Do the Holidays Wear You Out?

If you take on so much extra work over the holidays that you have no time to enjoy the festivities and you need all of January to recuperate, it’s time to call a halt. 

Do you find yourself in charge of all the entertaining for the whole family? Do you cook dinner for

12 and get left with the clean-up? Do you do all the decorating, shopping, wrapping, and even gift-delivery yourself? If you do attend a gathering, do you spend hours preparing something special to contribute? 

When a friend, family member, or your child’s teacher calls to say “Would you…” do you immediately say yes, and take on even more work? 

If the answer is yes, it could very well be that you are a Centaury personality in a negative state. It’s in your makeup to want to help and to please others, but in the negative state you let it go too far. 

Your positive desire turns into a negative as you become a slave to every whim except your own.

This year, do yourself a favor. Get over to Feel Bach! And get a bottle of Centaury. Then begin taking 4 drops, 3 times each day. Centaury will help you realign your energies and connect with the powers of your own will. 

You’ll be able to choose which activities bring you pleasure and which do not – and you’ll be able to say no to those tasks which are simply “too much.” 

Does this sound like I’m suggesting selfishness? I’m not. The fact is, when you begin to enjoy the holidays and the activities you choose to do, the people who love you will also benefit. You’ll be more available to them emotionally and you’ll be much more fun to be around. 

This year, empower yourself to say no – and enjoy the holiday season from start to finish.

Planning to send your children to summer camp this year?

If your children are headed for summer camp for the first time, they may be happy, excited, and eager to go, but… also afraid. Likewise, if they’ve gone before but experienced conflict with another camper or a counselor, they may not be sure they want to go at all.

And… once there, even the most eager camper may experience homesickness.

To counteract fear and let them fully enjoy their new experiences, start them on Dr. Bach’s Mimulus flower essence several days before their departure, and send it with them to use while they're away. It will help to balance their energies and let them enjoy themselves.

This is also a good remedy to use when children are forced to attend a new school due to the family's relocation, or when they go off to boarding school or college. Mimulus will help your child overcome fear and anxiety and face new experiences with confidence.

If you expect your child to be homesick, use Honeysuckle. Along with effectively counteracting homesickness, treatment with this flower essence results in an ability to learn from the past, integrate its lessons into the present for use in the present and future, and to cherish good memories while releasing the negative feelings of poor ones.

If your child is insecure or worried that they might not be as athletic as the other campers, add Centaury, or fill out the Feel Bach! questionnaire and let our experts create a blend made especially for him or her.

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Were you lonely on Valentine's Day?

Were you lonely on Valentine’s Day?

If so, it could be that in spite of your longing, you have your heart locked up. You are simply not letting love into your life. 

Emotional imbalances could be setting up barriers between you and the relationship you wish for.

You could be feeling inferior – as if you weren’t deserving of a sweetheart. Your friends or even a counselor could talk to you all day about your worth. They could give you exercises to build that self-worth. But as long as your energies are imbalanced, you’ll have a hard time accepting that yes, you ARE worth loving. 

Centuary and Gentian can both help you banish those feelings of inferiority. They can help you gain the confidence to speak to that person who interests you. It can give you the courage to perhaps flirt a little and let them know that you’re interested. It can give you the nerve to suggest meeting for coffee – or to say yes when they make the suggestion. 

Perhaps you’re simply unable to give up enough control to allow someone else into your life. You don’t want to "let go of the reins" and allow yourself to give in to your loving feelings. Somewhere along the line, you decided that it was safest to stifle your emotions – saving you from hurt. 

Thus, you present an aloof, detached front – discouraging others from approaching you in either love or friendship. And, since you don’t wish to show any behavior that you yourself view as “weak,” you don’t approach others. The result – you’re left feeling in control, but alone. 

Cherry Plum will help to rebalance your energies and allow you to let go and take the risk.

The reasons for being alone are many, and most of them are rooted in our own emotions. 

So visit FeelBach! and fill out the questionnaire. It will give you insight into yourself and you'll come away with the perfect formula to get your emotional life back on track.

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Holiday Joy – or Holiday Stress?

Some folks can hardly wait - they're excited over the shopping, the cooking, the gift wrapping, addressing cards, and most of all - getting together at holiday parties and huge family gatherings.

Others are visibly shrinking as the holidays approach - they're dreading the whole season and wishing they could just go hide somewhere until it's over.

Which are you?

If you’re so enthused over the holidays that you say "yes" to far too many requests, it may be time to prioritize. Which activities do you truly love, and which do you do because your participation is expected?

Dr. Bach’s Centaury can help you say "no" to those activities that are low on your list of enjoyment. Meanwhile, the flower essence Oak can allow you to take much-needed down time rather than work yourself into exhaustion.

If you're finding yourself among those who dread the holidays, now is the time to figure out why they bother you so much, and do something to adjust your energies. You deserve to enjoy this season just as much as anyone else!

If you spend too much money, then suffer for it for the next several months, it’s time to figure out why, and do something about it. Is it fear of feeling inferior if you don’t give the “best” gifts? Centaury can help. Is it because you forget about or ignore the realities of your budget once you’re caught in the holiday spirit? Clematis can help. Is it because you can’t decide on the best gifts, so keep on buying? Scleranthus can help.

If you spend the holidays afraid because friends and family are traveling, Aspen will help you combat unfounded worry over their travel.

If you've lost a loved one this year and feel bitterness and self-pity as the holidays approach, Willow will help you to enjoy life as it now is.

Visit FeelBach! to take our easy questionnaire. The FeelBach! experts will put together your personal blend based on your answers.

This year, enjoy the holiday season to its fullest, with help from FeelBach!