In this episode Ariel talks about how to address depression and negative mood with holistic health tools, aromatherapy, reflexology and more.
www.nami.org
CDC Report Shows 5% Increase in Anxiety, Depressive Disorders During COVID Pandemic | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
Call 988: if you are having suicidal thoughts or a mental health crisis.
Gives a simplified overview of depression. https://www.adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/depression 
Emotional Reflexology was created by Ariel F. Hubbard and Lynn Nelson in 2004.
Dr. Carolyn Mein's book is Releasing Emotional Patterns with Essential Oils.  An excellent book on clearing negative emotions.
Disclaimer:
There are no claims made here that these tools cure depression, nor that they are a replacement for medical treatment!  If you are concerned you have anxiety, make an appointment for a qualified medical professional to receive treatment.
To receive long-distance or in-person holistic health treatments addressing depression, contact Ariel to book an appointment. Text 971-319-2618.
Ariel's Suggestions for Self-Care for Symptoms of Depression:
Step A: First of all, make sure you are getting enough Vitamin D. I am not a nutritionist, but there are many articles out there sharing information on Vitamin D deficiency, especially during the fall and winter months.
Step B: Get enough exercise, which for most adults, is 5 sessions of exercise a week.
Step C: Get proper overall nutrition.
Step D: Consider using full-spectrum lighting for at least 15 minutes a day, especially in the fall and winter months.
Step E: Talk with friends or your therapist when you are having emotional challenges or negative thoughts.
And now to the protocol:
Step 1: Ground and Centre yourself.
Step 2: Rub your hands together to generate Chi and imagine you are also creating a Violet Flame between your hands.  The Violet Flame will help you transmute any negative energy released into positive energy. Visualize using your hands to pass the Violet Flame from your head to your toes, imagining that it transmutes negative energy and clears you.
Step 3: Pass Rainbow Sparkly Light with your hands, moving from your head to your toes. This positive energy charges you with all needed color frequencies. Color therapy is a real modality--it has been used for hundreds of years to treat various health issues in hospitals and other environments. When you visualize color charging your body and energy system, it helps counteract the effects of having depression, which can be incredibly draining.
Step 4: Touch your "positive points" on your forehead between your eyebrows and hairline, and then tug the skin upward. This activates these neuro-emotional points to elevate mood.
Step 5: Consider using aromatherapy, especially oils in the citrus family like orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit, neroli or bergamot or petitgrain (if you are not allergic), and mix one or more of them with clary sage, which has an elevating effect on the emotions.
Step 6: Tap your Elegant Mansion or K-27 points--these points are just on the outside of the sternum and below the collar bones in the chest. Tapping these points strengthens immune function and relieves breathing difficulties, chest congestion, asthma, coughing, anxiety, and depression.
Step 7: Think of whatever thoughts and feelings you need to release and let go of.
Breathe deeply and ground any of these thoughts or feelings you are releasing into the Earth.
Step 8: Hold your positive points again and say, "I move forward with ease and grace, I move forward with ease and grace, I move forward with ease and grace." Visualize yourself taking whatever your next step is--whether it is getting out of bed, having a conversation to clear up an issue, going to work out, or taking an action to resolve a challenge.
Step 9: Tap the outside edges of your hands together (the pinky side) and say, "Even though I am feeling this feeling, I completely love and accept myself, Even though I am feeling this feeling, I completely love and accept myself, Even though I am feeling this feeling, I completely love and accept myself."
Step 10: If you have lavendar essential oil, inhale it for at least 10 seconds. Then rub your hands together for at least 30 seconds to stimulate all of the reflex areas for your entire body.  Say, "I learn from all of life's experiences.
Step 11: Walk in place for about 30 seconds, visualizing the relaxation and shifts in how you are feeling integrating into your energy anatomy system and physical body.  Take time to notice how much better you feel!
KEY TAKEAWAYS

• There are many types of depressive disorders, but the commonality of these disorders is that they share a sad, empty or irritable mood accompanied by somatic and cognitive changes that significantly affect the individual’s ability or capability to function
• We all have days when we don’t want to get out of bed, that happens to everybody and those moods come on us for different reasons, but it usually relates to something significant. Some types of depression people don’t want to get out of bed at all for significant amounts of time, some types of people will be able to function but they’ll be in a low mood. They usually co-occur with anxiety disorders and substance abuse. Before depression is diagnosed it must be determined if the symptoms are causing significant impairment of a person’s normal functioning. There are five indicators that people suffer from for at least two weeks: despondent mood, loss of interest/pleasure in most activities, changes in appetite/weight/sleep patterns (too much or not enough), changes n psycho-motor activity (being agitated or movement and thinking is very slow), symptoms of fatigue or loss of energy, worthlessness or guilt, problems with thinking/concentrating/making decisions or making suicidal attempts as well as insomnia

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Ariel is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Registered Clinical Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master, Empath and Psychic who has been involved in holistic healing since 1988. She is also an educator, speaker, author and mentor for empaths, spiritual seekers and medical professionals. To reach Ariel, go to www.arielhubbard.com, where you will be able to contact her directly.  Please let her know you heard her on the podcast and the assistance you need or question you have.
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