Quiet Minds

There is help and there is HOPE. I offer psychotherapy, addiction counselling and intervention services. Contact me at quietminds.janeapp.com or call 613-921-0259.

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Do you suffer from poor circulation? If you’re a diabetic this is almost a given but even if you’re not diabetic there can be many reasons for poor circulation. REFLEXOLOGY CAN HELP!

Let me briefly explain how beneficial reflexology is for circulation issues.
Reflexology is like a deep tissue massage for your feet. It stimulates the nerves that can improve blood floor to not only the feet and lower legs but to the affected areas of the body contributing to poor circulation.
Reflexology promotes deep relaxation of both smooth and skeletal muscles by activating the parasympathetic nervous system. This is the “rest and digest” state. Stimulation the parasympathetic nervous system dilates the blood vessels, slows down and improves the function of the heart, increased peripheral circulation, makes respiration slower and more effective and stimulates the GI system.
Reflexology can reduce tension and stress which can lower blood pressure.
Reflexology is a very safe and highly effective way to help manage poor circulation regardless of the cause and the best part is the benefits last up to 5 days!!

Come see me at Quiet Minds and experience all the incredible benefits reflexology has to offer!

quietminds.janeapp.com
613-921-0259
Please take a few minutes to read this if you have any of the following (or other mental health issues). This could change your life!

ADHD, anxiety, depression, PTSD and so many other mental health issues affect us today. What do these have to do with the nervous system?? Everything! These are not the kind of illnesses that show up in a blood test but they sure show up in the nervous system which affects every other area of the body. Joint pain, muscle tension, inflammation, digestive and skin issues can all be made worse or even caused by struggles with your mental health. But today I want to share with you a little bit about what it’s like to live with anxiety and ADHD and how reflexology can help. Humour me for just a moment and venture into my head for just a few minutes. It sounds something like this…

Que the background music…cause there’s always background music. This morning’s random selections were Fleetwood Mac, REO speedwagon AND Stevie Wonder all at the same time before my eyes are even open. Good. now that it’s real noisy up here, time to get up. Is JJ up, oh my god look at his room. I need to do laundry. Cat hair, cat hair, cat hair. It’s cold. Ok lunch for Joe. He never eats it. I think I still have half his sandwich. 🎶 It’s only right that you should play the way you feel it. Gets coffee mug and pours coffee. Goes to fridge for cream, pours it and put coffee in fridge. Forgets the half sandwich and walks away with cream in hand. Hi Bernie, were you fed? Walks toward cat dish still holding cream. Nope. Sets down cream on window sill. JJ yells and needs shorts. Oh yeah laundry. JJ finds shorts. Thought of laundry gone. This place is a mess. Look at the dishes. Turns water on to start dishes. 🎶 But listen carefully to the sound and I’m gonna keep on loving you. 5 flash memories of childhood. I gotta call that website guy. I can’t do this. I don’t know what to say. You know what you’re doing. I don’t feel like i do. I wonder if fish care that we catch and release then. Does it hurt? Tropical fish are pretty. Hi Eddie. I wish i could let him out. Scenes of a house full of tropucal birds play in head. Opens dishwasher and starts loading. Stops and looks for coffee and immediately forget what I’m even looking for. It’s cold, where are my slippers. I better make a list of the crap i have to do. What day is it? Finds one slipper but not the other. Starts looking for the other slipper but passes a basket of clean laundry and starts folding (while water is still running). Folds some laundry and realized water is running. Where’s my coffee. Looks for coffee. Forgets about coffee. Why do I have one slipper? 🎶🎶 you can feel it all over. You can feel it all iver. Trumpets playing in head. Water still running. Oh yeah, Joey’s lunch. Collects juice boxes and fruit snacks. 🎶you can feel it all over. What’s that noise. Oh water. Where’s my slipper. Oh yeah laundry. Never mind he doesn’t need it right now. I thought I had a coffee.
This all took place in just a few minutes and I left out the 900 other random thoughts that passed through my head, the 15 times I picked up my phone, opened and then closed texts and social media, the 4 other times I started to look for something, took 2 steps and forgot why I even went in that direction.

Sound familiar???

During this time I experienced physical anxiety. My Apple Watch says my average heart rate was 126bpm (it should be around 70) average respiratory rate was 22 (it should be around 14) and although it doesn’t read blood pressure there’s a good chance that was elevated too. I experienced abdominal pain, increased heart rate, increased respiratory rate, physical shaking, neck and head tension. This is relatively mild anxiety compared to what I’ve experienced in the past and frankly this is a pretty normal morning for me and i dare say for most of us. I’m not overly stressed or worried about any one thing. Most of my “stress” is simply the sheer volume of small tasks that need to be completed. I know this logically. Do what i can and to hell with the rest. But still I physically react to things that are not a threat.

