I Found the Secret!!!

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I have been trying a new thing this week and it has worked miracles. Usually my depression gets to me every other day or so; I can't seem to do well for a week straight. I am still not hitting all of my goals, but I am getting most of them; sometimes we forget a prayer or sometimes I don't stretch, etc. 
I meal planned, including breakfast (Zach has had something besides cereal in the morning), which makes me less emotional and cranky not to mention the stress. I have also tried to give Aaron my undivided attention for 15 min every time he wakes up. This seems to make him much happier through the day when I am busy trying to get things done. I have felt a lot less stress this week and I am chalking up my success to one thing. 
I have been listening to Jordan Peterson, he is a political voice on the conservative right, but he is also a practicing clinical psychiatrist. He explains that he can keep almost all of  his patients who struggle with anxiety and depression off of medications by having them do 2 things. First is to wake up at the same time every morning. He doesn't care what time you go to bed, but it is essential to have a consistent rising time. Second would be to have a high protein breakfast that excludes any specific simple carbs. This would exclude honey, syrups, jams, sugar, etc (I have found that the only thing that I can put on my pancakes is 100% maple syrup, it is made up largely of sucrose which is a complex sugar). He stresses the part about no simple carbs in the morning. He says that you will destroy your hormone balance for the day and you can't rebalance it by trying to not have those simple carbs through the rest of the day. 
Anyway, I have been adding that to my goals and I am winning! I feel really confident and I have been productive all week. I strongly recommend this for all of you struggling even a little with anxiety or depression. Because I have been productive, I have been more spiritual minded (from consistent scripture study and prayer), which has brought me a lot more peace and direction with other things in my life. It has just been an amazing week for me! 
I dare you to try this amazing secret!
P.S. I even got my ministering done this week. 
 

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  1. CelffmeSeptember 30, 2019 at 8:10 PM

    Aubrey this sounds exciting! Yay on winning and points for the ministering!

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