In her 20’s Jen burnt out, and with the help of a naturopath, was able to get on track and create new possibilities. Jen then went on to study naturopathy herself, and one of the most common questions she receives is, ‘what can I do to help my nervous system?’. In this episode, Jen shares how you can balance your nervous system.
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SHOWNOTES
Stress is an imbalance in the parasympathetic AND sympathetic nervous systems is too much fight and flight or too much rest and recovery happening.
HOW DO YOU KNOW YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM IS OUT OF BALANCE
If you are experiencing symptoms such as fatigue, insomnia, anxiety, depression, irritability, headaches, or digestive issues it is likely that your nervous system is out of balance. you may find that your ability to cope with stress is impaired. The nervous system can become out of balance for many reasons, such as illness, trauma, physical or emotional stress, poor diet, and lack of exercise. Other factors that can contribute to excessive caffeine, alcohol, and drug use, as well as environmental toxins.
What can we do
- Breathe 5x5x5
- Bring yoga into your daily routine.
- Take regular breaks throughout the day. Brain farts
- Mindful Movement
- Eat close to nature
- Make sleep a priority
- Bathe in nature
- Talk to someone
- Come from prevention and Biohack your health with adaptogens
RESOURCES:
Jen’s favourite Adaptogen in Australia, click here.
For those overseas, email Jen here.
HEALTHY LIFE HACKS
The Healthy Life Hacks I want to share with you today are:
- Start living your life from a place of prevention.
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adaptogens list please
Hi Bec, you can find the adaptogens here. https://jenjefferies.isagenix.com/en-au/shop/feel-better/targeted-support/adaptogen-elixir Jen
I just discovered your podcast and I am listening to all of them one at a time. Thank you for making them and for being so wise. I just bought your essential oils for sleep. Meanwhile, can you consider addressing mercury poisoning and heavy metal poisoning? I just came through a long horrific journey like your walk on that trail.. one step at a time. Turns out the way to take mercury out of the body involves cilantro and chlorella.. or if you are a carrier for the hereditary iron hemochromatosis mutation.. just a carrier.. but on the heels of mercury poisoning and adrenal burnout etc etc..I should have used something other than chlorella. Now I have to let my body recover so I can eat spinach and iron rich foods again without plebotomy every 3 months.
So right now, minimize mercury and minimize iron… now what? Maybe that’s too specific .. oh the one mercury expert is Dr. K;linghardt in Germany. He is the only one who does this right. And heavy metal poisoning is so important to discover with a hair test asap. If you catch it before it literally tears you apart and fells you requiring years of recovery.. it is easy to reduce those levels. Anyway.. thank you for what you are doing! So grateful!
Hi, thanks for your message and sorry that your body has been through that. Mercury is huge challenge and im a big fan of selenium as part of any protocol for moving heavy metals. Love hair tissue analysis as a way of testing. My suggestion would be to see a naturopath in clinic to get specific protocol for you. Jen