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Stress kills. Find out why.  

A MUST read.

Blame it on Chromosone 19   

How a life of stress and worry can  

give you Alzheimer’s (and more) 

It is a hard reality to face.

Stress makes you sick. It causes disease. It suppresses your immune system. It allows cancer to grow.

Stress kills.

And if your life is stressful and you live with worry and fear, you might feel helpless to change.

As we learn more about the brain, we are discovering that having a genetic predisposition for a disease like Alzheimer’s rarely means that you will get the disease.

So, if our genes are not making us sick, what are the factors that will lead to disease?

Our environment and our emotional well being are the biggest influence on our genes. This discovery about how people develop Alzheimer’s shows how stress creates the perfect condition to allow the disease to take hold.

Alois Alzheimer first brought the disease to light and since then doctors have been learning that it runs in families. In the early 90s they discovered the genetic link to Alzheimer’s. The APOE gene on Chromosone 19 is at fault.

Studies of twins shows that even when one identical twin gets the disease, the other can be unaffected. Twin studies can allow us to look at identical genes and the environmental contributor to the disease. If identical twins both have the gene for a disease, such as Alzheimer’s and only one gets it, the other factors become very important in researching the reality of genetic predisposition for disease.

Your environment determines whether your disease gene is turned on or off. Simple. And your environment does not just mean the world around you, it includes the world inside of you. It is your stress, your thoughts, your hopes or lack of them, who you surround yourself with and well, just about everything.

In animal studies with monkeys they found that the size of the cage and the stress endured by the animals in smaller cages actually made their brains diminish as they aged. The brain is impaired simply by the stress of the smaller cage.

Increased Cortisol, the hormone that is created from stress, reduces the number of brain synapses, changing the brain cells and their ability to communicate.

The monkeys in the small cages had a higher density of plaques and lower number of synapses, which is the same brain pathology in Alzheimer’s diseased brains.

New research is showing that stress, even moderate stress, can increase the symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases (those of the brain) such as Alzhiemer’s and Parkinson’s.

A study on rats who were subjected to stress showed a powerful link to cognitive function and memory. They gave one group a small amyloid dose (the peptide that forms the plaques in the brain), not enough to cause any symptoms by itself and then stressed them by placing an intruder rat in their cages. Once again, I am happy to not be a rat.

The study used four groups of rats and the results showed that only the rats that had both the amyloid peptide and the stress developed long term cognitive problems. The stress alone did not produce it, nor did the amyloid peptide alone.

In a similar study, rats were given a dopamine reducing treatment to create the brain condition that causes Parkinson’s, divided into groups, and once again only the group that had the stress and the reduced dopamine were negatively affected.

These studies have to open our eyes to debilitating effects of stress. Not just because stress makes life harder and inhibits our ability to have joy in our life, but because it is the magic bullet that activates the gene to create allow disease.

Good news and bad news.

If you have a genetic component for a disease the chances of it developing if you live a low stress life are slim.

If you are stressed, especially long term stress, you are highly likely to feed your genes what they need to turn on the disease.

Now what?

If you are trapped in a difficult situation and you feel helpless to change it, you know that you can change your attitude about it. And that is easier said than done, for sure!

Being bombarded by stress, negativity, hopelessness, fear and worry can taking it’s toll on you every day by robbing you of your joy.

For some people, there is no longer a light at the end of the tunnel. The future is bleak and living in a state of mind where there is no hope is probably the highest state of stress you can endure.

From my perspective and expertise I can tell you that any bad situation is not permanent. I have been in some desperate and hopeless times in my life and felt there was no way to change it. I have cried every day for months filled with fear that things willnever change. As a single mom when my kids were little I lived in a hopeless situation. I was almost certain it would never change.

And I know that many of you live in this reality as well. The one thing that I consistently hear from my beautiful friends (that’s you) who have discovered my work, is that you found out how to pull yourself out of a life of misery by doing something consistent every day. It is not enough to KNOW how to change something. And it sure is not enough to do it once and say "Well that didn’t work".

I could just jump up and scream it to the world as I write that.

You can’t just do something once or twice and then decide it didn’t work.

My life changed when a friend graciously let me use his office to see clients (I got kicked out of my last one when I couldn’t pay the rent and had only $10 to my name) (Yes, for real. And lots of debt, so way less than $10 actually)

My friend told me he would let me share his office on one condition. I had to spend 15 minutes in the morning upon awakening, and also at night as I fell asleep, envisioning an appointment book full of clients, people calling me for help, happy clients, money flowing in, the phone ringing, smiling faces and so on.

I did not do it.

