Why Can’t You Sleep?

Do you find yourself awake in the middle of the night unable to sleep?

What do you do when you can’t sleep?

Read?

Drink warm milk?

Watch television?

Claudia takes advantage of the time she can’t sleep, to do things like paint her livingroom!  During the day she is so tired she often worries that she will fall asleep while doing the shopping or driving her mother to her many doctors appointments.

When Claudia tries to help her daughter, Cassie, with her homework she is so fatigued that the cob webs are too thick to think!  Cassie is on her own.

She was in tears the other day when we had lunch because Cassie’s grades are sliding and her mom’s bed sore is getting worse, since she’s been too exhausted to keep up with the frequent repositioning suggested by the nurse.

“What am I supposed to do?!  Why can’t I sleep?” Claudia sobbed.

Well, I’ll tell you what she did that day, she took a nap because I insisted.

“Hey, Mom and I can hang and watch I Love Lucy.  Time for Claudia to lie down and close her eyes!” I said.

She protested a bit, but friends don’t let friends deprive themselves of sleep if there is anything they can do about it!

Why Can’t You Sleep?

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How Do You Easily Relieve That Bone Tired Feeling From Post Holiday Fatigue?

Before you reach for a bottle of pills or alcohol, think of simple and wholesome ways to relieve that deep down tired feeling.

The woman of the house is the most prone to suffer post holiday fatigue.  Please, if you don’t need a bit of nurturing today, then find someone near and dear to you who is, and make sure she takes care of herself.

Ten years ago, when I first began my struggle with auto immune disease, I was forever looking for pain relief that was natural and wouldn’t knock me out.

I was taking a class on the weekends with a group of women from my daughters’ school.  The subject of pain relief came up and one of the ladies suggested I try a hot bath with plenty of Epsom Salt.

It seemed a bit too simplistic to possibly help with the extreme pain that I had been coping with, but hey, I would have tried anything at that point.

You would not believe the amount of pain that you can soak away in 20 minutes!

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Do You Use Cough Medicine?

Well doesn’t everybody?

Isn’t it a harmless over the counter cold medicine?

Over the counter cold medicine is ANYTHING but harmless!

The chemical makeup of cough medicine can be very problematic.  When you are coughing up mucus, it is because your body is over loaded with toxicity, and needs to clean house.

Now wait a minute.  I can hear you thinking,

“Are you saying that germs don’t cause the common cold?”

Actually, that is exactly what I am saying.  If your immune system is up to snuff, no “germ” will “attack” you.

If germs caused the common cold, then everyone would get sick EVERY TIME they were exposed to germs.

So if you get a “cold” it is because your immune system is weakened.

In fact, snot and fever are a couple of ways that your body attempts to purify your system and strengthen your immune system.

Cough medicine is more harmful than beneficial to children.

Even if you aren’t a child, your cough is necessary to clear your lungs.  If you suppress your cough, Read more

Why Is Sleep So Important?

Why are American’s so proud of sleep deprivation?

Do you take pride in working yourself to death?

Sleep is SO important, because the fuel we burn is electricity, and you only make it while you sleep.

Out of gas?  Need coffee and other stimulants just to get through the day?

Change your attitude about sleep, and fill your gas tank.

It is this low fuel level that begins the process of all disease.  No matter what your diagnosis, your sickness began by neglecting to provide your body with the fuel it needs to do it’s job each day.

ALL Diseases follow a process that has 7 stages ending in cancer.

Often the disease process will kill us before it reaches this final stage, but never the less, all disease follows the same progression.

The best way to prevent ALL disease is to get PLENTY of sleep, and stop dis-ease, before it advances and becomes uncomfortable and dangerous.

The 7 Stages of Disease

1. nervous exhaustion (not enough fuel)
2. toxicity (resulting from lack of energy)
3. irritation (from building toxicity)
4. inflammation (that’s when you feel it!)
5. ulceration (toxicity eats away at tissues)
6. induration (your body tries to encapsulate the toxicity to protect itself)
7. cancer (when the cells of your harmonious organism turn against you)

Unfortunately, lots of damage is occurring way up at stage four, inflammation.  Most health care providers do not recognize disease until it has advanced to inflammation and is causing discomfort. At this point, interfering with your bodies attempt to do some house cleaning (detoxifying)will only further advance your disease. Build your health BEFORE you lose it if you have the choice.  However, it is NEVER too late to start building your health. Do you want to feel better? What can you do?

• Reduce and then stop using stimulants.

You don’t want to stop cold turkey if you are using stimulants habitually.  It could be harmful.  Wean yourself away slowly so your body doesn’t notice.  The QUALITY of your sleep will improve!

• Sleep 8 hours a night.

If you have a sleep debt, it may take quite some time to catch up, so you may need more sleep for a while.  If you stop breathing while you sleep, it is important to have a sleep study done.

• Eat lots of fruits and vegetables and try to eat foods in as close to their natural state as possible.

This will conserve energy, while giving you the building blocks you need without adding unnecessary toxicity for your body to deal with. Supplements may also be helpful.

• EXERCISE everyday!

If your health is already significantly compromised then you need to RESPECT your limits.  Your “exercise” ability may be no more than a walk down your hallway, or maybe lifting your arms and legs while remaining seated. With robust health, be just as active as you can!

• If you suspect low oxygen level, monitor closely and treat ALL occurrence of oxygen levels below 92% with supplemental oxygen.

Building health is impossible if your body is oxygen starved.

• Relax in quiet stillness daily.

Release tension or it will squeeze the life out of you.

• Build your breath!

Once you get rid of tension, you can work at more effectively using your lungs.  The size of your breath will determine the quality and length of your life.

• Avoid dehydration!

Sip water all day everyday.  That goes for everyone but those with kidney failure.  Water is necessary for life!  Retained water is trapped and not useful.  Sipping water will give you what you need, and encourage your body to release trapped fluid.  (If you have kidney trouble you should drink NOTHING BUT WATER for ALL the fluid you are allowed.) If you are retaining excessive fluid, USE OXYGEN to help reverse it.  You need to attend to your diet by adding whole foods and removing processed foods.  It is not enough to cut down on salt and saturated fat.

• Get exposure to direct sunlight daily.

Vitamin D is very important to health, and you can maintain healthy levels with sunshine, though it is suggested that you have your level checked if you are having ANY issues. There are many more benefits of sunlight.  The skin cancer scare is real, but so is the health draining problem of insufficient natural light.

• Laugh, laugh, laugh!

It truly is the BEST medicine.

Many blessings,

Carrie

PS- All of the suggestions above will help with depression, however, if you are not living with JOY, get help!

The Joy Equation Report will help you beat depression naturally!

PPS– Remember everyday:

1. Relax and Release tension
2. Take deeep breaths
3. Be active in a way that adds joy to your life

Plus pure water ~whole foods~sunshine~and laughter