The Reality of Herbal Therapy

The Power of Gratitude: Transforming Your Mind and Body

In this enlightening episode of the Reality of Herbal Therapy podcast, we delve into the profound impacts of gratitude on both mental and physical health. As we celebrate Thanksgiving, Jim and special guest Lynn—his wife and the eldest daughter of Dr. James—join forces to explore the transformative power of gratitude.

Lynn shares her remarkable journey with daily gratitude exercises that helped her navigate significant changes in life, like moving to Oregon and coping with the challenges of COVID-19. Discover how keeping a gratitude journal not only improved Lynn's emotional well-being but also had positive effects on her physical health.

We discuss various scientific studies that reveal how practicing gratitude can lead to healthier hearts, improved brain function, better sleep, and reduced stress levels. Additionally, the release of "feel-good" chemicals like dopamine and serotonin from expressing gratitude can enhance social interactions and reinforce a positive outlook on life.

Learn practical tips and different methods to incorporate gratitude into your routine—whether through writing, mindfulness, or even physical activities like skipping rocks or jumping jacks. With Thanksgiving around the corner, we also introduce the delightful family tradition of the "Thankful Turkey," encouraging listeners to engage their families in expressing gratitude.

Tune in for an inspiring discussion that emphasizes how embracing gratitude can lighten emotional burdens and enhance daily living. This episode is a perfect reminder of the little yet profound ways gratitude can bring light and resilience to our lives.

How to Have Positive Relationships

In this episode we talk about how to have positive relationships.

We talked about three areas to build your relationships 

1. Self
2. Spouse
3. Family

Each of these areas will help you have balanced relationships with yourself and others.

How to overcome 4T Syndrome

In this episode we discuss ways you can identify if you have 4T syndrome (you probably do) and what steps you can take to overcome it.

Your four energy quadrants

In this episode we talk about your four energy quadrats to help you be balanced.

The four quadrants with some idaes on what they are:

• Spiritual
  • Meditate/Pray
  • Sacred books
• Physical
  • Eat good food
  • Exercise
  • Good Sleep
• Emotional
  • Connect with others
  • Touch
  • Hug, Kiss, Laugh
• Mental
  • Read Books
  • Learn something new
  • Plan your day
  • Set Goals

Some books we mentioned:

Sleep Smarter

Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child

The One Thing

Why having lower blood pressure rocks!

This week we discussed High Blood Pressure On this week's episode we are joined by Dr. James and Scott James.

• Two major causes of High Blood Pressure
  • Urinary tract problems
  • Stress
• To heal the urinary tract use Bladney
• pH is a cause of frequent urination
• Nervous system
• Stress will raise blood pressure
• Take time to relax
• Shark Liver Oil
  • 1,000 to 3,000 mg per day
• Calcium Lie
• Formulas for stress
  • Nerquilizer
  • Chillin
• Nerve food
• B and C Complex
• Feed your body what it needs
• Whole grains
  • Sprout or toast to kill enzyme blockers
• Make your chemicals don't take them
• Supplement with herbs
• High protein diet can increase blood pressure

The best herbs for ADD/ADHD.

This week we were joined by Dr, Michael James and his son Scott James.

In this episode we talked about:

• Behavioral disorders
• alternatives to drugs
• feed and nourish the nervous system
• Yellow dye in pickles
• Store bought hamburger would wind up a kid
• red is from beetle larva
• yellow is from lice
• many Americans are allergic to these bugs
• excitotoxins
• Clean up the diet by cooking simply at home
• Problems are not as much sugar as the other additives
• Educate your children on the effects of certain foods
• Chillin'
• Nerquilizer 
• ADD
• ADHD
• Detoxalation
• helps with emotional problems
• take 1 Chillin' to 2 Nerquilizer

Want to stop Stress?

In this episode we talked about:

• Good and bad stress have the same effect on the body
• Vitamins an minerals are depleted
• Like a house with bad wiring
• Breakers and fuses
• Give your body nutrients
• Build your nervous system
  • Nerquilizer
  • Chilling'
• Story of a client that needed Nerquilizer and Chillin' 
• Now only needs a little to maintain 
• B & C Complex
• Get your B vitamins from Grains
• Vitamins are Micronutrients
• Get your vitamins from your food
• Green leafy vegetables are high in B vitamins
• pre-natal vitamins have extra folic acid
• Spinach is high in folic acid
• Lithium is in vegetables
• The Drug lithium and the mineral lithium are VERY different
• Isolated remedies have dangerous consequences 
• Water is is made up of a high explosive
• Vitamins and Minerals in the soil
• Plants convert minerals into a form that is easy to assimilate
• We get nutrients from plants
• Graze, try different foods
• Buy and eat fresh fruits and vegetables
• If you can't get it from your food take a good supplement
• Tissue Mend
• Vitamins sources can be questionable, check your sources
• Food source vitamins
• C Complex
• B and C Complex
• Vitamin Pack
• What to take for stress
  • Mild
  • 3 Chillin' 6 Nerquilizer a day
  • Moderate
  • 6 Chillin' 6 Nerquilizer
• Mineral lithium is in Chillin' not the drug
• If not working add B and C Complex
• Vitamin Pack is always helpful
• Deal with your stress