If you're depressed, anxious, fatigued, or have an autoimmune disease, these are the things you should look into before medication. One of the first recommendations when dealing with depression, anxiety, fatigue, or an autoimmune disease is medication. It took over ten years to develop the information I'm about to share. This is what I did to heal myself without medication through alternative medicine, therapy, food, supplements, personal development, and exercise. Listen in as I dissect all of the options and alternatives for self-healing.

A traumatic experience impacts your perception of your life and yourself, resulting in psychological trauma. People with PTSD are continuously scared of their bodies, and they've honed their skills at ignoring gut instincts and numbing awareness of what's going on inside. By precisely placing long-acting local anesthetic (ropivacaine) around the stellate ganglion, the unproductive and chronic "fight or flight" response is turned off for several hours. This allows neurotransmitters in the brain to "reset" back to a non-anxiety state. This "resetting" results in long-term relief of anxiety symptoms. The SGB may improve daily activities, sleep, relationships, mood, employment and more. SGB works to reset the fight or flight system in the body to help restore function. People suffering from elevated fight or flight responses, like in PTSD, will benefit from a SGB treatment on the nerves involved in mediating these responses. Specifically, this treatments resets the brain to baseline or pre-traumatic levels. IG: Coachkate1

Why attachment? There are many ways to be attached to things in life, like having attachments to people, emotions, jobs, image, food, and so on. Attachment typically stems from a fear of losing control. Can you make friends with the unknown and accept things as they come your way? What would happen if you lost that attachment? What fears might come true? What would be available in my life if I let go of that attachment ? We suffer when we put our happiness dependent on others, money, success, things, or circumstances. Attachments clings. We abandon our freedom and react emotionally to get what we want and reject what we don't. Imagine being free of attachments? IG: Coachkate1

The primary reason why individuals fail to achieve their goals is because they cannot identify a strong correlation between the desired outcome and the actual actions needed to achieve it. Outcome goals are the end results you want to accomplish, while process goals are the stages you'll need to take to get there. The outcomes goals are not always entirely predictable. The most usual issue individuals fail to achieve their goals is because they are unable to link the desired outcome to the required process. Do you focus solely on outcome? Or do you try to find methods to improve the process in order to get better results?

Affirmations are useful but not always effective. Positive affirmations could even do more harm than good. I'll explain my point of view. People have a hard time believing things that they know aren't true. Bold statements will almost certainly be met with resistance, and they may even backfire, resulting in a stronger defense of one's original viewpoint. Positive affirmations do not work because they are directed at the conscious level of your mind rather than the unconscious level of your mind... The unconscious mind is the archive for all of our memories and past experiences. And everything we are aware of at any given moment is in our conscious mind. Every time you tell yourself something that sounds positive, your unconscious will repeat to you, "That's not true, that's not true!" This creates mental and physical tension…It's similar to when someone compliments you, you cringe, too. So instead give this a try! "What if?" question generates no previous precedent, paradigm, or example, and the only knowledge that can be relied upon is brand new information. Try "What if I love my body?" What if I became successful? What if I fell in love? What if I loved myself? Thinking about what-ifs transfer your brains focus, allowing you to consider new alternatives and redirects your attention and encourages you to think about different options rather than dealing with a past emotional response. "What if?" questions often spark creative and new ideas because they prompt us to fantasize or to actually generate new concepts. One of the best ways to get your communication energy flowing is to rethink how you speak to yourself and adopt new conversational practices, including specific words and questions you ask yourself.

You've probably heard that the most important relationship you have is with yourself. However, how frequently do you hear of people who are working towards that goal? We are born into this world and advised to find a life partner, but we are never taught or shown how to develop a relationship with ourselves. Treat yourself, eat some cake, get your nails done, take a bath, and love yourself….That isn't love. Recognizing, overcoming, facing, and grieving those aspects of yourself that no longer serves you starts there. It's about living & following your deepest values and doing things that important to you while still making a difference in the world. It's how you feel and act toward yourself, as well as the things you say on a regular basis. When you need it the most, it's being compassionate, patient, and kind to yourself….. Have you ever wondered why it's easier to deflect compliments than it is to embrace them? Tune into this weeks episode! @coachkate1

Why do we destroy the very things we want in life ? Why do we want love yet take all the wrong actions towards fulfilling that desire ? What if the things you struggle to acknowledge in others you lack within yourself? What if every failed relationship is just a reflection of the relationship with yourself? @coachkate1

Just like our physical health, everyone has mental health. Mental health and physical health go hand in hand, I believe that having one without the other and the meaning we assign to it is where I see the disconnect. Physical health is the state and functioning of your entire body, and mental health is the state of your emotions, mind and over all daily feelings. 'Mental health' and 'mental illnesses are being used as if they mean the same thing, but they are not. Mental illness can be classified as things like depression, anxiety, bi-polar, eating disorders etc. Our mental health boils down to our ability to solve problems, overcome difficulties, make meaningful connections, regulate/understand our emotions, thoughts and feelings. "Great" mental health isn't about feeling pumped every day and super confident 100% of the time, it's a daily watering of your highest self. It's about learning how to be compassionate and understanding yourself while developing the habits, systems and copping skills that work towards maintaining your mental health/illness at an optimal level. Mental health looks like ….. Getting outside Doing what you love Speaking to friends/family Challenging yourself/growing Being vulnerable Work towards your goals/ purpose Developing healthy coping skills Understanding your subconscious programing Healing trauma Being in a healthy relationship with yourself and others Exercise Treating yourself with respect and honor Being in empowering environments Support Sticking up for yourself and others Developing a belief and value system that works for you Sex/sleep Community Blood work Helping others Your food Creativity Travel Therapy Reading educated yourself Alternative therapy Setting boundaries Healthy Communication skills The list can go on and on … This is mental health. There is nothing wrong with mental health or illness. Mental health is a lifestyle To see a therapist or to get help is like having a coach for your mind! Tune into this episode!!!! IG: coachkate1

We live in a world full of beauty standards defined by external factors like the media and society. Have you ever stopped to think what beauty standards you are personally following and why? Realizing there is a subconscious programing, that we were either born into or inherited by our external environments that shaped our thinking. Why are we following a standards that have nothing to do with our personal beliefs, values and level of standards? How can you truly be happy by living and viewing beauty through a collective standard? Think about it.... I believe when you begin to question, de-program and re-program yourself to your own definition of what beauty is, you can reduce the amount of suffering and the limited views we've constructed towards this false sense of reality. The beauty industry is a multi-billion dollar industry that counts on our weak minds, insecurities and drives us to distort ourselves to fit into some image of 'perfection' that will never be attainable. Tune in! @coachkate1

I love speaking in metaphors and this episode is all about when you choose to pave your own path in life. We are all on this journey called life, right? Every day we are working towards something and there is a path to that goal. The path others expect of us, or the path you know that's driven from your internal GPS. When you see roadblocks do you see a STOP signs or opportunities? When you have to make a detour do you use it to your advantage or keep going in the wrong direction? Have you ignored your check engine light that's been on for the last 100 mile? You can't fill your tank up half way and expect to go the distance.