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Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is more than just a number on a fitness tracker—it’s a direct window into your body’s autonomic nervous system and a profound indicator of how you respond to stress, heal, and connect with your inner world.

Dina KhalilJuly 31, 2025

Calming Your Nervous System After Too Much Caffeine

When you’ve had too much caffeine and your nervous system feels frazzled—racing heart, anxiety, shaky hands, restlessness—the key is to re-regulate your parasympathetic nervous system, restore electrolyte and mineral balance, and support gentle detoxification. Here’s your calm-down toolkit

Wellbeing, Staying Healthy, Natures Medicine, health and healing natura, RelaxationDina KhalilJuly 31, 2025anxiety, calming anxiety, caffeine, calming nervous system, too much caffeine

Why Cortisol Gets Raised and how to lower it to a healthy level

The goal isn’t to “eliminate” cortisol—you need it to survive. The key is to restore a healthy rhythm: high in the morning, low at night.

health and healing, Natural Healing, Adrenal Health, Relaxation, Healing, Self-Care, Health, Wellbeing, Staying HealthyDina KhalilJuly 29, 2025cortisol, stress, healing adrenal fatigue, lowering cortisol naturally, adrenal healing, hpa axis, hpa axis dysfunction, holistic healing, lowering cortisol

The Power of Stillness

The mind, when left unchecked, spins stories from the past and projections of the future. It fuels the illusion of separation, of danger, of urgency. But when we learn to quiet the mind—

Self-Care, Wellbeing, personal growth, Relaxation, awareness, Subconscious AwarenessDina KhalilJuly 26, 2025stillness, awareness, meditatiin, presence, peace

How to Know If You’re in Fight or Flight Mode

If your body feels wired or your mind feels like it’s sprinting without rest—you’re likely in fight-or-flight.

How to Move From Fight-or-Flight to Calm (Regulating Your Nervous System)

health and healing, Natural Healing, Relaxation, Healing, MindfullnessDina KhalilJuly 25, 2025fight or flight, healing, healing panic attacks, healing anxiety naturally, calm fight or flight

Camu Camu and it’s amazing health properties

Camu Camu Protects Lungs & Adrenals, Antioxidants + Vitamin C synergy, Improves Iron Absorption,Vitamin C increases non-heme iron uptake, Supports Mood & Brain Health, Reduces neuroinflammation, Anti-viral & Anti-aging, Polyphenols protect cells & DNA

Natural Healing, Health, health and healing, Adrenal Health, Staying Healthy, Natures MedicineDina KhalilJuly 21, 2025healing adrenal fatigue, healing inflammation, natural healing, supplements, boost immune system, vitamin c

The relation to lungs and stored grief

In TCM, each organ system correlates with an emotion. For the lungs, that emotion is:

Grief & Sadness

The lungs are seen as the “tender organ” that governs breath, letting go, and our connection to life.

Natural Healing, Health, Staying Healthy, Natures Medicine, HealingDina KhalilJuly 21, 2025lung health, lungs, grief, saddness, healing grief, healing lungs

Why I stopped eating raw foods

Dina KhalilJuly 20, 2025

What it’s like living in fight or flight

Living in fight or flight or a state of hypervigilance is like having your body’s alarm system stuck in the “on” position. It’s not just an emotional experience—it’s a whole-body physiological state that affects your nervous system, hormones, immune function, digestion, and even your thoughts and relationships.

Why black pepper & turmeric are a powerful duo.

The black pepper significantly enhances the power of turmeric, especially when targeting inflammation, detoxification, and adrenal resilience. This dynamic duo works through synergistic bioactivation, and here’s why it matters in your morning tonic:

Natural Healing, Natures MedicineDina KhalilJuly 20, 2025healing with food, turmeric, healthy immune system, adrenal health

Nourishing Adrenal Morning Tonic

The adrenal glands contain some of the highest concentrations of vitamin C in the body. It’s essential for cortisol production, adrenal repair, and immune modulation

Natural Healing, Natures Medicine, Adrenal HealthDina KhalilJuly 20, 2025healing adrenal fatigue, adrenal tonic, healing tonic, glutathione, healing the body naturally, natural healing

HPA Axis Dysregulation aka adrenal fatigue

The HPA axis (Hypothalamus–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis) is your body’s core stress response system. It connects the brain (hypothalamus and pituitary) with the adrenal glands, which produce key stress hormones like cortisol, DHEA, epinephrine, and aldosterone.

Natural Healing, Health, Wellbeing, Adrenal Health, Staying HealthyDina KhalilJuly 15, 2025healing adrenal fatigue, natural healing, stress, hpa axis, holistic healing

Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is more than just a number on a fitness tracker—it’s a direct window into your body’s autonomic nervous system and a profound indicator of how you respond to stress, heal, and connect with your inner world.

When you’ve had too much caffeine and your nervous system feels frazzled—racing heart, anxiety, shaky hands, restlessness—the key is to re-regulate your parasympathetic nervous system, restore electrolyte and mineral balance, and support gentle detoxification. Here’s your calm-down toolkit

The goal isn’t to “eliminate” cortisol—you need it to survive. The key is to restore a healthy rhythm: high in the morning, low at night.

The mind, when left unchecked, spins stories from the past and projections of the future. It fuels the illusion of separation, of danger, of urgency. But when we learn to quiet the mind—

If your body feels wired or your mind feels like it’s sprinting without rest—you’re likely in fight-or-flight.

How to Move From Fight-or-Flight to Calm (Regulating Your Nervous System)

In TCM, each organ system correlates with an emotion. For the lungs, that emotion is:

Grief & Sadness

The lungs are seen as the “tender organ” that governs breath, letting go, and our connection to life.

The black pepper significantly enhances the power of turmeric, especially when targeting inflammation, detoxification, and adrenal resilience. This dynamic duo works through synergistic bioactivation, and here’s why it matters in your morning tonic:

The adrenal glands contain some of the highest concentrations of vitamin C in the body. It’s essential for cortisol production, adrenal repair, and immune modulation

The HPA axis (Hypothalamus–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis) is your body’s core stress response system. It connects the brain (hypothalamus and pituitary) with the adrenal glands, which produce key stress hormones like cortisol, DHEA, epinephrine, and aldosterone.

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