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Off topic from my usual posts... I understand crea

Off topic from my usual posts... I understand creativity but I don’t understand how people create music.
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Here’s my teen adding bass guitar to one of his electronic pieces (called Calm). He figured this out and then showed me - and I asked “how do you know what to play?” Because he’s never learned guitar and just randomly picked this up and started playing by ear. This marvels me!
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Music marvels me and I know I love it but I don’t know how to create it. Thank you to everyone who does!
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Honestly I think this was inspired because we watched the #billieeilish movie last night which was amazing. She and her brother are soooo talented. I love her music and her story.
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The bass addition to this piece is called “Calmer Calm”.
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#electonicmusic #bass #bassguitar #playbyear #twiceexceptional #adhd #hearingimpaired #hearingimpairedmusician @creepinson @billieeilish

Stop guessing what’s wrong with your hormones, a

Stop guessing what’s wrong with your hormones, and start healing.⁠
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Do you think your hormones are out of balance?⁠
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😉 You may be right, as YOU know your body best.⁠
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Let me help you find out!⁠
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Take my free Hormone Balance Quiz!⁠
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The TOP 9 factors to check if you have unresolved

The TOP 9 factors to check if you have unresolved inflammation in your body👇⁠
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You can take natural supplements or medications to reduce or block inflammation. However helpful, this is always a band aid approach if you’re not finding the root causes. For example:⁠
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❌Taking thyroid hormones for Hashimoto’s is helpful but does not stop the autoimmune process.⁠
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❌Antihistamines will reduce histamine reactions like allergies or hives, but they won’t redirect your immune system out of overproducing histamine.⁠
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❌Humira for an autoimmune disease blocks tissue destruction, but it doesn’t stop the autoimmune process.⁠
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❌Ibuprofen or curcumin may help arthritic joints feel better temporarily but doesn’t stop arthritis.⁠
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❌Fish oil or ginger may help period pain but won’t fix the underlying hormone imbalance.⁠
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It’s important to identify the reasons why your inflammation exists in the first place, and then take steps to fix it. In functional medicine, we have a “laundry list” of inflammatory triggers we investigate.⁠
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With chronic inflammation, it’s always best to go through this checklist. It may feel overwhelming, but if these things are inflaming you, wouldn’t you rather resolve them than use a band aid approach?👇⁠
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📍Stress.⁠
📍Hormone imbalances.⁠
📍Autoimmune processes that are uncontrolled.⁠
📍Food intolerances and dysbiosis.⁠
📍Blood sugar dysregulation and insulin resistance.⁠
📍Low oxygen (more common than you may realize).⁠
📍Injuries.⁠
📍Inflammatory foods.⁠
📍Infections including colds, flus, and sinus infections.⁠
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Resolving your triggers is often enough to turn inflammation around. If not, and more immune direction is needed, the natural things often work quite well.⁠
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Know someone who could benefit from this information? Share this post with them!⁠

This is why YOU should be trying to increase your

This is why YOU should be trying to increase your vitamin B12 levels if you have an underactive thyroid👇⁠
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In many cases, we clear up hypothyroid conditions simply by adding missing nutrients and vitamins. Of these vitamins, the one most likely to be low is B12. This is often the case for vegetarians and even more so with vegans since you can’t get vitamin B12 from plant foods.⁠
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✴️This is why Vitamin B12 levels are VERY important to test!✴️⁠
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Reports show that B12 depletion in the U.S. and Canada occurs in 14–16% of those aged 20–59, and in greater than 20% of those 60 years and older.⁠
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If you are low in vitamin B12, it will affect far more than your thyroid function. If you are low in B12, take either:⁠
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1️⃣A high quality methylated supplement.⁠
2️⃣Or a methylated B-Complex, which will also have B2.⁠
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A multivitamin may be enough, and will also contain the essential vitamins C and B2. You can also raise your vitamin B12 levels through your diet! Foods highest in B12 include:⁠
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👉Lamb, chicken, beef and duck liver.⁠
👉Clams.⁠
👉Oysters.⁠
👉Caviar.⁠
👉Mackerel.⁠
👉Herring.⁠
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Alongside vitamin B12, vitamin C is depletion is also common amongst those with an underactive thyroid. Vitamin C rich fruit and vegetables include:⁠
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✨Papaya.⁠
✨Strawberries.⁠
✨Pineapple.⁠
✨Bell peppers.⁠
✨Broccoli.⁠
✨Brussel sprouts⁠
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With supplementation, I highly recommend liposomal Vitamin C, because it is almost 100% absorbed and easy on your digestion.⁠
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Which nutrient should I cover next? Ask me below!⁠
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Having a hard time getting enough 💤 during peri

