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Take Your Bad Mood For a Walk

Aug 21, 2023 09:33 AM Central
Sheila Meyer
mood, motivation, nature
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Take Your Bad Mood For a Walk

Sometimes, life throws a curveball, and your mood can take a nosedive. Walking allows you to shift your focus away from the negativity and towards the beauty of the world around you. It can help you clear your mind, boost your endorphins, and shift your focus towards the present moment.

Much like enjoying a pleasant stroll in nature can uplift your spirits, going for a walk with your bad mood can help you gain clarity and perspective. By physically removing yourself from the situation that triggered the negativity, you allow yourself to cool down, breathe, and let go of the tension.

Even when circumstances prevent us from physically going for a walk, nature has a way of following, supporting, and grounding you wherever you go. Imagine the gentle rustling of leaves, the melodious chirping of birds, and the intoxicating fragrance of flowers in bloom. Citrus ssential oils are especially powerful for lifting the mood. No matter the storm raging within you, just a few drops can transport your senses to a calming forest, a blooming garden, or a rejuvenating beach, creating a peaceful oasis within. Learn more about some of my favorites here.

My Freedom Journey

People, including doctors, thought we were crazy...all in our heads.  After all, how could normal, every day household and personal product smells affect your ability to function, to cause you to be incoherent and feel shaky inside, to have an emotional break-down?  Inside we were dying.  Outside we appeared normal. 

Fragrances were, and are, part of every day, normal life.....candles, laundry, cleaning, perfumes.  Everyone and their neighbor used them.  For us, we either had to isolate ourselves or suffer the following day or two with a toxic hangover.  Isolation is never a good option, especially with children.  During the summer it was impossible to go outside without inhaling someone's laundry or the recent lawn product application.  My husband was so bad one summer that he could eat constantly and, yet, still lose weight.  Every month I would get a sinus infection and/or chest congestion. 

Then came the food sensitivities and autoimmune disorders.  How could food cause my ears to be red and hot, my cheeks to flush, and cause my entire body to break out multiple times in a horrendous, red, itchy, inflamed rash only to burn when scratched and ooze yellow, sticky fluid?  Imagine, every day having gauze pads over the majority of your body under your clothes and hoping the rash doesn't drain so much that it soaks through your clothes.  It would take months to disappear.  People said "just get a cortisone/steroid shot" for relief.  They could not understand why that was not my choice. 

By discovering and eliminating my many triggers, finding a new, non-toxic way to support my immune system, my liver, and my thyroid, I have not had a major skin breakout for about 3 yrs and have been able to manage my autoimmune disorders without the use of standard medication. 

I finally found a way to acquire "Freedom from Toxins", "Freedom to Achieve Wellness", and "Freedom to Choose". 