
    • Analogies and metaphors
Reducers
  • Poor Nutrition
  • Poor Sleep - quality  & quantity
  • Procrastination
  • Focusing on the things I can't control rather than the ones I can
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Nutrition

Anxiety 

is the basis for 
Structure
Good posture

Nutrition
Magnesium
Vitamin D
Vitamin B??

Builders
  • Sleep
  • Arrive early & have a plan for the time
  • Meditation
  • Yoga
  • Autonomic system "Tone"
    • Vagal Nerve
    • Sympathetic
  • Plan - Prepare better
  • Think a good thought with each drink of water
  • Practicing Gratitude
  • Chunk it. Chunk Chains
  • Celebrate Completions
  • Use & Teach 
    • in all learning styles
    • Analogies and metaphors
Reducers
  • Poor Nutrition
  • Poor Sleep - quality  & quantity
  • Procrastination
  • Focusing on the things I can't control rather than the ones I can
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Nutrition

Overwhelm

is the basis for 
Reducers - less overwhelm
  • Smile
  • More what I can do/ impact/ change 
  • Am I sweating the little stuff?
  • Imagine big (important) things
  • Vision possibilities
  • Slow Deep Breathing
  • What can I accomplish right now?

Builders - more overwhelm
  • Sleep
  • Focusing on things I can't do, impact or change
  • Meditation
  • Yoga
  • Autonomic system "Tone"
    • Vagal Nerve
    • Sympathetic
  • Plan - Prepare better

  • Practicing Gratitude
  • Chunk it. Chunk Chains
  • Celebrate Completions
  • Use & Teach 
    • in all learning styles
    • Analogies and metaphors
Reducers
  • Poor Nutrition
  • Poor Sleep - quality  & quantity
  • Procrastination
  • Focusing on the things I can't control rather than the ones I can
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Nutrition

Depression

A common rut we get caught in

Physical symptoms of stress include:

 

  • Low energy
  • Headaches
  • Digestive upset including stomach, diarrhea, constipation, and nausea
  • Aches, pains, and tense muscles
  • Chest pain and rapid heartbeat
  • Insomnia
  • Frequent colds and infections
  • Loss of sexual desire and/or ability
  • Nervousness and shaking, ringing in the ear, cold or sweaty hands and feet
  • Dry mouth and difficulty swallowing
  • Clenched jaw and grinding teeth

 

Builders

 

  • Time with people we care about
  • Social
  • Work
  • Appreciation for work well done
  • Show
  • Receive
  • Start your daily Gratitude Journal
  • Addressing Stressful situations
  • Differently
  • Focus on the benefits of stress
  • More Positive perspective

 

Reducers
  • Negative Emotions
  • Depressive Thoughts
  • Nervousness
  • Impatience
  • Anxiousness
  • Time on Toxic Relationships
Behavior
  • Walk, skip, jump, 
  • Yoga
  •  Cardio
  •  Weight Training
  • Test known factors to determine how you respond
Food
  • Mediterranean Diet
    • may prevent onset
    • may reverse 
  • Magnesium 
    • Diet
    • Epson Salts bath

  • Folate - low levels can reduce effectiveness of several antidepressant medicines
  • Evaluate how you do on the top 10 nutrient deficiencies & adjust. Give your body and brain the tools to operate.   

Mood Experience - Check all that apply

Cognitive Stress

is responsible for 
Cognitive symptoms of stress include:
  • Constant worrying
  • Racing thoughts
  • Forgetfulness and disorganization
  • Inability to focus
  • Poor judgment
  • Being pessimistic or seeing only the negative side
Reducers
  • Sleep deprivation

Behavior
  • Chew Gum - makes stronger memories
  • Drink Coffee - memory consolidation
  • Meditation - improves working memory
  • Sleep/ nap to consolidate 
  • Berries build long term memory
  • Exercise/ walking - esp that morning

Nutrition

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Spiritual Energy

 is fueled by our sense of meaning and purpose.

There is a saying that if you love what do you do, you won’t have to work for a day in your life. And that is true. Our sense of purpose and belief in the value of what we are doing can keep us going longer than any energy drink.

We should all try to identify what we do best and enjoy most, allocate our time and energy to the area of our lives that we deem most important, and incorporate our core values into our everyday behavior.
Behavioral symptoms of stress include:
  • Changes in appetite -- either not eating or eating too much
  • Procrastinating and avoiding responsibilities
  • Increased use of alcohol, drugs, or cigarettes
  • Exhibiting more nervous behaviors, such as nail biting, fidgeting, and pacing
Builders
  • Feeling Effective
  • Seeing Meaning
  • Experiencing Fulfillment
Reducers
  •  Acupuncture for Fertility
  •  Acupuncture for Delivery Anesthesia
  •  Chinese Herbs
Hands Exercise
Behavior
  •  Sleep
  •  Exercise
  •  C

Nutrition

Long-Term Stress

The 
What are the Consequences of Long-Term Stress

Periodic stress peaks with recovery periods between every now are how life occurs. Ongoing or chronic stress can cause or exacerbate many serious health problems, including:
  • Mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety, and personality disorders
  • Cardiovascular disease, including heart disease, high blood pressure, abnormal heart rhythms, heart attacks, and stroke
  • Obesity and other eating disorders
  • Menstrual problems
  • Sexual dysfunction, such as impotence and premature ejaculation in men and loss of sexual desire in both men and women
  • Skin and hair problems, such as acne, psoriasis, and eczema, and permanent hair loss
  • Gastrointestinal problems, such as GERD, gastritis, ulcerative colitis, and irritable colon
Nutrition
  •  Identify top 10 nutrient deficiencies in American diet
  •  Identify which apply to you
  •  Choose how to eliminate them
Probably will take more work and thought than you anticipate. The benefit is in the process as much as in the final result. 

Our brains are the master control center so performance is impacted by shortages in key ingredients that affect all systems including points beyond the nervous system. 
Behavior
  • Sleep
  • Physical Activity
  •  Meditation

Nutrition

Alzheimer's SuscibilityTest
Nutrition
  •  Identify top 10 nutrient deficiencies in American diet
  •  Identify which apply to you
  •  Choose how to eliminate them
Probably will take more work and thought than you anticipate. The benefit is in the process as much as in the final result. 

Our brains are the master control center so performance is impacted by shortages in key ingredients that affect all systems. 
Measures
  •  Memory
  •  Focus
  •  Chinese Herbs
Behavior
  • Sleep
  • Physical Activity
  •  Meditation

Nutrition

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