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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0zEe4PTQAWSfZ7MpNTjLuuaviNR1zEfM9_LhO20hjAxwNCbRigvpXSDEYyeEwzSbeAtmaBavXEWcE6_-wG-yGxAgsgjktAf7HGcuUv4UOk6TZqY2F0LDQjS4GF3nEx4rcMYrD9stqCuiA2BAABcbROMtXt-WBqK8HnQY52-h-e2UQoJZe-QeqNbv4W4/s2240/Anxiety%20Image%201%20-%20Blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0zEe4PTQAWSfZ7MpNTjLuuaviNR1zEfM9_LhO20hjAxwNCbRigvpXSDEYyeEwzSbeAtmaBavXEWcE6_-wG-yGxAgsgjktAf7HGcuUv4UOk6TZqY2F0LDQjS4GF3nEx4rcMYrD9stqCuiA2BAABcbROMtXt-WBqK8HnQY52-h-e2UQoJZe-QeqNbv4W4/w465-h262/Anxiety%20Image%201%20-%20Blog.jpg" width="465" /></a></div><br />Anxiety is an extremely
common problem. It is estimated that <span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc">Approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem this year. In England, 1 in 6 people report experiencing a common mental
health problem (such as anxiety and depression) in any given week. In Australia,</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> o<span class="hgkelc">ne in seven Australians are currently
experiencing an anxiety condition. According to Beyond Blue, one quarter of
Australians will experience an anxiety condition in their lifetime, while 26.3%
of Australians aged 16 to 85 have experienced an anxiety disorder to date.</span><a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><span class="hgkelc"> This is equivalent to 4.96 million people <a name="_ednref2"></a>having
experienced an anxiety disorder in the last 12 months, or 2.71 million people
with anxiety right now.</span><a href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a><sup>
</sup></span><p></p>
<p>Anxiety is so widespread that it is the most common mental disorder
worldwide. </p><p>In 2023 the UK ranked second worst in the world for Mental Health, with Australia ranked 5th worst, but with a new focus on Mental Health in Australia this rankings has reversed, with Australia now in the top 10 best countries. Data from the US National Institute of Mental Health suggest that around 31
percent of adults can expect to experience some type of anxiety disorder in
their lifetime. </p><p>So which nations have the best mental health? Sweden comes in at number 1, Germany 2, Finland 3, France 4, the Netherlands 5 and Italy 6. Each of these countries either has prioritised mental health as a key performance indicator of health, or has a culture that has resisted the US model of over-work and burnout.</p><p>Governments can prioritise spending on mental health resources and public awareness, but what can we do about anxiety as individuals? </p>
<p>There are many potential pathways to managing or overcoming anxiety, including
lifestyle change, behavioural therapies like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or
hypnosis, practices like mindfulness, yoga or tai-chi, exercise and traditional
therapies drawing on herbal or plant-based remedies, and of course
pharmaceutical drug therapies. Recent concerns about several classes of
anti-anxiety medicines, including <a href="https://www.medicinenet.com/benzodiazepines_sleep-inducing-oral/article.htm#what_are_benzodiazepines,_and_how_do_they_work_(mechanism_of_action)?" target="_blank">benzodiazepines</a>, have led many to search for more natural
ways to manage low to moderate levels of anxiety. However, there are cases
where anxiety is so severe that pharmaceutical treatment will be the front-line
treatment of choice. </p>
<p>It's important to discuss treatment options with your physician and or
therapists to determine which path of treatment is right for you, ensuring you
do not over-use or misuse these powerful drugs in your attempt to alleviate the
distressing symptoms of this condition. Likewise, you should never suddenly
cease any treatment, especially drugs for the treatment of anxiety or
depression and you should always manage medications under the supervision of a
qualified medical practitioner. I will discuss the pharmaceutical options and
risks later in this blog.</p>
<p>Only about one-third of those who experience anxiety seek formal treatment,
and anxiety is one of the most common reasons that people use holistic and
alternative modalities.</p>
<p>Previously, I introduced Ayurveda as a source of
traditional therapies for treating seasonal allergies, but what does this
ancient healing system say about anxiety?</p>
<p>From an Ayurvedic perspective, anxiety is an imbalance in the <a href="https://chopra.com/the-ultimate-guide-for-vatas" target="_blank"><i>Vata</i>
dosha</a>. <i>Vata</i> is referred to as the “air” principle. Its character is
light, dry, and mobile. An imbalance of <i>Vata</i>, mentally or emotionally,
is associated with an overabundance of lightness, flightiness or movement with erratic
thoughts, worries, obsession, confusion, and difficulty focusing. <i>Vata</i>
imbalance is also associated with a hyper-excitable para-sympathetic nervous
system and trouble sleeping. If you’ve ever been described as “ungrounded,”
that’s a classic description of <i>Vata</i> imbalance. It’s too much energy in
the mind, not enough at the feet to anchor you to life, or like a tree that
needs a good pruning that has too much growth in the branches leaving not
enough energy in the roots. Interestingly the ancient middle eastern practice
of Kabbala also sees anxiety as a lack of foundation, or grounding in life. The
penultimate sephirot of the Kabbala Tree of Life is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesod">Yesod</a> – Foundation, or the
connection between all things – this sephirot along with final sephirot - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malkuth">Malkuth</a> (Kingdom) - are the
last steps required to incarnate into life and become grounded in the world. All
progress stems from this foundation, and fear can only overrun us when we lose it.
You’ll see me talk about this later on in this blog. Yesod and Malkuth
correspond to the root chakra – <a href="https://chopra.com/articles/the-root-chakra-muladhara">Muladhara</a> - in
Ayurveda. </p>
<p>Speaking of roots, when <i>Vata</i> is disturbed, you feel ungrounded and disconnected
from the earth. In Ayurveda, to treat anxiety/<i>Vata</i> imbalance, you have
to stabilize your energy—calm the nervous system, relax the mind, release
obsessive thoughts, connect to your body and to the earth, and ultimately
surrender to the flow of the Universe. This can involve a range of therapies
and practices. </p>
<h2><a name="_Toc88503824"><span lang="EN-US">7 Essential Tips to for Anxiety</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Unlike
pharmaceutical drugs, an Ayurvedic approach will include looking at your whole
life to reduce the Vata imbalance and bring energy out of your head and back
into your body that may include:</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Diet:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Avoiding</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> sugary foods, take-away, junk foods like soda and I hate to say it - chocolate
- as these foods can be overstimulating. Increase</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">grounding,
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">warm, moist, less oily foods</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">, like</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">, hot cereals</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> (porridge)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">, dairy products, bread and pasta</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> or their gluten-free or vegan equivalents like almond milk and oats</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Structure</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: Staying warm, taking a hot bath with aromatic oils,
and avoiding distracting or busy music, stressful work or study zones, or
entertainment like violent programs or gaming. Create a sanctuary for yourself where
you can control your environment</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b>Mindfulness</b>
Use mindfulness techniques, meditation or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, listen
to grounding music or guided meditation tracks, learn breathing techniques to help
eliminate the use of stimulants like nicotine, coffee, energy drinks, illicit
drugs etc.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b>Sleep</b>:
Keeping a regular sleep cycle in tune with your natural circadian rhythm, going
to bed before 11pm and waking before 8am. Develop a wind-down routine to
eliminate stressful activities like answering work emails or browsing social
media at least an hour before bed-time, keep your sleep area free of blue light</p>
<p style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b>Nature:</b>
Spending time in nature to ground your energy, get your toes into the sand or
dirt, create a small garden, talk to your plants, sit on a rock in the sun, hug
a tree or look at pictures of nature</p>
<p style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b>Exercise:</b>
Undertaking exercise that grounds, strengthens and warms, hot yoga, weight
training or hot pilates</p>
<p style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b>Essential
Oils:</b> Supplementing with plant-based remedies like essential oils that
include concentrates of grounding ingredients<span class="readmorespan"> including
cinnamon, cumin, ginger, nutmeg, rock salt, sesame seeds, anise, citrus, lavender
as either aromatics or ingestibles have been shown to support the
parasympathetic nervous system to relax, reducing anxiety and stress</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt;">You may or may not have come across these 7 tips. They work best when
used in conjunction with each other, and many of them are common sense. So far
this week we’ve been working our way through the list of tips in reverse order,
starting with Essential Oils, then following on with how Exercise, Nature and
Sleep can all become a positive part of a natural anxiety management plan.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Today we’ll focus on Mindfulness. </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<h1><a name="_Toc88503825"><span lang="EN-US"></span></a></h1><h1><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc88503825;"><span lang="EN-US">Natural wellness
treatments and lifestyle routines for anxiety</span></span><span lang="EN-US"></span></h1>
<h2><a name="_Toc88503828"><span lang="EN-US">Tip Number 3: Mindfulness</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h2>
<p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31322102" target="_blank">Meditation
is a wonderful, evidence-based tool for healing anxiety</a> and is a key tool
to help you become more mindful. It is an ancient technology developed over
many centuries to gain mastery over the mind. <a href="https://chopra.com/meditation" target="_blank">Meditation</a> involves
letting go of thoughts, regulating the breath, and surrendering to the pause in
the current moment. Meditation could be considered training for the rest of
life, and as such, I really believe it should be taught in schools. </p>
<p>If you become skilled at controlling your mind using breathing or a light
focus by practising every morning, you can more easily manage your mind during
the rest of the day. It is the ultimate antidote to resistance, and it is also
a key in the healing of anxiety. You don’t need to be a master to reap the
rewards, simply slowing down your out breath so it takes longer than your in
breath has an immediate effect on the Vagal nerve,<a href="#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a>
which is at the heart of the parasympathetic nervous system. Breathing
techniques improve the tone of the Vagal nerve and improved Vagal tone has been
shown to reduce anxiety.<a href="#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[4]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p>Breath techniques still the mind and provide perspective that allows you to
become less attached to what could happen, is happening, or did happen, helping
you focus, instead of your emotions and thoughts being pulled in lots of
different directions. To heal anxiety at its roots you want to try to find a
way to be detached, compassionate and empathetic in the face of fear.
Mindfulness trains the mind <i>muscle</i> that can help you in every area of
your life, which in turn supports the lifestyle changes necessary to manage and
overcome anxiety; it can even help with your food choices, sleep patterns and creating
a healthy structure, in your life. Every tip is part of a feedback loop. Manage
them well and you’ll build a foundation for wellness; balance them poorly and
the opposite will be true.</p>
<p>Here are my top 7 tips for becoming more mindful:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Be More
Mindful: 7 Tips to Improve Your Awareness</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></p>
<ol start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Meditate:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
Taking even just 5 minutes to sit quietly and follow your breath can help
you feel more conscious and connected for the rest of your day.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Focus
on one thing at a time:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Ayurveda teaches us
that a mind that flits from one thing to the other can easily become
overwhelmed, much like the computer analogy I described earlier.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Slow
Down:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Our sense of time is subjective, the more we
rush, the faster things seem to go, when we slow down and become present
in the moment, focusing on the task at hand and not jumping ahead we
experience more time. The gaps between our breaths, thoughts and actions
allows us to become present and complete tasks without procrastinating. </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Eat
Mindfully:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Don’t rush to gulp down your food. Set the
table, sit down to eat and allow yourself to taste your food. If you take
the time to eat properly you will improve your digestion. There is a
strong correlation between the speed of eating, indigestion and anxiety.<a href="#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[5]</span></span></span></span></a>
A 2018 study found that high anxiety may increase stomach acid production,
and in turn anxiety impairs digestion by causing acid to leak into the oesophagus,
while causing muscle tension around the stomach, increasing pressure and
impairing digestion. A 2019 study also showed that people with GERD (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">gastroesophageal
reflux disease) were more likely to experience anxiety and depression.<a href="#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[6]</span></span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Limit
screen and device time: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Screen time and
distractedness were already a hot topic prior to Covid-19, but with all
the time we’ve been spending isolated in our homes, relying on
teleconferencing and apps to connect with each other, it’s become easier
to lose ourselves in the digital landscape, but this is not great for our
health.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"> <a href="#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[7]</span></span></span></a></span> While
increased or unregulated screen time is linked with a range of negative
mental outcomes including anxiety, the good news is that mindful and
regulated use of digital devices is linked with increased wellbeing.<a href="#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[8]</span></span></span></span></a><b></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Move</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">: We
talked about this in detail in our 2<sup>nd</sup> blog in this anxiety
series, moving provides a host of benefits that then allows us to still
our mind, and be more present.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Spend
Time In Nature:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Ditto to this one, our 4<sup>th</sup> blog showed
how important getting outside is to our ability to be present, stay
mindful and thus reduce anxiety. <a href="#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[9]</span></span></span></span></a></span></li></ol>
<p>You’re probably beginning to see a pattern here – each one of our tips feeds
into the other. Habits, emotions, and psychological stress are part of a
feedback loop that arises from a multitude of small or large lifestyle choices.
The great news is, as we start to make a change in any one of these areas,
there is a flow on effect that makes other lifestyle changes easier.</p>
<p>Stay tuned for more posts focusing on building structure in your life to
manage and overcome anxiety.</p>
<p>No discussion about mindfulness or meditation is complete without discussing
compassion. It is important to learn to have <a href="https://chopra.com/articles/a-checklist-to-learn-self-compassion" target="_blank">compassion for yourself</a> for the vulnerability that is life
on earth. Deepak Chopra has some useful tools to support meditative or mindful
practice you might like to check out here: <a href="https://chopra.com/articles/a-checklist-to-learn-self-compassion">https://chopra.com/articles/a-checklist-to-learn-self-compassion</a></p>
<p>I’ve also created a special guided meditation, based on my experience with
anxiety patients over 30 years as a hypnotherapist, I'll provide the link in my next post.
</p>
<p>It will help you to establish a practice that will support every other step
in this program. Just listen and let me do the work of guiding your mind to
still for a little while and lay down the foundations you need to live free of
anxiety.</p>
<p>This guided meditation is especially wonderful just before bedtime to help
you wind-down and sleep.</p>
<h1><a name="_Toc88503839"><span lang="EN-US">In Summary</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h1>
<p>Anxiety is a complex problem and, thus, there are no simple solutions. The
greatest improvements I have seen come with dedicated effort across multiple
dimensions of life. |As a clinical hypnotherapist for over 30 years, I have
seen people experience dramatic improvements in their anxiety levels if these
suggestions are consistently and diligently practiced. Think<i>: lifestyle
change</i> rather than one-time adjustment.</p>
<p>As Deepak Chopra says, “the journey of self-discovery, taken with an open
heart, inevitably leads to healing.”<a href="#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn10;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[10]</span></span></span></span></a></p>Yours in Wellness,
<p>Elisabetta Faenza</p>
<p>PhD Candidate</p><p>Edinburgh University School of Health in Social Science</p><p>P.S. You can find my previous tips for managing anxiety in earlier blogs...<br /></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><h2>What is hypnosis?</h2><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hypnosis is often
misunderstood as it is a personal experience with few objective points of
reference available to the untrained observer. What is agreed is that hypnosis
involves and altered state of perception, characterized by a focusing of
awareness, stillness of the conscious mind and is accompanied by physiological
changes such as slowing of respiration and circulation, muscular relaxation,
lacrimation of the eyes and feelings of either heaviness or lightness.</span></p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fortunately
advances in electroencephalograph and fMRI technology has allowed researchers
to observe what happens to the brain when someone is in a hypnotic state. This
has resulted in a better understanding of how hypnosis provides a smooth
transition within different brain wave states to elicit the desired response.
Think of hypnosis as a form of guided meditation. Both processes result in what
is known as an altered state of consciousness or hypnogogic state. In hypnosis
this state is utilized to maximise the effect of suggestions or affirmations
and to magnify their beneficial effects.</span></p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Recent
discoveries about the endocannabinoid system have also revealed how hypnosis
stimulates the production of naturally occurring endocannabinoids within the
body – allowing the experience of time dilation, enhanced memory, distancing
from traumatic feelings, and the overcoming of phobias. But don’t worry, you’ll
never fail a drug test under the influence of hypnosis alone!</span></p></span><p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As a clinical hypnotherapist for over 30 years, I have worked in both clinical and workplace settings, helping thousands of people overcome phobias, OCD, addictions, bad habits, nightmares, anxiety and improve their memory, self-esteem, and productivity. Auto-suggestion uses hypnogogic techniques, and done properly is the ultimate for of self-induced mind control. It's more than just relaxing, using affirmations and being positive. These things are important, but on their own, they are no what produces real change.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Real change comes from regaining control of the
real-estate within your brain, so it works for you instead of against you; and
through repetition, influences the way your body activates or deactivates
programming locked deep within your DNA. Profound change is made possible when
we unlock our ability to stimulate the production of neurotransmitters that
enhance certain brain wave states associated with mental well-being on command,
massively speeding up the process of habit change and unlocking the untapped
genius of your deep mind.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 20.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Scientists categorise these brain wave states from
most alert to most relaxed as follows:</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Beta waves</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 38.25pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alpha waves</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 38.25pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Theta waves</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Delta waves</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 38.25pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gamma waves</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let’s start
with the brain wave states we are all more familiar with and experience every
day.</span></p>
<h2>Beta waves</h2>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alertness </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Concentration </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cognition</span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When your mind
is in a Beta-Wave state, you are wide-awake, alert. Your mind is sharp,
focused. It makes connections quickly, easily and you're primed to do work that
requires your full attention. In the Beta state, neurons fire abundantly, in
rapid succession, helping you achieve peak performance. New ideas and solutions
to problems flash like lightning into your mind. Beta training is one of the
frequencies that biofeedback therapists use to treat Attention Deficit
Disorder.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Beta-centred training helps you prepare to take an
exam, play sports, give a presentation, analyse and organize information, and
other activities where mental alertness and high levels of concentration are
key to your success.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Beta waves range between 13-40 HZ. The Beta state is
associated with peak concentration, heightened alertness, hand eye coordination
and visual acuity. Nobel Prize Winner Sir Francis Crick and other scientists
believe that the 40HZ beta frequency used in many Brain Sync tapes may be key
to the act of cognition. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve created a special brain-balance meditation to help induce a beta wave state that you can access for free when you book a session with me: <a href="https://elisabettalfaenza.com/services/clinical-hypnotherapy">https://elisabettalfaenza.com/services/clinical-hypnotherapy</a><br /></span></p>
<h2>Alpha waves</h2>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Relaxation </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Visualization </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Creativity</span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When you begin
to relax and unwind, your brain activity slows from the rapid patterns of Beta
into the gentler waves of Alpha. Your awareness expands. Fresh creative energy
begins to flow. Fears vanish. You experience a liberating sense of peace and
well-being. In biofeedback, Alpha training is most recommended for the
treatment of stress. Alpha-centred flow meditations help you tap your
creativity and are excellent for problem solving, finding new ideas and
practicing creative visualization. Choose Alpha programs when you want to
attain deep levels of relaxation that are so essential to your health and
well-being.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alpha waves range between 7-12 HZ. This is a place of
deep relaxation, but not quite meditation. In Alpha, we begin to access the
wealth of creativity that lies just below our conscious awareness - it is the
gateway, the entry point that leads into deeper states of consciousness. Alpha
is also the home of the frequency known as the Schuman Resonance - the resonant
frequency of the earth's electromagnetic field.</span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">You can access this specially designed guided meditation
to help you access the Alpha Wave</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> State for free when when you book an interactive one-on-one session with me: <a href="https://elisabettalfaenza.com/services/clinical-hypnotherapy" target="_blank">https://elisabettalfaenza.com/services/clinical-hypnotherapy</a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span>
</p><h2>Theta waves</h2>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meditation </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Intuition </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Memory</span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Going deeper
into relaxation, you enter the elusive and mysterious Theta state where brain activity
slows almost to the point of sleep, but not quite. This is the therapeutic,
hypnogogic state. Theta is the brain state where magic happens in the crucible
of your own neurological activity. Theta brings forward heightened receptivity,
flashes of dreamlike imagery, inspiration, and your long-forgotten memories.
Theta can bring you deep states of meditation or hypnosis. A sensation of
"floating." And, because it is an expansive state, in Theta, you may
feel your mind expand beyond the boundaries of your body.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Theta rests directly on the threshold of your
subconscious. In biofeedback, it is most associated with the deepest levels of
meditation. Theta also plays an important part in behaviour modification
programs and has been used in the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction.
Finally, Theta is an ideal state for super-learning, re-programming your mind,
dream recall, and self-hypnosis.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Theta waves range between 4-7 HZ. Theta is one of the
more elusive and extraordinary realms we can explore. It is also known as the
twilight state, which we normally only experience fleetingly as we rise out of
the depths of delta upon waking or drifting off to sleep. In Theta, we are in a
waking dream, vivid imagery flashes before the mind's eye and we are receptive
to information beyond our normal conscious awareness. Theta has also been
identified as the gateway to learning and memory. Theta meditation increases
creativity, enhances learning, reduces stress, and awakens intuition and other
extrasensory perception skills. Theta is also associated with the release of
Anandamide the body’s natural equivalent to the phytocannabinoid THC.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My guided meditation carefully moves the listener from
Beta into Gamma, Alpha and Theta states, while gently skimming the edges of
Delta. You can access this meditation</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> for free when you book an interactive one-on-one session with me: <a href="https://elisabettalfaenza.com/services/clinical-hypnotherapy">https://elisabettalfaenza.com/services/clinical-hypnotherapy</a><br /></span></p>
<h2>Delta waves</h2>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Detached Awareness </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Healing </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sleep</span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Long, slow,
undulating. Delta is the slowest of all four brain wave frequencies. Most
associated with deep sleep, certain frequencies in the Delta range also trigger
the release of Human Growth Hormone so beneficial for healing and regeneration.
This is why sleep - deep restorative sleep, the kind that Delta frequencies
help induce - is so essential to the healing process. Delta states are crucial
to promote conversion from short term to long-term memory.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span> </span><span> </span>Delta is the
brain wave signal of the subconscious, the seat from which intuition arises.
That means Delta-based programs are not only an ideal choice for their sleep
and deep regeneration potential, but also when you want to access your
unconscious activity and help that wellspring of information flow to your
conscious mind for clearing and for empowerment. Delta waves range between 0-4
HZ.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When we are in REM sleep, we are alternating between
low Alpha and high Theta activity, so that alternating our attention between
our right and left hemispheres synchronises our brain’s electrical activity
into a range somewhere between 6 and 10 HZ, which has been shown in biofeedback
to be extremely beneficial physiologically and psychologically.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Using my guided meditation in bed just before you are
ready to go to sleep will help you to reach a delta state more easily and enjoy
a deep, rejuvenating sleep. Don’t worry if you fall asleep during the
meditation! I’ve created a special brain-balance meditation specially to help
you sleep more restfully that </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">you can access</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> for free when you book an interactive one-on-one session with me: <a href="https://elisabettalfaenza.com/services/clinical-hypnotherapy" target="_blank">https://elisabettalfaenza.com/services/clinical-hypnotherapy</a><br /></span></p>
<h2>Gamma Waves</h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What on earth
are Gamma Brain Waves?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Don’t confuse
gamma brain waves with gamma rays. If you’re picturing a lab experiment gone
wrong - as in the Incredible Hulk - rest assured, gamma rays and gamma brain
waves are NOT the same thing.</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gamma rays are the most energetic waves in the
electromagnetic spectrum. On Earth, nuclear explosions and lightning produce
gamma rays. The ONLY similarity between a gamma ray and a gamma brain wave is
that their frequency is extremely fast, with a small amplitude.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gamma brain waves are a frequency pattern of normal
brain activity that measures between 25 and 100 Hz, with around 40 Hz being
typical in humans. Gamma waves were essentially unknown before the development
of digital EEG (electroencephalography) recorders, since analogue
electroencephalography could not measure brain waves at that high frequency
(their upper limit is about 25 Hz). Neuroscientists are beginning to discover
the marvelous properties of the brain when it produces the gamma frequency.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gamma brain waves are the fastest brainwave frequency
with the smallest amplitude. They are associated with the ‘feeling of bliss’
reported by experienced meditators such as monks and nuns, and with peak concentration
and extremely high levels of cognitive functioning. People report similar
experiences with Ayahuasca and DMT, however you can achieve this state without
the risk inherent in illegal substances or traveling thousands of miles to
find a shaman.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neuroscientists believe that gamma waves are able to
link information from all parts of the brain - the gamma wave originates in the
thalamus and moves from the back of the brain to the front and back again 40
times per second - not only that, but the entire brain is influenced by the
gamma wave. This rapid ‘full sweep’ action makes the gamma state one of peak
mental and physical performance. Gamma is the brainwave state of being ‘in the
Zone,’ that feeling that you can do anything.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Everyone has gamma brainwave activity, but the amount
of gamma waves produced varies. Low amounts of gamma brainwave activity have
been linked to learning difficulties, poor memory, and impaired mental
processing.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">High achievers
produce high gamma wave activity.</span></p>
<h2>Benefits of Gamma</h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">People with
very high levels of gamma activity are exceptionally intelligent,
compassionate, happy, and have excellent memories and strong self-control. IQ
scores of people with high gamma wave activity are correspondingly high.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span> </span><span> </span>High gamma
activity also corresponds to a state of peak performance. Elite athletes,
top-notch musicians and high achievers in all fields produce far more gamma
waves than average.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The benefits of
producing the gamma frequency are:</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Increased
memory recall (the 40 Hz frequency is known to regulate memory processing);
people with high gamma activity have exceptionally vivid and rapid memory
recall.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Increased
sensory perception. Senses are heightened when the brain produces gamma waves.
