Mood Balance and living in the center of a
Sphere of a-bun-dance

First of all, disatisfaction has a purpose. Our depression is telling us a message..
to change our life in some way - to change ourselves and how we see things.
What is the message?
Do you really feel at home with your job? Your relationship(s)?
When we take a good look inside we can find a message there for you.

Perhaps the first step involves taking a good hard look at how we were raised in regards to self esteem issues, various counter productive disciplinary methods, often by well meaning authority figures- which only make sorting it out even more confusing.

Read: Drama of The Gifted Child by Alice Miller if you often put your needs before others and want to "help" everyone. A wonderful trait, yet if this is the only way you got love, consciously or unconsciously, then this needs to be looked at because it is a part of the depression, the spirit in you that was repressed for others needs. Often times, told we were selfish for caring for our own needs. Sorting out the messages that we were given to find what we feel is the path and every bad memory is a link in the chain around us.

However, be careful not to linger in the past to feed your depression. At some point, only you know when that point is. We must forgive and see the lessons that we learned and appreciate these lessons and those who taught them to us. Not to condone bad behavior. To understand that we are not our behavior and see the essence of that person(s) and ourselves beyond our behaviors or our wounds for that matter.
Forgiveness is a gift we give ourselves and we give it because it allows us to let go
of old baggage that is keeping us from allowing our visions to fly.

Here's an Inner Home Alchemy visualization.
Simply put: we all have walls around our hearts made from the moment we really needed to protect ourselves from those who were not considering us or our feelings.
Each wall has a picture of each of these moments.
As we see these for what they are they become windows.
As we take steps forwards in our lives,
they become doorways to our heart's freedom.
We can co-create inner family balance and heal, even if our birth families
or x's don't want to be involved.

Remember: for everyone seeking help with mood swings;
there are several steps to understanding what's going on,
it's not simple or the same for everyone.

Find what works for you... keep a journal of your process if that feels goods.
Or at least a way to remember to record what works & why...

It's important to remember that being in a good mood is a national industry now. 
All aspects of our health physically, emotionally, mentally,
& spiritually are part of the equation. 
Sometimes it comes down to behaviors,
nutrition and what is considered a "normal education" and child rearing -
(as in ADD, or manic-depression/chronic depression)
so check out more of the transparenting tools - yet here are a few. 

For those who enjoy writing try this very useful tool-
Letter Writing Therapy:
(a really good method of inner reflection to see
how your conscious & unconscious mind works)
Simply write and rewrite a letter that you may never send.
This way we are able to vent our negative emotions,
with out the repercussions of saying something we regret later.
We are able to see our inner thoughts and allow them to grow as we revise our letter to reflect how we've grow over time.
(Allow yourself as much time as you need to as you work on yourself in other ways as well.) Also, if and when we finally do speak to the person,
(or if we finally decide to send it) because we've done this, we know exactly what we want to say and how to ay it and even more so, what we don't want to say.

The most important thing to remember it to DO YOUR THANG!!!
Pray. If you have time to worry, you have time to pray.
Call on angels to help in times of change.
Create your own rituals, anything meaningful to you.

essential oils + touch healing + crystals + candles + prayer + meditation + ? = creative ritual

Take long hot baths with various incense & candles.
Whatever helps us to relax into the now & make the most of it,
no matter whatever's happening.

Before using these supplements, first check with your Herbalist and/or Natropathic Doctor and remember to:

Get tested to see if any hormones are imbalanced and which ones. However, don't use synthetic hormones from animals or test tubes, and don't let a doctor tell you to get on the pill to balance hormones either. Heal your body and it will produce the ones you need.

Also, get tested to see if your thyroid is imbalanced as well. In our adrenaline run society, our thyroid and adrenal glands live in constant over-use. This will one day be understood as a big part of the Manic-Depression mystery revealed.

Mood Balance supplements: 

5-HTP- Is a serotonin balancer. Unlike Prozac, (and many other psychological drugs, which lower your serotonin levels so low that they are supposed to spring back...) this supplement balances it, so that you are healing the part of you that makes serotonin naturally, while leveling the imbalances. "l-5 Hydroxytryptophan is the precursor to serotonin, a mood and appetite regulating nurotransmitter produced within the body."

SAM-e- Many health benifits from this wonderful supplement includieng liver detox, circulation, as well as a brain and mood balancer.

Happy Camper- a collection of many mood balancing herbs around the world, all in one capsule.

Hormonal Balance supplements:  DHEA (many wonderful side effects for over all health, it's an "anti-aging" supplement too)

Cold pressed oil combos: are what will naturally balance hormones

Essential Balance: Flax, Sunflower, Seasme, Pumpkin & Borage Seed Oils
Barlean's The Essential Woman: Flaxseed Oil, Primrose Oil, Flaxseed particulate & soy isoflavones and saponins

Vitex for estrogen imbalances

BrainFoods  Supplements:  
Hydergine- This amazing "cumulative" (you don't have to keep taking it, it's effects remain forever, once taken) supplement has many uses. It's better to do it at a time when you can focus inwardly and deeply at the other blocks in your life that are part of what's causing a sluggish mind or for those who wish to optimize their brain power.) It has the amazing quality of growing and connecting the bushy parts of our brain tissues that transmit thought and therefore, help in connecting left & right brains thus, increasing the percentage of the amount of brain we use. This one is suggested for Manic-Depressive people, and those with Chronic Depression, as lond as deep inner work is done simtainously with Active Meditation or other similar tools. However, in the US it is most prescribed for Alzheimer's Disease and those with Senility disorders. Anywhere else in the civilized world, they give to anyone going into an operation because it keeps the brain alive longer. It oxygenates the brain and that's why it builds the connetive bushy parts of our brain. There is no toxicity, or side effects to this amazing supplement, yet don't take more than 9mg.(international top dose) and work your way up to it. Start with 1mg. and see how it feels while increasing it slowly directed by your intuition and circumstances and not on an empty stomach. You may become more psychic and even remember past lives, if you think about it, telepathy is "smarter" and more than likely uses more of our brain than we normally do (about 10 percent at best).

Piracetam + Choline- Choline can be used alone but not Piracetam, it must be used with Choline, cumulative connecting left & right brains and increasing the amount of brain we use & physical, mental &/or emotional equilibrium. This one has been suggested for Manic-Depressive people.


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