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The Sensitive Doctor
👩🏽‍⚕️MindBody Functional Medicine
🥇Certified #Hashimotos & #Autoimmune Coach

Sensitive people are the messengers for the planet

Sensitive people are the messengers for the planet. We possess a special super power that can be nurtured and strengthened for healing.
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❓ Are you sensitive, intuitive, creative, empathic?
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❓ Do you pick up on subtle changes in people or the environment?
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❓ Do you have a colorful imagination?
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❓ Do your emotions sometimes feel overwhelming?
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❓ Do you experience anxiety or depression at random times?
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❓ Do you have a chronic illness or autoimmune condition?
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There's NOTHING wrong with you.
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You are not broken, imperfect, wrong, bad, messed up, dysfunctional, weak, flawed, unlucky, defective, malfunctioning nor inferior.
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You’re sensitive!
Here’s a few different types of Sensitivity:
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💫💫MENTAL💫💫
Sensitivity to:
→ Pattern Recognition and Disruption (error- detection)
→ Visual or spatial changes in their surroundings (did someone move that?)
→ Problem Solving systems
→ Waste + Efficiency (good at organizing and optimizing)
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💫💫EMOTIONAL💫💫
Sensitivity to:
→ Thoughts, feelings, emotions (self and others)
→ People’s needs, wishes, desires
→ Changes in mood
→ Understanding triggers, trauma and wounds
→ Non-verbal communication cues
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💫💫PHYSICAL💫💫
Sensitivity to:
→ Touch
→ Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia
→ Bright Lights, Flashing Lights
→ Sounds, Loud Noises
→ Materials like metal or fabrics
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💫💫CHEMICAL💫💫
Sensitivity to:
→ Food reactions
→ Smells, Perfumes,
→ Pollution, like car exhaust or smoke
→ Lotions, Makeup, Cream
→ Cleaning products
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💫💫ENERGETIC💫💫
Sensitivity to:
→ Energy fields
→ Vibrational, barometric or magnetic changes around them
→ Auras, Spirits, Vibes, Tone
→ First impressions (people, places, objects)
→ Future foresight
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💫💫SOCIAL💫💫
Sensitivity to:
→ Group dynamics (skilled at introducing + connecting people)
→ Traditions, etiquette and cultural rules
→ Teamwork and team member satisfaction
→ Conflict resolution
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You can be sensitive in one or multiple of the above areas.
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And when we recognize that we are sensitive in certain areas, we can use that information as power to work with our Minds, Bodies and Spirits!
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Tell me -- which of these are your Sensitivity Superpowers?

It’s so easy to get caught in the comparison gam

It’s so easy to get caught in the comparison game.
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👉🏾 “How can Jasmine do ALL of that and she still looks great?”
👉🏾 “How can Robin keep up with her kids, work, activism roles...I can barely take care of myself”
👉🏾 “How can Leila have that much energy…”
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Comparison and self loathing often go hand in hand. We compare ourselves to others and ultimately believe that we aren’t…
🚫 Good enough
🚫 Doing enough
🚫 Smart enough
🚫 Healthy enough
🚫 ...etc
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What’s one of the antidotes to this?🤔
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✅ Vulnerable connection
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You not alone in your struggles.
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We created a membership club just for you, The KANARI - MINDBODY CLUB. 🐥
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🐣 If you’re looking for caring guides and kindred spirits to connect with, then join now… only $30 / month!
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What is the MINDBODY CLUB?
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Every month you'll receive resources and tools to support your healing journey.
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As soon as your join, you'll get access to resources, which include:
✅ New Monthly Theme - focused on Holistic, Natural, Autoimmune, Lifestyle, Thyroid and MindBody Topics (Past Themes include: Bodywork, Energy Work, Herbal Medicine, Skin + Beauty, Sleep, Oral + Dental Health, Lady Parts and more!)

✅ LIVE Monthly Community Zoom Call with Dr. Natasha + Neeyaz to learn, connect and answer your questions
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✅ KANARI Assessment To determine your progress and help us customize tools for your journey
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✅ Healing Recipes: easy to make, minimal ingredients and cost-friendly (*GF*DF*)
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✅ 10% Discount on Supplements and Natural Remedies Order for yourself and your loved ones (*USA members ONLY*)
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✅ Curated Collection Featured Product Favorites, full walkthrough and review (pros/cons) of non-toxic lifestyle, home or beauty product
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✅Club Room Member-only forum and chat room to connect with others and share stories
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✅ *Bonus* As a club member, you'll receive VIP Invites and be the first to know about upcoming events, retreats and courses.
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🌍 Join now for only $30 / month 🌎

Click MIND+BODY CLUB link in my bio @DrNatashaF

“Release” of trauma doesn’t only require tal

“Release” of trauma doesn’t only require talk therapy. Did you know that if you have had an emotional trauma, you can use a physical modality to process it. The unwinding process of any trauma can be confusing, long, difficult at times. But also really worth the effort.

