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Gut Health and Gut Instincts: The Science of the Second Brain
Gut Health and Gut Instincts: The Science of the Second Brain

When your gut is healthy, the signals sent to your brain are balanced, reliable, and stabilizing. This can amplify your ability to sense subtle cues, weigh decisions intuitively, and act with confidence. Conversely, when the gut is inflamed, imbalanced, or dysregulated, the communication becomes distorted, leading to anxiety, low mood, brain fog, and impaired intuition

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Health, Wellbeing, Staying Healthy, awareness, health and healing, Self-CareDina Khalilgut health, intuition, gut brain axis
Neuro-relaxation and healing adrenal fatigue
Neuro-relaxation and healing adrenal fatigue

Neuro-relaxation is essentially the process of shifting your nervous system out of a state of high alert (sympathetic dominance—fight, flight, or freeze) into a calmer, more balanced state (parasympathetic dominance—rest, digest, and repair).

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health and healing, Self-Care, Natural Healing, Adrenal Health, RelaxationDina Khalilhealing adrenal fatigue, neuro-relaxation, calm fight or flight, calm cortisol, healing panic attacks, heal inflammation, restore, soothe the body
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.

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health and healing, Natural Healing, Adrenal Health, Relaxation, Healing, Self-Care, Health, Wellbeing, Staying HealthyDina Khalilcortisol, stress, healing adrenal fatigue, lowering cortisol naturally, adrenal healing, hpa axis, hpa axis dysfunction, holistic healing, lowering cortisol
What it’s like living in fight or flight
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.

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health and healing, Self-Care, Health, Natural Healing, Finding Support in Others, personal growth, Wellbeing, Relationships, HealingDina Khalilhealing, health, happiness, calming the nervous system, peace, trust, love heals, fight or flight, nervous system dysregultion, nervous system regulation
Natural ways to get deep restorative sleep
Natural ways to get deep restorative sleep

Now, 30 years later, and the new distractions with cell phones and swapping doom scrolling on the phone for hemi sync, guided meditations, writing in a journal or reading, I feel I have mastered quality sleep.

To achieve deeper, more restorative REM sleep, it’s important to focus on both your physical environment and mental health. Here’s a holistic approach that combines lifestyle, environmental factors, and mindfulness:

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Wellbeing, Self-Care, RelaxationDina Khalilsleep, rest, deep sleep, restorative sleep