Food tastes better; vision and hearing sharpen; sense of smell becomes more
powerful; and your brain becomes far more sensitive to all sensory input. This
makes for a much richer sensory experience and a better perception of reality.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Increased
focus: but this enhanced focus is not necessarily aimed at one individual
object or task. In the gamma state, your brain is able to process all sensory
information faster and more fully with greater sensitivity; and combine the
whole scenario into a highly memorable experience. People with high gamma
activity can recall everything about any memorable event - the food they ate,
the music they heard, the conversations, the names of people they met, the air
temperature, etc.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 38.25pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One of the most
remarkable properties of the gamma state is the processing speed: the brain is
able to process incredible amounts of information very quickly, remember it,
and retrieve that memory later.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 38.25pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">People with
high gamma activity are naturally happier, calmer and more at peace. This is
Nature’s best anti-depressant (people suffering from depression typically have
very low gamma activity).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 38.25pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gamma waves are
present during REM sleep and visualization.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 38.25pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Compassion
comes from a feeling of oneness with all creation. This is the ‘feeling of
bliss’ and ecstasy that accompanies high levels of gamma brainwave activity.
Meditation and self-hypnosis are ways to learn to produce more gamma waves.</span></p>
<h2>How to Produce More Gamma Brain Wave Activity</h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You are
probably wondering how you can experience increased mental processing,
happiness, better perception of reality, incredible focus, better self-control
and richer sensory experience that comes with being in gamma? The answer is
simple: meditate.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neuroscientists believe that people can train
themselves to produce more of the gamma frequency and it is believed that
focusing on compassion and love is the way to do this. When you look at elite
athletes, you can see how love creates the gamma state because they love what they’re
doing, and they’re immersed in what they love - so gamma is a natural state of
consciousness for them! It’s only when they allow temporary set-backs distract
them that they fall out of the gamma wave flow state and find themselves
struggling.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meditation sharpens your mental abilities, but by
learning to produce more gamma brain waves, you will use your brain in its
greatest capacity.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It’s as simple
as putting on your headphones and using the free guided meditation audio I’ve
created to gently guide you into a relaxed state. And then, when your brain and
body are relaxed and blissful, focus on love and compassion.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many studies have been performed on experienced
meditators, most notably Tibetan Buddhist monks and Celestine nuns. Both groups
demonstrated the ability to produce gamma waves during meditation. The studies
showed a significant increase in brain activity in the left prefrontal cortex
(associated with self-control, happiness and compassion) and greatly reduced
activity in the amygdala - the brain’s fight or flight centre. This suggests
that meditation can make you a happier and more compassionate person!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Something remarkable happened when the monks in the
study were asked to focus on feelings of compassion: their brain almost
immediately went into the gamma frequency in a very rhythmic and coherent
pattern. Food for thought - perhaps meditation makes one’s brain ‘fire’ to the
rhythm of universal consciousness?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span> </span>As you meditate
with the help of my guided meditation and begin feeling that wonderful warmth
of oneness where you lose the sense of self and ‘melt’ into universal
consciousness, hang on to that feeling. Focus on it. Expand on it. Embody it.
Feel love emanating from you and permeating you. Focus on love and you will
soon feel the ecstasy and bliss of gamma! </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You can access this meditation</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> for free when you book an interactive one-on-one session with me. Just go to my website: <a href="https://elisabettalfaenza.com/services/clinical-hypnotherapy" target="_blank">https://elisabettalfaenza.com/services/clinical-hypnotherapy</a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">Back in 2012 a close family member experienced a very severe health crisis and one of our dearest friends suggested medicinal cannabis would help them. It wasn't legal then but it piqued my curiosity and I began my first deep dive into medicinal cannabis oils and what they could do to help. Not long after I was head-hunted to consult for the Mulloon Institute and within the year I had become its Interim General Manager. I spent the year neck deep in regenerative
agriculture as General Manager of the Mulloon Institute, meeting pioneers like
Michael Pollan, Nicole Foss, Alan Savoury, Peter Andrews, Michael Ableman and
many more as we worked against the tide to instill sustainable farming
techniques to preserve and build top-soil, improve the biological diversity and
health of creeks and rivers, pastures and forests. My fascination with the hemp
plant and its potential to revolutionise soil rehabilitation, carbon
sequestration, paper production, fabrics, fibres and building materials grew
and deepened.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">In 2014 my first book was
published that revealed the way our DNA is influenced by our environment, and
proposed that if we want to change the world, and rise to face the looming
energy, food and environmental crisis, we should first address how we use our own
energy, how we consume energy in all aspects of our lives and then extend this
awareness and behaviour change to our workplaces, communities, infrastructure
and political structures.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">By 2015, I had immersed myself in
the potential presented by terpenes, those amazing molecules common to most plants,
including cannabis, that punch way above their weight, and offer natural
alternatives to the food, cleaning products and personal hygiene industries. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">In
2016, this research had led me right back to medicinal cannabis, which in
February of 2016 was legalised by the Commonwealth of Australia. That year I
founded LeafCann and became a full-time medicinal cannabis professional. In the
years since then I have testified at Senate hearings, contributed to
submissions to the Therapeutic Goods Administration and Office of Drug Control
in Australia, contributed to policy submissions to the Prime Minister of the
UK, liaised with state and national governments in both hemispheres, spoken at
numerous conferences around the globe and chaired standards committees for
industry bodies in both the UK and Australia. I have chatted with the father of
Medicinal Cannabis, Raphael Mechoulam, in Israel, corresponded with Did Meri,
and sat on global conference panels with regulators from Uruguay, Croatia, Denmark, Israel, Canada,
the US, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Ireland.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">Back in 2019, I spent a wonderful afternoon with Emeritus Professor Roger Pertwee at Aberdeen University where he would confirm my own genetic mutation matched his mouse model for FAAH inhibition. The 'aha' moment from that encounter would confirm my own suspicion that this mutation had saved me from the worst ravages of my other genetic mutations.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">Through all of this I have been empowered by a righteousness many find irritating and inconvenient, the need to end health induced poverty around the world, and empower patients to be able to access treatments that might otherwise be denied to them. Cannabis has been the leading wedge of that charge, but it equally applies to other plant-based and experimental therapies.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">I could go on, but instead I want to share my recent presentation at the International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) in Berlin, where I represented the Australian industry at the invitation of Austrade and Global Vic. I was quite unwell at the time, and you can tell, but my passion for the topic overcomes these limitations. I was honoured to be able to explain the Australian difference, and the importance of keeping patients at the heart of what we do. I've seen the Canadian model driven by greed and square feet under cultivation that has destroyed investor value, IP and the credibility of the industry and I simply don't want it repeated anywhere else. The North American push for commercial production legalisation for adult use cannabis does not put patients or consumers first. Giving our industry to big tobacco, big alcohol or big pharma isn't the answer.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;">Here is the link to my presentation:<a href="https://youtu.be/TSrwr9FoDK8" target="_blank">Emerging Markets Panel ICBC Berlin July 2022</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">I'd love to hear your feedback.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">Elisabetta<br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p>Following on from my series about anxiety that I posted last year, here is my expanded article about how to improve your sleep.</p><p>There are many potential pathways to managing or overcoming anxiety,
including lifestyle change, behavioural therapies like Cognitive
Behavioural Therapy or hypnosis, practices like mindfulness, yoga or
tai-chi, exercise and traditional therapies drawing on herbal or
plant-based remedies, and of course pharmaceutical drug therapies.
Recent concerns about several classes of anti-anxiety medicines,
including <a class="exitNotifierLink" href="https://www.medicinenet.com/benzodiazepines_sleep-inducing-oral/article.htm#what_are_benzodiazepines,_and_how_do_they_work_(mechanism_of_action)?" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">benzodiazepines</a>,
have led many to search for more natural ways to manage low to moderate
levels of anxiety. However, there are cases where anxiety is so severe
that pharmaceutical treatment will be the front-line treatment of
choice.</p>
<p>Only about one-third of those who experience anxiety seek formal
treatment, and anxiety is one of the most common reasons that people use
holistic and alternative modalities. This week I’ve detailed 3 of the 7
Essential Tips for Anxiety – <a data-id="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety/" data-type="URL" href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Essential Oils</a>, <a data-id="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-2-exercise/" data-type="URL" href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-2-exercise/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Exercise</a> and <a data-id="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-3-time-in-nature/" data-type="URL" href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-3-time-in-nature/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Time in Nature</a>, and shared the extensive research to support their use. Let’s recap our top 7 tips again…</p>
<h2><a>7 Essential Tips for Anxiety</a></h2>
<p>Unlike pharmaceutical drugs, an Ayurvedic approach will include
looking at your whole life to reduce the Vata imbalance and bring energy
out of your head and back into your body that may include:</p>
<ol type="1"><li><strong>Diet:</strong> Avoiding sugary foods,
take-away, junk foods like soda and I hate to say it – chocolate – as
these foods can be overstimulating. Increase grounding, warm, moist,
less oily foods, like, hot cereals (porridge), dairy products, bread and
pasta or their gluten-free or vegan equivalents like almond milk and
oats</li><li><strong>Structure</strong>: Staying warm, taking a hot bath
with aromatic oils, and avoiding distracting or busy music, stressful
work or study zones, or entertainment like violent programs or gaming.
Create a sanctuary for yourself where you can control your environment</li><li><strong>Mindfulness</strong>
Use mindfulness techniques, meditation or Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy, listen to grounding music or guided meditation tracks, learn
breathing techniques to help eliminate the use of stimulants like
nicotine, coffee, energy drinks, illicit drugs etc.</li><li><strong>Sleep</strong>:
Keeping a regular sleep cycle in tune with your natural circadian
rhythm, going to bed before 11pm and waking before 8am. Develop a
wind-down routine to eliminate stressful activities like answering work
emails or browsing social media at least an hour before bed-time, keep
your sleep area free of blue light</li><li><strong>Nature:</strong>
Spending time in nature to ground your energy, get your toes into the
sand or dirt, create a small garden, talk to your plants, sit on a rock
in the sun, hug a tree or look at pictures of nature</li><li><strong>Exercise:</strong> Undertaking exercise that grounds, strengthens and warms, hot yoga, weight training or hot pilates</li><li><strong>Essential Oils:</strong>
Supplementing with plant-based remedies like essential oils that
include concentrates of grounding ingredients including cinnamon, cumin,
ginger, nutmeg, rock salt, sesame seeds, anise, citrus, lavender as
either aromatics or ingestible have been shown to support the
parasympathetic nervous system to relax, reducing anxiety and stress</li></ol>
<p>You may or may not have come across these 7 tips. They work best when
used in conjunction with each other, and many of them are common sense.
Today we are going to focus on Tip Number 4 – the power of sleep.</p>
<h1><a>Natural wellness treatments and lifestyle routines for anxiety</a></h1>
<h2><a>Tip Number 4: Sleep</a></h2>
<p>We all know that sleep is crucial for physical recovery on a daily
basis, but it is also essential for the body-mind to download and
process each day’s experiences, reflect on problems and clean-up the
mind’s filing system. Without proper sleep we become like a computer
with too many tabs open, programs running, using up too much processing
capacity and memory. What happens when we don’t let our computer sleep
and have too many browser windows and programs running? It crashes! The
same is true for our mind.</p>
<p>Sleep disturbances, and in particular insomnia, are often linked to
anxiety, either as a contributing factor, or as an effect. Researchers
have discovered the relationship is bi-directional (working both ways),<a href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-4-sleep/#_ftn1">[1]</a> with studies showing how our hormone and nervous systems play major roles in both anxiety and sleeplessness.<a href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-4-sleep/#_ftn2">[2]</a></p>
<p>A <a class="exitNotifierLink" href="https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326926" rel="noopener" target="_blank">recent study</a> showed that deep sleep is crucial to prevent and alleviate anxiety. Published in the <em>Nature Human Behavior</em> journal the study showed that poor sleep increases risk of anxiety by 30%.<a href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-4-sleep/#_ftn3">[3]</a>
Published in 2020, the lead researcher, Professor Walker explains that
“without sleep, it’s almost as if the brain is too heavy on the
emotional accelerator pedal, without enough brake.”<a href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-4-sleep/#_ftn4">[4]</a></p>
<p>“These findings help contribute to an emerging framework explaining
the intimate link between sleep and anxiety and further highlight the
prospect of non-rapid eye movement sleep as a therapeutic target for
meaningfully reducing anxiety.”<a href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-4-sleep/#_ftn5">[5]</a></p>
<h3><a>Top Tips for Improving Sleep and Managing Anxiety</a></h3>
<p><strong>Move your body – </strong>Exercise has been found to both
lower anxiety and improve sleep. But try not to exercise right before
sleep, as it can keep you awake. Moving your body in the morning or
afternoon can help you get your sleeping and waking cycle back on track
and also treat insomnia or sleep apnoea.<a href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-4-sleep/#_ftn6">[6]</a></p>
<p><strong>Tailor your environment – </strong>Controlling light, sound,
and temperature can help you get a good night’s rest. The darker,
quieter, and cooler you can keep your bedroom, the greater chance you
have of calming your mind and falling asleep. Avoid blue light in your
bedroom as this can act as a signal to stimulate wakefulness. Taking a
shower or bath shortly before bed can also help lower your body
temperature and help you fall asleep more quickly.</p>
<p><strong>Limit caffeine and alcohol – </strong>Drinking too much
caffeine or consuming it too late in the day can increase anxiety and
inhibit sleep, that goes for most teas unless they explicitly state they
are caffeine free. Consuming alcohol close to bedtime can also increase
your heart rate and keep you up. Drink plenty of water throughout the
day, but don’t drink too much before bedtime, as trips to the bathroom
can keep you anxious and alert.</p>
<p><strong>Calm your mind – </strong>There are many relaxation
techniques that can help you calm your mind throughout the day and
improve sleep. Mindfulness meditation, yoga, and breathing exercise can
help you achieve calm, but it can also be as simple as taking a walk
when you have a short break at work. If you practice techniques for
calming your mind during the day, then it will be easier to trigger your
relaxation response at night.</p>
<p><strong>Limit screen time – </strong>Your phone, tablet, and TV emit
light that keeps your brain awake, so try to limit them an hour before
bedtime. Checking email or doing work right before bed can also trigger
anxious thoughts and make it difficult to calm your brain. Consider
setting an alarm to remind you to shut screens off at an adequate time
before bed. Instead, consider listening to music or reading a book to
quiet your mind.</p>
<p><strong>Ask for help – </strong>Sometimes managing anxious worry and
improving sleep is more complicated than simply turning off your phone
or getting adequate exercise. Never hesitate to <a class="exitNotifierLink" href="https://www.psycom.net/anxiety-therapy-guide" rel="noopener" target="_blank">ask for help if you need it from your doctor or a counselor</a>. Sleep problems and anxiety are highly treatable, so consider whom you can recruit today to help you rest your mind and body.</p>
<p>This leads us to the next essential tip – Mindfulness – the theme for tomorrow’s post!</p>
<h1><a>In Summary</a></h1>
<p>Anxiety is a complex problem and, thus, there are no simple
solutions. The greatest improvements I have seen come with dedicated
effort across multiple dimensions of life. As a clinical hypnotherapist
for over 30 years, I have seen people experience dramatic improvements
in their anxiety levels if these suggestions are consistently and
diligently practiced. Think<em>: lifestyle change</em> rather than one-time adjustment.</p>
<p>As Deepak Chopra says, “the journey of self-discovery, taken with an open heart, inevitably leads to healing.”<a href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-4-sleep/#_ftn7">[7]</a></p><figure class="wp-block-embed"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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<p>Yours in Wellness,</p>
<p>Elisabetta Faenza</p><p><a href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-4-sleep/#_ftnref1">[1]</a> <a class="exitNotifierLink" href="https://www.psycom.net/anxiety-and-sleep/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.psycom.net/anxiety-and-sleep/</a></p>
<p><a href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-4-sleep/#_ftnref2">[2]</a> <a class="exitNotifierLink" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181635/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181635/</a></p>
<p><a href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-4-sleep/#_ftnref3">[3]</a> <a class="exitNotifierLink" href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0754-8" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0754-8</a></p>
<p><a href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-4-sleep/#_ftnref4">[4]</a> <a class="exitNotifierLink" href="https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326926#Deep-sleep-protects-against-anxiety" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326926#Deep-sleep-protects-against-anxiety</a></p>
<p><a href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-4-sleep/#_ftnref5">[5]</a> <a class="exitNotifierLink" href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0754-8" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0754-8</a></p>
<p><a href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-4-sleep/#_ftnref6">[6]</a> <a class="exitNotifierLink" href="https://www.psycom.net/anxiety-and-sleep/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.psycom.net/anxiety-and-sleep/</a></p>
<p><a href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-4-sleep/#_ftnref7">[7]</a> <a class="exitNotifierLink" href="https://chopra.com/articles/an-ayurvedic-approach-to-anxiety" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://chopra.com/articles/an-ayurvedic-approach-to-anxiety</a></p><p> </p>Elisabetta L Faenzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00571109910331177907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546954789447349225.post-28548479526538144632022-07-11T09:14:00.001-07:002022-07-11T09:18:48.914-07:00Debunking the harmful myths around cannabis<p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4ogHLKRhOh8oe39mcqBRH2bsKOqzCh_lbrdejqcSTHlj73ABXQMA4HhcAFQdIFFb4jbzkNHiTe49aZaBxQ8Ch-dyxueO8xD3mHI2vhEElyKnyp2vOS0aQbzZo1xX_kfk4JK0PdkZ8fmySy-f2LA340GWBGgv9xhW6EZC3c-CK0lfTVeOtCNZyOGM/s1280/Trichomes.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4ogHLKRhOh8oe39mcqBRH2bsKOqzCh_lbrdejqcSTHlj73ABXQMA4HhcAFQdIFFb4jbzkNHiTe49aZaBxQ8Ch-dyxueO8xD3mHI2vhEElyKnyp2vOS0aQbzZo1xX_kfk4JK0PdkZ8fmySy-f2LA340GWBGgv9xhW6EZC3c-CK0lfTVeOtCNZyOGM/w455-h256/Trichomes.png" width="455" /></a></b></div><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></b><p></p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Perhaps no other plant causes as much debate as the
cannabis plant. Its usage and popularity throughout the ages has led to it
being branded a super medicine by some, stigmatised as an evil on society by others,
and many other points of view within that spectrum.</span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Regardless
of advances in research and the increasing evidence base which supports the use
of medicinal cannabis, several myths and misconceptions persist and
occasionally gain traction in the media. Some of these stories provide light
entertainment while others unfortunately harm the reputation of cannabis as a
medicine.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">These
myths and misconceptions include how dangerous cannabis usage is, its ability
to cause addiction, its function as a gateway drug and so on. This article will
look at some of the more common myths and misconceptions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Dispelling the myths about the dangers of
cannabis use</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Cannabis can kill you</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">You
cannot overdose on cannabis like you can on other drugs such as opioids.
Studies have found that a person would have to consume about 1,000 pounds per
minute for 15 minutes in order to fatally overdose on cannabis. That’s 6,800kg
in 15 minutes – which is highly unlikely.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Cannabis causes brain damage</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Although
cannabis use in adults has been found to affect a person’s motor skills,
attention span and short-term memory while intoxicated, it has been found that
the differences between brain function of heavy users and that of non-users is
minimal in the long term, with the results much better for cannabis users than
those found for heavy users of alcohol and other illicit drugs.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">There is
a widely held misconception that cannabis, like alcohol, can kill brain cells.
Heavy alcohol consumption, however, does damage the ends of neurons, making it
difficult for them to relay messages to each other but does not kill brain
cells.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The
cannabis myth came about due to a few infamous animal experiments in which
structural changes were said to be observed in brain cells of animals exposed
to high doses of cannabis. Unfortunately, there are those that continue to cite
the infamous RG Heath study using two Rhesus monkeys which has since been
discredited. In fact, subsequent studies with more rigorous controls have found
no evidence of alteration in the brains of monkeys.<sup>1</sup></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Cannabis causes psychosis and bipolar disorder</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">This is a
much-contested claim about cannabis. There is no question that some cannabis
users have experienced psychosis. However, what is becoming more apparent is
that those who have experienced some form of psychosis have been found to have
a susceptibility to it. Such susceptibilities may include a person’s genetic
makeup, a history of child abuse, head injuries or infections, their
socioeconomic status and other factors.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Although
most experts agree that cannabis use alone doesn’t trigger psychosis or
conditions such as bipolar disorder, there is a possibility it could trigger
psychosis in those who already have the condition. Studies have also found that
cannabis is the most commonly abused drug among those diagnosed with bipolar
disorder.<sup>2</sup> This abuse of cannabis may increase the chances of an
adverse reaction over time. As a counterpoint, research is now showing that
medicinal cannabis has a part to play in stabilising a patient’s mood and
alleviating the symptoms of depression, and has started to be used in the treatment
of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder under close supervision.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Vaporising is just as bad as smoking</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Smoking
is not accepted as a satisfactory delivery method for any medicine amongst the
medical community. While the dangers of smoking cannabis are disputed,
vaporising is considered a safer way to consume cannabis. Vaporising burns
cannabis below its combustion temperature and therefore does not produce smoke,
leaving the user to consume cannabis just as they would through other delivery
methods such as oils, edibles and tablets.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The
recent spate of deaths from recreational vaporiser use were the result of
poorly constructed vaporisers containing unknown poisonous chemicals. This was
due to unlicensed operators working outside the regulatory environment and
without proper manufacturing processes in place. The majority of deaths and
injuries incurred in the flavoured vape sector, and did not contain any
cannabis products. Licensed medicinal cannabis manufacturers work to strict
standards which provide assurance on the composition of each vaporiser and the
content within them. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Synthetic cannabis is better than natural cannabis</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">There are
two elements to this misconception. Synthetic cannabis produced for medicinal
purposes in a laboratory under good manufacturing practice (GMP) standards, and
after thorough clinical investigation is likely safe to use. Each batch
produced is tested to ensure it contains only what is written on the label.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">However,
synthetic cannabis produced for recreational use without the required checks
and measures can be dangerous and should be avoided. These products are mass
produced in a process that produces a liquid chemical cocktail, which is mixed
with dry vegetation for the purpose of smoking. The whole process occurs with
no precision or accuracy. One batch can consist of several packets that are
very different in composition. Testing by authorities in the US after several
people died found external agents such as faeces, rat poison and dangerous
opioids.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">As far as
recreational use goes, the cannabis plant’s ability to intoxicate with THC is
balanced, to some extent, by CBD’s ability to relax and prevent temporary paranoia.
Creating a useful synthetic THC-only product is possible in a GMP
laboratory, but comes with risks.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">All medicinal cannabis products get you high</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">This
simply is not true and is a remnant of the scaremongering once used by
anti-cannabis advocates. Thankfully, greater public education has been
undertaken in most countries legalising medicinal cannabis and people are more
aware that it is the THC cannabinoid that has psychoactive properties and not most
other cannabinoids such as CBD. The increasing number of products with CBD in
them are becoming popular, particularly because they do not have any
psychoactive properties.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Edibles are the least psychoactive cannabis product</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Edible
forms of cannabis can come in the form of lollipops, baked goods, chocolates
and other sweets. This gives some people the impression that they contain low
doses of THC. In fact, cannabis oil as a concentrate is used in edibles and can
lead to products with high doses of THC.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">This
means that care must be taken in the production process to ensure the
concentrate is evenly distributed and tested. Otherwise, it may lead to very
high dose products that can cause adverse reactions. Furthermore, edibles take
much longer to be absorbed into the bloodstream, which can lead to some people
assuming the product hasn’t worked and then opting to consume a second edible
before the first takes effect.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Having
two strong doses of THC in the body can, in some cases, lead to adverse
reactions such as a sudden drop of blood pressure, vomiting and panic attacks.
Caution should be exercised with edible cannabis products. Always read the
label to ascertain the THC content before consuming.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Myths about addiction</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Cannabis is addictive</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">This is
another misconception about recreational cannabis use which is based on
variable, and often unreliable, statistics. It should be noted that the risks
of developing a cannabis use disorder for medicinal cannabis are minimal. Dose
titration and regular consultations with a health professional ensure a patient
is taking only what they need for their condition and THC levels are often lower
than those found in recreational use cannabis, with a few exceptions. Given
cannabis’ safe history of use compared with opioids, the risks of adverse
outcomes related to addiction are unlikely.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The US
National Institute on Drug Abuse states that recreational cannabis use can lead
to the development of problem use, known as cannabis use disorder, which in more
severe cases can take the form of addiction.<sup>3</sup> Estimates in the US
show that around 7% to 9% of cannabis users will develop a cannabis use
disorder. However, those who start using cannabis before the age of 18 are four
to seven times more likely to develop a cannabis use disorder than those who
start using later in life, meaning the 7% to 9% statistic is far lower for
those who start using as an adult. To put this into context, around 15% of
cocaine users and 24% of heroin users become clinically dependent.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Cannabis is a gateway drug</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Cannabis
is the most widely used, and most widely available, illicit drug in the world.
Therefore, it is not uncommon for it to be the first drug used by many;
although many cannabis users would have tried nicotine and/or alcohol first. It
is logical that those who want to consume other drugs have tried cannabis
first; however, this does not mean they are causally linked. In fact, there are
more people that try cannabis and stop further drug consumption than those who
go on to other drugs such as cocaine, MDMA and heroin.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Correlation
does not equal causation. The propensity and willingness to try drugs means
that those who go on to other drugs of addiction after cannabis would have
tried those drugs earlier if they were available. The small percentage of hard
drug users compared to the substantially higher percentage of cannabis users
supports the claim cannabis is not a gateway drug.<sup>4 </sup></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Evidence
is also emerging of the utility of CBD and low dose THC in drug rehabilitation,
with several trials underway. Indeed, many patients have moved on to medicinal
cannabis after enduring many years of opioid use and sometimes opioid
addiction. The safe history of use makes medicinal cannabis an ideal transition
away from dangerous opioids.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Other myths and misconceptions</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">You can beat a cannabis drug test</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The
internet has many popular tales of how to beat a drug test. Apart from swapping
urine samples there is no way to beat a urine test without raising the
suspicion of testers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Drug
tests look for THC levels only and no other cannabinoids such as cannabidiol.
