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Depression is a message to stop and figure out our imbalance

March 20, 2016 By Trudy Scott 12 Comments

Studies have shown that antidepressants are among the most difficult drugs to taper from, more so than alcohol and opiates.

Women experience more than 2x’s the rate of depression as men, regardless of race or ethnic background.

1 in 4 women in 40s and 50s use psychiatric drugs.

Depression is a message. It’s an opportunity for us to stop and figure out what’s causing our imbalance.

Wise words indeed! As shared by Kelly Brogan MD in her bold new book. She is a trailblazer, is bold and is not afraid to say it like it is – A Mind of Your Own: The Truth about Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives. It is groundbreaking, brave, science-based and offers a truly holistic approach.

Enjoy these excellent quotes from the book! (and the table of contents – see below)

The table of contents:

Introduction: Psych—It’s Not All in Your Head

PART I: THE TRUTH ABOUT DEPRESSION

1. Decoding Depression
It’s Not a Disease: What You Don’t Know About This Syndrome and How It Manifests

2. Truth Serum: Coming Clean About the Serotonin Myth
How You’ve Been Misled, Misdiagnosed, and Mistreated

3. The New Biology of Depression
What Gut Microbes and Silent Inflammation Have to Do with Mental Health

4. The Great Psychiatric Pretenders
Two Common, Resolvable Conditions That Can Lead to a Psychiatric Diagnosis

5. Why Body Lotions, Tap Water, and OTC Pain Relievers Should Come with New Warning Labels
Common Exposures and Drugs That Can Lead to Depression

PART 2: NATURAL TREATMENTS FOR WHOLE-BODY WELLNESS

6. Let Food Be Thy Medicine
Nutritional Recommendations to Heal Your Body and Free YourMind (Without Feeling Like You’re on an Impossible Diet)

7. The Power of Meditation, Sleep, and Exercise
Three Simple Lifestyle Habits That Can Enhance Mental Health

8. Clean House
How to Detoxify Your Environment

9. Testing and Supplementing
Supporting the Healing Process

10. 4 Weeks to a Natural High
A 30-Day Plan of Action

Closing Words: Own Your Body and Free Your Mind

As you know, Dr. Kelly Brogan is one of my heroes in the world of integrative mental health and she truly is:

an ambassador to a new way of experiencing health and well-being. In this model our health is under OUR control.

If you struggle with depression (or anxiety), you’ll find this book dispels common myths, and gives you the knowledge you need to truly heal.

The official release was March 15th. The book is already rated #1 on Amazon for Depression — so don’t miss out! It offers a realistic action plan you can use to heal your body, alleviate inflammation, and feel yourself again without a single prescription!

Get chapter 1 and grab your bonuses here:
http://kellybroganmd.com/amindofyourown/?ref=35

And be sure to sign up for the live Q and A call she’ll be doing (just enter your book receipt).

Trudy Scott (CN), Certified Nutritionist is the founder of www.everywomanover29.com, a thriving nutrition practice with a focus on food, mood and women’s health. Trudy educates women about the amazing healing powers of food and nutrients and helps them find natural solutions for anxiety and other mood problems. Trudy’s goal for all her clients (and all women): “You can be your healthiest, look your best and feel on-top-of-the-world emotionally!”

A Mind of Your Own by Kelly Brogan MD – Chapter 1 Download

March 19, 2016 By Trudy Scott 2 Comments

Here is a resource for you: Chapter 1 of Dr. Kelly Brogan’s new book on depression: A Mind of Your own.

And a reminder… if you’ve read chapter 1 and love it (and I’m sure you do!), and plan to buy a copy, Kelly is asking for your help.

It launched March 16th and there is a grass-roots effort to share this book widely because of the mainstream media blackout. Sayer Ji of GreenMedInfo shares this:

Unless about 3,000 copies of the book are sold in physical book stores throughout the country by Monday March 21st, it will not have a chance to make the NY Times and related best seller lists. Why is this so important?

Two big reasons.

One, because it sends a message that when major publishing companies like Harper Collins decide to print, uncensored, information that challenges the status quo, that instead of failing to receive a return on their investment, they can be further lionized in putting their money, influence, and power behind the truth, because not only is it the right thing to do but its good business (which ultimately is what drives future book buying decisions).

