The Algorithm to Destroy SUGAR Once and For All
How to quit sugar This is a campaign. There is no “one” right way. If you're reading these words, I want to say, you "get" it. Sugar. It keeps coming back, doesn't it? You just "go crazy", don't you? Not always. But sometimes. Okay, more than you will even admit. And it’s everywhere. We’ve been trained to have it ever since before we were born. Even in our womb, our
The Benefits of Nasal Breathing
I’m a “thin-nosed” person. Which means, although I’m incredibly sculpted, it makes it super difficult to exercise and work out. (Place laughter emoji here!) I always envied those people with the wide, bulbous noses - especially during those rough winter times. This is the time of year when my nose usually gets sinus issues all stuffed up. My nose just can't handle jogging through the cold on a winter morning,
“Nonviolent Communication” by Marshall Rosenberg, P.h.D. – Book Review
In "Nonviolent Communication", Marshall Rosenberg asks 2 big questions. The first is: What gets into us that turns us into violent people? We tend to have in our minds that we are not violent because we don’t beat someone up or kill someone. When the truth is, is that all of us are emotionally violent to some degree. And it is this emotional violence that can eventually trigger in some
How to Fix Your Panic Attacks
A panic attack can come out of the blue. One second you're sitting in front of the microwave getting ready to eat some popcorn, and the next your heart is racing, and you might think you're going to die. It's a strange one, because a panic attack manifests itself into physical sensations! And yet, it feels like there is a real fear. It can feel like there is this "impending
Here’s why jealousy is awesome
Jealousy has a bad reputation for being a negative emotion. It's something we as humans do when we are feeling insecure. It's probably easier to be triggered now than it was "back in the olden days" because now we have the internet. Social media - like Face Crack - has people giving their own unique representations of themselves. People display of themselves to the world the way they want to
“The Case Against Sugar” by Gary Taubes – A Book Review
At Sunflower Counseling we like to read. Our Missoula therapists are always looking for ways to be more healthy and so a lot of our books that we choose are in this vein. “The Case against Sugar” by Gary Taubes is like a murder mystery. And sugar - that is, sucrose and high fructose corn syrup, are the prime suspects. With this said, a third of all adults are obese,