THC binds to fat cells in the body and therefore takes longer to exit the body
than other hard drugs such as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. There is no
specific rule to follow when predicting how long THC will stay in your body and
everyone is different. Variable factors include how often THC has been consumed
(medicinal or recreational), its concentration, the amount of body fat a person
has and their lifestyle habits, and the type of drug test being conducted.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Urine
tests can test for THC up to around 30 days after last consumption for a
regular user and about three to four days for someone who only consumes
cannabis a few times a year. Saliva tests usually only test for THC up to 24
hours after last use, although new technology now exists with some tests able
to detect up to 72 hours. Hair tests are the most sensitive and can detect THC
up to three months after last use.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">There is
no known method of beating a urine test without raising suspicion. Drinking
excess water or other liquids to dilute a sample is easily detected and the
myth of exercising immediately before a test will only serve to increase the
level of THC circulating in the blood stream as the body’s metabolism works to
release THC from fat cells during intense exercise. Money spent on kits to beat
drug tests is wasted because analytical laboratories now test for dilution and
other agents.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Misconceptions about the difference between hemp
and cannabis</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">There are
many common misconceptions about hemp and its relationship to cannabis. These
include:</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Hemp is a different plant
species to cannabis;</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Hemp is the male plant and
cannabis is the female plant; and</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Medicine derived from hemp
(such as cannabidiol) is different to that of cannabis.</span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">These
statements are all incorrect. Hemp is a cannabis sativa cultivar. Therefore,
hemp is a cannabis plant. The only difference is that hemp contains very minor
traces of THC (generally well below 1% THC).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Hemp and
cannabis plants can be male or female. The big difference is that only female
cannabis plants are used to extract cannabinoids from the flower (for medicinal
or recreational use), whereas both male and female hemp plants are used for
foods and industrial use, depending on what is to be produced. Hemp fibre is
used for industrial purposes and its seeds are used in food products.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Please note: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">I am not a cannabis user myself. I was
born with a condition that means by body produces high levels of
endocannabinoids (naturally produced by my body) as well as the endorphins serotonin, dopamine and oxytocin. I have, however worked in the field of
plant based medicines since 1998, and Chair Standards Groups for the
Cannabis Industry in both Australia and the UK.I am the founder and CEO of LeafCann Group, a fully licensed Australian Medicinal Cannabis company.</span> </span></p>
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https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/marijuana-addictive</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Drug Policy Alliance
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<p></p><h1 style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a name="_Toc88680751"><span lang="EN-US">Introduction</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></h1><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Anxiety is an extremely
common problem, with o<span class="hgkelc">ne in seven Australians currently
experiencing an anxiety condition. According to Beyond Blue, one quarter of
Australians will experience an anxiety condition in their lifetime, while 26.3%
of Australians aged 16 to 85 have experienced an anxiety disorder to date.</span><a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><span class="hgkelc"> This is equivalent to 4.96 million people <a name="_ednref2"></a>having
experienced an anxiety disorder in the last 12 months, or 2.71 million people
with anxiety right now.</span><a href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a><sup>
</sup></span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: times;">Anxiety is so widespread that it is the most common mental disorder
worldwide. </span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: times;">This week we’ve been exploring natural remedies for anxiety, including those
recommended by the ancient practice of Ayurveda, specifically the role
excessive Vata dosha has on anxiety, and the need for grounding to bring
consciousness back into the whole body.</span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><h2><span style="font-family: times;"><a name="_Toc88680752"><span lang="EN-US">7 Essential Tips to for Anxiety</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></h2><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Unlike
pharmaceutical drugs, an Ayurvedic approach will include looking at your whole
life to reduce imbalance and bring energy out of your head and back into your
body that may include:</span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Diet:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> Avoiding</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;"> sugary foods, take-away, junk foods like soda and I hate to say it - chocolate
- as these foods can be overstimulating. Increase</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">grounding,
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">warm, moist, less oily foods</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">, like</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">, hot cereals</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;"> (porridge)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">, dairy products, bread and pasta</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;"> or their gluten-free or vegan equivalents like almond milk and oats</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">Structure</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">: Staying warm, taking a hot bath with aromatic oils,
and avoiding distracting or busy music, stressful work or study zones, or
entertainment like violent programs or gaming. Create a sanctuary for yourself where
you can control your environment</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><b>Mindfulness</b>
Use mindfulness techniques, meditation or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, listen
to grounding music or guided meditation tracks, learn breathing techniques to help
eliminate the use of stimulants like nicotine, coffee, energy drinks, illicit
drugs etc.</span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><b>Sleep</b>:
Keeping a regular sleep cycle in tune with your natural circadian rhythm, going
to bed before 11pm and waking before 8am. Develop a wind-down routine to
eliminate stressful activities like answering work emails or browsing social
media at least an hour before bed-time, keep your sleep area free of blue light</span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><b>Nature:</b>
Spending time in nature to ground your energy, get your toes into the sand or
dirt, create a small garden, talk to your plants, sit on a rock in the sun, hug
a tree or look at pictures of nature</span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><b>Exercise:</b>
Undertaking exercise that grounds, strengthens and warms, hot yoga, weight
training or hot pilates</span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><b>Essential
Oils:</b> Supplementing with plant-based remedies like essential oils that
include concentrates of grounding ingredients<span class="readmorespan"> including
cinnamon, cumin, ginger, nutmeg, rock salt, sesame seeds, anise, citrus, lavender
as either aromatics or ingestibles have been shown to support the
parasympathetic nervous system to relax, reducing anxiety and stress</span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">So far we have explored the role of Essential Oils and Exercise in the
management of anxiety. If you missed these, you can find them here:</span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Essential Oils: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"></span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Exercise: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-2-exercise/" target="_blank">https://cephyra.com/7-essential-tips-for-anxiety-part-2-exercise/</a></span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Today our topic is the wonderful benefit time in nature can provide to
reduce our stress and anxiety.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><h1 style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a name="_Toc88680753"><span lang="EN-US">Natural
wellness treatments and lifestyle routines for anxiety</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></h1><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><h2><span style="font-family: times;"><a name="_Toc88503830"></a><a name="_Toc88680754"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc88503830;"><span lang="EN-US">Tip Number 5 - Nature</span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></h2><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: times;">Spending time in green space or bringing nature into your everyday life can
benefit both your mental and physical well being. For example, doing things like
growing food or flowers, exercising outdoors or being around animals can have
lots of positive effects.<a href="#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a> It
can:</span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US">improve
your mood - even a short time in nature can improve mood according to <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272494415000328?via%3Dihub">researchers</a></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US">reduce
feelings of <a href="https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/stress/">stress</a>
or <a href="https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/anger/">anger</a>
, the simple act of being outside in nature has been shown to reduce
stress</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US">help
you take time out and <a href="https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/relaxation/">feel
more relaxed</a> by switching off devices</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US">improve
your physical health through exposure to fresh air and movement</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US">improve
your confidence and <a href="https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/self-esteem/">self-esteem</a>
as it takes you focus off your problems</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US">help
you <a href="https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/physical-activity-and-your-mental-health/">be
more active</a>, just through the process of getting outside</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US">help
you make new connections by getting you out of your house</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US">provide
<a href="https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/drugs-and-treatments/peer-support/">peer
support</a>, through accessing a safe space where you feel accepted and
understood</span></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: times;">People “…are at higher risk for mood disorders as they age, from dealing
with sudden life changes like health issues, the loss of loved ones, and even
the new world of retirement," says Dr. Jason Strauss, director of
geriatric psychiatry at Harvard-affiliated Cambridge Health Alliance.
"They may not want to turn to medication or therapy for help, and for
many, interacting with nature is one of the best self-improvement tools they
can use."<a href="#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[4]</span></span></span></span></a> But it’s
not just people in mid-life and retirement who benefit from nature. Anybody who
is couped up in an office (whether at home or in a town or city) can benefit
just as much from spending time out-doors.</span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://chopra.com/articles/healing-through-nature" target="_blank">Time
in nature is grounding and inherently harmonizing</a>. Try to put your bare
feet on the earth, in the sand, or touch a tree for at least a few minutes (or
much longer) every day. Get into wild nature at least once a week for a walk,
hike, swim or picnic if your anxiety is severe. The restorative role of nature
is a part of ancient Ayurveda, and it is also <a href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/sour-mood-getting-you-down-get-back-to-nature" target="_blank">backed by science</a>!<a href="#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[5]</span></span></span></span></a></span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: times;">Spending time in nature can act as a balm for our busy brains. Both
correlational and experimental research have shown that interacting with nature
has cognitive benefits—a topic University of Chicago psychologist Marc Berman,
PhD, and his student Kathryn Schertz <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0963721419854100">explored in a
2019 review</a>. They reported that green spaces near schools promote cognitive
development in children and green views near children’s homes promote
self-control behaviours.<a href="#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[6]</span></span></span></span></a></span> </p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: times;">Adults assigned to public housing units in neighbourhoods with more green
space showed better attentional functioning than those assigned to units with
less access to natural environments. And experiments have found that being
exposed to natural environments improves working memory, cognitive flexibility
and attentional control, while exposure to urban environments is linked to
attention deficits.<a href="#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[7]</span></span></span></span></a></span> </p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: times;">Here are some top ideas for spending time in nature:</span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/nature-and-mental-health/ideas-to-try-in-nature/#GrowOrPickFood"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">grow or pick
food</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> – either your own garden, a community garden or
with a foraging group</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/nature-and-mental-health/ideas-to-try-in-nature/#BringNatureInside"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">bring nature
inside</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> – create an internal green space
with pot-plants or a terrarium, the process of caring for them will
provide time-out from screen-based activities</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/nature-and-mental-health/ideas-to-try-in-nature/#DoActivitiesOutdoors"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">do activities
outdoors</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> – meditate, picnic, walk the dog, walk
on the beach, do tai chi or yoga, swim, row, kayak or hike</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/nature-and-mental-health/ideas-to-try-in-nature/#HelpTheEnvironment"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">help the
environment</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> – join a conservation group, plant
trees, go </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plogging"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">plogging</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">,
volunteer as a guide at your local botanic gardens </span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/nature-and-mental-health/ideas-to-try-in-nature/#ConnectWithAnimals"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">connect with
animals</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> – volunteer to walk shelter dogs if
you don’t have your own, go bird watching, care for rescue animals, or
volunteer on a farm</span></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Experimental
findings show how impressive nature’s healing powers can be—just a few moments
of green can refresh a tired brain. Australian researchers asked students to
engage in a dull, attention-draining task where they pressed a computer key
when certain numbers flashed on a screen. Students who looked out at a
flowering green roof for 40 seconds midway through the task made significantly
fewer mistakes than students who paused for 40 seconds to gaze at a concrete
rooftop.<a href="#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">[8]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Even
the sound of nature has a recuperative effect. In a study published in the
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review in 2019, researchers found that participants
who listened to nature sounds like crickets chirping or waves crashing
performed better on demanding cognitive tests than those who were exposed to
urban sounds like traffic and the sounds recorded in a busy café.<a href="#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">[9]</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><h1 style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a name="_Toc88680755"><span lang="EN-US">In Summary</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></h1><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: times;">Anxiety is a complex problem and, thus, there are no simple solutions. The
greatest improvements I have seen come with dedicated effort across multiple
dimensions of life. |As a clinical hypnotherapist for over 30 years, I have
seen people experience dramatic improvements in their anxiety levels if these
suggestions are consistently and diligently practiced. Think<i>: lifestyle
change</i> rather than one-time adjustment.</span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: times;">As Deepak Chopra says, “the journey of self-discovery, taken with an open
heart, inevitably leads to healing.”<a href="#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn10;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[10]</span></span></span></span></a></span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
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</span><p><span style="font-family: times;">Yours in Wellness,</span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: times;">Elisabetta Faenza</span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: times;">Cephyra® & LeafCann® CEO and Founder</span></p><span style="font-family: times;">
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</p><h1 style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhvLDI2Npu38AH9It7d6BDb1tQ76zSNJwXUzgbXKteUHL5-2H5l0RW2kD34oytwAkXEdy70k_sZEwqix_eVE_IPnIB7_mYsIUAWJst7wBkVDt99hVN2kkUdsLA56_GPvzQCucrNHlFaE/s2048/Exercise+++Blog+Banner%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhvLDI2Npu38AH9It7d6BDb1tQ76zSNJwXUzgbXKteUHL5-2H5l0RW2kD34oytwAkXEdy70k_sZEwqix_eVE_IPnIB7_mYsIUAWJst7wBkVDt99hVN2kkUdsLA56_GPvzQCucrNHlFaE/w480-h270/Exercise+++Blog+Banner%2529.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></span></h1><h1 style="margin-left: 0cm;"><a name="_Toc88597897"><span lang="EN-US">Introduction</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Continuing on this
week’s wellness theme of Anxiety, today’s tip is all about the benefits
exercise can provide to anyone struggling with anxiety, but first let’s recap the
7 Essential Tips for Anxiety</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<h2><a name="_Toc88597898"><span lang="EN-US">7 Essential Tips for Anxiety</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Unlike
pharmaceutical drugs, an Ayurvedic approach will include looking at your whole
life to reduce the Vata imbalance and bring energy out of your head and back
into your body that may include:</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 44pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Diet:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Avoiding</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> sugary foods, take-away, junk foods like soda and I hate to say it - chocolate
- as these foods can be overstimulating. Increase</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">grounding,
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">warm, moist, less oily foods</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">, like</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">, hot cereals</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> (porridge)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">, dairy products, bread and pasta</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> or their gluten-free or vegan equivalents like almond milk and oats</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 44pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Structure</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: Staying warm, taking a hot bath with aromatic oils,
and avoiding distracting or busy music, stressful work or study zones, or
entertainment like violent programs or gaming. Create a sanctuary for yourself where
you can control your environment</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 44pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b>Mindfulness</b>
Use mindfulness techniques, meditation or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, listen
to grounding music or guided meditation tracks, learn breathing techniques to help
eliminate the use of stimulants like nicotine, coffee, energy drinks, illicit
drugs etc.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 44pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b>Sleep</b>:
Keeping a regular sleep cycle in tune with your natural circadian rhythm, going
to bed before 11pm and waking before 8am. Develop a wind-down routine to
eliminate stressful activities like answering work emails or browsing social
media at least an hour before bed-time, keep your sleep area free of blue light</p>
<p style="margin-left: 44pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b>Nature:</b>
Spending time in nature to ground your energy, get your toes into the sand or
dirt, create a small garden, talk to your plants, sit on a rock in the sun, hug
a tree or look at pictures of nature</p>
<p style="margin-left: 44pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b>Exercise:</b>
Undertaking exercise that grounds, strengthens and warms, hot yoga, weight training
or hot pilates</p>
<p style="margin-left: 44pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b>Essential
Oils:</b> Supplementing with plant-based remedies like essential oils that
include concentrates of grounding ingredients<span class="readmorespan"> including
cinnamon, cumin, ginger, nutmeg, rock salt, sesame seeds, anise, citrus, lavender
as either aromatics or ingestibles have been shown to support the
parasympathetic nervous system to relax, reducing anxiety and stress</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">You may or may not have come across these 7 tips. They work best when
used in conjunction with each other, and many of them are common sense. </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<h1><a name="_Toc88597899"><span lang="EN-US">Natural wellness treatments and
lifestyle routines for anxiety</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yesterday
we focused on contrasting plant-based essential oil natural remedies (tip 7)
with pharmaceuticals. Today it’s all about exercise (tip 6).</span></p>
<h2><a name="_Toc88597900"><span lang="EN-US">Tip 6. Exercise</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Warming
exercise is important for anyone with anxiety. Dozens of studies have shown the
benefits, but to truly get the most out of exercise to reduce anxiety, remember
you must stay warm. No exercising in freezing conditions for you. Ensure you
are in an environment that will keep you snug as you exercise, or wear
appropriate clothing so the cold doesn’t bite.</span></p>
<h2><a name="_Toc88597901"><span lang="EN-US">Yoga</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">For
example, aim to do 15-plus minutes of yoga-type exercise every single day in a
warm, comfortable space. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22502620" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yoga has been
proven by multiple good quality scientific studies to be helpful for anxiety</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">.<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a>
Out of 35 studies looking at the link between yoga and anxiety, 25 of these
showed a link between Yoga and improved stress and anxiety outcomes, although
the authors note that larger better designed studies are justified.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Why
does yoga work? Well, it is soothing for the nervous system, which is agitated
when <i>Vata</i> is out of balance and/or you are anxious. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18166119" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yoga
increases glutathione</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">, a natural antioxidant (helps you look
young and radiant, prevents illness, and detoxifies the body).<a href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a>
It is also much easier to meditate after doing yoga, so consider doing 10–15
minutes of yoga followed by meditation first thing in the morning (and/or later
in the afternoon as a work break, especially if feeling stressed or anxious).
I’ll have more guidance on meditation later in the week.</span></p>
<h2><a name="_Toc88597902"><span lang="EN-US">Weight training</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h2>
<p class="css-axufdj">Several studies have found a positive link between weight
training and mental health. Early studies used complicated work-out routines to
elicit the benefit, however in recent times it has been shown that even quite
simple weight bearing routines can produce significant improvements in anxiety
levels.</p>
<p class="css-axufdj">A <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/2680311" target="_blank">2018 review of studies</a>,<a href="#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a> published
by<i> JAMA</i>, concluded that adults who lift weights are less likely to
develop depression than those who never lift. In <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22116310/" target="_blank">another study,
</a>published in 2012, women with clinical anxiety disorders reported fewer
symptoms after taking up either aerobic or weight training.<a href="#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[4]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p class="css-axufdj">In the latest study, scientists devised a simple resistance
training routine, based around health guidelines from the World Health
Organization and the American College of Sports Medicine. Both those
organizations recommend muscle strengthening at least twice a week, and that’s
what the volunteers began doing. After initial instruction from the
researchers, the volunteers took up a basic program of lunges, lifts, squats
and crunches, sometimes using dumbbells and other equipment.<a href="#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[5]</span></span></span></span></a> </p>
<p class="css-axufdj">While the control group showed no improvement in anxiety
symptoms, the weight trainers scored about 20 percent better on the tests of
anxiety.</p>
<p class="css-axufdj">This effect was “larger than anticipated,” says Brett
Gordon, currently a postdoctoral scholar at the Penn State Cancer Institute at
Penn State College of Medicine, who was a co-author of the study. The benefits
for mental health were also greater than those often seen in studies of aerobic
exercise and anxiety.</p>
<p class="css-axufdj">Dr. Gordon says. “There are numerous ways to strength train
with little to no equipment,” he says. “Try common body weight exercises, such
as push-ups, sit-ups or squats, or use household items as weights.”<a href="#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[6]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p class="css-axufdj">As Dr Gordon says, you don’t need to go the gym, there are
lots of exercises you can do at home, or in the park that will stimulate the
same toning of the nervous system and release positive, uplifting natural
chemicals throughout the brain and body. The New York Times has some great tips
for those just starting weight training: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/guides/year-of-living-better/how-to-build-muscle-strength">https://www.nytimes.com/guides/year-of-living-better/how-to-build-muscle-strength</a></p>
<h2><a name="_Toc88597903"><span lang="EN-US">Outdoor Exercise</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h2>
<p class="body-text">This type of exercise combines 2 of our Key Tips – Exercise
and Nature. The idea that exercise can help to reduce anxiety has been
researched extensively over the last 50 years. But while there’s plenty of
scientific and <a href="https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/health/mental-health/a32330642/how-running-changed-my-life/" target="_blank">anecdotal evidence</a> in support of this, putting a figure on
the benefit has, until now, been a mystery.<a href="#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[7]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p class="body-text">No longer. A recent <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.714014/full" target="_blank">study</a> in the journal <i>Frontiers in Psychiatry </i>puts
a number on it. And it’s a big one: <a href="https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/health/mental-health/a37973236/outdoor-exercise-reduce-anxiety/">about
60%.</a> </p>
<p class="body-text">Swedish researchers analysed the data from almost 400,000
people, concentrating on the differences between those who were more active
compared to those who were more sedentary. The researchers used a wonderfully
Scandinavian criterion for identifying the active from the non-active:
participation, or lack thereof, in Vasaloppet, an annual cross-country ski race
of some 56 miles that has been running since 1922.<a href="#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[8]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p class="body-text">In the study, published in the journal <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.714014/full"><i>Frontiers
of Psychology</i></a><i> </i>in September 2021, skiers in the race and matched
non-skiers from the general population were studied after participation using
the Swedish population and patient registries. Skiers had a significantly lower
risk of developing anxiety during the follow-up compared to non-skiers. </p>
<p class="body-text">I think the take-home message from this study is the
combination of outdoor activity and long-slow-distance exercise. Studies of long-distance
walkers or runners have also shown positive results in quality of life and
reduction in anxiety. One interesting observation from the Swedish study, is
that the <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.714014/full">highest
performing athletes</a> had lower benefits than the slowest and more average
participants. The message here is that exercising for fun or for your health,
or as part of your community is better for you than training and competing in
elite sports. So, it doesn’t matter how well you do it. It matters just that
you do it!</p>
<h1><a name="_Toc88597904"><span lang="EN-US">In Summary</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h1>
<p>Anxiety is a complex problem and, thus, there are no simple solutions. The
greatest improvements I have seen come with dedicated effort across multiple
dimensions of life. |As a clinical hypnotherapist for over 30 years, I have
seen people experience dramatic improvements in their anxiety levels if these
suggestions are consistently and diligently practiced. Think<i>: lifestyle
change</i> rather than one-time adjustment.</p>
<p>As Deepak Chopra says, “the journey of self-discovery, taken with an open
heart, inevitably leads to healing.”<a href="#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[9]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
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<p>Join me tomorrow when we’ll take a deep dive into the benefits of time in
nature to manage anxiety. </p>
<p>Yours in Wellness,</p>
<p>Elisabetta Faenza</p>
<p>Cephyra® & LeafCann® CEO and Founder</p>
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Elisabetta L Faenzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00571109910331177907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546954789447349225.post-1032119644831744022021-11-24T10:45:00.001-08:002021-11-24T10:45:13.092-08:00The 7 Essential Tips for Anxiety<p> <br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMb1qhn3QxoBvqlyM_AM0yyvZpJqJV6BB9oMaCWTc-wTOCCttJ08rm0G3jCKxPZ9jKXUhLYuZqVfkHCFJCqTd0Tux7tZRGqVm6_wx0f91W-oJRPNKauUXCsYq1gx2K9MleLl5acQ4iIw/s2048/Anxiety+Image+1+-+Blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMb1qhn3QxoBvqlyM_AM0yyvZpJqJV6BB9oMaCWTc-wTOCCttJ08rm0G3jCKxPZ9jKXUhLYuZqVfkHCFJCqTd0Tux7tZRGqVm6_wx0f91W-oJRPNKauUXCsYq1gx2K9MleLl5acQ4iIw/w485-h273/Anxiety+Image+1+-+Blog.jpg" width="485" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Natural remedies and lifestyle strategies to manage anxiety<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><h1 style="margin-left: 0cm;"><a name="_Toc88549223"><span lang="EN-US">Taking a natural approach</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Anxiety is an
extremely common problem, with o<span class="hgkelc">ne in seven Australians
currently experiencing an anxiety condition. According to Beyond Blue, one
quarter of Australians will experience an anxiety condition in their lifetime,
while 26.3% of Australians aged 16 to 85 have experienced an anxiety disorder to
date.</span><a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><span class="hgkelc"> This is equivalent to 4.96 million people <a name="_ednref2"></a>having
experienced an anxiety disorder in the last 12 months, or 2.71 million people
with anxiety right now.</span><a href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a><sup>
</sup></span></p>
<p>Anxiety is so widespread that it is the most common mental disorder
worldwide. </p>
<p>Data from the US National Institute of Mental Health suggest that around 31
percent of adults can expect to experience some type of anxiety disorder in
their lifetime. </p>
<p>But what can we do about it? </p>
<p>There are many potential pathways to managing or overcoming anxiety, including
lifestyle change, behavioural therapies like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or
hypnosis, practices like mindfulness, yoga or tai-chi, exercise and traditional
therapies drawing on herbal or plant-based remedies, and of course
pharmaceutical drug therapies. Recent concerns about several classes of
anti-anxiety medicines, including <a href="https://www.medicinenet.com/benzodiazepines_sleep-inducing-oral/article.htm#what_are_benzodiazepines,_and_how_do_they_work_(mechanism_of_action)?" target="_blank">benzodiazepines</a>, have led many to search for more natural
ways to manage low to moderate levels of anxiety. However, there are cases
where anxiety is so severe that pharmaceutical treatment will be the front-line
treatment of choice. </p>
<p>It's important to discuss treatment options with your physician and or
therapists to determine which path of treatment is right for you, ensuring you
do not over-use or misuse these powerful drugs in your attempt to alleviate the
distressing symptoms of this condition. Likewise, you should never suddenly
cease any treatment, especially drugs for the treatment of anxiety or
depression and you should always manage medications under the supervision of a
qualified medical practitioner. I will discuss the pharmaceutical options and
risks later in this blog.</p>
<p>Only about one-third of those who experience anxiety seek formal treatment,
and anxiety is one of the most common reasons that people use holistic and alternative
modalities.</p>
<p>In last week’s Wednesday Wellness blog, I introduced Ayurveda as a source of
traditional therapies for treating seasonal allergies, but what does this
ancient healing system say about anxiety?</p>
<p>From an Ayurvedic perspective, anxiety is an imbalance in the <a href="https://chopra.com/the-ultimate-guide-for-vatas" target="_blank"><i>Vata</i>
dosha</a>. <i>Vata</i> is referred to as the “air” principle. Its character is
light, dry, and mobile. An imbalance of <i>Vata</i>, mentally or emotionally,
is associated with an overabundance of lightness, flightiness or movement with erratic
thoughts, worries, obsession, confusion, and difficulty focusing. <i>Vata</i>
imbalance is also associated with a hyper-excitable para-sympathetic nervous
system and trouble sleeping. If you’ve ever been described as “ungrounded,”
that’s a classic description of <i>Vata</i> imbalance. It’s too much energy in
the mind, not enough at the feet to anchor you to life, or like a tree that
needs a good pruning that has too much growth in the branches leaving not
enough energy in the roots. Interestingly the ancient middle eastern practice
of Kabbala also sees anxiety as a lack of foundation, or grounding in life. The
penultimate sephirot of the Kabbala Tree of Life is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesod">Yesod</a> – Foundation, or the
connection between all things – this sephirot along with final sephirot - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malkuth">Malkuth</a> (Kingdom) - are the
last steps required to incarnate into life and become grounded in the world. All
progress stems from this foundation, and fear can only overrun us when we lose it.
