ADHD - Does it Control Your Life?

If you have a child who is suffering from ADHD, you may be at your wit's end trying to help him or her live a happy life.

Not only do you face challenges at home, but teachers may be calling with behavior complaints. And your child can't help it!

Thousands of children today are taking prescription drugs to control this hyperactive behavior, and that's scary. No one knows what the long term effects of those drugs may be. If you're concerned about your child's long-term health, you're probably trying to get at the root cause and stop it, so that you can get him or her off those dangerous drugs.

One thing to consider is diet. Not just the sugars that are generally blamed for hyperactive behavior, but the possibility of allergies.

Most people think of an allergy as something that causes sneezing, but the effects can actually be as varied as the allergens themselves. One gentleman I know suffered from aching knees until his acupuncturist discovered that the cause was the orange juice he'd been drinking in quantity to help cure a head cold. He wasn't allergic to oranges, but he was allergic to the pesticide residue found in the orange juice.

Your child (or you, if you're having problems) may be allergic to something in your home, or something he's eating. Remember that unless they're 100% organic, fruits and vegetables have fertilizer and pesticide residues... and pre-packaged foods are loaded with chemicals.

If my child suffered from ADHD, one of the first places I'd look for help is an acupuncturist who has studied the NAET technique and can pinpoint an allergy.

But there's something else that could be causing the trouble - and that's an imbalance in energies. Some past event may have had a bigger impact than you realized at the time, and it may have triggered an imbalance that is now showing itself as ADHD.

You can address that issue with Feel Bach's Attention Deficit Blend.

Bach Flower Essences are all-natural and have no adverse side-effects. They can also be used in conjunction with prescription medications without fear of drug interactions. And at only $7.95 per bottle, it poses no risk to your bank account, either.

Attention Deficit can also help both children and adults when current circumstances have thrown them into a state of confusion. If you're having trouble focusing and concentrating, even if you don't know why, order a bottle for yourself.

We all have enough challenges to face... being unable to focus is one we don't need.

Clearing your Money Energy

A couple of days ago we talked about clearing your household energy - and clearing your money energy goes hand in hand with that.

Teachers from ancient to modern times have advised: "If you don't use it or love it, get rid of it." Another admonition is that when you have broken things in your home you must either repair them or throw them away. Their presence creates an energy block that pulls you down emotionally AND prevents new things from coming into your life.

I don't pretend to know why this works, but after years of both study and experience, I can attest to the fact that it does.

Just as you use Bach Flower Essences to rebalance the energies in your body and spirit, you can use clutter clearing to rebalance and release the energy that allows financial abundance into your life.

If you're feeling overwhelmed by the doom and gloom being broadcast on TV, radio, and newspapers, you may feel that financial abundance can't be yours in this troubled year.

But it can - you simply need to take a couple of positive steps. The first one would be to quit listening to the gloom mongers. Unless there's something you can do about a problem, ignore it. Next is to assume that it has nothing to do with you and your financial future.

Then get busy on rebalancing your home and yourself. Clear the clutter from your home, toss out all the old "stuff" that's been holding you back, and start using FeelBach's "Get Hope Back" or "Joy" to put your internal energies back on track.

This year presents as many opportunities as any other - so get in balance and get moving.

Clearing your household energy

You know that Bach Flower Essences will help clear and balance the energy in your system, but what about the energy in your house?

If you're living in a house filled with stagnant energy, you can and should clear it out. Otherwise, you're giving your Bach Flower Remedies more work than they need by re-introducing stress each time you return home.

You may know about Feng Shui - the Chinese art of placement that helps bring positive energies to your home. I won't get into where to place what - that's a subject for an entire book. But one of the foundations of Feng Shui is getting rid of clutter.

When you have corners in your home filled with unused "stuff" the energy gets clogged there and cannot flow easily through the house. So start there.

Look behind doors, in corners, and in closets - and clear out the things you aren't using. Or... put them where they belong. If you have good things that you know you'll never use, donate them to a non-profit organization that will recycle them toward someone who will use them. Doing that will feel good on two fronts - clearing your house and doing good for someone else.

If the thought of parting with anything brings you distress, take the FeelBach! questionnaire and get the right flower essences to help you let go and move into the fresh new year.

You'll be amazed at the feeling of freedom you'll have when you clear the clutter!

Happy New Year!

Springtime - a time of joy or depression?

Spring is here - at least that's what the calendar says.

But alas, here in North Idaho it forgot to arrive. Instead of looking out the window at daffodils and tufts of green grass, we watched the snow sliding from our roof all day.

It could be easy to get depressed over that, but our soil really did need extra moisture after several mild winters, so we're all working hard to pretend it doesn't matter if we can't plant our gardens in time to grow more than lettuce and spinach this year.

Unfortunately, for some the long winter just adds to a depressed frame of mind. And others will be pulled into deeper sadness by this coming week-end. Most Americans will be celebrating Easter - with religious services or with colored eggs and chocolate bunnies - or both. But most will be celebrating somehow, and usually with friends and family.

For those who don't have friends or family nearby, it can be a tough week-end.

If that's you, Bach Flower Essences can help. They can't change the weather, and they can't directly bring people into your life to ease lonliness, but they can help you cope.

Plus, if lonliness is getting you down, by rebalancing your energies, flower essences can help you project a more positive attitude toward the world, which very often results in bringing new and wonderful people into your life.

When we get down, we spiral further down and people tend to shy away because it just isn't much fun to be around someone who is unhappy. But when our own attitudes begin to lift and we begin to accept and embrace the joy and good that surrounds us, people feel that and are drawn to us.

If you feel "down" you may not even be sure why, but the questionaire at Feel Bach! can help you sort it out.

I wish you joy - this week-end and all year long...