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Cortisol is NOT the Stress Hormone

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By Jen O’Sullivan, BCND

Cortisol, often referred to as the “stress hormone”, is not actually that. We call it this because when our adrenals are overactive from stress we can have too much cortisol. Cortisol is actually our wake hormone. When functioning properly, cortisol is released in the early hours of the morning to gently wake us up and keep us awake throughout the day. 

In my practice many people have overworked adrenals and their cortisol has been working overtime from excess stress which will eventually cause a reversal of energy. This causes a difficulty waking up and usually a surge of energy around 7pm coupled with a difficulty going to sleep. 

To support proper adrenal function, it is important to remove all sources of caffeine as that can cause your endocrine system more confusion by telling you that you do not need wake hormone in the morning since you are providing a shot of caffeine. This will cause you to be extremely tired at around 2pm. 

It is best to wake to natural sunlight, or use a full spectrum light and look at this light for about 10 minutes while doing deep breathing exercises. Drink around 8 ounces of pure water to oxygenate your cells and help mitochondrial function (ATP) to wake up. Reduce stress and consider taking some adaptogenic herbs to allow your body to adapt to stress better such as ashwagandha, cordyceps, or turmeric.

Purpose – Essential Foundation of Health

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By Dr. Jen O’Sullivan

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It is said that a person can live for three weeks without food, three days without water, three hours without shelter in a harsh environment, three minutes without oxygen, and three seconds without hope. We need hope to survive and having a purpose in life gives us that hope in heaping spoonfuls.

Find and know your deeper purpose using these helpful tips:

  • Purpose: Find what brings you joy and what God’s intended purpose is for you.
  • Hope: What is your hope built on? Lean into that and develop it.
  • Hobbies: Spend time each week honing a skill or hobby.
  • Discipline: Develop habits to build greater character.
  • Learn: Learn new things to stretch yourself.

Relationships – Essential Foundation of Health

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By Dr. Jen O’Sullivan

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It has been studied and proven that having healthy relationships can benefit your body’s stress response, improve healing time, increase potential for healthier lifestyle, gives a greater sense of purpose, and may increase life-span.

Be intentional about family and friends through some of these action steps: 

  • Physical Touch: Give hugs to family and friends often.
  • Cultivate: Work on developing 2-3 deeper relationships this season.
  • Time: Make actual, scheduled time for those you love.
  • Support: Support your friends and family when they are struggling.
  • Listen: Listen to understand rather than listen to respond.

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Releasing Trapped Emotions using the Emotion Code

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The Emotion Code® by Dr. Bradley Nelson is a great way to release trapped emotions. See below for details or get his book online.

Emotion Code® Method:

  1. Check your polarity. If you are constantly tripping and bumping into things, your polarity may be reversed. Do the cross crawl method to balance your polarity.
  2. Make sure you are properly hydrated.
  3. MRT (Muscle Response Testing)
    O-Ring Method: Link your hands by putting both pointer fingers and thumbs into an O-ring shape. See demonstration here. State your name as, “My name is _______”. Check the strength of the bond. It should be strong. State an incorrect name from the opposite sex, “My name is ______” and your O-ring bond should break. If it doesn’t do the cross crawl method again to reset polarity.
    The Sway Method: Stand up straight with your feet hip distance apart. Place your hand over your chest. Say the word “love” and you should sway forward. Say the word “hate” and you should sway backward.
  4. Make the statement aloud, “I have a trapped emotion.” With your chosen MRT method you should get a positive answer.
  5. Look briefly at the Emotion Code® Chart (below) and say “This trapped emption is in column A.” If you get a positive response then move to the next step. If negative, say “This trapped emotion is in column B.”
  6. Work through the chart until you find your trapped emotion. Go from columns to rows (odd row vs even row, then individual rows, then onto each emotion in that column and row.)
  7. Once you find the emotion say, “I have the trapped emotion of________.”
  8. Next you will determine when this emotion was trapped. Ask yourself if the emotion was inherited. If yes, find out which side of your family. Check which generation.
  9. If the emotion was not inherited, determine which part of your life it occurred in. “This emotion is from the first half of my life.” If the answer is yes, ask if it was in utero and then which trimester from your mother. If not in utero, check by age blocks such as “This emotion is from the first five years of life.” Keep asking in sets of five until you get your time frame, then ask specific ages. If not from the first half of your life, continue to check through the second half of your life using the same method.
  10. When you determine the age of your trapped emotion, ask the question “I need to find out more about this trapped emotion.” If yes, say “I can release this emotion now.” If yes, then release it.
  11. If more info is needed, you may need to continue to investigate and identify the circumstances that is associated with the trapped emotion.
  12. Think about any body part or organ that has been chronically in pain or ill that happened the same year you found in your investigation. Say, “This trapped emotion is in my _____?”
  13. Once you find out all the information you need, say, “I can release this emotion now.” If yes, release it. You may simply say, “I release this emotion.” There are additional magnet methods to ensure release, but often working through this without magnets is perfectly effective.