You’ll see me talk about this later on in this blog. Yesod and Malkuth
correspond to the root chakra – <a href="https://chopra.com/articles/the-root-chakra-muladhara">Muladhara</a> - in
Ayurveda. </p>
<p>Speaking of roots, when <i>Vata</i> is disturbed, you feel ungrounded and disconnected
from the earth. In Ayurveda, to treat anxiety/<i>Vata</i> imbalance, you have
to stabilize your energy—calm the nervous system, relax the mind, release
obsessive thoughts, connect to your body and to the earth, and ultimately
surrender to the flow of the Universe. This can involve a range of therapies
and practices. </p>
<h2><a name="_Toc88549224"><span lang="EN-US">7 Essential Tips to for Anxiety</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Unlike
pharmaceutical drugs, an Ayurvedic approach will include looking at your whole
life to reduce the Vata imbalance and bring energy out of your head and back
into your body that may include:</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Diet:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Avoiding</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> sugary foods, take-away, junk foods like soda and I hate to say it - chocolate
- as these foods can be overstimulating. Increase</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">grounding,
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">warm, moist, less oily foods</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">, like</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">, hot cereals</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> (porridge)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">, dairy products, bread and pasta</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> or their gluten-free or vegan equivalents like almond milk and oats</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Structure</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: Staying warm, taking a hot bath with aromatic oils,
and avoiding distracting or busy music, stressful work or study zones, or
entertainment like violent programs or gaming. Create a sanctuary for yourself where
you can control your environment</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b>Mindfulness</b>
Use mindfulness techniques, meditation or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, listen
to grounding music or guided meditation tracks, learn breathing techniques to help
eliminate the use of stimulants like nicotine, coffee, energy drinks, illicit
drugs etc.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b>Sleep</b>:
Keeping a regular sleep cycle in tune with your natural circadian rhythm, going
to bed before 11pm and waking before 8am. Develop a wind-down routine to
eliminate stressful activities like answering work emails or browsing social
media at least an hour before bed-time, keep your sleep area free of blue light</p>
<p style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b>Nature:</b>
Spending time in nature to ground your energy, get your toes into the sand or
dirt, create a small garden, talk to your plants, sit on a rock in the sun, hug
a tree or look at pictures of nature</p>
<p style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b>Exercise:</b>
Undertaking exercise that grounds, strengthens and warms, hot yoga, weight
training or hot pilates</p>
<p style="margin-left: 44.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b>Essential
Oils:</b> Supplementing with plant-based remedies like essential oils that
include concentrates of grounding ingredients<span class="readmorespan"> including
cinnamon, cumin, ginger, nutmeg, rock salt, sesame seeds, anise, citrus, lavender
as either aromatics or ingestibles have been shown to support the
parasympathetic nervous system to relax, reducing anxiety and stress</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt;">You may or may not have come across these 7 tips. They work best when
used in conjunction with each other, and many of them are common sense. </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<div style="mso-element: footnote-list;">
<h1><a name="_Toc88549225"><span lang="EN-US">Natural wellness treatments and
lifestyle routines for anxiety</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Over
the next 7 days I will be providing more detail on each of the 7 tips above, in
reverse order, starting with the easiest to implement, and ending with the
hardest, as part of a series blog posts to help you discover how to manage
anxiety naturally. In this post I’ll be focusing on the best essential oils for
anxiety and talking a little about the pharmaceutical treatments available and
their risks.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In
a couple of days, I’ll be giving away my guided meditation as a free download
when you register to subscribe, so make sure you stay tuned for each daily installment.</span></p>
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<h2><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7Z8b1XtMEOhR1jM2FgxGxdd3RLIBmtKjZkQQBDwhiHooIXlWCdzlzkgkejLMKgzIfpdCfHmtKD23a-hLijDK5JG6Y99amJlQW4n1nR8WMS7m3w4Z292TAnOksvpnB8npS-wrYsj_x2A/s940/Ingredients+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7Z8b1XtMEOhR1jM2FgxGxdd3RLIBmtKjZkQQBDwhiHooIXlWCdzlzkgkejLMKgzIfpdCfHmtKD23a-hLijDK5JG6Y99amJlQW4n1nR8WMS7m3w4Z292TAnOksvpnB8npS-wrYsj_x2A/s320/Ingredients+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plant based alternatives for anxiety<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><a name="_Toc88503832"><span lang="EN-US">Tip Number 7: Essential Oils</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In
addition to the spices mentioned previously (cinnamon, cardamon, clove, ginger
and nutmeg) that were also discussed in last week’s blog about allergies, let’s
have a look at some of the best studied essential oils and how they might
benefit those suffering from anxiety, especially when used in combination with
the 6 lifestyle tips above.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<h1><a name="_Toc88549226"><span lang="EN-US">The 4 best edible essential oils
for anxiety</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc88549226;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></h1>
<h2><a name="_Toc88549227"><span lang="EN-US">Lavender</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h2>
<p><a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/what-lavender-can-do-for-you">Lavender</a>
is one of the most popular aromatherapy oils. It has a sweet floral scent with
a woody or herbal undertone. More recently lavender has been shown to be
effective when ingested to reduce anxiety. It’s important to note that you
should never ingest a concentrated oil, and you should only ingest one that has
been made under Food Grade Good Manufacturing Practice (Food Grade GMP) that
has been diluted appropriately in an edible carrier oil. </p>
<p>According to HealthLine:</p>
<p style="margin-left: 41.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Lavender oil can be used to calm anxiety. It
also has a sedative effect and may help with sleep troubles, including if
feelings of stress or anxiety are keeping you up at night. </p>
<p style="margin-left: 41.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>According to <a href="http://www.naturalmedicinejournal.com/journal/2012-02/lavender-oil-anxiety-and-depression-0" target="_blank">2012 research</a>, lavender aromatherapy is thought to calm
anxiety by impacting the limbic system, the part of the brain that controls
emotions.<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p style="margin-left: 41.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>A <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0944711319303411?via%3Dihub" target="_blank">2019 review</a> evaluated 71 studies that used lavender to ease
anxiety. It found that inhaling lavender could significantly lower anxiety
levels measured using a clinically validated scale. Massage with lavender oil
was also found to help reduce anxiety levels.<a href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p style="margin-left: 23.0pt;">Edible lavender extracts may also provide support
for people with anxiety.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 41.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>In a large <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-54529-9">meta-analysis</a>
published in the Journal<i> Nature</i> in December 2019, people with anxiety
disorders who took 160-milligram lavender oil capsules experienced significant
decreases in anxiety.<a href="#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a>
Other studies have found similar results.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 41.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nicc.12198">One from
2015,</a> involved 60 people in a coronary intensive care unit. The researchers
found that those treated with lavender essential oil had lower levels of
anxiety and better sleep.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 41.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Another <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19962288/">2010 study</a> compared
lavender capsules to the anti-anxiety medication <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/drugs/lorazepam-oral-tablet">lorazepam</a>,
concluding that lavender’s effects were comparable to the prescription drug.<a href="#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[4]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<h2><a name="_Toc88549228"><span lang="EN-US">Chamomile</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc88549228;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></h2>
<p><a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/chamomile-oil">Chamomile oil</a>
comes from the tiny daisy-like flowers of the chamomile plant. It’s been used
for thousands of years for its relaxing and sedating properties and pleasant
scent. You often see it as an ingredient in herbal teas or tisanes that aim to
promote calm and peaceful sleep.</p>
<p>While there isn’t much research on chamomile essential oil for anxiety, a <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5646235/">2017 study</a>
looked at using edible chamomile supplements for individuals with <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/anxiety/generalized-anxiety-disorder">generalized
anxiety disorder (GAD)</a>. Researchers found that chamomile supplementation
reduced the symptoms of mild to moderate GAD. However, it did not reduce the
rate of relapse of anxiety symptoms.<a href="#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[5]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p style="margin-left: 41.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>A <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5589135/" target="_blank">2017
study</a> assessed the short-term treatment of generalized anxiety using
chamomile extract. Researchers found that after eight weeks, 58.1 percent of
participants reported a reduction of their anxiety symptoms.<a href="#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[6]</span></span></span></span></a> </p>
<p style="margin-left: 41.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Low morning levels of a hormone called cortisol
have been linked with anxiety disorders. A small <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5710842/">2018 study</a>
found that chamomile therapy helped reduce anxiety symptoms and increased
morning cortisol levels.<a href="#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[7]</span></span></span></span></a> </p>
<p style="margin-left: 41.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/depression">Depression</a> and anxiety
often occur together. One <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600408/">study</a> used
oral chamomile extract in people with anxiety and depression.<a href="#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[8]</span></span></span></span></a>
Researchers observed a significant reduction in depression symptoms after eight
weeks of treatment in the group that were given chamomile extract. </p>
<h2><a name="_Toc88549229"><span lang="EN-US">Bergamot</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h2>
<p><a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/bergamot-oil">Bergamot oil</a>
comes from bergamot oranges, a hybrid of lemon and bitter orange. The essential
oil is derived from the peel or zest of the fruit and has an invigorating
citrus scent. It’s a popular ingredient in perfumes, and Bergamot is also the
herb used in Earl Grey tea.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 41.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Bergamot essential oil can have a calming effect
and can help reduce anxiety. According to a <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4345801/">2015 study</a><a href="#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[9]</span></span></span></span></a>,
both animal and human trials have found that bergamot helps relieve anxiety and
improve mood.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 41.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>A small <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5434918/">2017 study</a>
examined the effects of inhalation of bergamot essential oil in women in the
waiting room of a mental health treatment centre. Researchers found that 15
minutes of exposure to bergamot essential oil promoted an increase in positive
feelings.<a href="#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn10;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[10]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p style="margin-left: 41.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>A small <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25824404/">2015 study</a> done on women
in Japan found that inhaled bergamot oil mixed with water vapor reduced
feelings of anxiety and fatigue.<a href="#_ftn11" name="_ftnref11" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn11;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[11]</span></span></span></span></a> </p>
<p style="margin-left: 41.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Similarly, a 2013 article published in the
journal <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23531112/"><i>Current Drug
Targets</i></a> reported that aromatherapy with bergamot (among other essential
oils) can relieve depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders by signalling
the brain to release <a href="https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-to-increase-dopamine">dopamine</a>
and <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/serotonin">serotonin</a>.<a href="#_ftn12" name="_ftnref12" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn12;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[12]</span></span></span></span></a> </p>
<h2><a name="_Toc88549230"><span lang="EN-US">Lemon Myrtle</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h2>
<p>An Australian Superfood, the Lemon Myrtle (also known as sweet verbena tree,
lemon scented verbena, lemon scented backhouse and sweet verbena myrtle) can
only be found in the Australian rainforests of Queensland and grows up to 60
feet tall. I have a special affinity with this plant, both because of its
long history of use by the <a href="https://www.ps.org.au/content/articles/2018/7/8/feature-plant-friday-on-a-sunday-naidoc-edition-lemon-myrtle">first
peoples of Australia</a><a href="#_ftn13" name="_ftnref13" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn13;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[13]</span></span></span></span></a>,
but additionally because one of my ancestors, the famed botanist James
Backhouse, was the first westerner to describe and catalogue it while visiting
Australia back in the 1830s. James brought samples back for study in the UK,
though it was a friend sand fellow botanist - <span class="hgkelc">Ferdinand von
Muelle - who named it after him</span>. If you think lemon is an anti-anxiety
wonder food, then you will love Lemon Myrtle. Lemon Myrtle’s history of use by
Australian Aborigines goes back over 40,000 years, for both cooking and as a
medicine using it for its flavour and antiseptic, calmative, sedative,
antifungal, and antimicrobial properties.</p>
<p>Did you know:</p>
<p style="margin-left: 41.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The leaves of the Lemon Myrtle tree contain the
world’s strongest and purest concentration of natural citral, with almost 20
times the amount of the terpenoid citral than lemon; citral is believed to be
associated with lemon’s calming characteristics.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 41.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>With its high citral content, antimicrobial
properties and aromatic scent, Lemon Myrtle has superpowers when appropriate
formulations are ingested.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 41.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The calming effect of Lemon Myrtle naturally
relieves stress by encouraging better sleep, relaxation and uplifting
feelings. The Lemon Myrtle scent helps improve the mood and soothe the
mind. Smelling the aroma of Lemon Myrtle when you’re anxious or worried
may help calm you down and reassure you. <a href="#_ftn14" name="_ftnref14" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn14;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[14]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p>Herbalists and aromatherapists use lemon myrtle and its essential oil for
various reasons. The fragrant aroma gives off a wonderful relaxing effect and
is also said to improve your concentration as well as promote better sleep. It
can be used as inhalant for treating colds, flus, and other congestive disorders. <a href="#_ftn15" name="_ftnref15" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn15;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[15]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p>It is also thought the magnesium content in lemon myrtle is responsible for
reducing the effects of mild depression and anxiety. Magnesium may be one of
the contributing factors to the herb being able to relieve insomnia, both
directly and indirectly via anxiety reduction.<a href="#_ftn16" name="_ftnref16" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn16;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[16]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p>Traditionally lemon myrtle has been found to be effective against both mild
depression and insomnia. In fact, one of the original uses of lemon myrtle by
the Australian Aborigines was as a sleep aid. First Peoples would pick a handful
of leaves, crush them up in their hands and inhale the fragrance, which has a
calming, relaxing effect.</p>
<p>As a clinical hypnotherapist, I regularly supported the use of Ayurvedic
herbal remedies, in addition to the above behavioral approaches, to help people
improve anxiety, ground <i>Vata</i>, and regulate stress levels. These
Ayurvedic approaches have a long history of use in India and have passed the
test of time. Many of them have also more recently passed the test of
scientific analysis, combined with herbs and essential oils that help to ground
the sufferer and de-clutter the mind.</p>
<p>No discussion about anxiety would be complete without looking at
pharmaceutical alternatives:</p>
<h1 style="margin-left: 0cm;"><a name="_Toc88549231"><span lang="EN-US">The Pharmaceutical
Treatment of Anxiety</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Modern
pharmacological treatments for anxiety disorders are safer and more tolerable
than they were 30 years ago. Unfortunately, treatment efficacy and duration
have not improved in most cases despite a greater understanding of the
pathophysiology of anxiety. Moreover, innovative treatments have not reached
the market despite billions of research dollars invested in drug development.
In reviewing the literature on current treatments, it is clear there is a long
way to go to provide drug-based treatments for anxiety that do not produce
dangerous side-effects.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Anxiety
medications fall broadly into four categories: <a href="#_ftn17" name="_ftnref17" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn17;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[17]</span></span></span></span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
(SSRIs)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Citalopram
(Celexa)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Escitalopram
(Lexapro)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Fluoxetine
(Prozac)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Fluvoxamine
(Luvox)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Paroxetine
(Paxil, Pexeva)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sentraline
(Zoloft)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Selective Serotonin Norepinephrine
Reuptake Inhibitors (SSNIs)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Duloxetine
(Cymbalta)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Venlafaxine
(Effexor XR)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Tricyclic Antidepressants</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Amitriptyline
(Elavil)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Imipramine
(Tofranil)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Nortriptyline
(Pamelor)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Benzodiazepines </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Alpazolam
(Xanax)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Chlordiazepoxide
(Librium)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Diazepam
(Valium)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: 148.95pt 149.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lorazepam
(Ativan)</span></p>
<h2><span lang="EN-US">1. SSRIs</span></h2>
<p>Although selective <a href="https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/kc/serotonin-facts-232248" title="What is serotonin and what does it do?">serotonin</a> reuptake
inhibitors (SSRIs) are a type of <a href="https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/kc/antidepressants-work-248320" title="All about antidepressants">antidepressant</a>, doctors commonly
prescribe them to people with anxiety and <a href="https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/178508.php" title="What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?">obsessive-compulsive disorder</a>
(OCD), and use them as a <a href="https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0501/p617.html">front-line</a>
drug treatment for anxiety. SSRIs work by stopping nerve cells in the brain from
reabsorbing serotonin, which is a chemical that plays a vital role in mood
regulation. The problem is, the model behind this medication that attributes
anxiety and OCD to low levels of the naturally occurring neurotransmitter
serotonin, has never been proven, and even under current guidelines, other
life-style changes like exercise, nutrition, sleep, routine, time spent in
nature are all recommended to boost the effectiveness of the drug. The model is
so flawed that<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3547473/">
researchers</a> have found that long term use of SSRIs leads to chronic
serotonin deficit. For some people these drugs do work very well in the short
to medium term, but they are not without their <a href="https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/medicines-and-psychiatry/ssri-antidepressants/side-effects/">side-effects</a>,
which for many make long-term use of these drugs untenable. Remember, you
should consult your doctor or physician before you consider reducing or
stopping any medication. Stopping medications like these suddenly can have negative
consequences and even worsen your condition.</p>
<h2><span lang="EN-US">2. SSNIs</span></h2>
<p>Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) are another class of
antidepressant that treats <a href="https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/kc/depression-causes-symptoms-treatments-8933" title="What is depression and what can I do about it?">depression</a> and
anxiety. Doctors may also prescribe them to treat some chronic pain conditions.</p>
<p>Like SSRIs these medications work by reducing the brain’s reabsorption of
the chemicals serotonin with the added feature that they also reduce the
reabsorption of norepinephrine. The above caveats apply, with the added risk
that these drugs used long-term <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/in-depth/antidepressants/art-20044970">may
cause significant liver damage</a> or <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/in-depth/antidepressants/art-20044970">raise
bloodpressure</a>.</p>
<h2><span lang="EN-US">3. Tricyclic Antidepressants</span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Tricyclic
antidepressants (TCAs) are an older class of antidepressant drug. Although they
may be effective for the treatment of depression and anxiety, doctors often
prescribe SSRIs instead, as they cause fewer </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/in-depth/antidepressants/art-20046983"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">side effects.</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">However,
TCAs may be useful for some people, especially if other medications do not
provide relief.</span></p>
<h2><span lang="EN-US">4. Benzodiazepines</span></h2>
<p>According to a <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140331130846.htm">2014
study</a> overuse of anti-anxiety drugs and sleeping pills are a major cause of
drug overdose and mortality:</p>
<p>“Anti-anxiety drugs and sleeping pills have been linked to an increased risk
of death, according to new research. The large study shows that several
anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) drugs or hypnotic drugs (sleeping pills) are
associated with a doubling in the risk of mortality. Although these findings
are based on routine data and need to be interpreted cautiously, the
researchers recommended that a greater understanding of their impact is
essential.”<a href="#_ftn18" name="_ftnref18" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn18;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[18]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p>“Valium and Xanax are in the class of drugs known as <a href="https://www.medicinenet.com/benzodiazepines_sleep-inducing-oral/article.htm#what_are_benzodiazepines,_and_how_do_they_work_(mechanism_of_action)?" target="_blank">benzodiazepines</a>. These medications help control anxiety,
panic attacks and insomnia. But doctors say they are habit-forming and have
some dangerous side effects.”<a href="#_ftn19" name="_ftnref19" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn19;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[19]</span></span></span></span></span></a>
Dr. Roneet Lev, director of the emergency department at Scripps Mercy Hospital
in San Diego, often sees the downsides of benzodiazepines:</p>
<p>"…people who come into our trauma center from car accidents because
they’re on benzodiazepines, people who come in because they’re falling down,
because that affects their balance and coordination on benzodiazepines,"
she said. "We’ve seen terrible withdrawals, when they’re used to having
it, with seizures, that end up in the ICU.”<a href="#_ftn20" name="_ftnref20" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn20;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[20]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p>Lev said when it comes to drug-related deaths in San Diego County,
benzodiazepines are right behind opioids:</p>
<p>“Number one prescribed drug associated with death is oxycodone, then
hydrocodone, the number three, benzodiazepine," she said. </p>
<p>This epidemic is right on the heals of the opioid epidemic and its effecting
armed forces veterans especially hard. Dr. James Michelsen, a specialist in
internal medicine and chair of the San Diego VA’s pain council, said many
veterans have conditions that would typically call for both a benzodiazepine
and an opioid. </p>
<p>“Anxiety related to their combat time, problems with sleep, post-traumatic
stress disorder. And traditionally these conditions benzodiazepines have been
used to treat," he said. "Additionally, many of our veterans came
back with physical wounds, as well.”<a href="#_ftn21" name="_ftnref21" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn21;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[21]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">It is no different in Australia,
the ABC found that this class of drugs was the number one cause of overdose
deaths from prescriptions drugs.<a href="#_ftn22" name="_ftnref22" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn22;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[22]</span></span></span></span></a>
“</span><a href="https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/3303.0~2016~Main%20Features~Drug%20Induced%20Deaths%20in%20Australia~6">According
to the Australian Bureau of Statistics,</a> the sleeping and anti-anxiety pills
were the most common single substance found in overdose deaths, ahead of
opioids oxycodone and codeine and powerful narcotics like fentanyl.”<a href="#_ftn23" name="_ftnref23" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn23;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[23]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p>The ABC found:</p>
<p class="1hzxw">“Nearly 6 million scripts for this group of anti-anxiety
sleeping pill medication were handed out through the Pharmaceutical Benefits
Scheme (PBS) last financial year.</p>
<p class="1hzxw">That figure does not include hospital and private scripts, which
experts estimate also run to the millions.”<a href="#_ftn24" name="_ftnref24" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn24;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[24]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
<p><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">It’s clear benzodiazepine drugs
come with significant risks and should not be used long term.</span></p>
<p><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">No wonder many of us are keen to
look at other options!</span></p>
<h1><a name="_Toc88549232"><span lang="EN-US">In Summary</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></h1>
<p>Anxiety is a complex problem and, thus, there are no simple solutions. The
greatest improvements I have seen come with dedicated effort across multiple
dimensions of life. |As a clinical hypnotherapist for over 30 years, I have
seen people experience dramatic improvements in their anxiety levels if these
suggestions are consistently and diligently practiced. Think<i>: lifestyle
change</i> rather than one-time adjustment. </p>
<p>As Deepak Chopra says, “the journey of self-discovery, taken with an open
heart, inevitably leads to healing.”<a href="#_ftn25" name="_ftnref25" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn25;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[25]</span></span></span></span></a></p>
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<p>CEO and Founder</p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="#_ftnref16" name="_ftn16" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn16;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[16]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> https://blackleaves.com.au/blogs/health-hub/lemon-myrtle-tea</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"></span></p>
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<div id="ftn17" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="#_ftnref17" name="_ftn17" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn17;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[17]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323666#types-of-anxiety-medication</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"></span></p>
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<div id="ftn18" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="#_ftnref18" name="_ftn18" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn18;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[18]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140331130846.htm</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"></span></p>
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<div id="ftn19" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="#_ftnref19" name="_ftn19" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn19;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[19]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> https://www.kpbs.org/news/midday-edition/2018/02/23/deaths-linked-anti-anxiety-drugs-fly-under-radar</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"></span></p>
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<div id="ftn20" style="mso-element: footnote;">
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<div id="ftn21" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="#_ftnref21" name="_ftn21" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn21;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[21]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> https://www.kpbs.org/news/midday-edition/2018/02/23/deaths-linked-anti-anxiety-drugs-fly-under-radar</span></p>
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<div id="ftn22" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="#_ftnref22" name="_ftn22" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn22;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[22]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-12/benzodiazepines-australias-hidden-drug-problem/11383508</span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"></span></p>
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<div id="ftn23" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="#_ftnref23" name="_ftn23" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn23;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[23]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Ibid</span></p>
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<div id="ftn24" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="#_ftnref24" name="_ftn24" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn24;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[24]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Ibid</span></p>
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<div id="ftn25" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a href="#_ftnref25" name="_ftn25" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn25;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[25]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> https://chopra.com/articles/an-ayurvedic-approach-to-anxiety</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"></span></p>