I like to use simple MindBody techniques to begin to process past experiences. Here’s a simple 3️⃣ step practice to begin to release trapped thought-feelings or trauma...
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1️⃣ Feel.
2️⃣ Find.
3️⃣ Release.
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This is the process of addressing trapped trauma/pain using your body.
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🌈FEEL🌈
The first step is to go into your body and mind and FEEL what is going on. Gently invite the discomfort and know that you’re safe and can always pause if it’s too much.
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Do you feel…
❓Pain?
❓Increased heart rate?
❓Anxiety?
❓“Off” in general?
❓Digestive problems?
❓Tired all the time?
❓Recurring thoughts?
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🌈FIND🌈
Where is the pain or sensation happening in your body/mind/spirit? Draw a border around it if you can. The border can be around an area in your body or around a memory or sensation, like it was a thought-bubble in a cartoon.
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🌈RELEASE🌈
Once you found what part of your mind/body/spirit was being affected, acknowledge it. Now search for another area in your body or mind where you DON’T feel this trauma/pain. Usually, the non-pain area is MUCH bigger...our brains are just wired to focus on the negative/dangerous stuff. Draw a border around the safe, non-trauma areas of your mind/body. Linger in that safe space for a bit. Then return to the sanctioned trauma/pain area. Keep gently switching between these two areas. Soon you will notice the tension and intensity of the trauma/pain area will start to soften and dissipate. Repeat as needed.
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When you release the trauma - you are OPENING UP the experience. You might experience different things when this happens. Relief. Fear. Reliving the initial feelings again. An emotional release. A vocal release (welping or screaming or crying). -- All a normal part of the process.
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Save this post so that you can refer back to it when you need to release an emotion!

I get it. You’re doing your best.💓 ⠀⠀ Yet

I get it. You’re doing your best.💓
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Yet it can be so hard when we see others progressing faster than us...or comparing your beginning to someone else who has been on the journey for several years now. 🥺
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👉🏾 BUT, here is what I do know 👈🏾
>>> Everyone’s healing journey is different. 🦄
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When somebody comes to me for help, the first thing that I do is LISTEN. I listen to the spoken and unspoken signs of where they are, how they feel and what they need.📝
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📌 Some people are ready to dive into a whole protocol of new lifestyle changes, protocols, exercises that they can implement.
📌 Some people are slowly figuring things out.
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In the healing process, it’s very important to know where a person is coming to me from and where they want to go.🗺
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Everybody's healing journey is different.
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However, I've noticed there's often a progression:
1️⃣ Mystery Symptoms
2️⃣ Rock Bottom
3️⃣ Root Cause Healing
4️⃣ New Normal
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In my own journey, and also in the work that I do with my patients, matching the therapy to healing phases is essential to get great results!
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I have seen people transform in ways that they could never even imagine.
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If you feel like you need someone to really listen to you, help figure out the next phase of your journey and cheer you on, apply for one of my healing programs. You can work with me 1-on-1 online or in a group setting (online).
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Book a $1 Discovery Session – link in my bio @DrNatashaF

✅ Are you a sensitive person? ✅ Do you suffer

✅ Are you a sensitive person?
✅ Do you suffer from anxiety, depression, overwhelm?
✅ Do you have a chronic illness, thyroid disorder, autoimmunity or unexplained symptoms?
✅ Do you have a hard time saying no, maintaining boundaries and balancing your true wants and needs?
✅ Are you ready to connect with your deep intuition, truly trust your mind + body and finally find your innate healing superpowers!?
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>>> I’m so HAPPY you are here.
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🙋🏻‍♀️ Do you feel misunderstood?
🙋🏻‍♀️ Do you feel like no one “gets” you?
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I get it. I felt like too during parts of my healing journey.
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And also why we have a membership club, The KANARI - MINDBODY CLUB. 🐥
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We can support each other by opening up through dialogue and stories so that many can benefit from the new perspectives being learned and shared.
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🐣 If you’re looking for caring guides and kindred spirits to connect with, then join now… only $30 / month!
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What is the MINDBODY CLUB?
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Every month you'll receive resources and tools to support your healing journey.
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As soon as your join, you'll get access to resources, which include:
✅ New Monthly Theme - focused on Holistic, Natural, Autoimmune, Lifestyle, Thyroid and MindBody Topics (Past Themes include: Bodywork, Energy Work, Herbal Medicine, Skin + Beauty, Sleep, Oral + Dental Health, Lady Parts and more!)

