Bussey Holistic Therapy

05/05/2026

05/04/2026

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05/01/2026

If your cortisol is constantly elevated, your body never gets a chance to recover.

When cortisol stays high it often leads to:

👉 Disrupted sleep
👉 Increased irritability
👉 Blood sugar imbalances
👉 Slower thyroid function
👉 Suppressed s*x hormones like progesterone and testosterone

This is where the domino effect starts…one imbalance leads to another…and before long, you’re dealing with fatigue, stubborn weight, brain fog, and hormones that feel completely off.

That’s why calming the stress response is such a key first step.

Some of the most supportive supplements I recommend include:

✔️ Magnesium glycinate (for nervous system support and sleep)
✔️ Vitamin D with K (for immune and hormone balance)
✔️ Ashwagandha (to help regulate stress response)
✔️ Saffron extract (for mood and emotional balance)
✔️ Apigenin (to support relaxation and deeper sleep)

But supplements are just one piece.

If you don’t understand why your cortisol is elevated in the first place…you’ll keep chasing symptoms.

I break all of this down in my hormone balancing masterclass…including what’s actually driving your hormone imbalances and how to start restoring them naturally.

Comment ‘HORMONE’ and I’ll send it to you.

04/30/2026

When we’re talking about boundaries, we sometimes focus on the other person- what we will or will not tolerate in someone else’s behavior or demeanor– when in fact those are rules or limits or expectations.

A boundary is about me checking in with me to ensure that I am caring for MYSELF in my relationship with YOU.

And why do I need a process of steady check in with myself?
1. Because I get to choose me and care for me and tend to me.
2. Because our relationship is going to hit a very low ceiling of intimacy, connection, depth, and richness if I am a ticking time bomb of resentment and dysregulation.

A healthy boundary is BOTH self-protective (caring for me) AND loving (caring for you and us).

I want you to FEEL your way into your boundaries- rather than having your therapist or a social media post tell you exactly where to put them. Feel your way into your boundary by checking in with your nervous system.

- When your nervous system is regulated, you feel calm, generous, patient and present.
- When your nervous system is dysregulated, you feel anxious, crabby, distracted, and bitter.

Your boundary is the line between regulated and dysregulated.

There are things we can (and should) do to create more capacity in our nervous systems (see: therapy, mindfulness, movement, breath work, journaling, etc).

These practices are good and healing for us period. But they also help us really learn what regulation even feels like so that we are better able to notice when we’ve moved from calm into cranky. In order to feel our way into a workable and healthy boundary we have to be able to feel and attend to our internal cues. We have to get familiar with that contrast.

Here’s to boundaries that help us heal and connect.

04/29/2026

We self-regulate by identifying what we’re actually feeling and then responding to it accordingly. Emotions usually do not disappear just because we ignore them. When we avoid what we are feeling, those emotions often show up indirectly, leak out in other ways, or keep the nervous system stuck in stress and reactivity.

Feelings are signals. They help us understand what is happening within us and around us.

In this post are a few common emotions that can lead to avoidance, feeling stuck, or reactive behaviour. I’ve shared a few ways we can try to regulate and respond to these emotions with more awareness.

Take care of your mind and body. Love, Nawal ♥️

Please note: these strategies are a general guide. Not every strategy will work for every person or every situation.

04/28/2026

Most people are not “overreacting”. They just do not yet understand what they are actually feeling.

What looks like anger can be shame.
What feels like anxiety can be fear of rejection.
What shows up as withdrawal can be loneliness.
What gets labelled as “too sensitive” is often someone feeling overwhelmed or not good enough.

Teenagers and adults are often expected to just “manage” emotions without ever being shown how to understand them. So feelings come out sideways - in conflict, shutdown, avoidance or self-doubt.

When you can name what is really going on underneath, everything starts to shift. Better conversations. Healthier relationships. More control over reactions.

Emotional awareness is not optional. It is a life skill most people were never taught.

Free HOW EMOTIONS SHOW UP WHEN… – FEELINGS WHEEL POSTER

LIKE the photo and comment "EMOTIONS" and we will send you a message with a link to a free PDF of this resource.

04/28/2026

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04/26/2026

Your client understands intellectually that the danger is over. So why does their body still feel like it isn't?
Dr. Arielle Schwartz cuts to the heart of it: trauma isn't just stored in the mind. It lives in the nervous system. And that means healing has to happen there too.

When we shift our clinical lens from what happened to what's happening inside right now, we give clients something powerful: agency. 🙌

The nervous system isn't fixed. And that's the whole point.

📖 Full article by Dr. Schwartz: https://bit.ly/4vsbI9K

04/26/2026

There are moments that make you pause and reconsider what truly supports health.

Spending time in places untouched by modern life offers a different perspective. Clean air, natural rhythms, and a deep sense of connection to the environment.

It raises an important question: How much of what we now consider “normal” is actually working against us?

These moments make clear that health is not just about what we add, but what we reconnect with.

Read my full reflection on this subject that I wrote during my recent trip here: https://drperlmutter.com/reflections-hope-antarctica/

04/19/2026

Researchers found that women who ate yogurt or cream had about twice the risk of sporadic anovulation, meaning failure of ovulation. So, some months, there was no egg to fertilize at all. This was even after controlling for all the sugar content commonly found in yogurt.

Researchers did ultrasounds on women and studied their diets, and concluded that higher dairy protein intake was associated with lower antral follicle counts. In other words: accelerated ovarian aging. There was significantly lower ovarian reserve at the highest dairy intake, which would be like 3 ounces of cheese a day, compared to the lowest dairy intake. We’re talking years’ worth of ovarian aging between the highest and lowest dairy consumers.

Milk intake can spike estrogen levels within hours of consumption. Estrogen is found in raw and commercial milk, as well as organic and conventional dairy products. Higher concentrations of hormones are also seen with higher milk fat. It's important to realize that cows (and other animals) produce these hormones naturally. Once inside us, our body converts the animals’ hormones to estrone and estradiol, the main active human estrogens. This is how steroids may impact reproductive outcomes. Another possible mechanism is the contamination of milk products with pesticides and endocrine-disrupting chemicals.

While the dairy industry has had a long-standing grip on influencing nutrition recommendations, milk is not an essential food group.

We can get calcium from plant-based foods like kale, collards, and broccoli. Many dairy-free alternatives are also fortified with calcium. It's never been easier to cut dairy from your diet with the ever-expanding market of dairy-free alternatives. I dive more into those in my book on ultra-processed foods.

Watch the video “The Effects of Hormones in Milk on Infertility in Women” at http://bit.ly/37C3L6U to learn more.

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