He asked me every day. (that was another requirement for the free office. I had to come in every day, no matter what)

"Did you do your 15 minutes this morning? Last night?"

"No, but I will."   And I didn’t.

And nothing changed.

After a week of this he said I had to do it or I had to leave. Yikes!

So I started doing my morning and night meditation. Faithfully.

What beautiful things I saw and felt. Clients, happy people, relief, joy, smiles, money, love, and the enormous pride of knowing that I changed my really crappy reality.

BAM!

In 3 days things started popping. My phone was ringing! Old clients were calling for help, friends of friends were making appointments, I got a radio interview, money was being handed to me, I was invited to speak at local events… it was magical.

He was right.   (Thank you Lynn Edwards)

Some of you have pulled yourself out of horrible stressful situations and created a life that feels pretty darn good. And I am sure that it was the result of doing something different, consistently.

Consistently.

One of  my customers found me while walking down the street and said "Wendi, I listen to your sessions every day on my lunch break. The healing garden is my favorite and I use it every day".

Every day.

Stress is a killer and we know why. De-stressing your brain and getting yourself to teflon status, so nothing sticks to you, is golden. Since teflon is really bad for you, maybe you have a better metaphor you can use.

How you react to the events around you is everything. Ev-ry-thing.

What will you choose to do consistently that will lower your stress level, release your anger, make you more patient and compassionate and prevent you from getting sick?

We know that meditation changes the brain and reduces stress and the effects of stress on our body and brain. It is free and quite easy. Do we all do it regularly? Probably not, but you can change that so easily.

Being in an alpha and theta state (being in trance) while consciously directing our thoughts to what we want will always brings us back to a feeling of love, light and joy and even more it renews our spirit and shines a light at the end of that tunnel.

All we need is a little light to guide us.

The light is here. It is all around you. Let’s turn it on!

3 Ways to release stress instantly  

that don’t cost a dime.

1.

Breathe consciously. Really easy, really powerful.

Breathe slowly in through your nose, deep into your belly.

Hold it for a few seconds.

Blow it out slowly through your mouth.

As you blow it out, feel your mind, body and soul releasing the issues and emotions that were causing the stress.

I bet you want to do that one right now… yes you do!

2.

Change what your brain is focusing on.

Close your eyes.

Create an image on the left that represents the things that are stressing you. Put all your fears, worries and doubt into that image.

Create an image on your right of the feelings you want, the solution to the problem, the healthy mind and body.

Do the Swish process. It takes about 5-7 minutes. Get it for free right here.

3.

Take a ride into your future. This saved my soul when I was at a very low time in my life.

Close your eyes. Breathe. Relax.

Imagine a TIME LINE of your future extending out into the place that you envision your future to be.

Float out into that future to a place where you are strong and healthy and happy.

Let yourself  drop down into that future moment and allow that  moment to unfold as you see how things have changes, how problems were solved.

Ask yourself this "What is the best thing about this?"

Feel one emotion that really represents this future moment and amplify it.

When you create the future scenario in your mind, your brain begins to wire it in by creating new neural pathways. This is magical for getting unstuck or undepressed.

Ready to kick that stress in the ass? Join the thousands who have experience miracles in their lives by letting go of fear, worry and stress and found their magical life.

First, the TIME LINE JOURNEY program.

This is one of the most powerful things you can do for your mind, body and soul. If you are stuck, scared and unable to change your situation, this is like making a wish but on steroids.

You might discover in the Time Line positioning session the unbelievably simple mistake your brain was making that prevents you from escaping your past every day.

Yes, I want to see this Time Line Journey. 

Next, the Healing Garden is magical.

A beautiful time, just for you, where your body mind and soul experience the highest state of health, totally letting go of stress, releasing your fears and putting your genes on notice!

I really want the Garden of Healing. 

Really stressed? Ultimate Stress Release

This is a favorite for my customers. When you teach your body how to relax, even if you think it is hard to do, you will find yourself getting deeper and more relaxed every time. Many people tell me they have lowered their blood pressure, released their headaches, cured their chronic pain and simply feel relaxed and patient all day.

This has several sessions that will inspire a beautiful state of deep relaxation and release. Oh, I want to de-stress now, show me how.  

Headaches making your nuts?

This is a miracle. Find the core cause of your headaches, even migraines, and poof they are gone. Seriously. Not kidding.  

Do not suffer with headaches for another minute.  

See what I mean now. 

Angry? Impatient?

Just stop. Easy to say. Hard to do. Your anger needs deep therapy. When you do the work, everything around you changes. Don’t spend another day one the edge, yelling, hurting, churning with anger.  

OK, I want Chill Out- and now! 

 Or Find the perfect program to feel better fast, right here. 

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