Two, because the very large publishers, like the NY Times, who wanted to ignore the message, and even threatened to publish negative reviews, will be compelled to acknowledge its success in their own best seller lists. Poetic, right?

So if you’d like to help, Kelly is asking that you buy a copy at your local bookstore by the end of day on Monday (and preferably sooner), take a picture with the book and show your support by posting on social media with #amindofyourown

I’d love to see the picture on my facebook page too https://www.facebook.com/TrudyScottAntianxietyFoodSolution/ or just tag me.

Get access to chapter 1 of the book here. Be sure to enter your receipt number here so you can get access to a Q and A webinar too http://kellybroganmd.com/amindofyourown/?ref=35

And stay tuned for details of my upcoming audio interview with Kelly next week. Have you got questions you’d like me to ask her? If yes, please post them here and we’ll address them in our interview.

Check out the book selfies here – what fun! and what a lot of support!
https://tagboard.com/amindofyourown/274586

A Mind of Your Own: The Truth about Depression – new book by Kelly Brogan, MD

March 10, 2016 By Trudy Scott 8 Comments

I’m thrilled to sharing a new book with you!

Dr. Kelly Brogan is one of my heroes in the world of integrative mental health. She is a trailblazer, bold and is not afraid to say it like it is, and has written her first book A Mind of Your Own: The Truth about Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives. It is groundbreaking, brave, science-based and offers a truly holistic approach.

If you struggle with depression (or anxiety), you’ll find this book dispels common myths, and gives you the knowledge you need to truly heal.

According to Dr. Brogan, antidepressants not only overpromise and underdeliver, but their use may permanently disable the body’s self-healing potential. We need a new paradigm: the best way to heal the mind is to heal the whole body. I could not agree more!

Here are some snippets from the book:

Depression is merely a symptom, a sign that something is off balance or ill in the body that needs to be remedied.

Women experience more than twice the rate of depression as men, regardless of race or ethnic background. One in four women in their forties and fifties use psychiatric drugs.

Despite what you’ve been led to believe, antidepressants have repeatedly been shown in long-term scientific studies to worsen the course of mental illness –to say nothing of the risks of liver damage, abnormal bleeding, weight gain, sexual dysfunction, and reduced cognitive function that they entail. The dirtiest little secret of all is the fact that antidepressants are among the most difficult drugs to taper from, more so than alcohol and opiates. While you might call it “going through withdrawal,” we medical professionals have been instructed by Big Pharma to call it “discontinuation syndrome,” which is characterized by fiercely debilitating physical and psychological reactions.

I received an advance review copy and it’s a brilliant book! She bravely and humbly shares:

Before I stopped prescribing, I had never once cured a patient. Now people are cured every week in my practice. As I mentioned, my patients are my partners. We collaborate, and they work hard.

And look at these wise words she offers:

when you have a symptom—when you feel cloudy, sad, sore, gassy, weepy, tired, or unnecessarily anxious—bring some wonder to it. Ask why and try to make the connections. Your body’s symptoms are telling you something about equilibrium. Your body is trying to tell you that it has lost balance. Stand back and appreciate the infinite complexity of your organism.

A Mind of Your Own offers a realistic action plan you can use to heal your body, alleviate inflammation, and feel yourself again without a single prescription!

Please share this if you know anyone who is struggling with depression and/or anxiety. Use this link to get a sample chapter from the book: http://kellybroganmd.com/amindofyourown/?ref=35

We all deserve to feel our absolute best every single day!

Barefoot on the grass with The Urban Monk: an interview with Dr. Pedram Shojai

February 3, 2016 By Trudy Scott 28 Comments

Dr. Pedram Shojai is the author of newly released book, The Urban Monk: Eastern Widsom and Modern Hacks to Stop Time and Find Success, Happiness and Peace.

I recently had the opportunity to interview him and would love to share that wonderful interview with you (see the audio link below).

Dr. Shojai is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and a Qi Gong master who has studied Kung Fu and Tai Chi for decades. He climbs big mountains and skies down them, he has two adorable kids, a delightful wife and is happy to be a family man. He’s the founder of Well.Org and the producer of the must-see movies “Vitality” and “Origins”.