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focused my energy as a hypnotherapist, writer and mentor to assist my clients
and readers to overcome unwanted habits, behaviours or thought patterns. During
an in-depth period of research, leading up to and after the publication of The
Energy Code in 2014, I was able to confirm that behaviour change is
multi-modal, and that finding ways to subtly shift our chemistry through smell,
taste, sight, sound and touch can provide the foundation for profound changes
in our psyche. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I also
confirmed for myself, something I had long suspected: that hypnotherapy
utilises sensory pathways to enhance the production of the endogenous
cannabinoids (cannabinoids the body makes by itself) - Anandamide and 2AG. This
explains the pleasant sensation of altered consciousness most of my clients
reported experiencing under hypnosis, and how hypnosis could affect their
perception of time, pain, temperature and their own bodies. By studying reports
from elite athletes and extreme sport participants I confirmed that peak
experiences also promote endocannabinoid production, creating a sense of flow
and euphoria, of time slowing, and enhancing sensory awareness, while
conversely reducing the sensation of pain. With the growing legalisation of
both medicinal and recreational cannabis, research and investment in both
endocannabinoids (cannabinoids made by the body) and phytocannbinoids
(cannabinoids made by plants) was once more possible. Around this time, I
co-founded LeafCann Group with my brother Ilario Faenza and a close friend and
respected biochemist - Dr Jaroslav Boublik. We gathered around us a team of
like-minds dedicated to advancing the science and production of these plant
extracts as medicines.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">As we deepened our understanding
of the biochemistry and plant science, we began to wonder if there were other
ways to stimulate endocannabinoid production.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">My team's research led to a
wealth of information about plants, some common, some less so, that while not
containing phyto-cannabinoids themselves, appear to help the body to manage its
own production of Anandamide and 2AG, and complement the effect of both these
endocannabinoids and their plant derived cousins - the phytocannabinoids - THC,
CBD and a host of other minor cannabinoid molecules. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">These non-cannabinoid, plant
derived molecules are commonly known as terpenes. Terpenes pack a punch; a tiny
amount of a terpene can produce strong scents and tastes and are part of what
makes plants and perfumes smell the way they do. Their role in the plant world
is to attract or repel insects, they act as messenger molecules and are known to be adaptogenic. Unlike endocannabinoids, humans don't produce
terpenes themselves, but we can benefit from them. Terpenes are extracted from
plants as part of the essential oils used in everything from food flavouring to
natural cleaning products, to perfumes and skin care. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">We wondered if we were able to
extract specific essential oils from the right plants could we combine them to
create products that would help us to mediate our own endocannabinoid production
or enhance the medicinal benefits of phytocannabinoids? </span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Out of this research was born the
Cephyra Activated Essentials range, made from terpene-rich, Activated Essential Oils,
chosen for their compatibility with both phytocannabinoids and
endocannabinoids.</span></p><p><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> To learn more about this journey visit our website...<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> <a href="https://cephyra.com/cephyra-activated-oils-more-than-aromatherapy/" target="_blank">More than Aromatherapy</a><br /></span></p>
Elisabetta L Faenzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00571109910331177907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546954789447349225.post-15737357418258937832020-04-28T02:53:00.000-07:002020-04-28T02:54:25.729-07:00The conspiracy of conspiracies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I decided to write this blog update after weeks of concern about the tsunami of misinformation that permeates social media and many private conversations during this time of Coronavirus.<br />
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When I was in my 20s and 30s I was obsessed with conspiracy theories. As a student of history and a writer I was fascinated with how people could take a small sliver of fact or opinion and develop a whole universe around it, but unlike an author, not know it was fiction. As an author, I love it when one of my off-the-wall hypotheses can be supported by a correlation or gap in history. It is exciting to be able to build a whole world, characters and events within that gap.<br />
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But here is the thing: I know it is fantasy, I know it is fiction. I don't conflate my wishes for neat explanations and fanciful, adventurous narratives with the reality. What I learned studying conspiracy theories for over 20 years is that they are seductive, because quite frankly they are more interesting than real life. They allow us to believe that we aren't responsible for the failures in our lives, that it is somebody else's fault, and excuses us from participating in the civic project of advancing our society.<br />
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A conspiracy theory is also extremely attractive, because like the mythologies created by cult leaders, a select few of us can become the hero in our stories, because we are privy to secrete knowledge, only given to the elect. <i>Sheeple</i> won't get it, <i>sheeple </i>will refute the evidence that you find so convincing. <i>Sheeple </i>will counter your experts with their experts who are just part of the conspiracy. This circular argument is a bit like the fundamentalist religious argument about faith. Faith can't be argued with, because to argue with it is an act of apostasy. If we ask for proof we are not faithful, not one of the chosen and we will no longer be special, but instead are the handmaidens of the devil.<br />
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The 5G Coronavirus conspiracy is a distressing case in point. The current meme's circulating have led to the destruction of property and the threatening of anybody who looks like they are working on 5G infrastructure. Let's be clear, 5G cannot penetrate living cells. It cannot change the genetic make-up of any cell because its part of the electromagnetic spectrum that is too weak to enter the cell, has been shown to be safe and has been used in a range of telecommunications products for decades. It is not that different to 4G, which most of you are using to read this blog. I would also like to note that your home microwave, stove-top, oven and television most likely emit more radiation in your home than any 5G emitter could ever do.*<br />
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Likewise with Australia's new Coronavirus tracking app. If you use facebook, messenger, What'sApp, google maps, Amazon Prime, Outlook mail, zoom, or use a search-engine you have already given away an enormous amount of information, and it has already been hacked, sold or used to advertise products to you online. You have also already given away information that could be handed over under a subpoena to the Australian, US or other government if they suspect you may have participated in terrorist or other criminal activity. The Australian Government has made a commitment that this will not happen with any contact information you voluntarily provide to the government, should you test positive for Covid-19.<br />
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The Australian Coronavirus app is designed to allow us to get back to our lives in a coordinated way, so that should an outbreak happen, contact tracking can be facilitated more quickly. It is not tracking your movements, just your contacts if, and only if, you have downloaded the app and have it running in the background, you have come in contact for 15 minutes or more with someone who then tests positive for Covid-19, you are then contacted by someone from the Health Department and informed you have been in contact with that person, you then decide to upload the data, which up to that point has been stored on your phone. Furthermore, you can delete the app at any time.<br />
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What is the point of a conspiracy in the first place? A conspiracy can be the product of imagination by someone who, to make themselves feel more important, becomes the centre of everything that is happening. This is a form of magical thinking that most people grow out of by 11 or 12 years of age. For instance thinking the Coronavirus App has been specifically designed to trap you. As a person who suffered considerable abuse as a child it took me a bit longer to grow out of this mode of thinking. I also have a good imagination, so I tend to connect the dots in creative ways. Fortunately, at this point in my life, I am mentally robust enough to be able to tell the difference.<br />
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This study of conspiracies has led me to understand that, unlike the person who seeks to be the centre of the universe and engage in conspiracy theories, the originators of many of these conspiracies aren't so innocent, and don't believe the conspiracies themselves. They use conspiracies as tools to further their own greed and lust for power. Many conspiracies are used by convincing salesmen to push a product, course, book or course to help you 'see the truth' and you sign-up because you want to understand what is going on, to be able to look behind the veil of world history. They rely on 'confirmation bias' - the concept that people like to believe things that advance their existing belief system. Therefore it is easier to convince an anti-vaccination adherent that 5G is dangerous, because it confirms to their basic distrust of science, despite the originator of the anti-vaccination movement admitting his study was fraudulent, retracting it publicly and numerous subsequent studies showing no relationship between vaccines and autism.*** The originators of these conspiracies make money through product sales, advertising, subscribers, tours etcetera and they have discovered that on YouTube the more ridiculous and outrageous the claim, the more views and followers you get. This has led us to believe things that a decade ago we simply would not have fallen for en masse. The viral nature of social media means that many of these narratives get thousands of times more traction than they would before social media.<br />
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Furthermore, stay home orders are not like Hitler's pre-war Germany. I
have a Masters in International Relations, my dissertation was on
genocide, and I am appalled by those trying to conflate the two, without
any basis in fact. Hitler's policies were justified by a fraud - known
at that time as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion conspiracy, that had
circulated and been elaborated upon since publication in Russia in 1903, as if it had existed since the end of the
19th Century. This conspiracy said that a group of Zionist elders met regularly and created a plan to manipulate world affairs, subvert the media, orchestrate the Great War (and the
subsequent Treaty of Versailles) to extract all of Germany's wealth and
push the world into the Great Depression. The supposed group
(which has been proven to never have existed) has since been said to be responsible
for the disappearance of non-Jewish children, the abduction,
enslavement and sacrifice of non-Jewish women, the hoarding of wealth
with the aim of all humanity being tattooed with the number of the
beast. This fraudulent 'Protocols' document was published by both Henry Ford and Nazis and the supposed conspiracy led to hatred of all Jews as members of this
imaginary group and justified unimaginable atrocities throughout the
world against anyone of Jewish ancestry. It saw this action as
pre-emptive and necessary because the conspiracy 'proved' that the Elders of Zion would eventually enslave all non-Jews and bring about a
New World Order where non-Jews would be persecuted. The holocaust was
seen as a solution to this 'threat' and a way to get back all the
hoarded wealth the conspiracy pushers said these Jews had amassed. To be clear,
the conspiracy was based on a <b>complete fraud</b>, it was a <b>dangerous fallacy</b>
that people fell for and acted upon during a time of great financial
stress and societal breakdown. It was ascribed to by the followers of
Hitler, Stalin and even many people in Britain and the US in the lead up to the
World War 2, and influenced world events for almost 60 years.** <br />
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So does anybody else benefit when we believe in conspiracy theories? Yes, if conspiracy theories fracture and divide society then they assist those who wish to undermine social cohesion, civil order and functioning society, they undermine government and democracy by causing us to question everything without using critical thinking. Questioning everything doesn't equate to critical thinking. Critical thinking asks us to check the sources of information, validate those sources are what they say they are and look for other witnesses or collaborating evidence or references that can also be validated to ensure the information is not just a viewpoint or a fraud. Most people don't track through the claims on a YouTube video to its sources. As long as other conspiracy theorists support it, they feel that the information is validated. They often don't look at the financial incentive, sometimes millions of dollars, for people to jump on the bandwagon.<br />
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For example, considering the opinion of an engineer to be superior to the life-time research of a meteorologist when reviewing information about climate change, is not smart, it's not intelligent, it doesn't make you clever. It just means you don't understand that a lifetime working as an engineer is very different to a lifetime working in meteorology. It would be like saying that a Year 12 English Teacher is qualified to teach University mathematics, because at some point in their life they did some mathematics, or vice versa.<br />
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The organisations that want you to ascribe to conspiracy theories are many and varied, and can come from both ends of the ideological spectrum. In the context of Coronavirus, I can tell you they are groups that want to control the agenda and prevent governments from functioning, to force us back to work so nothing changes, so the wheels of commerce keep turning and we don't have time to realise the possibilities created by innovative solutions, like universal basic income. They are the mining magnates, the media barons that want us to keep working with our heads down as our rights are eroded. They are the ideological organisations that want you to keep donating to their religion, their philosophy, their political ideology so they can keep existing and pumping out their destructive memes. They are the polluters that don't want you to notice that nature is doing better when humans stop their normal routines for a while; they don't want you to see that what we all do does matter and can make a difference. They suggest that the economy is something separate to the production of people and that sacrificing the old and vulnerable is acceptable. They suggest that to save the economy we must sacrifice some people.<br />
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Where they are applied, the stay home orders are for our own safety and are the only proven strategy in the history of pandemics, dating back to the dark ages and used most recently en masse during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1919. They are still effective today. If better strategies arise, believe me, they will be applied. Fearing that you are being victimised because you have been asked to shelter-in-place or stay at home and social distance, ignores the sacrifice previous generations have made to keep future generations safe. Yes, it is tough mentally, yes it is tough financially, but the alternative is far worse. The stories from Northern Italy, Spain the UK and New York are heart-breaking. Developed societies pride themselves on valuing every life, but it seems this is only as long as it doesn't require much discomfort or come at economic cost. <br />
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We will get through this if we come together and support each other, because I suspect this will be only the first of a series of shocks we will experience this decade. Living on the South Coast of Australia, this is our second shock for the year. The first was the ravaging fires over summer that reduced many of our homes and forests to ashes. We came together as a community to survive the fires, and we have brought that same mentality into the Coronavirus crisis. The recovery will ask much of us, to work together, to go without things we have taken for granted, to work in different ways, to think more flexibly, to find ways to keep active and keep our spirits up, to be agile in our businesses to stay afloat, and to financially support those whose place in society is precarious due to the casual nature of their work. Those that do will come out of this better than they went in, richer for having survived and done their part, healthier for having found the balance between work and home, and it will be up to us to help those who have had to carry more of the burden. Our society will similarly become richer, more sustainable and agile and we will understand that a resort to conspiracy theory does not serve us.<br />
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*<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/12/5g-safe-radiation-watchdog-health?fbclid=IwAR1HsCMQE9URNzyM0kw2dVE1oeRbD3D7Q1yYkEz5bF6YOfuNOZ0GEocnIbc" target="_blank">Comprehensive study into effects of 5G technology</a><br />
**<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion" target="_blank">The Elders of Zion conspiracy</a><br />
***<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136032/" target="_blank">Vaccine conspiracy debunked</a><br />
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Elisabetta L Faenzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00571109910331177907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546954789447349225.post-36172597969657471242019-03-07T22:58:00.002-08:002019-03-07T22:58:41.803-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>The following is a letter from one of
the pioneers of Medicinal Cannabis in the US, Andrew L McIntyre. I have republished
it here in its entirety because it is crucial that governments and the
industry do not lose sight of how and why the Medicinal Cannabis
industry began in the first place, and address the very real concerns of the most vulnerable. The lessons and trends evident in the US, are also being felt in other jurisdictions like Australia and the UK.</i></div>
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Something That Grabs You: Epilepsy</h2>
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Who opened the door of legitimacy for the Cannabis Industry?</h3>
<br /><br />As private use of cannabis to treat children with epilepsy became more widespread, caregivers and parents drew upon their talents to ensure safety at all levels of production. With a sense of urgency, families with epileptic children, small growers and commercial operations joined forces to perfect the process of producing and administering cannabis as medicine. <br /><br />This collaborative effort resulted in significant improvements in testing techniques and plant type or strain selection. This compounding of different types of plants and molecules is proving to support not only epilepsy health outcomes but also other similarly sensitive neurological conditions. Our culture has not fully digested how positive kids’ health outcomes from cannabis truly are and yet the impact is already being felt like load roaring thunder.<br /><br />An important outcome is that the successful use of cannabis in treating pediatric epilepsy has opened up new awareness in the public eye of how and why cannabis can support many other disease states. All the groundwork that has been laid out in pediatrics is now being carbon-copied in such areas as geriatrics, where the insights gained about low-dose strategies for children were immediately applicable.<br /><br />While the new pediatric strategies were created under emergency conditions, parental demand and grower angst pushed development, the innovations that resulted from this struggle are fueling many of the continuing advancements in the cannabis industry today.<br /><br />Without this movement in pediatrics, various cannabis legalization bills might not have been passed and the techniques to deliver safe and quality medicinal product would not have emerged so quickly. All of the successful pediatric studies changed the landscape of the cannabis industry, bringing a revolution of thought and legitimacy. It was all driven by the efforts and sacrifices of parents, advocates, and medical professionals who fought for the right to access for kids. This effort cracked the egg for the entire industry, but who is eating all the eggs? <br /><br />Unfortunately, as the industry is exploding the parents and people who fought for legalization see other families are left behind. They are still struggling for safe access to the specific medicines they need. It varies drastically from state to state. Thousands of cannabis cultivation licenses have been issued and some states even require pediatric formulas be made. Yet in many cases, even when it is required by the state, many of the new licensed producers do not make the right formulas for diverse and somewhat perverse legal reasons. In other cases the testing is not used to the standards needed by the parents and prescribing doctors to drive these proven treatment strategies. <br /><br />In fact, the scientific achievements around cannabis and epilepsy have been a great unifying factor of political factions in the cannabis industry. These divisions in the industry historically haven’t always been on the same page, especially when it comes to legal definitions of drug class. <br /><br />It is now a moot point as we know everyone needs safe access now. This is an emergency and we are in the middle of healthcare crisis all over the world. Every child in America should get access Rights now under the Right To Try Act. We should lead!! It should clearly be delisted from the FDA schedule and graded for quality like vitamins. Best quality gets a different stamp with approval by parents and advocacy groups. EASY!! Please move the FDA's failed and inconsistent drugs laws on cannabis aside and let America take its next golden ticket to the global markets. That is what the story behind the pediatric cannabis developments should tell us. <br /><br />Of course, we are not out of the dark age of confusion over cannabis as many of the cannabis industry leaders are still unclear on the production types needed. There will be leaders that emerge in the industry who understand cannabis is a warehouse of nutritional molecules. Finding the best ingredients out of the 600 molecules in the plant is the equivalent to finding the God vitamin or supernutrient. That is what we do in pediatric cannabis. Something like this is happening in labs across the world after the new pediatric methods put a new drive to dive deeper into the science.<br /><br />From Greek origins, the root of the word epilepsy essentially means something that grabs you. That something also grabbed the cannabis industry and set it on a scientific High with legitimacy. <br /><br />The thing that takes hold of the person in epilepsy or the “Grab” that causes a seizure is a breakdown or interruption in the “bodies balance”. This is what biologist refer to as metabolic homeostasis. This is related to much more disease states than just seizure activity. Not enough of cannabis science has been directed toward metabolic considerations but it has been slowly growing in the direction for decades. These metabolic considerations are now dead center under the microscope as a result of the pediatric influence. It is a very common understanding that the same diverse metabolic dysfunctions that occur in epileptic seizures are present in autism, ADHD, sleep disorders, bipolar and migraines. The list goes on. The Door just blew open scientifically. <br /><br />If you do not understand magnitude of metabolism please take this part away with you and spread it throughout your circles. This new pediatric cannabis emphasis on the body’s balance and its impacts on broader medicine is the equivalent to discovering and harnessing electricity. As a result, the industry is exploding with new low dose, low psychoactive techniques, and I believe it is just the beginning. We owe this to the kids and their parents who won for us all...We should open access for kids like them now and in the future. May their lives inspire us. <br /><br />Please get cannabis use for epilepsy and autism on the right to try Act Now Mr President. And Please push to Delist cannabis off the FDA drug schedule. <br /><br />Hope and Health, <br />Andrew L. McIntyre</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know I haven't posted for a while. That's because I've been working with a team of scientists, quality assurance manufacturing experts, cultivation experts, clinical and plant phenomics researchers and business leaders on a very important project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my book - The Energy Code - I explored many different mind and body health <i>'hacks' </i>including mindfulness, hypnosis, exercise, diet, nutrition, hydration and over-coming trauma. I explored how our genetics and brain chemistry are both modified by our environment and lifestyle choices and how we can maximise our health, vitality and quality of life through applying these methods.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In early 2016 I fully ruptured my Achilles Tendon and was off my feet for 6 weeks and then spent another 6 weeks in a boot. I'd been working on a side-project looking at how we might extract essential ingredients from botanicals without chemical solvents and became very passionate about the potential of SuperCritical CO2 to achieve this, enabling people who are sensitive like me to use plant-based extracts without fear of reacting to solvents or preservatives. Around the same time the Australian Government announced the legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis. I had been interested in the plant's possibilities for years, but had been unable to do anything more than reading about it while it was banned. The time off my feet gave me a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to focus completely on understanding what this amazing plant could actually do, and if it is something I should get behind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This began a quest to understand everything I could, traveling to Israel twice to speak to the leading scientists in the field, talking to experts from the Netherlands, Canada and the US as well as emerging scientists in Australia. Very quickly I had an amazing, small team of people around me doing the same and by the end of that year LeafCann was born.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since then LeafCann has been establishing production facilities in Australia, applied for licences, employed cultivation and quality assurance experts, begun a clinical trial into the effectiveness of Medicinal Cannabis on the Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, and partnered with major research organisations to understand the genetic and morphological expression of different cannabis cultivars. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In November 2018 we will host a Symposium that will bring together leading experts in Medicinal Cannabis research, regulation, medicine, patient access, plant cultivation and manufacture to discuss what is needed to overcome political inertia and medical skepticism to advance the sector and provide patients with efficacious, affordable, quality medicines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've also been liaising with government on both the Federal and State levels and pushing for more stream-lined and faster access for patients in need. To support this, LeafCann regularly talks to the media, contributing to the evidence based debate to bring the best quality Medicinal Cannabis medicines to those who need them most.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a LinkedIn conversation with Carol Coombes OBE, I realised that there might be many in the UK and elsewhere who could benefit from the work we have been doing. So, I've decided to post our Australian media teasers on my blog and start posting more regularly about what we are learning here about the pathway to legal Medicinal Cannabis. I'll be in the UK in November and hope to meet with advocacy groups and government while I am there in support of the growing patient access movement that uses the hashtag #weeditandreap. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elisabetta Faenza, MAICD, BA, MIR, Dip Clinical Hypnotherapy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The move is great news for those with certain conditions such as epilepsy and multiple sclerosis, however, there is still some work to do to make more products available to those who need them. While imported Cannabidiol (CBD) only products are already available without prescription in the UK, they are extremely expensive and out of reach of many people with chronic conditions. Certainty around the future legal framework for a local medicinal cannabis sector is essential to the development of new cannabis based medicines, better affordability for patients, product safety and the fostering of medicinal cannabis research.</span></div>
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University of New Mexico have found that medicinal cannabis provided patients
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The Australian medicinal cannabis industry should take notice of imitation products being produced internationally and expose the producers before they gain a foothold here. A recent report in Utah found that 52 people experienced illness after using what they thought was authentic cannabidiol (CBD) oil. Instead, they took synthetic compounds mostly found in a product called Yolo CBD Oil. A product so highly touted by its manufacturer that U.S officials still cannot determine who produces it.<br /><br />Australia’s regulations and standards are heading in the right direction in what is an emerging industry. It would be a shame to see imposters enter our market and quickly reduce the consumer confidence in medicinal cannabis which has taken some time to earn. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />A groundbreaking study has documented the superior therapeutic properties of whole plant medicinal cannabis extract rich in a particular cannabinoid known as Cannabidiol, compared to synthetic cannabidiol, Aspirin or Tramadol. This study leads the way for the use of whole-plant medicinal cannabis that is rich in CBD as a combined pain-management and anti-inflammatory treatment. It also further confirms the superiority over synthetic CBD-only treatments, and as a replacement for Aspirin, Nurofen, Voltaren and addictive opioid treatment regimes. Could Cannabis extract change the way we manage pain? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Increasing synthetic cannabis overdoses in the U.S emphasise the importance of regulation in the medicinal cannabis market</span></h3>
<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recent reports of overdoses related to recreational-use synthetic cannabis have highlighted the importance of ensuring the medicinal cannabis industry operates to the highest of standards. Although some medicinal cannabis products do use synthetic cannabis, these products are created in strict laboratory controlled conditions. U.S authorities report that recent deaths related to synthetic cannabis were laced with dangerous chemicals such as fentanyl, an opiate, or brodifacoum, an anticoagulant found in rat poison. Consumers can be confident that medicinal cannabis products available in Australia are free of impurities and safe to use.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elisabetta Faenza - CEO, LeafCann Group & Medicinal Cannabis Precision Medicine Expert </span><br />
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Elisabetta L Faenzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00571109910331177907noreply@blogger.com153tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546954789447349225.post-14098995326401658432017-04-28T00:27:00.000-07:002017-04-28T00:27:34.771-07:00Getting the good oil on hemp food legalisation…<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">The
Australian Hemp Lobby was given a mixed result today, when Australian
State and Federal Health Ministers announced the legalisation of hemp
seed with no or very low THC levels as a food
for sale in Australia, but maintained the prohibition of the use of
other parts of the hemp plant as a food or supplement.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ministers
met on Friday after receiving a recommendation from Food Standards
Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) and the findings of a Swinburne University
of Technology study showing that the consumption
of low THC hemp seeds provided no risk to road safety.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hemp
seed food producers must ensure that products made from or containing
hemp seed make no claims using the words, marijuana, cannabis,
cannabinoid, cannabidiol (CBD) or THC, or infer that
consumers can get high from their products or receive medicinal
cannabis style therapeutic benefits.</span></div>
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decision maintains Australia’s obligations under the United Nations
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, and is consistent with Medicinal
Cannabis regulations, as hemp seed is specifically
exempted from the convention. CBD remains a Schedule 4, and THC a
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Narcotic in Australia and as such are prohibited to be sold as foods or nutritional supplements.
