Here are my favorite herbs for anxiety, sleep and stress. Use these herbs separately or in combinations. Get to know them individually and take them frequently, even daily. My Primal Diet - Modern Health podcast on this topic will help teach this to you too. The player is at the top of the page... Why do you need these? Because we are STRESSED in the modern world.... Too many sensory inputs, and task overload! Wireless ... Keep Reading >
Stress Management
What I Do For Chronic Adrenal Fatigue
I've struggled with chronic adrenal fatigue for decades. I know what adrenal fatigue feels like and what it means to have low cortisol all day. Here's an intro to adrenal function and ideas on what I've done for my adrenal health. I hope it helps you too! Cortisol is the main adrenal hormone that gives stamina, regulates blood sugar and helps make female hormones after menopause. When we're overly emotional, too busy, short on sleep ... Keep Reading >
Natural Treatments for Shingles and Herpes Relief
Natural treatments for shingles and herpes relief is a topic I know from personal experience. These ideas will help you heal faster and reduce re-occurrences. None conflict with medications. I have never used antiviral medications, focusing on the causes of my susceptibility, and alternative therapies that reduce herpes outbreaks. Lysine and Systemic Formula's VIVI have been big helpers for me. More on these below. First some ... Keep Reading >
Tony Wrighton on Zestology, Self-Hypnosis and the Alpha State
Tony Wrighton is an author, NLP coach and popular sports broadcaster in the UK. His podcast slogan is Zestology: Live Life with Energy, Vitality and Motivation. Tony was a successful author and sports personality and had learned Neuro Linguistic Programming at the highest level when he contracted a virulent virus in 2014. He spent months in bed, not sure if he would ever recover. Using self-hypnosis and NLP helped him ... Keep Reading >
Managing Your Mind: Evan Brand of Not Just Paleo Interviews Beverly
There's help for managing your mind in this free-flowing podcast with Evan Brand and Beverly. I talk with Evan about having to change my life (and health) and learning to manage my thinking. When I became too run down to work for a while, I spent time observing the decisions and worries in my mind. I learned to question whether what my mind was saying was REAL or TRUE. Or not! Managing Your Mind 101 Is this point of view the truth? ... Keep Reading >
Anxiety and Addiction
GABA is our main inhibitory neurotransmitter, and a key regulator of both anxiety and addiction. It helps us stay in that calm, healing, para-sympathetic mode, and avoid the sympathetic flight or fight mode. It governs dozens of functions in the mind and body. Along with Serotonin, GABA provides the brakes in our body, much as Dopamine and Acetyl-Choline provide the "go-go". Like yin and yang, we need "go" and "slow" to be ... Keep Reading >
10 Reasons For Chronic Fatigue
What are the reasons for chronic fatigue? Why am I so tired?? This frustrated plea for help is everywhere these days: in my clinic, the news and in my own life. As in all things health, there are easy answers and complex ones. Take it one step at a time and watch for improvements that validate what you're doing. Self-experimentation and self-observation are key to taking charge of your health, along with good advice on where to ... Keep Reading >
Natural Ways to Help Anxiety and Stress
I'm always looking for natural ways to help anxiety and stress. Both in myself and with clients. I was in my 50's before I finally realized I'd been struggling with anxiety all my life but never recognized it. That shocked me so much I decided to help others see if they too were experiencing unacknowledged anxiety, and if so, offer holistic help for reducing anxiety. Anxiety is the mind's way of observing a danger (the stress) and telling ... Keep Reading >
GABA Deficiency Symptoms
Gaba deficiency symptoms are diverse and can affect the whole body. If you struggle with pain, anxiety, IBS, reflux, sweaty hands or dozens of other health concerns, you may be showing Gaba deficiency symptoms. Gaba and Serotonin are considered the calming or "braking" neurotransmitters. Dopamine and Acetylcholine are the energizing or "accelerating" ones. The "go-go's" and the "slow-slow's" as I call them! Our 21st ... Keep Reading >
Understand and Manage Anxiety Without Medication
Anxiety often goes unrecognized in ourselves and our children. What is anxiety? How do I manage anxiety without medication? How did I get this way and what are anxiety symptoms? Here's an introduction to my podcast on anxiety. Read this, then click on the podcast link at the bottom of the page for more..... Culturally, we are stressed and anxious. Overworked, under-rested, and over-extended to the max! Whatever ... Keep Reading >
Jimmy Moore Interviews Beverly on Modern Living: Podcast!
Jimmy Moore interviews Beverly Meyer on modern living, my health story, the neurotransmitter GABA, and much more. "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" is Jimmy Moore's collection of hundreds (thousands?) of podcasts, interviewing Paleo and Natural Health folks all over the world. It was a treat to be on his show this week! As usual, I talk full-speed, and get a lot of info packed into this half-hour show. Listen in for more on these ... Keep Reading >
Saliva Testing For Hormones
Saliva testing measures FREE HORMONE amounts. Most blood tests measure BOUND HORMONE amounts. This distinction is not understood by most doctors, so it's helpful to learn this (and perhaps test this) on your own. Hormones measured include Cortisol, three different Estrogens, Testosterone, DHEA, Progesterone and more. A bound hormone is attached to something - perhaps another hormone, or to a toxin such as mercury (common with low ... Keep Reading >