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by Amy Rothenberg ND, DHANP
It feels like no one’s life is easy these days. In my 36-year career, I have never seen more people under more stress for longer periods than I see now (and this unfortunately still remains the case 3 years after writing this article in 2021).
Even before COVID-19 arrived, our constant access to work, social media, and the defeating news cycle—on top of political strife, climate change, and environmental toxins—created a backdrop of vulnerabilities. The ongoing pandemic stress has revealed or exacerbated people’s physical, emotional, and cognitive imbalances and illnesses.
When Mara, 68, came to me for help, she had spent the last two years care-taking her ailing mother. More recently, she’d been refereeing family dysfunction related to the pandemic and different levels of precautions people were willing to take. She was worried sick about her grown kids and their issues but also irritated for the demands they placed on her.
“I feel like I can never catch a break. When we finally got away for a few days of vacation last month, I spent half the time on my phone or laptop, putting out fires and managing other people’s problems,” she said. “My energy is zapped.” She felt tired and achy, unmotivated and aimless.
So, how do we help a person like Mara, who is burned out, languishing, and exhausted, suffering the effects of chronic stress? In additional to getting their constitutional homeopathic remedy onboard, I follow the approach summarized in the sidebar of this article.
Read the full case and article here.
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