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Elisabetta L Faenzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00571109910331177907noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546954789447349225.post-22676129019171217862017-04-20T16:14:00.000-07:002017-04-28T00:32:09.276-07:00Coming to a supermarket near you - legal hemp food products?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has approved
Proposal P1042 to legalise Low-THC Hemp as a Food in Australia and New Zealand,
and now awaits the results of a study on the effects on roadside drug testing,
due late April. Health Ministers in Australia and New Zealand then have 60 days
to notify FSANZ whether they intend to ask it to review its decision or not, and will meet on April 28th to consider their decision.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Should the Australian Government accept the recommendation, foods
made from hemp seed or hemp oil will be legal for human consumption and sale in
Australia. Long considered a super-food, hemp oil can be processed to make a
protein rich flour and used as a substitute for wheat products. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">However, recent announcements in the media about the creation of a Hemp Hub in Geelong, Victoria and millions of dollars of investment by the sector into equipment and facilities may be premature, as representatives of the Office of Drug Control (ODC) and TGA recently commented in a public meeting that until the UN signals its approval of Low THC, high CBD Hemp Foods, they will remain prohibited here. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Australia has an obligation as a signatory to the <i>Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961 & 1972, </i>to not move in advance of changes to this schedule. Hemp is part of the Cannabis family of plants and therefore every part of the plant is covered by the convention (except for industrial or horticultural use). The difficulty comes when low THC Hemp is touted as significantly different to low THC Cannabis, which it is not. Hemp is the term used to describe the sub-species of cannabis used for industrial purposes, generally a taller and more fibrous plant. To produce the proposed hemp foods a shorter version of the plant would be bred, higher in CBD oils, which is exactly the same as low THC Medicinal Cannabis. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Consumption of any part of the plant as a medicine is permitted under the same stringent licensing conditions that were announced in Australia in February 2016 for Medicinal </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Cannabis. Furthermore the total amount of hemp foods </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px;">produced</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12pt;">made from extracted oils would have to be included in Australia's Annual Narcotics Estimates to the UN.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The obligation of a signatory include the following:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Article 36 PENAL PROVISIONS 1. a) Subject to its constitutional limitations, each Party shall adopt such measures as will ensure that cultivation, production, manufacture, extraction, preparation, possession, offering, offering for sale, distribution, purchase, sale, delivery on any terms whatsoever, brokerage, dispatch, dispatch in transit, transport, exportation of drugs contrary to the provisions of this Convention, and any other action which in the opinion of such Party may be contrary to the provisions of this Conventions shall be punishable offences when committed intentionally, and that serious offences shall be lable to adequate punishment particularly by imprisonment or other penalties of deprivation of liberty."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">In other words, because hemp flour is made from high CBD, low THC hemp oil, and touted as a super-food with health benefits, it is technically a Cannabis Medicine and therefore regulated by the Office of Drug Control. Legalising Hemp Foods in advance of the UN could put Australia into direct contravention of our international obligations, causing the loss of our status as a complying signatory. This could lead to a delinquency notice from the UN, and the destruction of Australia's massive potential as an exporter of Medicinal Cannabis products and hemp products to complying signatory countries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Hemp Foods lobby can't have its cake and eat it too, claiming health benefits from its CBD flour but avoiding the compliance standards and regulation required of Cannabis Medicines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Will the Single Convention be updated to allow Hemp Foods some time soon?</span></span></h3>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Probably, but until then the Australian Government needs to tread with caution, and industry needs to look at the big picture for a sustainable Cannabis and Hemp Food sector, and not short-term gains by circumventing legislation.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Hemp seed, however, is exempted from the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and is the most likely candidate for legalisation, when Federal and State health ministers meet.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12pt;">You can learn more about FSANZ and hemp foods here: </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumer/generalissues/hemp/Pages/default.aspx">http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumer/generalissues/hemp/Pages/default.aspx</a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">You can learn more about the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 here:</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.unodc.org/pdf/convention_1961_en.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">https://www.unodc.org/pdf/convention_1961_en.pdf</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Why all the fuss about Hemp Foods?</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">While sourcing Omega 6 and Omega 3 rich oils from marine sources
has serious environmental consequences, including the risk of heavy metal
contamination, hemp is a vegan friendly, environmentally acceptable and ethical
alternative to fish-oil and krill oil. High in insoluble fibre, hemp oil is
also a good source of tocopherols and essential minerals.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The 9 remarkable dietary and skincare
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">With the imminent legalization of
hemp as a legal food in Australia, and its touting as a super-food. Here are 9 reported
properties of hemp, when used as a food or for skincare:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Fact #1: Hemp Oil may help maintain hormonal balance: </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hemp is the only edible seed
that contains gamma-linolenic acid, which is eventually converted to the protective
hormone prostaglandin PGE1 that regulates hormonal balance and supports
menopausal health. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Fact #2: Hemp Oil may regenerate and energise the
skin’s protective layer: </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Due to its high content of omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids, hemp
oil has a composition similar to skin lipids, which makes it an excellent
natural emollient and moisturizer. It is especially useful for dry, tired or
dehydrated skin and nails. Hemp oil increases the skin’s elasticity and the
water retention capacity of tissues. Pure hemp oil can be used to treat
dry hair and is often included in vegan hair conditioners.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hemp Oil is vegetarian and vegan friendly: </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Getting the right balance of
omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids can be tricky for vegetarians and vegans. Hemp
oil naturally has the optimal ratio of these acids, is plant based and a
renewable crop that conditions soil.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hemp Oil may lower cholesterol: </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The only vegetable oil to
contain omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in the right ratio (3:1), hemp oil may help lower
cholesterol levels by accelerating metabolic processes. With a faster
metabolism, fats burn at a quicker rate preventing them from forming
plaques on artery walls.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hemp Oil may benefit diabetics: </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Due to its low glycaemic index,
hemp oil can be a great food additive for diabetics. The nutrients present may
help moderate blood sugar levels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hemp Oil may help prevent psoriasis: </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Psoriasis has been associated
with a deficiency of omega-6 fatty acids in the body. The fatty acids present
in hemp oil may help improve skin oxygenation and hydration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hemp Oil can boost your immunity: </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids
improve immunity while regulating intestinal flora, thus building a
natural barrier against microbes and increasing digestive and immune resilience. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hemp Oil may prevent demyelination of the nervous system: </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Essential fatty acids are
necessary for a healthy cell membrane structure. They also prevent the
demyelination, the destruction of the myelin sheath (a membrane that protects
the nerve cells). Hemp oil is high in essential fatty acids.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hemp Oil may prevent varicose veins:</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Like other compounds high
in omega-3s, hemp oil thins the blood, reducing blood clots and varicose veins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elisabetta L Faenzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00571109910331177907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546954789447349225.post-39590656318565797982017-04-11T21:25:00.000-07:002017-04-11T21:29:23.564-07:00Better than your current pain killer...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Cannabis extract
(CBD) might be the opioid, ibuprofen or Aspirin replacement you’re looking for…</span></span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></h3>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://file.scirp.org/pdf/PP_2015021016351567.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/scholar\.google\.com\/scholar_url?url=http\:\/\/www\.scirp\.org\/journal\/PaperDownload\.aspx%3FpaperID%3D53912&hl=en&sa=X&scisig=AAGBfm1y6XXRXwo9CW0MRmgYs79NkUitlg&nossl=1&oi=scholaralrt\0022 \\o \0022Whole plant cannabis is best\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: green;">groundbreaking study</span></span></span></a>
has documented the superior therapeutic properties of whole plant CBD-rich
medicinal cannabis extract as compared to synthetic, single-molecule
cannabidiol (CBD), Aspirin (non-steroid anti-inflammatory) or Tramadol (an
opioid pain medication). </span></div>
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data together with those of others provide legitimation to introduce a new
generation of phytopharmaceuticals to treat diseases that have hitherto been
treated using synthetic drugs alone,” the Israeli team reported.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">This study leads the way for the use of whole plant CBD rich
medicinal cannabis as a combined pain-management and anti-inflammatory
treatment, and further confirms its superiority over single-molecule, synthetic
CBD only treatments, and as a replacement for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
(for example the NSAIDs: Aspirin, Nurofen, Voltaren) and addictive opioid
treatment regimes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">References: Ruth Gallily, Zhannah Yekhtin, Lumír Ondřej Hanuš,</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Overcoming
the Bell-Shaped Dose-Response of Cannabidiol by Using Cannabis Extract Enriched
in Cannabidiol,” </span><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pharmacology & Pharmacy</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(Feb. 2015), </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Cited at: </span><a href="http://file.scirp.org/pdf/PP_2015021016351567.pdf"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://file.scirp.org/pdf/PP_2015021016351567.pdf</span></a></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">You’ve probably heard a lot in
the press about the ineffectiveness of vitamin supplements. You’ve probably
also heard about ground-breaking studies showing the benefit of plant-based
extracts in the treatment of hard-to-manage conditions. Why do these reports
seem to contradict each other?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Well not all supplements are
equal, and their clinical use is difficult to patent and produce at standards
acceptable to the various regulatory bodies that govern medicines around the
world. While difficult, though, it is not impossible. Recently more research
has begun into therapeutic botanical extracts and better ways to produce them,
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Think of it like this: while
eating an apple a day is beneficial to health, taking synthetic versions of the
vitamins and minerals found in an apple might provide little or no benefit.
That’s because there are dozens if not hundreds of other molecules bound up in
that apple that help it to support human health, that aren’t in the supplement.</span></div>
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supplement is made of a whole-plant extract, and you can find peer-reviewed
studies to support it, then it’s probably going to help for the conditions
indicated in the study. If, however it’s a synthetic copy or just contains a
couple of the molecules found in the plant, then odds are it will just help you
to make extremely expensive urine. The other alternative, of course, is to simply
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Cannabi</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">s shows promise in treating meth and opioid addiction</span></b></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The International Journal of Drug Policy recently concluded a
major Canadian based study into the effect of medicinal cannabis on pain
management, tobacco use and prescription drug addiction. 63% of the 271 study
participants reported that they managed pain more effectively with cannabis and
preferred it to prescriptions pain medications. 30% of participants preferred
cannabis to using highly addictive opioids. 12% of recipients had used cannabis
to quit their tobacco addiction (Lucas, 2017). <br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In another review, The National Institutes of Health concluded
that a <i>"growing number of studies support a critical role (in addiction
pathways) and provide further evidence that the cannabinoid system could be
explored as a potential drug discovery target for treating addiction across different
classes of stimulants" (Oliere, 2013).<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Studies, such as this one, are overturning the false belief that cannabis is a gateway to
more potent drug addictions, and instead shows that medicinal cannabis is an
effective and safe pain management treatment, helping sufferers avoid
developing dangerous addictions to opioids and other pain medications while
adequately relieving pain. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In a separate study, The National Academy of Sciences, found that
there is no valid evidence connecting marijuana with increased usage of other
illicit substances. As a result the US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) was
forced to remove unsubstantiated claims about marijuana being a gateway drug from
its website. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This move is in line with a growing body of evidence
substantiating the medicinal applications of cannabis for chronic pain and
otherwise untreatable conditions. While smoking marijuana does not provide
optimal dose or quality control, formulations based on Cannabinoid extracts and
delivered as an oil, capsule, dermal patch or via metered inhaler show great
promise with few if any side-effects. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">As the peak medical practitioner body the AMA must now be under
pressure to update its policy on medicinal cannabis and work with the TGA to
support practitioner education and licensing, to meet the growing, medicinal
demand.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Industry Expert: Elisabetta L. Faenza Co-founder – <a href="http://leafcann.com.au/" target="_blank">LeafCann</a></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lucas,
Phillipe and Walsh, Zach, April 2017, <i>Medicinal
cannabis access, use, and substitution for prescription opioids and other
substances: A survey of authorized medical cannabis patients, </i> The International Journal of Drug Policy, ,
Vol 42, pages 30 -35<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Cited at: </span><a href="http://www.ijdp.org/article/S0955-3959(17)30013-0/abstract"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://www.ijdp.org/article/S0955-3959(17)30013-0/abstract</span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, 2017, <i>The health effects of cannabis and cannabinoids: Current state of
evidence and recommendations for research. </i>Washignton, DC: The National
Academies Press<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Oliere,
Staphanie, Jolette-Riopel, Antoine, Polvin, Stephane, Justras-Aswad, Didier,
2013 <i>Modulation of the Endocannabinoid
System; Vulnerability Factor and new Treatment Target for Stimulant Addiction, </i>Semantic
Scholar, Psychiatry, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Cited
at </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Modulation-of-the-Endocannabinoid-System-Oli%C3%A8re-Jolette-Riopel/34df4fecc92104d004b46665fa6963681627d928"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Modulation-of-the-Endocannabinoid-System-Oli%C3%A8re-Jolette-Riopel/34df4fecc92104d004b46665fa6963681627d928</span></a></span></div>
Elisabetta L Faenzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00571109910331177907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546954789447349225.post-41152912112105036102015-08-06T17:09:00.000-07:002015-08-06T17:09:25.119-07:00Can Mindfulness Empower Us?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The process of
learning mindfulness practices like self-hypnosis, meditation or other autogenic techniques, can be compared to preparing thoroughly for a journey. The journey of
course, is life, however, armed and prepared with greater insight, we are
able to understand and reap the benefits of observing and learning from the
journey of life as never before.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">There are many subconscious levels of perception and the more we
consciously apply ourselves to the task of knowing ourselves, the deeper the level
of perception and consciousness we can achieve. This is at the root of all mystic
traditions, and what lies screened by the dogma of the world’s major religions.
Knowing ourselves is not always a simple task, and the hardest part seems to be
acknowledging our responsibility for the life we've ended up with. Once this is achieved, other
insights come more easily. By learning mindfulness techniques like self-hypnosis and meditation we can begin to peel back
the layers of self-deception that we create. Many of these layers were created as protection against adversity, loss and trauma.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">In previous posts I have discussed the mechanisms through which we develop inappropriate behavioural<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>responses. When these responses are
re-stimulated we act out old scenarios learned in childhood or early adulthood,
that are mostly completely unrelated to the situation at hand, and almost
useless as strategies for problem solving. Perceiving the origins of this
behavior is a first, and very important step, but if lingered upon, can become
counter-productive. We naturally seek to blame the authority figures of our
childhood for all of our adult problems. Where does this stop, however? Our
parents, equally, could blame their forebears, and they in turn their own. What
does this achieve?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The answer to
evolving beyond negative learned and instinctive behaviours, is to emerge from the cycle of blame and ignorance, and to look
inside once more. Those behaviours could never linger if we didn’t find
some comfort from them. This is what we call a secondary-gain. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">For example, sometimes
the attention and sympathy of friends and relatives keeps us chronically unwell, or more
precisely our addiction to that form of approval and validation that ensures we
do not give 100% to the business of becoming well. Medicare, insurance
policies, pharmaceuticals, invalid pensions etc, are all conspirators that cushion the
discomfort of illness. They are necessary to assist us to get through the
initial phase of trauma, and support us through the healing process, but become
counter-productive over the long term if they become a crutch. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">This may sound
harsh, but think about it for a while. Once we’ve been unwell for long enough, we can lose our ability to think of ourselves as well, and our self-image has
shifted toward the victim end of the scale. Naturally, we feel we need help
to cope with the repercussions of chronic illness, in the form of rebates or
financial payment as compensation, especially for injury. The longer this goes on, the worse it gets. The part of us that
no longer perceives itself as capable of health, clings stubbornly to the
secondary gains of illness, preventing us from moving back toward a state of
wellbeing.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Any type of subsidy needs to be paired with a caring system of rehabilitation - identifying what abilities can be strengthened and using technology to assist with disability. This allows us to emerge from helplessness and take back our power.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">These are issues
I have discussed at length previously, but they are pertinent to the topic at
hand; that is the achievement of an Empowered Life. Our interactions with each
other, at all levels of daily life, are also governed by social mores, and were
learned by observing the world of adults that surrounded us in childhood. We
intuitively perceived the interplay of power in the world of adults, and
adopted the behavioural tools we deemed most appropriate, in order to navigate
our way through life. In summary, there are myriad ways one human being can
relate to another, and most of the methods we employ are not only reactive but
help to perpetuate the hostile environment that foments envy, deceit, murder,
prejudice, war and intolerance.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">It all boils
down to the concept that individuals interact in non-visible ways. We often put
this down to vibes, by saying someone has good or bad vibes. What does this
mean? Does it reveal anything more than some amorphous feeling? The answer in
my opinion, and coming from quantum biology is a resounding yes!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Physicists have
discovered that there is a web of energy, which links beings
together, formalizing what has hither to been called intuition. This web
is an electromagnetic field of energy, measurable in the laboratory. It exists
at the level of sub-atomic particles in a detectable manner, and its discovery
has created a cleft between the adherents of mechanistic view of the world, and
the more contemporary, but far less tangible quantum view of the Universe as a
connected whole. Quantum biologists have observed the interaction of this field with human DNA.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Fritjof Capra, in
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Turning Point</i>, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Tao of Physics</i>, John Gribbons, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In the Beginning</i>, Peter Tomkins and
Christopher Birds’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Secret Life of
Plants</i>, Paul Harper in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cosmic
Wormholes</i> are amongst a wave of scientists and investigators in fields of
physics, biology, anthropology, cosmology and genetics who have perceived the
interconnectedness of life in the Universe. Even more than that, as John
Gribbon put it, the Universe is organic, it is evolving and self-organising
just as cellular organisms do. If the actions of very small sub-nuclear
particles can effect each other over great distances, and seemlingly
instantaneously, and if 99% of all matter in the Universe is invisible, then
how can we say that humans stand outside the Universe as impartial observers,
unmoved by the invisible, instantaneous processes that act on all matter from
the quantum to the macro?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">When you are able
to see the Energy Field around all things, you are also able to see the state
of flux of all things, and this helps us understand that our solidity is
only an illusion. Electrons obey the Uncertainty Principle of physics, and can
never be precisely placed in space. Instead, physicists offer a probability
quotient for the position of electrons within atoms at any precise moment. In
other words because sub-atomic particles are always moving, very, very fast,
and because every visible thin in the Universe contains atoms, which form
molecules, which form elements, which combine to become higher forms of life
including all animal, plant and insect life, then we too are continually in
movement.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The electrons
within the atoms of our own bodies are vibrating and spinning at incredibly
fast speeds so that it gives the illusion of solidity, much like a spinning
propeller on a plane visibly cease to spin at a certain speed and gives the
illusion of a disk, and can even appear to be spinning in reverse.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The Energy Field
around all things in the Universe, animate or inanimate, is a cloud of energy
being discharged by the atomic and chemical processes that occur continuously
within us in order to keep us alive. Interestingly Kirlian Photography and the
testimony of those who see the energy field, has shown that the mood, health
and perception of any individual impacts on the form, intensity and colour of
that individual’s Energy Field or aura. It has long been known that our hair,
skin and nails reveal inner states of health, so why not the energy discharge of
our atoms?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Those who can
perceive the electromagnetic Energy Field of living beings often report flaring, or huge surges of the Energy Field
in the direction of the perception, or when individuals experience strong
emotions. We seem, in general, to filter out the information that would show us
the world and ourselves as fluid energy. The five sense act as filters of
information, not only gatherers, especially when compared to the sensory world
of plants. As we evolved into moving, verbally communicative and creative
creatures, we developed more specialized senses. We filtered out the
ultraviolet and infra-red extremes of the light spectrum. We filtered out
extremely high or extremely low sound frequencies and we lost our ability to
pick up subtle odours. Yet, there are creatures on earth and in the sea, who
are able to do any or all of these things because it is pertinent to their
survival. We filtered out this information, perhaps, because it overloaded our
brain, by providing too much input. By becoming more specialized it allowed our
mind to do other things, like master speech. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">A plant has a
large open field of sensory perception because its movement is limited as is
its volition, and it needs a very wide spectrum of information in order to
prosper. As we lost our ability to perceive the flux of existence, and the
dynamic interplay between the energies of living things, we also forgot our
connection to the living world. We separated ourselves in towns and cities, and
filled our lives with tangible, material things – so much so that we began to
believe, falsely that these things were reality.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">This is a
rock-logic, unmindful perception. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">What is it? We ask, and the answer is – a book, a
clock and car. We use the symbol book to connote in a very superficial way what
the book realty is. Then we are fooled into believing that the symbol is as
real as the information the book contains, then we begin to believe that like
the symbol the information in the book is static and not dynamic. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">All of us are
human becomings. We are still evolving, and have not achieved or become fully
evolved, and may never be. The environment influences our genes. DNA is
switched on or silenced by chemical tags triggered by these epigenetic signals.
Experience can in turn alter the genes we pass onto our descendants. We started
existence in this Universe approximately 15 billion years ago, and contain
elements, which are only higher vibrations of the primordial elements of
hydrogen and helium. We are the stuff of exploded stars, interstellar debris,
gas clouds, volcanic eruptions, primordial swamps, prehistoric sea creatures,
land dinosaurs and the higher primates. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Every element in
our bodies has been on a fifteen billion year journey, evolving, refining
itself and combining in new ways to create higher and higher orders of life.
Here we are with brains that require the resources of an entire planet to
sustain, with a history stretching back eons and yet we deny our connection to
this planet and the cosmos at large?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Another side
effect of limiting our perception to a rock-logic point of view, is that the
pool of energy readily available to all living things became more and more
removed from us, or to be precise we removed ourselves further and further form
it. Natural things in pristine environments have Energy Fields that are
enormous, and this is why we feel so good when we immerse ourselves in a
natural environment. Indigenous peoples embrace a tree or rock in order to
energise themselves before a confrontation or when they are ill, and many
animist cultures attribute spiritual powers to all living things. We too were
once surrounded by an enormous field of energy, but as we removed ourselves more
and more from a pristine state of existence and spiritual connection with the
planet of our birth, our Energy Fields diminished to a size that for most
people is limited to less than a metre beyond the physical boundary of their
body.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Because all
beings need energy, if any being is cut off one source of energy it has
to find alternative sources of energy. Most of you would think of food as the
primary source of energy, but isn’t it interesting that the amount of food
humans consume is not proportional to their energy requirements, and our
ability to judge our energy requirements from food, via the hypothalamus is
almost totally non-existent in Western society. Often we know we have fulfilled
our caloric requirement for food, and yet we still feel lethargic or run-down.
A balanced diet and perhaps vitamin therapy go a long way toward alleviating
this problem, but what drives us to eat poorly in the first place? We are all
capable of eating well when we feel good, but the minute we feel low or
depressed, or drained we begin to eat high-calorie, low nutrition foods. The
word DRAINED, is an important clue.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The primary
source of energy humans use today (aside from food) is the energy they drain from other human
beings and the environment. Having lost our ability to tap into the Universal
Field of Energy and Information, we instead take the ‘easy’ way out and drain
someone less powerful than ourselves of their energy. Of course, in the end
this is not really the easy way out, because there is never enough energy
around at this level, and the draining process creates a chain reaction whose
end result is the society we lament all around us.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">All of this can be changed by becoming mindful of the power
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Information and
knowledge are at this moment competing with DNA as the determining force of existence. With inner knowledge comes the power to change everything about ourselves:
to overcome the limitations of our physical birth, our upbringing and our
environment. It enables us to evolve to a state unparalleled in the history of
the earth. Our DNA, that guardian of our inheritance has given birth to a
brain, which has runaway in its development, far outstripping the limitations
of our genes. Our genes can add to themselves by mutation – and that occurs
over a geologically long period of time. Epigenetics is a recently discovered
process that reveals how experience and the environment can edit the genes,
changing the genome that is passed onto subsequent generations. Learned
behaviours can be transcribed into the genome, affecting how our children and
grandchildren respond to stress and trauma. Mindfulness allows us to consciously edit our DNA.</span>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Mindfulness training
provides the key to creating a process of change, and a dialogue with our
inner selves. It is the basis of conscious evolution that frees us from the
chains of a slow genetic process of development from primordial slime to
complete human being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Change is the
hallmark of our era, and the ability to change is the pre-requisite for
survival. We do not have the time as a species, to wait for genetic mutation to
come to our rescue, and help us to stop acting in a gene-multiplying
self-prophecy of doom. No other species of living organism has ever had to face
the question of cutting its own reproduction rate in order to survive, yet this
is the very task facing us today. In fact, it is this most important
characteristic of genes that reveal them to be the force behind the negative
road of mankind. Genes are selfish by nature, and create a body that gives the
genome the greatest chance of survival through reproduction. The gene is
immortal and cares little for the carrier – the human in this case – except as
a means to an end. The gene is also blind, and cannot see where this
selfishness is leading.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The task we face
is to take the under-utilised brain that our DNA has created and use it to
evolve beyond gene domination. Through mindfulness we can free ourselves from gene driven behavior,
that while good for the gene does little for our quality of life, nor for the
future of life in general.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">While DNA is slow
to change, and protects itself against change, the mind is able to add to its
files continually. Further, it can completely re-organise itself in the light
of new information, it can learn new skills that influence its survival
consciously. DNA, on the other hand, is a the mercy of mutation and natural selection,
and can do nothing to change its chances of survival even over generations.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The only way we
can be free of the tyranny of our genes, is to develop our minds. Mindfulness training develops skills that open up the inner world of our mind, and can help us in our quest for knowledge, enlightenment and
self-actualisation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Elisabetta is the author of the best-selling non-fiction book - <i>The Energy Code.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">She is also the author of <i>The Infidel, Veritas</i> and <i>Nemesis</i> and was the librettist for the musical - <i>D'Arc, The Legend of Saint Joan.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Elisabetta works
is a professional speaker and consultant to government organisations, entrepreneurs and NGOs on
innovation, change management and talent retention.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Ever been told you need to change your outlook,
or adopt a more ‘resilient mind-set’?</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Are mindsets even real, or are they just psychobabble?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">According to brain plasticity experts, mindsets
are real and the result of the interaction between our environment, nervous
system and DNA. A mind-set is actually a group of neurological mind-maps that
we create to perform a task, or respond to input coming from the senses.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Resilience has become a buzzword for a group of
behaviours that enable an individual to withstand, or recover quickly from,
adversity or adapt to changed conditions. Much attention </span>has <span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">been paid by researchers to the
study of individuals who demonstrate a resilient mind-set in the face of
trauma, in the hope that a model of resilience can be developed and taught.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In my research into the interaction between
behaviour, our DNA, and the environment, I was drawn to the work of
neuro-plasticians (scientists who study the brain’s ability to change itself)
like Edward Taub and Michael Merzenich,<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6546954789447349225#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">[i]</span></span></span></span></a></span><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">1</span></sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> whose work is complementary to that
of quantum biologists Pjotr Gariaev and Vladimir Popponin.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">While quantum biologists, Gariaev and Popponin,
investigate how environmental mechanisms switch DNA on or off, Taub and
Merzenich have dedicated their lives to understanding how the nervous system
responds to signals from the environment, learns new skills, and develops
habits.</span> <span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Their research
reveals a dynamic neurological process where the mind creates maps for how it
responds to signals coming from the senses, and then recreates them on demand.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">What do we use Mindmaps for?</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There are maps for everything we do, hear, see,
feel, taste and smell. These maps contain the precise sequence and location of
neurones (cells) in the brain as they are fired. The more we are exposed to
something, and respond in a similar way, the more defined and refined these
maps become, and the more of our brain the map owns.</span> <span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We have maps for walking, for
holding a ball or gripping a cup, and we have maps for our emotions, for what
triggers feelings of love, sadness, fear, anger or arousal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Being aware of how our behaviour is laid down
in our nervous system by repetition and reward allows us to decide if a
particular mind-set is productive.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Mindsets are literally groups of associated
neurological mind-maps that work together, or fire together. There is a saying
in brain plasticity that says: ‘neurones that fire together, wire together’ and
‘neurones that fire apart, wire apart.’</span><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6546954789447349225#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 8pt;">[ii]</span></span></span></span></a></span></sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This grouping of mind-maps doesn’t just apply
to physical responses, but to the secretion of brain chemicals that underpin
emotion. Our brain maps our experience by creating 3D, holographic,
topographical maps and then storing these throughout our cells, from the brain
stem and spinal cord, down into the peripheral nerves themselves. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When a situation resembles an aspect of a past
experience, this triggers the projection of the 3D mind-map almost
instantaneously, and causes neurones to fire in a precise sequence, making our
response feel automatic or unconscious. Every time we relive an experience, we
add detail to, or amend information in the map, literally re-writing our past.</span><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">3</span></sup> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The brain then links experiences to deepen and add detail to mind-maps</span>,<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> making them more refined and
complex.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Overcoming Damaging Mindmaps </span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Sometimes, however, circumstances in the
environment change so swiftly that our mind-maps are no longer appropriate. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It therefore follows that someone who is good
at playing piano will have a bigger map for the movement of their fingers and
hands than a soccer player. While the soccer player would have more of their
brain devoted to the nuances of moving the body, legs and feet than would the
pianist.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Mind maps draw on abilities we have inherited
from our parents that are the best fit for a particular experience or stimulus
coming from our environment. This explains why we can carry a gene for
depression and anxiety, but if we do not experience sustained bullying or
trauma as a child, this gene may not be called on. Meanwhile if we are taught
functional ways to handle aggression and conflict, these skills will instead become
the basis of a mind map that gives us an evolutionary advantage for survival
and thus reproduction, and may then be naturally selected for over the
generations in preference to humans with the older code</span>.<sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6546954789447349225#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 8pt;">[iii]</span></span></span></span></a></span></sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">If this mind map is reinforced over and over again
by practice and experience, there is a good chance it will be laid down in the
DNA as an alternative code, which can be passed onto future generations. A
parent who copes well with conflict and aggression is also more likely to teach
these skills to their offspring, further reinforcing the resilient behaviour.