✅ LIVE Monthly Community Zoom Call with Dr. Natasha + Neeyaz to learn, connect and answer your questions
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✅ KANARI Assessment To determine your progress and help us customize tools for your journey
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✅ Healing Recipes: easy to make, minimal ingredients and cost-friendly (*GF*DF*)
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✅ 10% Discount on Supplements and Natural Remedies Order for yourself and your loved ones (*USA members ONLY*)
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✅ Curated Collection Featured Product Favorites, full walkthrough and review (pros/cons) of non-toxic lifestyle, home or beauty product
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✅Club Room Member-only forum and chat room to connect with others and share stories
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✅ *Bonus* As a club member, you'll receive VIP Invites and be the first to know about upcoming events, retreats and courses.
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🌍 Join now for only $30 / month 🌎

Click MIND+BODY CLUB link in my bio @DrNatashaF

TRUE feelings are short in nature, lasting anywher

TRUE feelings are short in nature, lasting anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes. Think of a toddler who’s happy one moment, then angry and sad, then soon after is laughing and joyful again. Those are FEELINGS. Anything lasting longer than that is just a story (usually a story of suffering) that we are holding on to.
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When we don’t fully process or integrate feelings, they can turn into “thought-feelings” and become a trapped experience (trauma) within the body. We craft a narrative around that “thought-feeling” and use it to fuel our ego and coddle our unhealed traumas.
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Thought-feelings are repetitive in nature. We relive the same event over and over again, without really processing the experience or growing from it. We create an idea and subconsciously look for evidence in the world to bolster our fabricated reality. We’ve created a story and are no longer seeing things as they truly are.
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It’s important to learn how to process our feelings and understand what unmet need they’re speaking to. Once we understand the underlying need, we can make choices or take actions to start getting our needs met. Instead, if we bottle up our hurt or relive it over and over again, we create a contracted and defensive state of chaos. <<<< This is a trend I notice among many of my clients who are dealing with autoimmunity.
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We’re all holding onto a lot. From our past. From our childhood. From our heartaches. From our fears. Allow yourself to start letting some of that go and experience a lil lightness.

Are you EXHAUSTED?
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Do you also...
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👉Have difficulty saying NO (to yourself or others – thus are often stretched thin)
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👉Apologize a lot and struggle with ideas of worthiness & belonging in this world (not wanting to step on other people’s toes, raising their hand in a group to ask a question/contribute and starting their sentences with “I’m sorry (to take up space/time/attention)...”
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👉Seek control & perfectionism in their own lives and in the lives of the people they love (Nothing is ever good enough, including themselves.)
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👉Do it all yourself (If you don’t do it, it won’t get done property...if at all!)
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👉Have difficulty trusting (mistrust of the world, of others, and of their own self & bodies)
When we don’t make ourselves a priority, or constantly put ourselves last,
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I often find both of these go hand-in-hand with exhaustion.
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And when we aren’t prioritizing our needs, we can feel drained.
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Resentment. Depression. Auto-immunity...can start to surface in this state of exhaustion.
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The antidotes?
...I know they are easier said than done 😉
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✅ Create loving boundaries
✅ Take up space / time / attention
✅ Let things be good enough...for others & yourself
✅ Ask for help...and graciously accept it
✅ Learn to trust and feel safe in your body
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So tell me below -- what’s one way to fill your cup up, even just a little, today?

I have an autoimmune thyroid. That little butterfl

I have an autoimmune thyroid. That little butterfly-shaped gland sitting right above my necklace pendant. My immune system produces antibodies AGAINST my own living tissue. #Hashimotos
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The autoimmune effects don’t stop at my thyroid. They impact my gut, my skin, my brain, my stress and sex hormones.
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But guess what? I figured out how to heal it.
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You want to know how?
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✅Food as Medicine
✅Lab Testing
✅Targeted Supplement
✅Specific Bodywork
✅Energy Medicine
✅MindBody Techniques
✅Gentle Exercises
✅A Nontoxic Home
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Everyday I get calls, DMs, comments, texts from people asking for advice on how to take care of their thyroid and immune system.
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There is NO quick fix nor magic pill to take. Healing takes time, commitment and curiosity.
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I love guiding people to understand natural healthcare and MindBody medicine so they can make the best choice for their bodies.
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There’s 2 ways I can help you do that:
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1️⃣ Schedule a $1 Discovery Call
We can chat 1-on-1 about your history and goals.
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2️⃣ Sign up for my newsletter
Get access to my subscriber resources.
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✌️Both can be found at my link in bio @DrNatashaF
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#MindBody #MindBodySoul #healinghashimotos #hashimotos #hashimotosdisease #thyroidhealing #thyroidproblems #hypothyroidism #autoimmune #depression #anxiety #thyroid #autoimmuneprotocol #gfdf #sensitive #intuitive #empath #nutrition #selfcare #selflove #chronicillness #MindBodyMedicine #DrNatashaF #TheSensitiveDoctor

