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!

Do you suffer from seasonal depression?

The month of March is difficult for many, especially those living in the northern climes, where winter seems to be lingering on, and on, and on. 

After months of being cooped up by the cold and snow, the inability to get outside and begin working on Springtime projects brings on gloom.

For others, March is simply a month that doesn’t offer breaks from school or work. 

The only way to get over it is to get busy, but when a person is depressed, there’s no incentive. There’s no energy for getting busy. So instead, they do more sitting and become more depressed.

Fortunately, Dr. Bach formulated a flower essence that can come to the rescue. 

Used for the treatment of chronic depression accompanied by “giving up,” Wild Rose can re-align your energies and allow you to find new enthusiasm, new interests, and new energy. 

Those who suffer from a chronic negative Wild Rose state often behave as if they are half dead. Their apathetic attitude and lack of interest makes them poor company and thus they spend more and more time alone – becoming even more depressed. 

You may recognize them in the people who stay in a bad marriage or stick with a job they hate, simply because they feel there’s no use. They have no choice. 

Wild Rose may be needed temporarily for seasonal depression or following a particularly trying period in life. It may also be needed as a long-term remedy for those whose condition has been long-standing. 

For more flower essence remedies from Dr. Bach, and to take the questionnaire and determine which you need, visit FeelBach! 

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Are your kids missing life’s simple lessons because of your impatience?

We all know that children need to learn the simple things of daily life – how to tie their shoes, how to make their bed, how to set the table or fill the dishwasher. They need to learn to bake cookies and cook a meal. And that’s just the beginning. 

Unfortunately, some parents’ impatience denies children this education. 

Parents find it easier to do it themselves than to teach the child, so they grow into adolescence and

adulthood with a stunted education. I once knew a girl who had to have her boyfriend sew on a button, simply because her Mother had never taken the time to teach her. Her cooking skills consisted of opening a can and heating the contents.

Parents who exhibit this behavior are Impatiens personalities living in the negative state. They’re quick-thinking people who prefer to work alone because they can’t stand waiting for less able co-workers to get things done. They really can’t comprehend why others can’t follow their fast train of thought. 

Doctor Bach’s flower essence Impatiens can bring them back into the positive state – where they still have active minds, but have some empathy and patience for those who move at a slower pace. They will still prefer to work alone, however and are far better off in non-managerial positions.

But what about daily life – we all become impatient now and then. 

If you work on a computer and are not “technically gifted,” you know the impatience of waiting for someone else to come and take care of those technical issues so you can get on with your work.

If you’ve ever made a phone call to a company with sixteen buttons to push before you’re put on hold, you know how it makes you want to scream with impatience. 

If you commute to work and have to sit in traffic jams for an hour or so of your day, you become understandably impatient. 

Impatiens can help those situations as well. It won’t make things go faster, but it will give you the patience to tolerate the wait without raising your blood pressure. Instead, you’ll calm down and think of useful ways to use that time. 

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