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Approaching Anxiety Management Naturally

October 9, 2017 Lydia Buschenfeldt Leave a Comment

So often in our soci­ety, peo­ple want those suf­fer­ing from anx­i­ety to just “get over it.” Men­tal ill­ness and anx­i­ety are often mis­un­der­stood by those who do not suf­fer from them, which leads to shame and a spi­ral into more and more anx­i­eties for those who strug­gle with them. I’ve includ­ed some ideas here that can help you han­dle mild to mod­er­ate anx­i­ety health­ful­ly, mind­ful­ly, and naturally.

Please note, if these ideas seem unhelp­ful or like they are bare­ly scrap­ing the sur­face, please reach out to a med­ical pro­fes­sion­al. You are beau­ti­ful and per­fect just the way you are, and there is noth­ing wrong with reach­ing out for help to get you feel­ing like your most authen­tic self.

  1. “Feel it. The thing that you don’t want to feel. Feel it, and be free” –Nayir­rah Waheed
    First up, don’t fight your feel­ings or judge your­self for your wor­ries. Feel what­ev­er it is that your mind and body are try­ing to feel. I’ve learned from expe­ri­ence that you can­not move on until you feel it and process it in the after­math. Will this be uncom­fort­able? Yes. In fact, there are times when it will be down­right painful. But it is only through these feel­ings and these anx­i­eties that you can grow and come through to the oth­er side.
  2. Take in a deep breath… of laven­der. Inhal­ing cer­tain aro­mather­a­py scents, specif­i­cal­ly laven­der, can calm and relax you. Find which scent or scents con­nect with you and help you relax. Laven­der may not be what calms you down, and you may pre­fer a lemon or orange scent, or even pep­per­mint or euca­lyp­tus. Essen­tial oils can be dif­fused in to the air, rubbed into the skin on pulse points, or car­ried with you in a purse. Find what works for you, and include your scent of choice in a relax­ing ritual.
  3. Watch what you eat! Avoid cer­tain stim­u­lants, like caf­feine and alco­hol, and include more foods that boost your omega 3’s, B vit­a­mins, antiox­i­dants, fiber, and mag­ne­sium. A hand­ful of nuts, a smooth­ie with spinach, or a bowl of berries are all deli­cious and nutri­tious anx­i­ety tamers.
  4. Take anoth­er deep breath in… and hold! Mea­sured breath­ing can work won­ders to help peo­ple calm their rac­ing mind. Try a 4−7−8 breath. Start by breath­ing in over a count of four. Then hold your breath for a count of 7. Final­ly, slow­ly exhale over a count of 8. Repeat 2–4 times in a row, and you will find that you are much bet­ter able to face the anx­i­eties that are wor­ry­ing you!

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Trail Mix

Bulk Bin Trail Mix

September 4, 2018 Leave a Comment

Sure, it’s tempt­ing­ly easy to grab a bag of pre-made trail mix –col­or­ful, effort­less, and with such fun names to boot! But have you ever stopped to glance at the nutri­tion facts of that bag of seem­ing­ly healthy options? More specif­i­cal­ly, check out the sug­ar con­tent. Some com­mer­cial brands of trail mix have as much sug­ar as a 16 oz bot­tle of soda! The main cul­prit is sweet­ened dried fruit, and some brands add can­dy as well. If that deli­cious mouth­ful of sweet and salty is your taste­buds’ desire, don’t despair. There are plen­ty of ways to make a deli­cious AND nutri­tious trail mix, all with ingre­di­ents from your gro­cery store bulk bin! [Read More…]

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July 31, 2018 Leave a Comment

One of the trick­i­est parts of most people’s healthy rou­tines is the meal plan­ning com­po­nent. Luck­i­ly for you, we have that cov­ered with the lat­est install­ment in our Hatch Video series! More…

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Now that we are head­ing into the warmer months of the year, you may find your­self want­i­ng to spend less time in front of the hot stove top or oven. For­tu­nate­ly, smooth­ies are a great way to pack a lot of nutri­tion in one place. Check out the video below for one of my favorite smooth­ies — the bloat buster!

Pan roasted plantains

Pan-Roasted Plantains

May 1, 2018 Leave a Comment

Pan roasted plantains with mashed avocadoDespite the fact that plan­tains close­ly resem­ble a banana, they have a com­plete­ly dif­fer­ent fla­vor and are def­i­nite­ly not to be con­sumed raw (you’ll only make that mis­take once!). Plan­tains are actu­al­ly a veg­etable, chock full of fiber, cal­ci­um and vit­a­min C. Pan-roast­ing the plan­tains allows them to caramelize, keep­ing the out­side a lit­tle bit crispy and the inside nice and soft. Cin­na­mon, gin­ger and turmer­ic add a tri­fec­ta of anti-inflam­ma­to­ry good­ness and a lit­tle sprin­kle of sea salt makes these plan­tains absolute­ly irre­sistible. Enjoy as is, or my favorite way –- with mashed avo­ca­do! More…

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Energy Balls

April 2, 2018 Leave a Comment

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Seeds need ener­gy in order to grow, and cul­ti­vat­ing your own healthy habits can take a lot of ener­gy too! Ener­gy bars and ener­gy balls are every­where we look these days. They are super easy to whip up your­self, but many peo­ple are intim­i­dat­ed by the thought. More…

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I’d say Lydia Buschen­feldt has changed my life, but that would­n’t be exact­ly true. What she does is even more pow­er­ful. Any­one can tell some­one else what changes they ‘need’ to make to live a health­i­er life. It takes some­one spe­cial to enable and empow­er you to change your own life. Lydia is that some­one spe­cial. Dur­ing every ses­sion, at every twist and turn and bump in the road, Lydia meets me where I am with an incred­i­ble amount of knowl­edge and patience, and helps me iden­ti­fy one or two steps for­ward to accom­plish the goals I have for myself. She knows that each jour­ney is dif­fer­ent, and cus­tomizes our ses­sions so our dis­cus­sions are tai­lored toward what I need in that moment to help me build the health, future and hap­pi­ness that I deserve.
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