Thoughts on the Vagus Nerve and GLP-1

The Vagus nerve plays an essential role in communication between the brain and the digestive system. The vagus nerve is able to relay the message from your gut to your brian in a way that influences our eating habits; The nerve is working to understand “food noise” which is our bodies drive to consider food throughout the day even when we are not hungry. When the vagus nerve is functioning properly, our bodies are receiving a normal amount of food noise.

However when there is a disruption to the nerve, the incorrect amount of food noise can be relayed which can lead to increased amounts of food noise. Vagal neurons are sent to the brain regarding the fats that have made it to the liver following eating, this produces a sense of fullness 15- 20 minutes after eating. Lasting feelings of hunger following eating may indicate an issue with the vagus nerve.

This could be a sign that something might be off-balanced within one's body. It's important to remember that you are not alone in a battle against food noise, and being kind and compassionate with yourself while working towards finding a solution is imperative. Recovery takes time and small steps each day help lead to an overall change. One can focus on maintaining or improving vagus nerve health by reducing/managing stress by practicing deep breathing or mindfulness. Reducing inflammation by ensuring sufficient sleep, physical activity and diet can all help with the proper functioning of the vagus nerve.

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Schema Secrets

Schemas are a mental shortcut that allows for us to organize information about ourselves and the world around us, they help create a pattern for behaviors and actions. While these can be useful, they can also hinder our growth as we progress through life. Once we set a pattern for ourselves for how we should behave in a situation it can be difficult to break said pattern. Most of the time these patterns were created to protect us from some event or response from our childhood, and while they were an important tool back then, they are most likely not needed anymore. Finding the root cause for particular schemas can help break the pattern down and reveal the reasoning behind the schema, and hopefully allow for insight on why this way of thinking is not beneficial for a person anymore as they grow.

While working on breaking these patterns, it's important to be compassionate to oneself. As these schemas did have a purpose at one point, and you are not to blame for them. However, it is important that we acknowledge them so that we can work on making a change in behavior and actions to break these patterns.

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The Overthinking Detox: Find Your Mental Peace

Many people can find themselves stuck in their head when given a decision to make, especially if it is one that is stressful. Overthinking might seem like the natural reaction to situations like this, however this could lead to overthinking bleeding into someone's everyday life. Creating a habit of overthinking will only further complicate someone's life, despite this overthinking can be overcome! Understanding why one is overthinking is the first step to dismantling these overbearing thoughts.

Giving yourself a time frame to make a decision can help stop overthinking from consuming the overall goal at hand. By also understanding that not everything can be solved at once can help lighten the weight of a decision; breaking it up into parts and working at each one separately is a great way to take baby steps towards your final goal, and with more things accomplished and finalized, there is less room for overthinking. One of the best things you can do is work on building trust in yourself.

Once you begin to trust your ability to make the correct decisions for yourself and take action on things, the easier it becomes to let go of the anxiety and overthinking that comes with decision making. Taking small actions to get yourself out of this line of thinking will be the catalyst to creating change.

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