Chronic Wellness

Are you taking pills to manage your health?

Have you found the perfect pill box?

Here is the pill case I use, it has generous compartments for twice a day administration and I use a separate pill case on my night stand for my night time pills.

Do you try to camouflage your medical devices?

The interior pocket of this pill case an interior pocket that also holds small items that are useful to carry.

What's your favorite pill box?

Link to to a similar (zip instead of snap-style) pill case https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071SFXZXZ/ref=sspa_dk_detail_4?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B071SFXZXZ&pd_rd_w=D9GGi&pf_rd_p=c83c55b0-5d97-454a-a592-a891098a9709&pd_rd_wg=RoaF8&pf_rd_r=5Y0XG5511YKWPJ3KZ2XS&pd_rd_r=0799dc07-4700-4b68-854f-a9baef723f67&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFQMk9BNTJOUFNMRE4mZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA2MzE4NDI1WVZMUzVRQ1Q4RzAmZW5jcnlwdGVkQWRJZD1BMDA4MzAzMzJTRzJMOUZJMjJVV0Umd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWxfdGhlbWF0aWMmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

Are you taking more than 3 pills a day or taking pills more than one time a day?

If so, do you have a pill box?

What is your method of pill management?

One of the simplest designs is the Sunday - Saturday, single compartment pill boxes.

This could suffice if you are taking pills only once per day or only a few pills per day.

Why is is a lot easier to manage pills when using a pill container?

These are the things I'm discussing on today's episode.

Self love can unlock so many parts of healing, wellness, and peace.

I do not deny how difficult this work is for so many of us, but there is no work more worthwhile.

A fake it 'til you make it method that can help drive messages of love home -- affirmations.

Key to finding the right affirmation, they feel like a balm to your spirit.

It's critical that they meet a need inside you. This is the antidote to the ugly things you say to yourself and reminds you of who you REALLY are.

The more you say it, the more it becomes second nature, and eventually you can believe it and it can become your truth.

Then you can evict some of your self-loathing and begin to own self-worth and eventually build self love.

How can we know our own intrinsic worth and value?

One way might be through our food choices.

Do you know what foods make you feel best?

How do I kill my resolutions most often?

What are realistic expectations/ways to make change?

The more loving and gentle we are with our goal setting, the better opportunity we have to be successful. When we build on our success, we can acknowledge that we're doing something of value, which means we're worth it.

That's how we can start to cultivate self love through something like changing a bit about how we eat

How can we learn to love ourselves?

Is this key to unlocking health and wellness?

There is a lot of science supporting my health, and yet, I believe that the turning point in my journey toward wholeness happened when I learned how to love my self.

I have changed my own epigentics by learning to love myself.

Self love is the way home.

There are many ways to begin this journey, in upcoming broadcasts I'll explore ways to initiate this process.

In the lead up to Valentines Day I want to talk about self-love.

Self love is essential. It is the way home. It is our purest nature

It is the way the way to health and wellness.

While not simple, there is no pursuit that will better serve us than loving ourselves.

When we were born, before anyone messed with us, self love was our default setting.

Finding our way back to that can be the hardest and most important work of our lives.

A gratitude practice can be the way to initiate this process.

It's easy to catalog what is broken, but to find a thread to self-love, a gratitude practice that focuses on what is going right with our bodies can be a place to start.

Dry mouth is worse overnight.

What can we do to curb it's negative impacts on our mouth, teeth, and breath?

My dentist introduced me to a product that helps with dry mouth overnight.

XyliMelts helps curb the effects of dry mouth overnight.

Promoting salivation, and enhancing dentin because of xylitol, my dental health has improved.

Dry mouth really takes a toll on our teeth and gums, XyliMelts makes a qualitative impact on these problems.

Whether it's digestion, dental health, oral health/hygiene, or our breath, dry mouth takes a toll.

Dry mouth is caused by many things from autoimmune diseases, to medications.

Here are some ways to manage dry mouth with xylitol-based products.

Xylitol is a sugar alcohol has been sweetening our toothpaste for decades.

Xylitol strengthens teeth.

Here are the brand names of the products I mention on today's broadcast:

Spry gum

Ice Chips candy

Xyla candy

Why is dry mouth a serious concern?

How does it impact dental health?

Why can this be life threatening?

What can be done about it?

Here are some products you may not know about.

What is Sjogren's Syndrome?

Tissues need to stay hydrated and lubricated, when they don't it can have serious impacts.

In order to keep our eyes lubricated, eye drops are key. My optometrist recommends using an eye drop without preservatives.

What's the difference between mild, moderate, or severe eye drops?

Why should eye drops be on your meds list?