My birthday is in March...so I treated myself A LO

My birthday is in March...so I treated myself A LOT last month. Sometimes when we’re celebrating or we’re stressed, we can easily overindulge. For me, that usually means lots of gluten-free and dairy-free sweets and treats (cakes, chocolates, popsicles, pizza, pancakes, dosas, cotton candy, raw cookie dough, frosting straight out of the container with a spoon).🎂🍰🧁🥧🍦🍫🍬🍭🍯🥟🌮🍕🥞🍨
Yeesh! Not only is my gut unhappy, but my energy and focus took a big hit, my skin broke out and 🤧I get congested! I know these are all signs that I’m headed in the wrong direction so April, I’m focusing on detox and rejuvenation! Who’s with me?!
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Let me know in the comments! How do you know when you’ve TREATED YOSELF a lil too much???
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#DrNatashaF #TheSensitiveDoctor

Overstimulation is a major issue for those who are

Overstimulation is a major issue for those who are highly sensitive empaths and / or dealing with chronic illnesses, like autoimmunity.
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Overstimulation occurs when the world comes in and you don't really have time, space or bandwidth to process and integrate all the new information.
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We end up carrying heavy burdens. Stress from ourselves, from our families, from our work environment, from the world at large.
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Even simply watching the news or a violent movie can be really devastating to someone who is highly sensitive.
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Right now especially can be a more difficult time for #empaths and #HSP
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Not having the space to process the information will create areas of stuck, bundled energy in our MindBody field. "A lot of information just came in. I can't deal with it now, so I'm going to compress it and store it until I have time to deal with it later."
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They'll do that over and over without truly taking the time to unpack and process the experiences later. This stuck energy (trauma) ends up manifesting as pain or imbalance in the body. It ends up manifesting as symptoms, as weaknesses, broken links here and there throughout their health.
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For somebody who's really sensitive, it's really important not just to avoid the world, not to create a bubble and live in a sterile environment. That's actually the opposite of what we should be doing.
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Instead, we need to find ways to interact with others in the world that is comfortable for us, but also gives us time and space to later process everything that came in and reintegrate it into our own body.
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Some ways to process overstimulation:
💙Balance periods of activity + stimulation with 2x rest + silence + stillness
💙Get bodywork (chiropractic adjustment, energy healing, massage)
💙Talk to a dear friend or family member who *gets* you
💙Have a slow, comforting, quiet meal
💙Spend time in nature, soak up sun, breath fresh air, experience textures, forest bathe
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💌Save this post as a reminder!

Can’t say it hasn’t happened. 🤷🏽‍♀️🍪 At least @eatpastry gluten-free cookie dough is chickpea-based... so that’s *kinda* healthy. Jokes aside, we’re human and eating foods that help you and your cells feel great is important. Sometimes that’s a cookie. Sometimes that’s a salad. Sometimes that’s a steak. Learning about your body and connecting with your intuition (not your wounds) takes a while. When you do, you will figure what foods fuel your vitality and which ones drain your life energy. Lately, I’ve been having a dosa “waffle” 🌮 with every meal and feeling great! Dosas are thin, crispy, savory South Indian “pancakes” or “crepes” made from 2 ingredients: fermented rice and lentil flour. I pour the batter into a waffle iron for a crispy quick fix!

Happy International Women's Day! Especially to the

Happy International Women's Day! Especially to these International Women who shaped my world from Day 1! Love you all! ❤️ @mehrifallahi @travelswithtadji @fallahis @just.some.lemon @uptown_pediatric_dentistry @inseinelyparis

“Every time you take a bite of food, consider th

“Every time you take a bite of food, consider that you are programming your biology for health or disease. When you eat healthy food, you are, in fact, eating medicine.” @drmarkhyman The Pegan Diet, his new book, explains how to take the best aspects of the PALEO diet (whole foods, good fats, limited refined carbs, limited sugar) and combine them with the best aspects of a VEGAN diet (a plant-rich diet with loads of colorful, disease fighting phytochemicals) to create a delicious diet that is not only good for your brain and your body, but also good for the planet. In this book, find 21 practical steps for using food as medicine.