Over multiple generations, this reinforcing of a healthy response to aggression
and conflict may lead to a dominant trait in descendants that predispose them
to resilience. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This brilliant, new research over-turns both
the ‘dominance of the gene’ and ‘brain localisation’ theories, proving the
dynamic interplay between genetic material and our experience of the world
through our senses.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Developing Resilience </span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Resilient individuals can be said to have
highly functional maps that provide a strong pattern for the nervous system to
rely upon, as well as the ability to be able to break these maps down when they
are no longer useful and replace them with better response maps.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Positively charged emotions like gratitude,
love, acceptance and joy produce dopamine and endorphins that help lay down new
mind-maps, as well as oxytocin that helps dissolve the old mind-maps being
replaced. This explains why it is only at the point of acceptance in the cycle
of grieving that individuals are able to finally let go of what was lost and
move on. Acceptance promotes the production of the very brain chemical that
melts away old mind-maps and allows new mind-maps to supersede them.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6546954789447349225#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">[iv]</span></span></span></span></a></span><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Experiencing a reward for new behaviour also
triggers more dopamine, helping to reinforce connections between neurones,
strengthening a new map. Fear, on the other hand, shuts down the nervous system
and DNA expression, leaving us with only the most primitive maps to fall back
on. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This explains why fear and anxiety can render
us speechless and unable to respond. Soldiers are trained to overcome this
through the repetition of skills under extreme pressure, and through receiving
rewards for the desired, resilient behaviour.</span><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">6</span></sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Even soldiers, when exposed repeatedly
to stress and trauma, may experience post-traumatic stress symptoms and be
overwhelmed by fear, rage or depression.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The amazing thing about mind-maps is that they
are three dimensional, and stored holographically within the nervous system and
DNA. But even more amazingly, they are <i>plastic</i> and highly susceptible to
change.</span> <span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This new
evidence is transforming the way medicine rehabilitates stroke victims and
brain injury patients, leading to a virtual rewiring of damaged brains around
dead cells. The key to this new model of rehabilitation is to re-learn skills
for the damaged limb, motor skill or brain function as if for the first time,
step-by-step, like a baby, and by providing a reward for each incremental
improvement.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6546954789447349225#_edn5" name="_ednref5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">[v]</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In this way, some patients with catastrophic
damage have regained almost full function of motor-skills, despite a prognosis
they would never recover.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6546954789447349225#_edn6" name="_ednref6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">[vi]</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- </span></span></span></span></span><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6546954789447349225#_ednref1" name="_edn1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[i]</span></span></span></span></span></a>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">M.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">M. Merzenich, 2001, Cortical plasticity contributing to </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">childhood devSiegler, eds. Mechanisms of
Cognitive </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Development: Behavioural and Neural
Perspectives. Mahwah, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, p68.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6546954789447349225#_ednref2" name="_edn2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[ii]</span></span></span></span></span></a>
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Norman Doidge, MD, The Brain
that Changes itself, Scribe, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Melbourne 2010</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Ibid.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6546954789447349225#_ednref4" name="_edn4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[iv]</span></span></span></span></span></a>
<sup><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">4 </span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sugden, Karen, Kings College
Bullying Study, Kings College </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">2010, London</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6546954789447349225#_ednref5" name="_edn5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[v]</span></span></span></span></span></a>
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Ramachandran, V.S, The
Tell-Tale Brain, 2010</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6546954789447349225#_ednref6" name="_edn6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[vi]</span></span></span></span></span></a>
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Doidge Opcit, p119</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Hypnosis defies
precise definition, as it is a personal experience with few objective points of
reference available to the observer. What is agreed is that hypnosis involves
and altered state of perception, characterized by a focusing of awareness,
stillness of the conscious mind and is accompanied by physiological changes
such as slowing of respiration and circulation, muscular relaxation,
lacrimation of the eyes and feelings of either heaviness or lightness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">In
this course you will be introduced to the latest breakthrough in Autogenic and
Flow State Training systems to help YOU achieve your goals. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">To date, experts
have not been able to pinpoint the location of the conscious and subconscious
minds within the brain. This failure does not, however reflect on the existence
of the mind, but rather on our inability to come to terms with things we cannot
see or measure. Until the last century we could not measure or detect activity
at the nuclear of sub-nuclear level, yet that does not mean there was no
activity at these levels previously.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">What we have
determined in the laboratory, under EEG and fMRI is that certain areas of the
brain are associated with certain functions, however, this being said, it is
interesting to note that in some, stroke victims have learned to grow new
neural pathways to previously unused areas of the brain, and these areas have
taken over the work of the damaged neurons.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">It is my opinion
that the brain is the hardware, and looking for the mind within the brain is
like looking for programs (software) by taking a computer apart. Using this
model, the subconscious mind is the software, while the brain is the hardware.
The subconscious mind is a set of programs – or mindmaps that are accessed via
the hardware and used like we use Apps on our smart phone - to manage behaviors
or functions.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The conscious
mind is associated with the Somnic Nervous System – or the activation of the
voluntary muscles, centered within the Cerebral Cortes, or the outer layer of
the brain.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The information
receptors of the brain are located in a lateral strip of neurons that sit
across the top of the head, at the front of the Parietal Lobe of the Cerebral
Cortex. The area that controls voluntary movement is located just in front of
the Parietal Lobe, in an area at the back of the Frontal Lobe. One of the
oldest areas of the brain is the Thalamus, which is located at the base of the
Cerebrum. It interacts with the sensation receptors in the Parietal Lobe to
alter the intensity of sensations, and it is thanks to this interaction that
pain does not completely overwhelm us – for example without it, the pressure of
our clothes would be unbearable.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The thinking,
reasoning part of our brain is located in the extreme Frontal Lobe and Cerebral
Cortex. These are all implicated in the workings of the conscious mind.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The subconscious
mind, on the other hand, is identifies with the Autonomic Nervous System or
areas controlling the use and regulation of the involuntary or smooth muscles
such as the lungs, heart and digestive system and glands. More significantly to
our interest, the subconscious mind is the realm of memory storage and
retrieval.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Memories are
stored in the Temporal Lobe of the Cerebral Cortex, located either side of the
front of our brain, near the temples.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The Cerebellum
sits in the back of the brain stem, and is the storehouse of chain motor
responses learned in infancy by trial and error. It operates at the
subconscious level, coordinating the movements of voluntary muscles in an
habitual, learned fashion, that no longer requires detailed conscious thought.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The Frontal Lobe
directs these movements and the Cerebellum provides the detailed instructions
that allow fluid, efficient operation of muscles. Damage to the Cerebellum
causes the loss of co-ordination. The Cerebellum then is part of the
subconscious mind that works in concert with the Conscious Mind.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">In layman’s
terms, the Conscious Mind has come to be associated with the ‘will’, while the
Subconscious Mind is associated with day dreams and imagination – it is these
very characteristics that the practice of hypnosis is based upon.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">To complicate
matters, much of twentieth century psychology and psychiatry has been based
upon division of the brain into two hemispheres. The Corpus Callosum is the
connective area of the brain that links right and left hemispheres.
Interestingly it is thicker in women than men, suggesting that there is great
integration of left and right brain functions in women than men.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">In modern society
we have come to associate left hemisphere dominance with intelligence, success
and rationality, and have undervalued the creative, intuitive abilities that
characterize right hemisphere functions. Perhaps that is due to the dominance
of male values and patriarchy in the modern era, and a society steeped in
Newtonian, mechanical certainties. With the coming of Quantum Physics, Einstein’s
Theory of Relativity, Quantum Biology and Psychoneuroimmunology, and
Neuroscience, and a growing awareness within the scientific community that much
more is going on than can be explained by a mechanistic view of the Universe,
however, the right hemisphere and the Split-Brain theory is being re-evaluated.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Evidence gathered
from fMRI, EEG and during brain surgery suggest that rather than the brain
being split by function, the two hemispheres are divided and unified by
perspective. The right hemisphere provides context, and an abstract
understanding of the world, including an ability to create internal language
and recognize patterns. The left-hemisphere conversely provides our ability to
‘act’ in the world; to manipulate objects, language and ourselves to influence
the world.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Another way to
look at this is that the right brain provides the framework to understand the
world and create new ideas, while the left brain provides the tools to enact
those ideas. If an artist was only right-brained they would have no way of
conveying their creative ideas into any manifest form, the ideas would be
locked inside their head. Likewise if a mathematician was only left-brained
they would have no ability to recognize patterns, envisage solutions or make
connections between things.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">So the next time
you see one of those ‘Are you left or right brain dominant’ quizzes, walk away
– it’s based on outdated science and is pure rubbish.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">It is now agreed,
that in order to function at optimal levels we need the integration of both
hemispheres of the brain. How much of each hemisphere we regularly use appears
to be correlated with personality, but that’s a whole other lecture.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Rapid Eye
Movement (REM) sleep time has long been regarded as necessary to our very
mental survival and people deprived of this deep sleep state experience major
psychological disturbances and emotional upheaval. REM sleep is characterized
by the rapid movement of the closed eyes from left to right and back again, and
seems to be some kind of rapid integrative process, where the left and right
hemispheres communicate with each other, relaying information, retrieving
memories and formulating responses to the day to day demands of our lives. This
process is akin to what happens when you back-up your computer onto an external
drive. It allows short and mid-term memory to be converted to long-term memory
and is associated with mental health.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">We can create
this process through hypnosis and by repeatedly practicing this technique,
which takes less than ten minutes, we can synchronise both the hemispheres and
the electrical activity of the brain.</span></div>
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is some background to the powerful phenomena of Brain Wave States you’ll be
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You are wide-awake, alert. Your mind is sharp, focused. It makes connections quickly,
easily and you're primed to do work that requires your full attention. In the
Beta state, neurons fire abundantly, in rapid succession, helping you achieve
peak performance. New ideas and solutions to problems flash like lightning into
your mind. Beta training is one of the frequencies that biofeedback therapists
use to treat Attention Deficit Disorder.<br />
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Beta-centred Flow Training help you prepare to take an exam, play sports, give
a presentation, analyze and organize information, and other activities where
mental alertness and high levels of concentration are key to your success.<br />
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Beta waves range between 13-40 HZ. The Beta state is associated with peak
concentration, heightened alertness, hand eye coordination and visual acuity.
Nobel Prize Winner Sir Francis Crick and other scientists believe that the 40HZ
beta frequency used on many Brain Sync tapes may be key to the act of
cognition.<br />
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When you are truly relaxed, your brain activity slows from the rapid patterns
of Beta into the more gentle waves of Alpha. Your awareness expands. Fresh
creative energy begins to flow. Fears vanish. You experience a liberating sense
of peace and well-being. In biofeedback, Alpha training is most commonly
recommended for the treatment of stress.<br />
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Alpha-centered Flow Training help you tap your creativity and are excellent for
problem solving, finding new ideas and practicing creative visualization.
Choose Alpha programs when you want to attain deep levels of relaxation that
are so essential to your health and well-being.<br />
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Alpha waves range between 7-12 HZ. This is a place of deep relaxation, but not
quite meditation. In Alpha, we begin to access the wealth of creativity that
lies just below our conscious awareness - it is the gateway, the entry point
that leads into deeper states of consciousness. Alpha is also the home of the
window frequency known as the Schuman Resonance - the resonant frequency of the
earth's electromagnetic field.<br />
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Going deeper into relaxation, you enter the elusive and mysterious Theta state
where brain activity slows almost to the point of sleep, but not quite. This is
the therapeutic hypnogogic state. Theta is the brain state where magic happens
in the crucible of your own neurological activity. Theta brings forward
heightened receptivity, flashes of dreamlike imagery, inspiration, and your
long-forgotten memories. Theta can bring you deep states of meditation. A
sensation of "floating." And, because it is an expansive state, in
Theta, you may feel your mind expand beyond the boundaries of your body.<br />
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Theta rests directly on the threshold of your subconscious. In biofeedback, it
is most commonly associated with the deepest levels of meditation. Theta also
plays an important part in behavior modification programs and has been used in
the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction. Finally, Theta is an ideal state
for super-learning, re-programming your mind, dream recall, and self-hypnosis.<br />
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Theta waves range between 4-7 HZ. Theta is one of the more elusive and
extraordinary realms we can explore. It is also known as the twilight state
which we normally only experience fleetingly as we rise up out of the depths of
delta upon waking, or drifting off to sleep. In Theta, we are in a waking
dream, vivid imagery flashes before the mind's eye and we are receptive to
information beyond our normal conscious awareness. Theta has also been
identified as the gateway to learning and memory. Theta meditation increases
creativity, enhances learning, reduces stress and awakens intuition and other
extrasensory perception skills.<br />
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Long, slow, undulating. Delta is the slowest of all four brain wave
frequencies. Most commonly associated with deep sleep, certain frequencies in
the Delta range also trigger the release of Human Growth Hormone so beneficial
for healing and regeneration. This is why sleep - deep restorative sleep, the
kind that Delta frequencies help induce - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is so essential to the healing process. Delta
centred Flow Training can promote conversion from short term to long-term
memory.<br />
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Delta is the brain wave signal of the subconscious, the seat from which
intuition arises. That means Delta-based programs are not only an ideal choice
for their sleep and deep regeneration potential, but also when you want to
access your unconscious activity and help that wellspring of information flow
to your conscious mind for clearing and for empowerment. Delta waves range
between 0-4 HZ.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">When we are in
REM sleep we are alternating between low Alpha and high Theta activity, so that
alternating our attention between our right and left hemispheres synchronises
our brain’s electrical activity into a range somewhere between 6 and 10 HZ,
which has been shown in bio-feedback to be extremely beneficial physiologically
and psychologically.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">It is an
interesting feature of living, thinking human beings, that our Will Power is
often overwhelmed by our imagination, especially with the importance we place
on Will Power in our society. Many people when beginning a diet, for example,
say they will rely on their will and very soon find themselves thinking almost
exclusively about food, even to the point of dreaming about their favorite
foods.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">At the opposite
extreme, a person who suffers from claustrophobia may be able to logically
convince themselves that this fear is irrational and resolve, time and time
again to use their Will Power to overcome their feelings, yet when confronted
with an enclosed space their Will Power flies out the window and their
imagination takes over.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The two examples
above demonstrate the destructive ability of the subconscious mind to overcome
the conscious will. What hypnosis does is to tap into the imaginative power of
the subconscious mind, to facilitate growth and personal development and to
help individuals use their imaginations as a tool for goal attainment.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Imagination is a
skill, and like any other skill the direction and manipulation of the
imaginative mind be greatly improved by practice. You will find, during this
course, that both the quality of your imagination and your control of your
imagination are greatly enhanced, opening up a whole new realm of creativity,
intelligence and personal discovery you thought belonged to the world of the
genius.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Elisabetta is a Clinical Hypnotherapist with over 25 years experience facilitating behaviour change and maximising performance. Elisabetta is the author of The Energy Code, The Infidel and Veritas (all available on Amazon), and the creator of the online Personal Transformation Course - Activ8DNA on Udemy. Discover how Elisabetta can help you or your organisation achieve its potential at:</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><i><a href="http://elisabettalfaenza.com/" target="_blank">http://elisabettalfaenza.com</a> </i></span></div>
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Everyone talks about innovation, as if it something they can make happen, just by deciding it. Innovation is the product of very specific abilities and attitudes, and therefore is driven by people with specific talents, and requires an organisation-wide mindset shift, that results in an Innovation Culture.<br />
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The rationale behind developing an Innovation Culture is to ensure all that every employee within an organisation is being engaged in work that utilises their strengths, and provides the authority to manage, innovate, implement and engage in collaboration. This level of autonomy is crucial to the development of Rainmaker teams to drive innovation and maintain a leading edge within the sector.<br />
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In my experience Rainmaker Innovation Practices can be implemented in two stages:<br />
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• The Business Opportunity Analysis Team (BOAT) process <br />
• The Business Implementation Team (BIT) Process. <br />
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A detailed level of personality and strengths profiling will reveal whether an organisation has the existing Starter human capital to create a BOAT, or whether they will need to recruit key personnel. Many organisations already have sufficient staff with the requisite finisher profiles to create a Business Implementation Team (BIT), but these will still require proper training in BIT processes and an adequate respect for the BOAT skill-set.<br />
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This mix has been shown to create an ideal return on investment on R&D and new enterprises as long as:<br />
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1. The finishers (BIT) are utilised in the enterprise-modelling phase.<br />
2. Founders and C-Level management are consulted and their GLI (Gut Level Intuition) is utilised in the brainstorming phase; all enterprise proposals must be run through the BOAT before any commitments are made to potential enterprise partners, or product development.<br />
3. It is essential that the strong Finishers lead the BIT process and ensure they do not bury an enterprise model created by the BOAT before implementation, and trust in the information and intelligence provided, once approved. It is equally crucial that the BOAT fully briefs the BIT members to achieve real acceptance and ownership of the enterprise at the ‘coal-face.’<br />
4. Once sign-off is achieved, enterprise plans should be implemented, tracked and re-assessed at pre-determined times. These enterprises should not be tinkered with outside of the BOAT / BIT process.<br />
5. Regular (monthly) group meetings are essential in order to track feedback on new and existing enterprises, manage resources, and to identify any potential unforeseen opportunities, capacity constraints, weaknesses and threats.<br />
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Barriers to Innovation</h3>
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Some powerful barriers, in particular risk and scrutiny, have a specific impact on innovation. Managers are judged on their success and, in seeking to avoid criticism or failure, they can become conservative or resistant to innovative approaches, because innovation is inherently risky. In the not-for-profit sector, failures tend to happen in the full glare of public scrutiny, with consequent risks for the reputations and careers of all those involved. It can therefore be much easier to avoid criticism by not taking risks.</div>
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A Strategic Masterplan should acknowledge and examine a diverse range of barriers to innovation. These include risk aversion; failure of leadership; resource constraints; lack of direction and measurement; value conflicts; hierarchical attitudes; silo mentality; legislative limitations; accountability concerns; and resistance to change. Some are a function of necessary requirements for accountability, profitability, impartiality and transparency and cannot be easily swept away. There is no panacea. Finding ways to overcome such barriers will take creativity and determination.<br />
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Innovation is also anti-hierarchical—a new idea can come from any level within an organisation or from an external source. Organisations that are open to a range of ideas and suggestions and that encourage development and experimentation thus tend to be innovative. A narrow range of inputs and rigid, multi-tiered approval processes discourage innovation. The BOAT and BIT processes aim to streamline New Business Development without stifling innovation or undermining the value of experience. Innovation requires a tolerance for experimentation and thereby, by definition, for failure. For each innovative success there will be multiple unsuccessful attempts. Such failures have a value in demonstrating what does not work and why; and can contribute to later successful innovations. A culture that punishes failure is not conducive to innovation. It is the nature of management to not focus on the 90 percent of things that go well, but rather on the 10 percent of things that have problems. This mindset is personality dependent, and arguably, this contributes to a culture in which failures or shortcomings are regarded as unacceptable. Conversely identifying failure early and acting upon it is a crucial part of developing an innovation culture. </div>
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Finally, innovation can be transformational or it can be incremental. Both types of innovation are important. Incremental innovation (e.g. streamlining processes) drives continuous improvement and a steady growth in productivity. Transformational innovation (such as introducing a new technology into a workplace) is often highly disruptive, but can lead to large leaps in performance and productivity. It will be the purpose of the Masterplan to provide the context for both incremental and transformational innovation, set out the strategies for both, indicate timetables for their development and implementation and create the benchmarks for tracking results. <br />
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It is important to recognise that innovation is more than just coming up with a good idea. Translation of an idea into a successful outcome is what is required for innovation to take place, and it is failure at this point that often causes an innovation culture to stall .<br />
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It is this level of innovation that is required to transform any start-up into a sustainable entity and ensure it not only survives but also thrives.<br />
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Past, present and future enterprises should be profitable, autonomous, and linked within a collaborative culture of continuous improvement and innovation, once identified and developed. While processes are crucial, all research shows that it’s the business strategy and people, rather than the process alone, that matters. There is little evidence that success rates for research and development productivity can be increased much by just having a new product or process. In fact research suggests these have absolutely no impact on performance or profitability. It’s the people that drive these that determine success or failure.<br />
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More specifically, the strategy is to create a Business Opportunity Analysis Team (BOAT) to identify appropriate, innovative new enterprise development opportunities to enable financial sustainability. It is advisable that all new enterprise proposals, regardless of their origin, would be put through the BOAT process once developed.<br />
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Growth from innovation is a fundamental business strategy. To succeed, there must be a corresponding innovation mindset across the organisation as well as in Research and <br />
Development (R&D). However, abdication of growth to R&D without support and involvement from the BOAT (including marketing and production support) means the growth initiatives are likely to fail. A Business Opportunity Analysis Team with the authority to drive innovation through collaboration, and thus growth and profitability is an essential part of any start-up Masterplan strategy.<br />
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Myers Briggs (MBTI) and Dow have identified - through a 10 year study - the five steps that drive effective New Business Development (NBD):<br />
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Five Steps to More Effective NBD:</h3>
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1. Determine if R&D leadership is innovative enough:</h4>
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Dow identified two main personality types: Starters, later characterised via the MBTI instrument as NTPs and NFPs - preference for intuition, thinking / feeling and perceiving, and Finishers characterised as STJs - people with sensory, thinking and judging preferences.<br />
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The Starter Personalities are creative, intuitive, visionary and curious. They continually challenge the status-quo, and tend to be difficult to manage as well as difficult to follow <br />
when in leadership roles without training. They tend to dislike details, agendas, may be viewed as impractical, and can be procrastinators.<br />
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In contrast the Finisher personality types are far more pragmatic, better focused, more respectful of authority, and more task-oriented. They like details, agendas, and are far <br />
steadier, consistent workers. They are the people who get the job done. They capture the cash as they exploit the developed opportunity, but can be rigid and negative when faced <br />
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with a change to the status-quo. They may resist innovation with the attitude ‘if it ain’t broke why fix it?’ <br />
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While Starter personalities suit Business Opportunity Analysis, both Starters and Finishers are clearly needed in BOATS, but require initial induction and appropriate management.<br />
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Because individual personality is determined to a large extent by genetics, researchers believe it must follow that organisational cultures are also determined to a large extent by genetics, when organisational culture is defined as the collective mindset of the leadership in that organisation. For BOATs to flourish the culture most likely needs to shift its mindset, and thus its culture toward an autonomous / collaborative culture. </div>
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2. Match leadership personalities to job roles:</h4>
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People tend to perform best and gain the greatest job satisfaction in roles that enable them to use their natural gifts. Therefore, understanding the genetic nature of personality means it is critical to match the personalities of the leaders with appropriate job roles, otherwise productivity suffers dramatically.<br />
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Starter personality types are best suited to job roles involving innovating and developing, requiring them to operate in an area of ambiguity. These job roles include determining what new types of enterprises or products are needed to meet customers; needs, and then creating them and the marketing and sales plans they need.<br />
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Finisher personality types are best suited to growing and enhancing job roles that usually rely on using well established procedures to solve problems. These jobs include commercialising existing products, keeping plants running well, and implementing procedures. Both continuous improvement and incremental advances are hallmarks of Finisher roles.<br />
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When Finishers are asked to innovate, they typically fail and are miserable as well. Likewise, when Starters are asked to implement established procedures, at best they typically perform at a lacklustre level. <br />
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It is important to emphasise that there are no right or wrong personality types. All are needed, but in the right roles in the right balance.<br />
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3. Train and coach Rainmaker BOATs</h4>
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Rainmakers are a specific type of BOAT that includes a majority of Starters and minority of Finishers who have been selected for their ability to innovate, think outside the square, gather information quickly and morph one idea quickly into another.<br />
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Rainmakers should be trained to assess opportunities in the following ways:<br />
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• Making sure the new product concepts fit within the business. BOAT leaders use a ‘Gut Level Screen’ ensuring that the opportunities presented to them by the BOATs would truly excite top management from a stand-point of potential size and profitability, timing, geography, technology and markets.<br />
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• Visiting customers and stakeholders at their locations and plants, testing the draft propositions, determining the customers’ true functional requirements (which they often cannot articulate themselves), and analyzing the results.<br />
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• Building system cost-performance models of the way customers use products or services (including labor, capital and raw materials), both today and tomorrow - so the next generation of products is already on the drawing board. These results then need to be compared with potential new offerings based on both performance and cost, to determine whether the new business concepts will beat the best-performing competitors, and by paying greater attention to developing a sustainable competitive advantage by establishing exclusive intellectual property rights, or through commercial agreements<br />
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• Morphing the concept until a winning concept for commercialisation is identified, then reporting to upper management, while typically staying with the zone of top management’s Gut Level Screen<br />