This is the flight or fight response, occasionally sprinkled with the freeze response, when I become so overwhelmed with everything that I can do nothing. The physical strain this puts on the body systems is incredible to say nothing of the energy and nutrients my body is using on my mental state that could be put toward completing all these tasks.

So…how has reflexology helped me and how can it help you??
Since I have began practicing reflexology on myself I have noticed some things…
1. I now notice the intrusive thoughts giving me the ability to redirect them.
2. I now notice the negative self talk. See how I slipped it in up there? There was a lot more of it that I left out. No, negative self talk is not a good thing but recognizing it in the moment and shutting it down is! Even if it feel creepy and awkward to tell myself nice things I now do it.
3. rather than ignoring the increased heart rate and physical shaking I can now calm it down.
4. I have less head and neck tension.
5. I am far more willing to accept how I am feeling in any given moment and meet myself there with kindness.
6. I have less gas pain and indigestion
7. I far more willing and able to work with my lack of motivation and focus rather than just wishing for it to go away. Let me explain…I recognize that I easily become overwhelmed with the small things. So now I make a list of what needs to be done first. I will only focus on one thing at a time. I keep my routine no matter what. It may vary a bit but it is essential that I complete one small task in the morning. I cannot think my way into motivation but I when drag my resistive ass to the task and force myself to take the first step the rest just happens naturally. I wasted more time and energy worrying about about tasks at hand and fighting myself on them that I’d exhaust myself before I even got dressed. I rarely do this anymore. And as a result #8
8. I sleep beautifully for 7-8 hours a night, I wake up with energy, I get through my day with energy and I have no need for naps anymore!

Reflexology isn’t going to cure my mental health problems. Reflexology in conjunction with other treatments isn’t going to cure it. But it certainly has improved my symptoms and made what remains far more easy to manage. No more freeze response. And I can now continue to function in my day even during the fight or flight response. It may get out of hand for a little bit but I can quickly reel it in and bring my focus back to the here and now and the immediate task. I want to give me sincere thanks to Michelle Stroud By the Moon Holistic Health & Fitness. These courses have lit a fire in me and i am eternally grateful to you for that! What a gift it has been and this is only the beginning of my journey. Join me won’t you. In addition to reflexology, I also offer Reiki (what a trip that is for both of us), counselling and I’m qualified to practice psychotherapy. Call me at (613) 921-0259 or book with me online at quietminds.janeapp.com

God. Just the word raises the wall for some. But it’s just a word. It could mean good orderly direction, great outdoors, group of drunks or my personal favourite grow or die. Grow or die. Ain’t that the truth. Many organized religions on some level teach if you do not turn your life to god you will be damned to hell. I do not believe this to be true literally but I know metaphorically this is the truest idea ever handed to man. When I live without harmony between my body, mind and spirit I live in hell. When I neglect my spiritual connection I immediately step back into the flames. A hell of my own creation and often invisible to others. For one to be well, not to be confused with physical health, but in a true state of wellness we must care for our body, our minds and our spirit. So much illness is caused by disharmony within ourselves. But there is one who has all power and that one is God, may you find YOURS now. Whatever it is. Whatever your conception, whatever makes your feel peaceful and connected to the universe…find it, hold on to it, pursue more of it and you will live in heaven eternally. Connection to something greater than us, whatever that may be, is the great creators most precious gift to give. It’s always there and just being willing to look for it is enough. There is no need to shout when someone is right beside. Your creator is always there no matter what. THAT is the key which unlocked the gates of hell and set me free.

Being a healer isn’t about being a constant bundle of love and sweetness topped off by glitter farts. Being a healer is an incredible gift but one that comes at a heavy price. We pay first with our own sanity. A true healer has walked their own path through hell and made it out alive. It is now our duty to venture back into those flames and walk someone else out. We walk the path between light and dark because we are both. We have one foot in reality and one foot in the spirit realm all the time. Even when we don’t think we can handle anymore. To say my path hasn’t been an easy one would be the understatement of the year. Some of my struggles over the last 30 years or so have been very obvious, some less obvious but most have been silent. The experience I have gained in my career as an RN and more importantly the experience I have gained from my own battles can now be used to help someone else. My deepest regrets and failures are now my greatest asset.

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Reiki is a great way to return your body to a state of wellness. Relax your body, mind and spirit. Clear away the wreckage of your past. It’s safe for everyone. Book with me at

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