Relief Care vs Wellness Care People seek help whe

Relief Care vs Wellness Care People seek help when they’re in crisis or pain. In other words, something happened that is preventing them from living the life they want. Not many people focus on improving their health unless it’s significantly impacting their lives. Which is totally understandable. We generally don’t set ourselves up to have an abundance of time and resources set aside just to take care of ourselves! So when people focus on their health and begin the road to recovery, the first stage is all about managing symptoms. Regaining functions they lost. It’s just about getting by. And the moment they become PAIN free - there’s one of two directions they can take. They can stop there and be content with a life of getting by. This is called RELIEF CARE. The main goal with relief care is simply to be PAIN-free. This can be done by only taking care of yourself when there’s symptoms or by masking the symptoms all together. The problem with relief care is two-fold. One - people end up going on a roller coaster of symptoms - taking care of themselves - no symptom - ignoring themselves - symptoms etc. Secondly, masking the pain doesn’t solve the root cause of the problem. Now, there’s another approach to health called WELLNESS CARE. In the beginning, WELLNESS CARE looks the same as RELIEF CARE. People have problems or symptoms, and they’re looking for ways to relieve those symptoms. The difference is when they reach the PAIN-FREE state, they keep going. They continue to look for ways to regain, maintain and optimize their function. This is called WELLNESS. It’s an amazing state of well-being where an individual continues to experience more and more energy, vitality and strength they never even knew was possible. WELLNESS is where people achieve another level of existence.

“This is all in your head, you're making it up.”
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I heard this phrase often growing up. Anytime I had an ache, pain or “off” feeling, I was dismissed for being “too sensitive,” “whiny,” or just “making it up.”
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Then, while I was training to become a doctor, I ran bloodwork on myself and learned that I had Hashimoto’s - an autoimmune disease - and all of a sudden I had the explanation to everything I had experienced previously in my life that everybody else had written off.
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The different diagnoses within autoimmune diseases tend to be based on the target tissue that's getting damaged.
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👉When you have multiple sclerosis, it’s the myelin sheath of your nervous system.
👉When you have Hashimoto's thyroiditis, it's your thyroid.
👉When you have rheumatoid arthritis, it's your joints.
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All of these are disorders are considered in the family of autoimmune diseases, even though they all have a different tissue that is getting damaged. With autoimmunity, your cells get tagged incorrectly as non-self and your body kind of turns on itself and you start attacking your own tissue. It’s progressive, degenerative and has no cure. At least that what conventional medicine says about autoimmune disease...
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However, Functional Medicine doctors and alternative doctors are really on the cutting edge of understanding that all of these autoimmune diseases are related somehow. There are countless success stories of autoimmune disease being healed, put into remission or even reversed! (Myself included!)We’re starting to understand that they're all related in a certain way, and they all have a similar root cause.
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All autoimmune diseases have a root dysfunction of the immune system. When you find the ROOT CAUSE of that dysfunction, you can start to correct and reverse the damage it is causing.⠀
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I know what it feels like for someone to tell you it’s all in your head. Apply for one of healing programs. You can work with me remotely...1-on-1 or in a group setting.
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Expert guidance + Empathetic support Click Work With Me at the link in bio @DrNatashaF

FLARE UPS Why am I feeling this? Where is this com

FLARE UPS
Why am I feeling this? Where is this coming from?
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Whenever I start to notice any sort of symptom... instead of getting scared, upset, or ashamed that a symptom resurfaced...I ask myself those questions.
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For example, if have a few sleepless nights or eat a cookie with tapioca (which I’m sensitive to), within a week I start getting some skin issues and I'll start feeling that old anxiety and depression that is so familiar from my teens.
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Because of my experience, I know that my symptoms are coming because I pushed myself to far or exposed myself to something that I'm sensitive to. It keeps me spinning out and stressing more.
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“I'm having inflammatory reaction, and I'm just going to do what I can right now to reduce the inflammation."
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Some things I do right away when I notice inflammation returning:
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✅I hop into an infrared sauna to sweat it out
✅Take anti-inflammatory herbs & homeopathy
✅Go on a really simple, easy to digest diet
✅I drink bone broth 1-2x a day
✅I sleep a lot
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I make sure that I give my body the opportunity to handle the inflammation and get back to a state where I can have more balance.
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This is what I call FLARE CARE... a personalized toolkit to feel your best in any circumstance. Assembling this Flare Care Toolkit one of the goals of much of my work with my clients. Because I went through this whole healing process myself, now when I work with people, I understand the mentality and the mindset of what it's like to be in their shoes, and how difficult it is.
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Do you need help:
👉figuring out your mystery symptoms?
👉uncovering your unique triggers?
👉assembling a personalized toolkit to manage your unique flare ups and “off days”?
👉someone to really listen to you and cheer you on? Apply for one of healing programs. You can work with me remotely...1-on-1 or in a group setting.
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Social media is designed to feed off the areas in