Pedram was a Taoist monk for four years and decided his place was back here in the real world where he feels he can make a bigger impact:

Pedram has discovered a way for us to harness the calm of a Zen master in the midst of our hectic lives, showing how we can bring the centeredness of the monastery into our highly stimulating and demanding careers, families, and environments in a grounded way!

Here are some of the topics we discussed during our interview:

To merely survive is not enough. We want to thrive.
Stress impacts us physically and cuts off blood flow to the prefrontal cortex of our brains impacting digestion, reasoning, weight
A great “shake it out” de-stressing exercise
Sleep: “Our ancestors got a lot more of it and we’re suffering without it.” He shares a great tip for helping you get to sleep and here is his clip from the Dr. Oz show
How we are disconnected from nature and how our relationship with nature helps charge our batteries and soothe our souls … “the energy of nature is so simple and pure”
Why we want to kick off our shoes and put our feet on the grass

Here is an example of the simple and yet profound wisdom he shares in the book … on why we want to go barefoot:

Cutting off the flow of vital qi to your body is a bad idea. This happens as we cut off our contact with the natural world. We all get stuck doing it at times, and too much of it makes us weak and sick. Taking some time to reconnect with the planet and its free flow of limitless electrons is key. Take off your shoes and touch the earth. Doing so on raw earth is best. Grass, gravel, sand, and seawater are powerful ways to connect back into the “life soup” and let your body heal through the vital exchange of energy it needs (and direly misses) with the earth. The more the merrier on this. Some people take it to the extreme and go barefoot everywhere; I don’t advise this simply because walking around in urban environments subjects us to a barrage of petrochemicals and nasty agents that are not natural and have negative health impacts on us. We absorb things through our skin. We drag things into our homes with our feet. That’s why in traditional Asian cultures, shoes are left at the door and the house is to remain pure and clean. I’d say use shoes (with leather soles if you can) while walking the streets and go barefoot in nature, your yard, and your own house all the time.

Here is the whole interview. (Click the link to listen)

Get a copy of the book if it sounds like you need help with some great ways for becoming an Urban Monk so you can reduce stress and anxiety and be a happier, healthier and more peaceful you!

Or sign up here for additional resources and Pedram’s upcoming Urban Monk 7-Day Reboot program if you feel you could do with wisdom and guidance from the Urban Monk himself, plus all the visuals of the videos.

I’ve also got 2 copies of the book for a giveaway so check out the table of contents (with the look inside Amazon feature) and share in the comments why you’d like to be one of the winners. Be sure to share at least one topic from the book that you think sounds really interesting. I’ll announce the winners in the ezine on Friday.

2/5/16 UPDATE: Thanks for participating and commenting – the winners are Michele and JoAnn. We’ll contact you to get a mailing address and get a copy of the book to each of you!

If you missed out I encourage you to still check out the table of contents (with the look inside Amazon feature) and get the book if it feels like a fit for you. Check out the comments below to be inspired further.

Enjoy and lets us know what you think?

I’d also love to hear if you enjoy going barefoot in nature?

No Grain, No Pain – audio interview with Dr. Peter Osborne

November 19, 2015 By Trudy Scott 12 Comments

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In the tradition of Wheat Belly and Grain Brain, this new book No Grain, No Pain by Dr. Peter Osborne demonstrates the proven link between a gluten-heavy diet and chronic pain and discomfort and offers a groundbreaking, 30-day, grain-free diet plan to help you heal yourself from the inside out.

Dr. Peter Osborne, the leading authority on gluten sensitivity and food allergies (and one of the favorite speakers on The Anxiety Summit), shows how grains wreak havoc on the body by causing tissue inflammation, creating vitamin and/or mineral deficiencies, and triggering an autoimmune response that causes the body to attack itself.

I received an advance copy of this new book and read it cover to cover in a few hours. I could NOT put it down! This book is brilliant and everyone with any health issue, including anxiety and mood problems needs to read it, even if physical pain is not an issue!

