Have you been feeling sluggish, more tired than usual, less ambitious, and maybe even sad or depressed?
There's actually a physiological reason.
Fall – at least the pleasant part of it – is coming to an end. Depending on where you live, you may have warm days left, but here in the upper Midwest, last week was probably the last of the temperatures above 60 degrees. We're already into freezing temperatures and snow.
If you're experiencing the same end-of-fall funk as I am, it can be helpful to know why it happens and what you can do to deal with it.
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Somewhere along the line, we started putting a high value on nice-smelling homes.
I get it. I like my house to smell nice as much as the next person does, and I'll freely admit that I'm a recovering scentaholic.
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How much faith do you put in the recommendations made by “experts”?
If you’re like I used to be, you considered the word of people connected with “three-letter” agencies to be almost law. FDA approval meant a product was safe to use. The CDC made medical recommendations with our health as the utmost priority. And so on. After all, these were the people who knew the most about their respective topics, and the entire purpose of these agencies was to keep us safe. Right?
Same with doctors. I once believed them to be the ultimate authorities on health. After all, they spent years learning about it, and that had to count for something, didn’t it?
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Have you ever wondered what the difference is between the modern treatments and the natural remedies? Do you think of them as complete opposites and, therefore, feel like only one can work?
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Modern/western medicine has only been around for a relatively short period of time. Yes, it is all that most of us have known, but a hundred years is a tiny fraction of the span of human history.
How did people survive without the medicines we know today?
They used what the earth provided. Plants have incredible powers to keep us healthy and give our bodies what they need to heal.
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