Social media is designed to feed off the areas in our ♥️ and 🧠 that seek social connection and look for comparisons. What tricks do you use to keep sane while engaging in social media? Here are some of mine. In fact, these apply IRL too. 1. TIMING: I really only post and engage when I feel moved to. Sometimes that’s multiple times a day, sometimes that’s weeks apart. That might mess up my “algorithm” but 🤷🏽‍♀️ to that. 2. CONVERSATIONS: I respond to as many comment and posts as I can with some thoughtfulness and words. Likes and Emoji responses are pretty unsatisfying if they’re all we’re saying to each other. 3. HUMOR: In life and online, I like to weave in as much humor and laughter and fun as possible, even for heavy topics. This is why I follow a lot of dog and meme accounts. 4. VULNERABILITY: It’s true, most people are NOT sharing their failures. One exception I can think of is the many health bloggers and health seekers who are changing the face of healing (autoimmunity and chronic disease) with their moving stories of failures...but they usually don’t share the failures until they include their comebacks. This is true for me too. When I’m really struggling with something in the present moment, I turn to a small group of my loved ones and disengage from larger/group interactions. This approach isn’t about trying to appear perfect online. It’s simply because 1-on-1 love, support and connection in real life work best for me. This slowing/quieting help me get to the essence...of myself, the problem and the lesson. 5. BOUNDARIES: Unfollow accounts that stir up any ick feelings for you, block/ban anyone who’s ever been rude, unkind or inappropriate to you and follow things that inspire you (Did I mention dog memes?) Yes. 6. PRIORITIES: Do you have something better to do? Lunch with a friend? Book to read? Mom to FaceTime? Dog to walk? Baby to cuddle? Project to work on? Meal to cook? Garden to tend? Dinner with your spouse? Vacation to enjoy? Breathtaking vista to look at (with your eyes!) Go do those things first. Then if you have some time left, get on social media? DM while you BM? (© @drtituschiu 😂😘).
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BIOHACKING WISDOM The Chinese had it figured out t

BIOHACKING WISDOM
The Chinese had it figured out thousands of years ago. This is a Chinese Meridian Clock or Horary Clock. It divides the day into two hour blocks per meridian. This modernized version provides suggestions of daily activities for each block. When I follow this rhythm, I feel like a superhero. I have energy at the proper time and feel relaxed throughout the day. I also experience a sweet balance of work/personal life with lots of connection to myself, other people and the earth. Much of this wisdom is rooted in our own circadian rhythm. We have an internal clock that syncs our biochemical processes to the cycle of daylight. When our internal rhythm aligns with the external environment - magical things happen. Overall, our health and well-being improve. Our hormones become more balanced. Our digestion/metabolism is optimized. Our sleep is more restful. Our relationships become balanced. And we all feel like superheroes. How amazing is that?! @DrTitusChiu uses the Horary Clock to biohack a remedy for jet lag! Once you begin traveling, every two hours do an acupressure massage of the listed Meridian Point (according to the time at your destination.) I.e. If you’re headed to Paris, as soon as travels begin, check the time in Paris and massage the corresponding meridian point for a few minutes. Then we repeat the next point 2 hours later. So if at take off from SFO, it’s already 5-7pm in Paris, we massage the inner knee. Then 2 hours later, the palm of the hand. Get it?! It’s automatically starts syncing your internal clock to the new time zone so once you’ve landed your body has acclimated to the new rhythm! This trick works for at home too. Even if you’re not traveling you can do this to reset your circadian rhythm and resolve late night insomnia and groggy mornings!

Who snoozed this morning?! ⏰🙇‍♀️💤 M

Who snoozed this morning?! ⏰🙇‍♀️💤 My whole life I was a night owl. Staying up late to “day dream”, process my thoughts, make art, listen to music and write the most impressive last minute essays. I loved the creative and introspective nighttime, but waking all night and sleeping all day wreaks havoc on your body, brain and hormones. Even if you don’t think it’s affecting you...it is. A few years ago, I easily shifted to a morning person. Waking up without an alarm: well-rested, energized and enthusiastic! I never even thought that was possible! Tomorrow, I’m going to share my secret for making that shift. Are you a NIGHT OWL🦉 or MORNING BIRD🐥?

“Why me?” ⠀ On my health journey, in order t

“Why me?”
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On my health journey, in order to truly heal, I had to change my mind. I don't mean that I sat down one day and decided to heal. It was a long and difficult process to learn how to think and feel differently about myself and my autoimmunity.
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When I first discovered my body was producing antibodies to my own thyroid tissue, I felt a slew of emotions that I didn't know how to process. Then I started to ask, "Why me?"
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I felt all this fear, shame, anger, sadness and regret, and all of these feelings compounded my current stress and depression.
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Then I spent years trying to fix it.
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I worked so hard to take care of my health by:
✅Drastically changing my diet
✅Eliminating all possible toxins
✅Visiting my chiropractor regularly
✅Reducing stress
✅Taking long baths
✅Meditating
✅Getting massages
✅Exercising
✅Nurturing loving relationships
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By doing all of this, I was getting better, but I wasn't healing. I was still missing one piece; my perspective
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Eventually, my perspective started to change as I looked for things to love about myself and my life, if only to write it in my gratitude journal
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Soon I saw I was abundant with love, joy, and potential. I didn't have to change anything except my mind. I no longer saw myself as a cursed, pathetic, unlovable, diseased person with an autoimmune death sentence
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Through all the hard work I was doing to get healthier and prevent further autoimmune damage, what I really needed to do was stop focusing on my disease and start loving myself and my life
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Don't get me wrong, all other steps I took was essential. But when I finally learned how to live with these healthy habits, and not define myself by my disease, I began to heal
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Healing from Hashimoto's & other autoimmune conditions is a long but empowering journey
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It's not always easy, and I guarantee there will be setbacks. But one day, I hope you can look back on the path you've traveled, and see this autoimmune catalyst as a blessing instead of a curse
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If you’re looking for a caring community to connect with other sensitive souls on their autoimmune journey, check out the resources in my link in bio @drnatashaf

