Tired & Overweight? 

Your Thyroid is Likely to Blame

Do you struggle with ongoing fatigue? General malaise and low energy? Elevated LDL cholesterol? Do you feel cold much of the time? Low sex drive? Trouble with memory? Is the outer third of your eyebrows very thin or missing? Severe PMS? Constipation? Do you have dry skin or hair loss? Most importantly: are you struggling to lose weight no matter what you do?

If you answer yes to many of the above questions, you may be challenged with hypothyroidism. An epidemic amongst Americans (especially women), a sluggish thyroid gland can create a host of inflammatory conditions that drag you down and keep you there - often for years at a time. Hypothyroidism can also be a hidden contributor to many chronic diseases such as chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, depression, heart disease, and obesity, just to name a few. 

Your thyroid is like your body's thermostat. When your

thyroid is sluggish, your body doesn't produce enough thyroid hormone to keep your metabolism running efficiently. Unfortunately, most hypothyroidism is undiagnosed or written off as "just getting older". But what might surprise you is that even when treated, the typical thyroid prescription (i.e. levothyroxine like Synthroid) does not alleviate symptoms fully. That's right - the prescription does not solve your problems. It is not your imagination. You may get ~20% relief, but you continue to struggle. And no, you don't need an antidepressant. You just need to address the root cause of the problem. You do not have to be exhausted.   

Join us for an in-depth, myth-busting exploration into hypothyroidism and how you can (finally) get relief!   This will be a live webinar class via phone/computer, so you may join us from almost anywhere. $35pp. Thursday, May 19, 7pm ET.  Click here to register! 

Change Your Life:  Cleanse Your Mind

I still can't believe she said that to me again!
Here we go...another miserable day at work.
I am so pissed off.  Can you believe he did that to me!?
I just know this opportunity is going to fall through - yet again.  Sigh...
Why does this kind of stuff always happen to me?
Why is life so hard? 

Contrary to how it often seems, the vast majority of our life experience is not what happens around us. But rather, the thoughts and feelings we have in response to what we experience. An event can last for 30 seconds. Our ongoing reaction to it usually lasts many, many times longer. Someone's quick retort that hurts our feelings can last 15 seconds. Our holding on to it - repeating it in our mind, amplifying it to friends, analyzing it lying awake in bed - can last days, or even decades. And color our entire lives.

In addition to cleaning out our bodies with a cleanse, spring is a great time of year to clean out our thoughts. What old, heavy, and negative thoughts are holding you back? It's easy to answer a quick, "No - that's not me; I don't do that." But are you sure?  Think about it for a moment.

Most of us spend a lot of our time ruminating about what we don't want...what makes us angry, why we're afraid, what we're worried will happen, what frustrates us, why we doubt ourselves. Mentally and emotionally, we get overwhelmed with these details. We end up talking about them to whoever will listen. These thoughts fill our minds while we drive our cars or go about our daily routine. They also keep our body in a chronic, low-level state of fight-or-flight. This mode pushes our adrenal glands to constantly secrete stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline. Over time, this stress leads to weight gain, inflammation, and many chronic diseases. This isn't speculation; it's been proven in medical studies.

When someone asks, "How are you?", how do you respond? Do you take the opportunity to celebrate what is going well - what makes you feel good? Or do you feel the need to run through your current list of problems and worries and frustrations? Without a conscious intention otherwise, our ego springs at the chance to be righteously upset. To justify our feeling bad. The problem is that all this emphasis makes these undesirable thoughts heavier, more burdensome, and magnetic in our minds. Is this really the life you want to choose?

What would it be like to just let your negative thoughts go?  Just release them. It's not about ignoring the facts in front of you. Be truthful with yourself. Acknowledge what you don't like. Feel your feelings.  But then just let the thought go. Instead, focus on doing what you need to do to move toward your goals.  Speed bumps?  Delays?  Twists? These are just opportunities to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to what we want. Navigate as you need to. But let the thoughts about it go. Let the stories go. Let the unexpected or "negative" events play as small a role in your life as they can. Otherwise negative thoughts usually attract more of what you don't want.

This spring, develop the habit of choosing to think about what you DO want and to let it fill your thoughts. No matter what is happening in front of you, choose to focus on what makes you feel good. It takes practice. But I have seen it completely revolutionize lives. Including mine. The vast majority of our life experience is NOT what happens around us. It's the thoughts and feelings we have in response to those events. You can choose joy.  

Sometimes a good laugh shakes us out of our stuck place, so we can refocus on what we want to attract in life. In that vein, I am happy to share this really comical blog post.  Don't miss it. Most jokes are funny because of how oh-so-close-to-the-truth they are. Enjoy!