tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14467065075386245412023-11-15T10:07:46.838-08:00feet pray loveFeetPrayLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16640940072531170542noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446706507538624541.post-34135076262886152052017-03-09T10:43:00.003-08:002017-03-09T10:44:01.437-08:00nail-biting <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This was the question:</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">So is there a way to STOP biting your nails, it's a very nasty habit and not good for your health, bad for your teeth and so much more, I know. But when I get nervous or anxiety or something kicks in I seem to bite my nails and I wanted to stop and grow my nails out. I take biotin for my nails and hair. Does anyone have this problem and no away to stop?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Anxiety</b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">can be a pretty complicated bugger to untangle, heal, and get free from. (It can be simple, quick and easy, yes...) But let's just keep this simple.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">For</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">nail-biting</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">specifically, there might just be a trace mineral deficiency under it. Let's throw</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> c</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">lothes-and-pencil-chewing</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> in here too, while we're at it.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">So, here's what I'd do...</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Find a great </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">l</span><span style="font-size: 12px;">iquid trace mineral supplement</span><span style="font-size: 12px;"> and it could make a huge difference. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Truly, it might! Especially with children.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">You might immediately find that there isn't as much pull towards that habit. The habit is still there but there's no drive behind it any more. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">If you don't notice a change right away, that doesn't mean it isn't helpful. Give it a month or so for your body to replenish those starving cells and see what happens.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Because honestly,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">If it's deficiency-driven, no amount of therapy for anxiety will cure it. <span class="_47e3 _5mfr" style="line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;" title="wink emoticon"><img aria-hidden="true" class="img" height="16" src="https://www.facebook.com/images/emoji.php/v7/f57/1/16/1f609.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /><span aria-hidden="true" class="_7oe" style="display: inline-block; font-size: 0px; width: 0px;">;)</span></span> I am a fan of therapy, don't get wrong! But if it's minerals you're lacking, your survival instincts are driving you to chew on something that might contain the missing piece. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The anxiety feeling/reflex saying, "SOS, something is wrong!!" is likely to get triggered way more easily when physically, there IS something wrong, lol! Your cells are starving! </span></span></blockquote>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Hypnotherapy/guided-imagery is another fun thing that can help a lot with anxiety-driven compulsive habits. Gotta throw it out there for those who know the habit is really deep-rooted. Sometimes it really helps to open up the subconscious and do a little reprogramming for this kind of thing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I'm a big fan of hitting problems from all angles, especially if there isn't one clear-cut answer. It's like trying to get a stain off the wall or something. Magic eraser? Okay, if that doesn't work, let's pull everything out and attack that shmear until it's all better.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">And then hide the Sharpies where the toddler can't find them.</span></span><br />
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<br />FeetPrayLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16640940072531170542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446706507538624541.post-73018426427928627392017-03-08T14:02:00.004-08:002017-03-08T14:49:23.768-08:00a new daySo many things going on in the world.<br />
So many things going on in our communities, schools, churches, families, homes, hearts.<br />
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My hope here is to contribute</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">love.</span></div>
Yeah, I'm pretty much a hippie at heart. That's how it goes when you get closer to the Creator of everything.<br />
You start caring about people - for no reason at all other than they are just people. Fellow children of God.<br />
You start noticing how lovable all of creation is. The trees, the birds, the air, the clouds, the sky -- I loved it all with a wonder and awe as a child. It never really left me, but it did change.<br />
As a boring old person who has seen more than I'd like to have seen about the ugliness and brutality of humanity, that child-like wonder and awe over the "simple" things has only deepened and grown.<br />
There's a writer in me that has been hiding for years now and needs a new place to play.<br />
So here we go.<br />
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Feet</h3>
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...because I'm a foot zoner. There are many incredible tools we can use to help our bodies, minds, and hearts heal.</div>
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...because without God we are nothing.</div>
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Love</h3>
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...because that's what it's all about, really.</div>
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