One of the things I love most about working with clients is how dynamic and unique each conversation is.

Here are 10 resources - and a prayer - I shared with clients over the past week.

Perhaps you’ll find something interesting or helpful, as well!

None of these are recommendations. Always do your own research.

1.Natural Support for ADHD and ADD

Pine Bark Extract for ADHD Support Pine bark may also support allergies, inflammation, and boost the immune system. Read more here.

Pine Bark Extract’s trademarked name is Pycnogenol, which is helpful to know if you are searching for supplements like this one.

Saffron for ADD support Saffron may also help with depressive symptoms, healthy weight management, and support premenstrual symptoms. Read more here.

I have personally used and love this product for mood, sleep, and stress. It contains Saffron, Lemon Balm, and Magnolia Bark.

2. ARE you Sleeping WELL?

I’ve been sleeping on Aizome bedding for the past year, and I love it.

They call it “Healthcare you can wear.”

I call it “comfy.”

This is from their website:

“Consciously produced bedding infused with medicinal herbs: for your health, our workers, and the planet.

At AIZOME, we craft hypoallergenic, all-natural fabrics that soothe sensitive skin. Inspired by ancient Japanese craftsmanship and holistic wisdom, our products are made from 100% GOTS-certified organic unbleached cotton and are dyed exclusively with plants: no synthetic chemicals, no finishing agents, no toxic waste.

Our innovative dyeing technology uses the magic of sound (ultrasound) to create luxuriously soft, high-quality, colorfast fabrics while significantly cutting down on the dye water required and eliminating exposure to synthetic chemicals for our workers (and wearers). We have the tests to prove it.

Even our waste is so clean it can be turned into skincare.”

Struggle with eczema or sensitive skin? Peek at their Deep Indigo bedding for natural skin benefits, AND they have other natural dye colors, as well. See all of their collections here or shop their Amazon store.

3. Are You a People Pleaser?

You’ve likely heard of the stress responses: fight, flight, or freeze, but did you know there is a fourth? It’s called FAWNING, and it may be a trauma response.

If you are trying to get to the bottom of people-pleasing behaviors, this article may provide some insight.

4. A Parenting Book Worth Reading

Authors: Gordon Neufeld, PhD and Gabor Mate, MD

Overview from Amazon.com:

“In Hold On to Your Kids, acclaimed physician and bestselling author Gabor Maté joins forces with psychologist Gordon Neufeld to pinpoint the causes of this breakdown and offer practical advice on how to “reattach” to your children and earn back their loyalty and love.

By helping to reawaken our instincts, Neufeld and Maté empower parents to be what nature intended: a true source of enrichment, security, and warmth for their children.”

5. Estrogen and It’s Impact on Pain

Especially for women, there are connections between hormones and pain. This article and this article highlight a link. It states:

“Deficiency of estrogen can become one of the reasons for the development of serious pathological changes in particular, the formation of chronic pain associated with the pathology of the musculoskeletal system.”

(Endogenous estrogen deficiency and the development of chronic musculoskeletal pain: A review. T S Panevin 1, A O Bobkova 1, A E Karateev 1, E G Zotkin 1)

Ask your doctor for a hormone test, or try an at-home test like Everlywell’s home testing kit.

6. Gut Health is the Center of all Health

Women’s Health Magazine offers 30 Foods High In Probiotics to Eat for Better Gut Health

I also shared a super simple recipe for making Keto Sauerkraut from Primal Edge Health.

7. Hoping to Perfect Your Posture?

Shoulders back, y’all, this bra is FDA registered! Another wearable technology, the Forme bra comes with major benefits. Better posture leads to better breathing, improved circulation, and increased mental function. It will be an investment piece. Sign up on their site for 10% off.

8. Hip Pain Got you HoBbling?

These small tools from Aletha might help what hurts. Their goal is to help achieve PAIN-FREE living, and who doesn’t want that?

The Range supports the head, neck, and shoulders. The Orbit is a hip-release ball, and the Mark helps with lower back and SI joint pain.

Which is your body craving?

All of them? They have a set!

This is another tool for psoas release found on Amazon.

9. Keep it Clean

I work with many people cleaning up their lifestyle, cosmetics, and consumption. Toxins are hiding in the strangest and most invasive of places. Avoid them if you can. Enjoy this link to organic and non-toxic tampons and toilet paper. Protect delicate areas, especially for little ones, teens, the elderly, those trying to conceive, and others who are more sensitive to external toxins.

Eco-hiny is a non-toxic TP brand with a cute name.

L. offers chlorine free pads and organic cotton core tampons.

10. Looking for the perfect WELLNESS gift?

A Weaving Alchemy gift card is the perfect present. Get yours here, or contact me directly.

A Prayer to Share

A Traditional Náhuatl Prayer

I release my parents from the feeling that they have failed me.

I release my children from the need to make me proud, so that they can write their own ways, according to their hearts.

I release my partner from the obligation to make me feel complete.

I lack nothing in myself.

I learn with all the beings that surround me through all time.

I thank my grandparents and ancestors who met so that today I breathe life.

And I release them from the faults of the past and from the wishes they did not fulfill, aware that they did the best they could to resolve their situations, within the consciousness they had at that moment.

I honor them, I love them, and I recognize their innocence.

I bare my soul before their eyes and that is why they know that I do not hide or owe anything, more than being faithful to myself and my own existence, walking with the wisdom of the heart.

I am aware that I am fulfilling my life project, free of visible and invisible family loyalties that may disturb my peace and my happiness, which are my greatest responsibilities.

I renounce the role of savior, of being the one who unites or who fulfills the expectations of others.

And learning through LOVE, I bless my essence and my way of expressing, although there may be someone who cannot understand me.

I understand myself, because only I lived and experienced my story; because I know myself, I know who I am, what I feel, what I do and why I do it.

I respect and approve.

I honor the Divinity in me and in you.

We are free.  

A Traditional Náhuatl Prayer

Let me know if you find something useful or helpful.

Make the most of these summer days!