We are masters at keeping ourselves busy and distr

We are masters at keeping ourselves busy and distracted. 💁🏽‍♀️Anyone here interested in figuring out how feel fulfilled by doing LESS? I am! Shoot me a DM so we can figure out this out together 💕
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When was the last time you stopped to… 🌿Feel

When was the last time you stopped to…
🌿Feel the touch of the grass in your feet?
🌅Delight in the sight of the sunset?
🌧Appreciate the sound of the rain on the roof?
🌻Relish the smell of the flowers on your morning walk?
☕️Savor the taste of your morning tea?
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We as humans used to be so connected to our surroundings and all of our different senses, but now we spend most of our time in our heads that using our senses to connect with ourselves requires effort.
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If we ignore our senses, we also disconnect from our feelings -- we become out of sync with our mind and body. We might even find ourselves actively numbing or muting our senses by reading, watching TV or scrolling on Social Media -- or any other thing we do to escape feeling a feeling.
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If we ignore our senses and disconnect from our feelings, we accumulate unprocessed energy in the body (aka trauma). When we don’t have the chance to integrate trauma, it can take root in the body.
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It’s like a cascade event:
Disconnect from senses ▶︎ Disconnect from feelings ▶︎ Built up trauma
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The opposite way to break the cascade is:
Awareness ▶︎ Acknowledgement ▶︎ Embodiment
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Even if you have a feeling of fear, instead of muting it or ignoring it, focus on embracing it. Ask yourself...
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📌Where is it in my body?
📌What does it feel like?
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An example of I how I did this exercise before speaking at an event:
I was feeling very nervous…so I asked myself the above questions:
👉Where is it in my body? I’m feeling very nervous in my throat, because im getting ready to speak to a big crowd.
👉What does it feel like? It’s tingling. It’s like I can’t breath…
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Once I brought awareness to it and breathed through the uncomfortable feeling, the fear stopped getting louder and louder.
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The more you can create a sensory description, experience of it, and embody it in your senses… The more you have the opportunity to let the experience (trauma) have space to exist and communicate -- and the opportunity to release.
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What’s one bodily sense that you really noticed today because of emotions? Let me know in the comments below👇

REST + RESET What do you do to feel better during

REST + RESET
What do you do to feel better during a flare up?
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With Hashimoto's and autoimmunity, I can feel fantastic one day and knocked out the next. Usually triggered by long work days, life stress, funky food or travel.
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As long as I have my loving family, a warm bed, soft blankets and my go-to homeopathic remedies, I'm happy. I also fast (to give my guts a break and allow my immune system an opportunity to clean house) and get a chiropractic adjustment (to clear up any muffled noise between my brain and my body).
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Who else loves to nap as much as I do?

We all have trauma trapped in our body. ⠀ Trauma

We all have trauma trapped in our body.
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Trauma = Overwhelm.
Trauma is an overwhelming experience or energy from an event that is stuck in one place. One way for you to stop trauma (such as feelings, physical events, chemical reactions, etc.) from affecting your quality of life is to process it as soon as it happens. Therefore, it’s crucial to know the 2 timelines of how you can get exposed to trauma.
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📌2 timelines of how you can be exposed to trauma📌
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1️⃣Gradual -- This is when a trauma happens over a longer period of time
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► A co-worker who is passive aggressive towards you on a daily basis
► Daily exposure to chemicals found in beauty products
► You use your keyboard for long periods of time in an incorrect ergonomic position
► E M F or exposure to Wifi
► Toxic exposure to pesticides in our food
► Low level exposure to mold in your house
► Becoming frustrated with traffic on your daily commute
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2️⃣Sudden -- This is when a trauma happens at a very specific point in time. Usually you can remember exactly the situation {{ it might even feel like a movie in your head 🎥 }}
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► A stranger who makes a sarcastic, joking insult at you
► You have fall riding your mountain bike
► Exposure to a large environmental or toxic event (Think: Chernobyl)
► Surgery with a bunch of drugs all at once
► The loss of a loved one
► Car accident
► A big fight with a loved one
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These are the two ways you can become exposed to trauma. In order to process it, there are a few different MindBody methods that I use to release trapped traumas in the body:
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✅Bodywork: You can do this on your own or with a practitioner
✅Energy medicine
✅Homeopathy
✅Mindfulness / self inquiry exercises (journaling, listening to an audiobook)
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Releasing trauma is something I often help many of my clients with. If you feel like you need someone to really listen to you & help you release past traumas so you can have energy to live life, apply for one of my healing programs.
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You can access the application with the link in my bio @drnatashaf