Emotions – Essential Foundation of Health

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By Dr. Jen O’Sullivan

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Focus on your emotional health daily to reduce stress and anxiety. There are many ways to do this such as prayer, listening to your favorite songs, taking a nap, getting body work like a massage or chiropractic work, working through emotional release through various techniques. I find that the Emotion Code® by Dr. Bradley Nelson is a great way to release trapped emotions. See below for details or get his book online.

  • Inner Circle: Have someone you can talk to.
  • Best Yes: It is OK to say no. Is it your best “yes”?
  • Trapped Emotions: Work on releasing trapped emotions.
  • Lean In: Embrace struggles and lean into them to build character.
  • Growth: How are you intentionally growing your emotional health?

Emotion Code® Method:

  1. Check your polarity. If you are constantly tripping and bumping into things, your polarity may be reversed. Do the cross crawl method to balance your polarity.
  2. Make sure you are properly hydrated.
  3. MRT (Muscle Response Testing)
    O-Ring Method: Link your hands by putting both pointer fingers and thumbs into an O-ring shape. See demonstration here. State your name as, “My name is _______”. Check the strength of the bond. It should be strong. State an incorrect name from the opposite sex, “My name is ______” and your O-ring bond should break. If it doesn’t do the cross crawl method again to reset polarity.
    The Sway Method: Stand up straight with your feet hip distance apart. Place your hand over your chest. Say the word “love” and you should sway forward. Say the word “hate” and you should sway backward.
  4. Make the statement aloud, “I have a trapped emotion.” With your chosen MRT method you should get a positive answer.
  5. Look briefly at the Emotion Code® Chart (below) and say “This trapped emption is in column A.” If you get a positive response then move to the next step. If negative, say “This trapped emotion is in column B.”
  6. Work through the chart until you find your trapped emotion. Go from columns to rows (odd row vs even row, then individual rows, then onto each emotion in that column and row.)
  7. Once you find the emotion say, “I have the trapped emotion of________.”
  8. Next you will determine when this emotion was trapped. Ask yourself if the emotion was inherited. If yes, find out which side of your family. Check which generation.
  9. If the emotion was not inherited, determine which part of your life it occurred in. “This emotion is from the first half of my life.” If the answer is yes, ask if it was in utero and then which trimester from your mother. If not in utero, check by age blocks such as “This emotion is from the first five years of life.” Keep asking in sets of five until you get your time frame, then ask specific ages. If not from the first half of your life, continue to check through the second half of your life using the same method.
  10. When you determine the age of your trapped emotion, ask the question “I need to find out more about this trapped emotion.” If yes, say “I can release this emotion now.” If yes, then release it.
  11. If more info is needed, you may need to continue to investigate and identify the circumstances that is associated with the trapped emotion.
  12. Think about any body part or organ that has been chronically in pain or ill that happened the same year you found in your investigation. Say, “This trapped emotion is in my _____?”
  13. Once you find out all the information you need, say, “I can release this emotion now.” If yes, release it. You may simply say, “I release this emotion.” There are additional magnet methods to ensure release, but often working through this without magnets is perfectly effective.