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Typically the Rainmakers are likely to discover why the starting point idea should be shelved or even killed. This is a major problem a linear business development process - turning them into killing machines. Successful BOATs need a creative mindset which enables them to morph a starting point idea (statistically doomed to fail) into a winner.<br />
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Dow’s study found that the top performing Rainmakers BOATs uncover the real customer’s unmet needs (often unspoken, and sometimes unknown) along with the value of meeting those needs. In short, they morph the starting-point idea. Statistically 95% of the morphed ideas made money after commercialisation vs. the normal 11% odds of success from the end of the early stages of an NBD process.<br />
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New businesses are typically begun by innovative Starters. For those that do survive, there is far more work requiring Finisher skills (production, selling, accounting, safety, <br />
quality, shipping and logistics) than Starter skills (innovating in R&D, marketing, advertising). Therefore, the leadership of most firms typically shifts over a period of time toward becoming a culture of Finishers, operationally excellent but no longer able to innovate at world-class levels. The end result is usually a sudden turn-over catastrophe, from which only 1 in 3 businesses recovers. Most organisations literally have a biological lifetime based on their natural ageing process as they gradually shift from a genetic Starter culture to genetic Finisher culture.<br />
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Understanding the largely genetic nature of personality should allow any organisation to have subgroups of creative leadership composed of more Starters, even within a larger organisation that needs to be more heavily staffed with Finishers - allowing the business to be both low cost and highly innovative at the same time. This would create a remarkable people-based sustainable competitive advantage, making the organisation nearly unstoppable.<br />
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In the research it strongly suggests that managers who refuse to take the right actions based on the BOAT’s findings (or do not refute those findings with better information) they <br />
should be reassigned. This requires fast and strong action from top management. Far too much is at stake financially. Another way to say this is that NBD managers who make bad decisions usually go on to make many more bad decisions if allowed to do so. Nothing is more damaging to the future success of an organisation than poor decision making by NBD management.<br />
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4. Ensure enough Finishers among non-leadership professionals:</h4>
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Someone has to grow the opportunity to make money. The evidence suggests this requires a higher percentage of Finisher personality types within the larger group of Implementers, than within the BOAT group.<br />
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From the research to date it appears that whereas BOAT groups should be 60% Starters, and 40% Finishers, the implementation group should be only 20-30% Starters with 70 - 80% Finishers. <br />
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Research shows that the leadership mix needs to be continually rebalanced with each businesses portfolio and product life-cycle, while the non-leadership groups among both should be primarily Finishers. For a new organisation this means that the initial phase should be driven by the the R&D team, but once the model is implemented, tested and refined, it should be handed over to a team pre-dominated by Finishers, while the R&D team investigates and develops revenue streams derived from spin-off opportunities.</div>
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5. Review Middle Management’s Implementation Plan:</h4>
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The BOAT’s final step is capturing the information in a clear presentation to the business management, describing why it fits the founder’s Gut Level Screen and why it will win. But then what? Sometimes middle management does the right thing and takes action to commercialise the new business opportunity. Sometimes they legitimately ask for more information.<br />
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However, far too often (Stevens and Swogger found approximately half to two-thirds of the time) middle management fails to take the right actions. After a BOAT presentation with a recommended course of action, a manager should either agree with the information and take appropriate action, or disagree with the information, refuting it with better information and take a different course.<br />
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Either way all decision making should be evidence based, even if the initial line of innovation was prompted by a founder’s Gut Level intuition.<br />
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The research shows that there are two major categories of management failure from a BOAT:<br />
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• Management fails to shut down the work which the BOAT proved cannot succeed. In all of the cases where BOATs clearly showed why the starting ideas were doomed, and management tried to commercialise them anyway, failures occurred, often ending in massive write-offs involving hundreds of millions of dollars.<br />
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• Management fails to commercialise the positive morphed ideas from the analyses. The opportunity costs of missing out on new commercial products and services can be substantial. In both cases the financial impact of improving management’s actions is high. <br />
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A better fit of leaders’ personalities with job roles - especially managers who are Finisher types - is needed to understand the importance of Starters involvement when innovation is needed. Achieving an excellent fit between personalities and job roles is critical for all the business functions and leaders, not just within R&D.<br />
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With the odds of success for BOAT initiated projects being between 84% and 95% it is clear that projects identified by a BOAT should be implemented. Review of implementation plans must be periodic in order to raise implementation rates, dramatically capturing the otherwise lost opportunity cost of stalled projects.<br />
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While the BOAT team need to be dominantly Starter, the model requires the implementation staff (BIT) to be comprised of teams that are 70 - 80% Finishers, ensuring completion.<br />
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Pre-implementation action-planning meetings for middle management, with top management and the BOAT present are recommended. It is simple to measure whether or not the pre-implementation planning review meetings are taking place. It is also possible for top management to take fast and appropriate action based on the results from these meetings.<br />
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It is worth noting that Starters form less than than 5% of top managers, as they are usually lost early in their career, and they occur less than 200 times out of every 10,000 people. The starter trait is emergenic - meaning that while it is a genetic trait, it isn’t inherited from one generation to the other, but instead arises from a lucky combination of a series of unrelated genes, that when all present create a highly intuitive, innovative individual with the ability to think logically.<br />
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The attributes of a Starter cannot be learned, so no amount of creativity workshopping will turn someone into a Starter. Within the workplace, these individuals generate 9,500 times the revenue of their non-starter peers when placed in a conducive environment. When an organisation attracts Starters it needs to do all it can to keep them, and it needs to listen to their advice. Simply being creative is not enough, it is the ability to think through the logical steps for modelling or assessing an innovation that is crucial, so not all intuitive types, and not all creative types are suitable.</div>
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<i>Elisabetta is the author of The Energy Code (2014, Motivational Press), The Infidel (2015, True North) Veritas (2015, True North) and is a Performance Expert with 30 years experience working with individuals and organisations world-wide.</i><br />
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References:</h4>
Stevens, Greg A, and Swogger, Kurt;<i> ‘Creating a Winning R& D Culture, Vol I and II’ Industrial Research Institute Inc, Jan- Feb 2009, pp 22- 50.</i><br />
Nardi, Dario,<i> The Neuroscience of Personality, Radiance House, Los Angeles, 2011.</i><br />
<i>Kirton, Michael. Editor. 1989, Adaptors and Innovators; Styles of Creativty and Problem Solving. Routledge, London.</i><br />
Stevens, Greg, James Burley and Kurt Swogger<i>; 2003 Dow Chemical Achieves Major Transformation of PO&E R&D Group: Personality-Oriented Aproach Improves NPD REsults. PDMA Visions XXVII, No. 3, pp 6-10.</i></div>
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In my last three posts, I discussed the individual and group affects of bullying and their cost to society and business.<br />
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In this post, I'd like to discuss some of the latest updates in epigenetics that have identified the inter-generational effects of trauma, and how that is shaping the wellbeing of current and future generations.<br />
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In a study from the University of Lethbridge in Canada, researchers identified that generational exposure to stress and trauma, progressively shortened pregnancy length, leading to ongoing negative effects for both mother and child. These effects had a compounding effect, growing more pronounced with each generation:<br />
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<i>"Gerlinde Metz, senior author of the article, says: "We show that stress
across generations becomes powerful enough to shorten pregnancy length
in rats and induce hallmark features of human preterm birth. A
surprising finding was that mild to moderate stress during pregnancy had
a compounding effect across generations. Thus, the effects of stress
grew larger with each generation."* </i><br />
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In another study it was shown that trauma effects histone and methylation, leading genes that should be silenced to be expressed, while others that should be expressed to be silenced. <br />
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especially important when a cell copies its genetic material, which
happens just prior to cell division. As the cell replicates its DNA, it
must also preserve the epigenetic marks that delineate active and
inactive areas of the genome. In fact, silencing machinery, which
deposits methylation marks on H3.1, works in tandem with the replication
machinery. "Because H3.3 can't carry this modification, its presence on
active genes allows them to escape silencing," says Jacob. "In our
research, we discovered a way for cells to protect active genes from
silencing and preserve that memory through successive cellular
generations.</i><br />
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<i>This study also has implications for how the genetic material is
copied. "We have found that replication (how DNA copies itself) and
transcription (how DNA is copied into RNA) are controlled by the same
highly conserved histone. Thus, these most fundamental properties of the
genetic material are regulated by our chromosomes," says Martienssen.**</i><br />
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This study identified the mechanism through which gene expression is silenced or not, explaining a phenomenon that has been postulated for some time<i>. </i>Histone, it appears, is the epigenetic smoking gun.<br />
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In a further study it was shown that even two childhood exposures to bullying or psychological trauma predisposed the individual to the activation of a genetic risk factor for PTSD, Bipolar Disorder and Depression.<i> </i><br />
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<i>The question of whether the genetic risks for developing PTSD are
similar in other populations that are exposed to different traumas at
different periods in their lives remains to be further tested, noted
Galea. "However, our findings that the ADRB2 factor might be shared by
men and women, African Americans and European Americans, and military
and civilians is consistent with the idea that some genetic risk factors
for PTSD might be common across populations and even shared by other
stress-related disorders, such as depression."*** </i><br />
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What is the take-home message from these and other studies into gene expression and the epigenetic effects of trauma?<br />
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1. It's clear that bullying and other psychological trauma changes gene expression for the individual experiencing it. These effects can continue well into adulthood, contributing to mental and physical illness.<br />
2. If your parents or grandparents experienced bullying or other psychological trauma, the genes you inherited from them were changed by the experience.<br />
3. If you inherited these changed genes and experience bullying in childhood or adolescence your response will be more severe.<br />
4. If your children then experience bullying the negative effects will be magnified. <br />
5. If your mother was psychologically or physically abused before or during pregnancy, the downstream effects for each subsequent generation become more pronounced.<br />
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So when we bully, either as an individual, group or community, we create negative outcomes for generations to come. When an individual or group is oppressed, the effects get worse for each generation, making it harder for subsequent generations to fight for their rights.<br />
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When we stand by and do nothing while an individual or group is bullied, we contribute to this problem. The long-term effects may well create fertile ground for crime and terrorism, as the second or third generation feel themselves immersed in an inescapable sense of hopelessness and despair. Indeed population studies seem to make this link - that individuals or groups will struggle to achieve their potential and may become easy targets for radicalization.<br />
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If you've been bullied, seek help and support and as much counseling as you require to reverse these effects, so you can pass on more resilient genes to subsequent generations.<br />
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As communities, we need to provide more support for the victims of bullying and trauma, providing inter-generational counseling and opportunity to those most at risk, rather than oppressing them further and compounding the problems.<br />
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* Youli Yao, Alexandra M Robinson, Fabiola Zucchi, Jerrah C Robbins,
Olena Babenko, Olga Kovalchuk, Igor Kovalchuk, David M Olson, Gerlinde
Metz. <strong>Ancestral exposure to stress epigenetically programs preterm birth risk and adverse maternal and newborn outcomes</strong>. <em>BMC Medicine</em>, 2014; 12 (1): 121 DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-014-0121-6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">10.1186/s12916-014-0121-6</a>
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Spring Harbor Laboratory. "Unraveling mystery in 'histone code' shows
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*** Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. "Evidence of
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In my last blog I shared my experience of individual bullying at the hands of a psychopathic father.<br />
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When the power of a bully is entrenched through societal privilege, political dominance or wealth, their behavior can become even more extreme. Nowhere is this more apparent right now than Scotland.<br />
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Despite a positive campaign atmosphere in the run up to the Scottish Referendum for Independence, the post election atmosphere has revealed a dark face.<br />
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This weekend video evidence has emerged within Scotland of interference in the referendum electoral process, with footage showing apparent vote stacking at polling booths and the misappropriation of YES votes into the NO count at the counting room; allegedly distorting the proportion of YES to NO votes. A petition has been signed by 90,000 Scottish voters demanding a recount. So far none of this has been reported by mainstream media.<br />
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Video footage from Glasgow on the day after the vote shows Unionists taunting YES campaigners, charging them and threatening an escalation of violence. Social media posts reveal YES voters in Glasgow are afraid to leave their homes. <br />
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So if these allegations are true, why would the victorious NO voters - a supposed majority - behave in such a manner?<br />
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My hunch is that some of the NO voters know the vote was rigged, and are now beginning a campaign of intimidation to ensure YES voters are too afraid to speak up. This is the typical modus operandi of the bully. You see, the bully knows they are not a winner, and can only win through intimidation, fear and cheating. They will do anything to win, and yet the fruits of that victory taste hollow. Because the bully is emotionally immature, the only way they can cope with this uncomfortable feeling is to lash out and ensure that anyone who suspects the deception is silenced.<br />
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My advice to anyone facing this kind of situation is:<br />
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1. Collect the evidence: take photos, video footage and note in a diary each and every incident, post these to social media, as that will provide a date stamp - this evidence will stand up in court. Do not embellish or exaggerate incidents, the bully will use errors on your part against you, and because they have the support of mainstream media, and government on their side your evidence has to be rock solid.<br />
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2. Do not retaliate: when confronted with a bully, simply walk away, do not invite trouble and as much as you can avoid trouble spots, do not be drawn in.<br />
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3. Keep the positive movement going, energize each other with hope and positive steps to achieve your goals, no matter how steep the odds may seem right now. The bully hates your positivity. They want to drain you of that and draw you into anger, rage, fear and hopelessness - because that is where they live.<br />
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4. Withdraw your energy from the agents of the bully, and spread the word, far and wide - you are part of a bigger movement for reform in the UK, the opportunity to end an antiquated system of centralized power. <br />
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5. No matter what happens, don't give up on your vision, support each other, become as educated as you can, and help others to become more so.<br />
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Our task today is no different, we must understand the foe we face, know the mind and tactics of the bully to defeat them. As powerful as they might seem, they are a minority, that is why they are so afraid, that is why they behave the way they do, that is why they can be overcome.<br />
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Elisabetta L Faenzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00571109910331177907noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546954789447349225.post-962359241285745372014-09-16T18:32:00.000-07:002014-09-16T20:28:32.522-07:00The Scars of Bullying and Child Abuse<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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These are the adult scars of child-abuse; of a childhood controlled by a psychopath, and the bullying that ensued in the schoolyard because I was different. The ones you can't see are much worse.<br />
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This scar happened some 45 years ago when I was 4 years old. I had only been back in Australia with my parents for less than a year after life-saving surgery in Italy. My mother worked as a primary school teacher, my father worked night shift, and so I spent the days with him. I now know my father was a psychopath, but back then I was his adoring pre-school age daughter. The dark side of my father was first revealed to me some months earlier. I have a clear memory of my grandmother gathering me into her arms, running to the bathroom and locking the door while my father pounded on it, screaming he was going to kill me, at that time I was only 3. This rage started to happen regularly anytime someone commented on what a pretty child I was.<br />
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On the day I got this scar, we had been grocery shopping. There was a crate of soft-drink bottles on the floor in the back seat of the car next to me. My father told me to stay in the car while he took the groceries in. I waited and waited, but I wanted to help. I got out of the car and took a glass bottle of lemonade with me, carrying it carefully in my arms. I remember it was a dark green glass and the bottle felt heavy.<br />
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The last thing I remember before the blood, was as I approached the screen door. My father was coming out, he saw me carrying the bottle and roared at me for disobeying him. I remember freezing as he grabbed the bottle, raised it and swung it at my face. I remember putting my hands up in front of me. Then everything went black. When I came to, I was standing. My dad was wrapping me in towels and I remember fountains of blood running down my body and spurting out of my right wrist; the towels turned instantly red. I heard myself ask:<br />
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"Daddy, am I going to die," though my voice sounded funny, probably because half my lip was detached and there was a gaping hole in my face.<br />
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Then my father punched me and knocked me out.<br />
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The next thing I remember was waking up in emergency, doctors all around, my mother crying her eyes out at the end of the bed, my father looking down, at me. I heard my mother ask through tears,<br />
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"How could you let her carry such a big bottle, you know she is clumsy."<br />
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I never told, I wore my scar as a badge of my supposed clumsiness, and took the bullying when children ridiculed me for having a mustache scar, or being 'it' - neither a girl or a boy, just a thing. I resisted all attempts by my family to have it surgically repaired or covered up, it was part of me, part of my journey and I knew every time my father looked at me it would silently remind him of what he had done.<br />
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Over the next 15 years I watched as my father drove my mother to madness through his violence and control; how she eventually became an accomplice, ruining our childhood through emotional, mental, physical and sexual abuse.<br />
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This story is hard to tell, but I tell it because hundreds of people knew this was happening. My father was a violent psychopath, beating men almost to death and yet was never arrested. Family and friends knew this, I imagine doctors at the very least suspected, and yet nobody did anything.<br />
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My father's bullying behavior in the workplace meant he didn't keep jobs in one place for long; not because he was sacked. He was too productive a worker for that. They would just move him to another contract, another mine, another town. Dad would be charming to start, and his productivity was so impressive he was always paid well, thought the gambling meant we never saw much of it. He had a nick-name in the Snowy Hydro-Electric Scheme - Nero - for his black temper, and reputation for beating all-comers in street fights.<br />
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My father was protected by a society that worships superhuman strength, record breaking productivity and compartmentalizes that from the damage that bullies do to their families, co-workers and communities.<br />
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My father is now 80 years old and suffering dementia, he has conveniently forgotten his crimes and blames everyone else for his poverty and loneliness. <br />
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You may read this and think he was a product of his upbringing, his genes, his socioeconomic class. My father was born the son of a self-made millionaire in Italy in the early 1930s. By age three the signs he was different were already apparent when he tried to murder his mother with a garden implement and was only stopped when his grandmother walked into the scene. He was physically talented, and highly intelligent with an infamous temper, who could flip on a dime and go from charming and warm to deadly.<br />
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WWII couldn't have helped as the violence he experienced as a young child at the hands of both the Nazis and US forces is beyond the comprehension of most of us. And yet his cousins experienced the same thing and none of them turned out like him.<br />
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I write this because bullying, domestic violence and child-abuse are being discussed on talk shows everywhere. Everyone has an opinion, but nobody seems to have a solution.<br />
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These experiences set me on a lifelong quest to understand human behavior and, along with the rare genetic condition I have, inspire me to keep searching for answers. So here's what I know to be true. Not as a theory, but as a reality:<br />
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Bullies, whether they are abusive parents, spouses, teachers, schoolyard children, politicians, professionals, blue collar workers or terrorists, only thrive on the energy we give them through our attention, fear and desire to appease them or cure them.<br />
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This is just what they want, and it is all they need.<br />
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Withdraw your energy. Become aloof to them, distance yourself in any way you can. Starve them of the financial means to thrive, if you have the power. In the workplace, close your doors to them, and do this without being drawn into an argument. Refuse to play, cut them out of your life, and document everything. Put it all on paper, dates, times, what happened, and photos if you can. Don't fool yourself into thinking you can beat them head on, you can't.<br />
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If you know someone is being victimized by a bully, offer to help the victim, support them to notify the authorities, but make sure everything is documented. If they say no, stay vigilant, there will be a moment when they need you. If it is a child, don't hesitate, report their abuser.<br />
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If you are the spouse of an abuser - you cannot fix them, you cannot cure them. That is up to them and it will only happen when all other forms of support are withdrawn and they are forced to look themselves in the mirror. But don't expect a miracle, the violent, psychopathic bully rarely changes.<br />
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Society - stop rewarding bullies with high incomes, flashy cars and positions of power and stop holding them up as roll-models. Look for the signs, and address them. Provide real programs to help anyone with rage issues learn better skills. Make your organization's culture a NO-Bully zone.<br />
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The Justice System - stop treating domestic violence as a lesser crime, prosecute regardless of whether the victim files a complaint or not.<br />
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Set this as an example to our children that might isn't right, and manipulation isn't good. There are plenty of constructive, non-violent productive people who were born as psychopaths. They are the ones whose families realized there was something different about them early on, and managed them with insight, not denial.They are the ones that learned about their psychological profile and understood the future that faced them if they didn't learn different behaviors.<br />
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When we say one thing, but do another, our children notice and they tend to copy what we do, not what we say. So, if you have anger issues and tend toward violence, don't justify it because you were beaten in childhood. That doesn't make it okay. Get help, talk about it, and change. Create a support system to keep your family safe from you. Own up to the problem, and then you can own up to the solution.<br />
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As long as we promote, justify, reward and overlook the behavior of bullies (whether they are wife-beaters, child abusers or the workplace tyrant) they will continue to thrive, and we are all to blame. <br />
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Bullying and its affect upon individuals and society has been in the news a lot this year. It's also been a hot topic on many of the interviews I've done around the world lately.<br />
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Interviewers are often surprised when I show little sympathy for the bully. I hear things like - but they are humans too - which of course is true. The issue is that serial bullies lack one important human trait - empathy. Perversely this seems to provide them with a social advantage when it comes to manipulating and traumatizing their victims and then getting away with it. <br />
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A recent study by the University of Warwick has recommended that anti-bullying policies must focus on all of society<strong>, </strong>because as long as bullies reap the life-long benefits of increased status and opportunity, bullies will thrive, while their victims suffer life-long negative health and social impacts.*<br />
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So, here is the unadulterated truth: society loves bullies. Yes, that's right, society selects bullies for promotion, leadership, wealth and position, and has done so for thousands of years. We love winners, and despite our moralistic preaching, will look to blame the victim, because we perceive them to be a loser in the competition of life.<br />
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We are fascinated by bullies, uncompromising winners and those who pursue success at all costs. The charismatic bully holds us in their thrall, convinces some of us to participate in acts of physical, emotional or psychological harm to others, and promises to share the rewards. This phenomenon contributed to the Global Financial Crisis, and resulted in those who tried to warn government and the financial sector of the impending crisis, being ostracized and victimized.<br />
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If the bully is rewarded early in life, they are unlikely to change their behavior for the better, or develop empathy, instead hard-wiring in the mind-maps for bullying and manipulation, becoming extreme narcissists. If they are one of the 3% of the human population who is a psychopath, then this bullying behavior can set them on a path that will most likely do immense harm to others. If the psychopath is bullied, then the results can be even worse. Research suggests that when a psychopath is bullied during childhood their lack of empathy can become pathological.<br />
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So what do we do?<br />
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If we are serious about creating a bully-free playground, we need to stop rewarding the teenage and adult bully; we need to champion co-operation, consultation and collaboration and reward these behaviors instead.<br />
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Are we as a society prepared to walk-the-talk?<br />
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Elisabetta is the author of <i>The Energy Code, The DNA of Bullying, The Infidel, Veritas </i>and <i>D'Arc, the Legend of Saint Joan.</i><br />
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<strong>*Journal References</strong>:<br />
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<li>Neil Tippett, BSc, and Dieter Wolke, PhD. <strong>Socioeconomic Status and Bullying: A Meta-Analysis</strong>. <em>American Journal of Public Health</em>, April 2014 DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.301960" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">10.2105/AJPH.2014.301960</a> </li>
<li> University of Warwick. "Anti-bullying policy must focus on all of
society." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 29 April 2014. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140429125737.htm.</li>
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When the 'Jack The Ripper DNA' story hit the headlines today, I was
interested and intrigued by the variety of responses; especially how
people clung to their conspiracy theories despite evidence to the
contrary. At the same time I was having an interesting conversation via
The Energy Code Facebook Fan Page about the nature of ideology and
dogma.<br />
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It got me thinking about how many of us have
'sacred cow' beliefs that we will defend bitterly, sometimes violently,
and how the tyranny of truth has held back advances in science, the
arts and philosophy throughout the ages, mainly via religion's
repression of thought and freedom of expression.<br />
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Before
anyone gets offended here, I would like to add that academic and
scientific edifices are just as capable of repressing ideas that
challenge the accepted wisdom of the age, although historically, science
has been more ready to adapt than religion; with change measured in
decades for science versus centuries for religion.<br />
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I
believe that our attraction to holding on to cherished beliefs has a lot
to do with the way our brains create mind-maps for familiar activities.
Mindmaps are life-hacks, they allow us to reduce the amount of effort
required to think and do. Once we have performed a task, or acquired
knowledge, or taken on a belief, it is easier to rely on the existing
mindmap than to edit or replace it. Think of mindmaps as being paths of
least resistance, a lot like a pathway through deep snow. Once we have
trod a path through the snow, it is easier to retrace our steps, making
that path more obvious, and requiring less effort. The more we walk
along the same path, the easier and easier it gets.<br />
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Now
we may discover there is a shorter route to get to where we want to go,
but it is through virgin snow, so it is going to require a lot more
effort to go that way at first. Here's the caveat, however, once we have
walked the new path a couple of times, it too will become ingrained and
be the path of least resistance, as well as more efficient.<br />
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So
next time someone presents you with evidence that challenges a
cherished belief or way of doing things, don't just resist it out of
habit. Sit back, take a moment and assess if this new information is
useful, and then allow yourself to update your mindmaps to accommodate
it. The first few times might feel like trudging through foot-deep snow,
but believe me, pretty soon you will be be glad you made the effort to
escape the tyranny of a familiar truth.<br />
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