The relationship between culture & trauma👇 ⠀

The relationship between culture & trauma👇
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Depending on your culture’s standards you might be told that something is wrong or shameful, while in another culture the same thing might be okay and even celebrated.
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Did you know that what our community believes (do / say / think) might impact body function?
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For example, in some cultures, menopause is considered very shameful, while in other cultures, it’s called the second spring, and the wisdom it brings is celebrated.
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Studies have shown in countries where menopause is viewed negatively, women are more likely to release inflammatory cytokines, while in countries where it’s celebrated we see women very healthy.
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However, it’s not only the large cultural scene that can impact the way we think/feel.
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For example, I remember when I was in middle school, there were girls either very proud or very embarrassed about their first period -- the difference was often related to how periods were talked about at home.
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Our circle of influence: parents, relatives, friends, media can impact the way we perceive our experiences, either in a positive or traumatic way.
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This things that edit our idea of what is acceptable in our culture are called cultural editors… In my opinion if we are not aware that our circle of influence can edit or impact our mindset...we walk through life without intention.
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Things that can shape our perception and in turn affect our health
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❉ Small circle of influence
📍Community you grew up in.
📍Parents
📍Close friends
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🌎 Big circle of influence
📍Media - Magazines, News, Hollywood.
📍Social media - Influencers
📍Country / culture you live in
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Right now it might feel like there aren’t other options or ways and you feel like you're stuck with how you feel and how you’re experiencing finances, relationships, health.
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So if you’ve tried to change your health, but keep getting stuck...
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🔎 Peel away layers.
See what you were programed to believe what’s real and possible.
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🔓Expand ideas of possibilities.
Gain access to other options or ideas that may work better for you.
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I’m curious to know - what is one thing your culture or community taught you about health?

Happy Lunar New Year 🧧🐂, Galentine’s Day 💃🏽💃🏽, Valentine’s Day 😘❤️ and President’s Day 🇺🇸! I’m spending the weekend surrounding myself with everything that makes my heart go flutter.💗 I *finally* set up my art studio and hung tiny memories in every corner. Titus refers this cozy room as my “brain”. In addition to the travel memorabilia and art supplies, there is a daybed, a floor bed, fuzzy blankets, weighted blankets, woven blankets, quilted blankets, and lots of pillows. 💁🏽‍♀️What love interests are you celebrating this weekend???

I come from two, very different worlds: 🌈 My a

I come from two, very different worlds:
🌈 My artistic past and experience as a creative and sensitive person
🩺 My doctorate training in science and functional medicine
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These 2 contradictory experiences have led me to who I am and the type of people that I help
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I find that I attract two types of clients...The Yin & The Yang.
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The Yang clients
✅ Investigated Functional Medicine
✅ Changed their diet & lifestyle drastically
✅ Experimented with various supplement regime
✅ Completed extensive lab testing
✅ Followed strict protocols (ie. detox, exercise, etc)
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The Yin clients
✅ Explored their Mental and Emotional Health
✅ Learned to overcome limiting beliefs
✅ Surrendered to bodywork and energy medicine
✅ Receive therapy for past traumas
✅ Experience various spiritual practices
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While both saw some initial success with what they implemented, they always feel like they’re still missing a piece to the puzzle. The piece that would allow them to experience a deeper level of healing.
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With my clients who’ve gone the Yang route, I often find they haven’t balanced their holistic healing with tools from the Yin approach and vice versa.
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This is where I come in.
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I combine BOTH healing styles and guide each person on their own journey using tools to balance their Mind+Body.
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Each approach has their own place, their own strengths, and also their own inherent weaknesses if used as standalone approaches.
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For example, when I first started overcoming my Hashimoto’s, I started with a softer Yin approach and slowly integrated the more regimented Yang aspects of Functional Medicine as I started to regain my strength.
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Looking back, I needed both to heal and that I wouldn’t be where I am today.
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I’m curious to know -- which approach have you tried more?
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If you want to learn more about this blended Yin/Yang MindBody approach, apply to work 1-on-1 privately with me. Every session you'll receive personalized resources and tools to support your healing journey.
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Click link in my bio @drnatashaf

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