If you suspect that you may be suffering from adrenal fatigue, the first thing to do is to get some testing done. Once you have the results, you can begin to address the imbalances and start the healing journey. There are a number of areas that need to be addressed in order to give your body the best possible chance to recover. Lifestyle, stress, nutrition, and thought patterns that don't serve you well are areas that all need to be addressed. One of the areas that needs to b

The underlying cause of adrenal fatigue is chronic stress. Your adrenal glands are responsible for the responses to the different types of

If you are in the early stages, you will probably only feel a bit more tired than usual, but if you are in late stage 3, you will feel exhau

Adrenal fatigue syndrome is a collection of nonspecific, debilitating symptoms, and is a result of the adrenal glands functioning below their normal capacity. It is a condition that progresses slowly, with the most obvious symptom being unrelenting fatigue that is no better after sleep. Stimulants such as caffeine are needed to combat the fatigue and general feeling of ‘not being well’. Adrenal fatigue is a condition that lies on a continuum between Addison’s disease, which i

Stress - Part 2 Following on from the last post, I want to talk about excessive stress and how if affects your body. But first, you need to understand something called the 'stress response'. The stress response is what happens in your body when you experience something stressful, either internally or from external sources. The stress response is a biological chain of events that occurs in a moment of time when you perceive, either consciously or unconsciously, that you are th

Our modern lifestyle has given us many things...some of them are great, like the ability to travel to beautiful destinations around the world, right down to the modern conveniences that give us more leisure time to be able to travel the world! However, one of the legacies of our modern lifestyle that isn't so great, is the chronic low-grade stress and anxiety that is permeating people's lives. With more time available from modern conveniences, we still seem to be busier than

So here we are 2 days into the new year and I'm writing a post about stress! Why would I even consider this as a topic while many people are still on their annual holiday break and stress is the furtherest thing from their minds? That is THE very reason I have decided to write about it because when you are relaxed and feeling chilled out, you can think a bit more rationally than when you are drowning in deadlines, the bills are piling up and the kids and your spouse are comin