Having a hard time getting enough 💤 during perimenopause / menopause? Adrenal hormone dysregulation could be to blame…⁠
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During menopause, your ovaries retire from producing estrogen and progesterone, and your adrenal glands take over. This is a simplistic way of looking at it, but it’s important.⁠
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In order to successfully sleep well through menopause, your adrenal function must be optimal, and the signals between your brain and adrenals (HPA axis) must be “online.”⁠
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In both Chinese and functional medicine, we ALWAYS improve adrenal function to support perimenopause. The adrenal hormones we are concerned about are:⁠
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👉Cortisol, which governs circadian rhythms.⁠
👉Adrenaline and noradrenaline which spike during hot flashes and night sweats.⁠
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Then there’s the adrenal – estrogen connection.⁠
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Estrogen helps regulate the spike of cortisol that we experience in the morning. When estrogen declines, cortisol can rise earlier. Because of this rise, you may find that you start waking as early as two, three, or four AM.⁠
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In Chinese medicine estrogen is viewed as a yin substance which cools and anchors the body. It contains:⁠
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☯️Anxiety.⁠
☯️Adrenalin.⁠
☯️Sweat.⁠
☯️Heat.⁠
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This is why acupuncture and Chinese herbs are often so effective to treat these symptoms!⁠
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Tell me -- what’s your biggest concern when it comes to sleep? (You don’t have to be in perimenopause / menopause to comment!)⁠
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Could your GUT be the culprit of your Hashimoto’

Could your GUT be the culprit of your Hashimoto’s?⁠
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With most autoimmune diseases, it’s essential to assess gut triggers. In a nutshell, this includes:⁠
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📌Microbial imbalances.⁠
📌Food intolerances.⁠
📌Intestinal permeability (leaky gut).⁠
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All of these conditions can be huge triggers for your immune system to go haywire. In other words, your immune system becomes dysregulated and attacks your own body tissues.⁠
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This idea is not new, however, at one point it was a fringe concept. At this point, there are hundreds of research papers that validate the connection between:⁠
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✴️Gut infections.⁠
✴️Food intolerances.⁠
✴️Intestinal permeability.⁠
✴️And autoimmunity.⁠
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Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s disease COMMONLY correlates with small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO).⁠
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In this condition, bacteria produce toxic lipopolysaccharides (LPS) byproducts. These endotoxins (toxins produced in your body) get through your intestinal lining and wreak havoc with your immune system.⁠
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Hashimoto’s and celiac disease also OFTEN go together. Research concludes that:⁠
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👉There is ample evidence of a strong association between celiac disease and several immune mediated diseases, including autoimmune thyroid disorders.👈⁠
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In fact, there’s so much evidence that gluten intolerance correlates with thyroid autoimmune disease, that physicians at prestigious teaching universities now recommend that people with thyroid autoimmune disease should avoid gluten.⚠️⁠
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If you know me, I prefer to test rather than avoid food on a theory or a research paper.⁠
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Non-celiac gluten sensitivity is a real thing, and testing may reveal that you don’t have celiac disease, but you do have gluten intolerance.⁠
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I’ve worked with patients who were able to bring thyroid antibodies into normal range by completely avoiding gluten!⁠
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Have you heard about the gut-Hashimoto connection?⁠
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“I can not even count the number of doctors I ha

“I can not even count the number of doctors I have gone to over the last 9 years. Some were even out of state.
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They all failed me, according to them it was either:
❌ in my head
❌ nothing was wrong
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I have been dealing with a list of ailments that just seemed to get worse instead of better.
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🚩 Extreme fatigue
🚩 Memory loss
🚩 Unexplained weight gain
🚩 Achy joints
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I have tried self treating to no avail.
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I knew something was wrong and didn't want to give up searching but it was depressing and draining when you don't get help time after time.
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I found Dr. Paris online when I was researching my symptoms and she had very detailed blogs on them and I was impressed so I did the free discovery call with her.
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For the first time a doctor actually said they could help me.
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I was afraid to get my hopes up since I have been so disappointed before.
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After our first consultation I felt like a giant weight had been lifted off me. I was so relieved to have finally found someone that was confident that they could truly help me.
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🙅🏻‍♀️ No more staying up all night searching on the internet for hours trying to self diagnose myself or giving myself the pep talks to keep going just to do my basic tasks.
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I had hope again.
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I really truly feel like she cares about helping me and getting me better.
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Even though I have only been going to her a short time the plan is working extremely well.
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I am feeling…
✅ less achy
✅ lost weight
✅ less stress
✅ very confident that in time following her plan I will get my life back
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It's not a quick fix and I am completely ok with that and am willing to do the work it takes.
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If you are in the position like I was with one doctor after another and feeling hopeless, don't give up.
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Do the free discovery call with her and see if you are a match. I bet she can help you, but you also have to be ready to help yourself and do the work in the plan she gives you. I think you will be happy with her I know I am.” Kay P.
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Did you identify with Kay? If so, I see you. I understand your hopes and fears.
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I would be honored to support you.
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