As promised, here is the audio interview:

And here are some snippets from this great book:

The true definition of gluten is that it is a large family of storage proteins found in all forms of grain, including rice, corn, and many others. The bottom line is this: the majority of gluten-sensitive people who eliminate only wheat, barley, rye, and oats but continue to consume other grains don’t get better!
only one protein, gliadin, found in wheat, barley, and rye, has been extensively studied. Each grain has one or more types of gluten proteins. A recent study identified four hundred new forms of gluten, forty of which were more damaging than the form of gluten for which doctors most commonly test
Research shows that corn (and corn oil) also produces numerous intestinal and health problems for the gluten sensitive

Here is a great table from the book showing the primary form of gluten and how much gluten is found in different grains:

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We covered the fascinating topic of leaky brain on our interview and Dr. Osborne covers it in great detail in the book. Here is a snippet from the book:

Now that you are familiar with leaky gut and understand the interconnected relationship of your brain and your GI tract, let me introduce the concept of leaky brain. Research on gluten sensitivity has identified this syndrome and revealed a connection between gluten-induced leaky gut and leaky brain, confirming the far-reaching effects of gluten on many diseases. Leaky brain means that the blood-brain barrier is breached, just as the gut walls can be breached by damage inflicted by grain. The blood-brain barrier is designed to keep toxic compounds out of the brain’s blood supply, so its disruption could lead to a battery of different neurological and mental symptoms. In addition to schizophrenia, gluten-induced damage can create other neurological problems, including depression, bipolar disease, seizure disorders (epilepsy), facial palsies such as Bell’s palsy, ADD/ADHD, and autism and others [like anxiety – this is my addition]. You could be gluten sensitive and have leaky brain syndrome.

Details about the book and bonus (Leaky Gut Solutions Guide) here

Enjoy!

The Antianxiety Food Solution book index

November 6, 2015 By Trudy Scott 10 Comments

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I’m SO excited! I finally have an index in my book The Antianxiety Food Solution! The index is the first place I go to when I buy a book so this means a lot to me and I know it’s going to be a big help to you, my reader!

It’s crazy that it wasn’t in there in the first place (my publisher said it wasn’t in the budget) so I just kept asking and we finally added one in this latest printing.

It’s my birthday today and what a great birthday present for me! I also get to give you something on my birthday – a PDF copy of the index if you already have my book. You can download a copy of the index here.

If you don’t yet have a copy of my book (or would like to buy another one with an index) you can do so on Amazon here or via my website (this will be a signed copy).

If you do already have a copy of my book and have gotten value from it I would love to ask you a favor. Will you please write a review on Amazon? I’d so appreciate it.

Here is the very first review I received:

Dealing with Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Insomnia? This book is for you!

I cried my way thru this book ~ out of JOY~ for finally finding a very helpful book! I have been on a journey for 10 years trying to navigate issues with depression, stress, anxiety, insomnia and other fun things. I’ve been to doctors, psychologists and counselors. I’ve been put on medication which after many years of that left me suicidal, overweight, depressed and very angry. It is VERY frustrating trying to navigate doctors, testing and information out there that could help you. This summer I read several books that addressed depression from a dietary and nutrition standpoint. This one was the best in my opinion. It’s not too long, easy to read and understand, and well organized. And it agreed with several things I had read in other books ~ such as the use of amino acids, vitamins and issues with gluten and sugar to address depression, etc. There’s many good ‘life stories’ in it too which help you relate. Thanks Trudy Scott!

And here is one of the recent Amazon reviews (I edited out the Dr. Trudy Scott part!):

This book changed my life. I heard Trudy Scott during an interview on the Underground Wellness with Sean Croxton, and her revelations about the connection between what we ingest and how our minds work was riveting. I bought the book immediately, and it was the best $15 I ever spent. Not only have I been able to stop taking an antidepressant and sleep medication, but I now have hope I can truly balance my own biochemistry. It is really a shame most doctors do not study nutrition, for if they did I suspect we would have a much healthier population. Thank goodness Trudy has been successful in her research and her ability to disseminate her findings. If you have any issues with anxiety, depression or insomnia, I highly recommend you read this book.

You can watch a snippet of my Sean Croxton interview here – it was a great interview as was the entire Depression Sessions series of interviews.

I hope you find the index helpful! And I would love to hear back from you on how my book has helped you – either here in the comments or via an Amazon review. Feel free to post your questions too.