In Balance

13/11/2025

Clearer minds start with cleaner plates for growing brains

A new study has confirmed what many parents suspected cutting down on processed foods and artificial additives can lead to real improvements in focus and behavior for children with ADHD. The research shows that even small dietary changes can help reduce hyperactivity, emotional outbursts, and inattention in kids struggling with attention-related challenges.

Experts found that certain ingredients common in packaged snacks, sodas, and colorful candies — like synthetic dyes, preservatives, and refined sugars — overstimulate the nervous system. These substances may disrupt brain chemicals and trigger erratic behavior or mental fog in sensitive children.

In the study, families who switched to more natural, whole-food meals noticed significant changes within weeks. Kids became calmer, more attentive in class, and more emotionally balanced at home. Parents reported better sleep patterns, improved homework focus, and fewer behavior-related conflicts.

The recommended swaps weren’t extreme simply choosing fruits over candy, whole grains over white bread, and removing brightly colored drinks made a difference. Additives like Red 40 and Yellow 5 were especially linked to symptom flare-ups.

This research offers a hopeful, non-medication-based tool for managing ADHD. While every child is different, food clearly plays a bigger role in brain health than we often realize.

Better behavior might not be in a bottle it could be in the kitchen.

02/11/2025

Why Homeostasis Matters More Than You Think:
Most people don’t think much about homeostasis, but it’s the foundation of well-being. Homeostasis means the body and mind are in balance, able to meet life’s demands without burning out. It’s the state where we feel grounded, connected, and alive. Energy flows smoothly, and we enjoy life. We can rest when we need to, act when it’s time, and return to a natural sense of balance afterward.

Allostasis occurs when the body adjusts to chronic stress. It’s in survival mode. The system learns to function under pressure by shifting its set points, often at great cost. People may seem to be coping but are running on empty: tense, exhausted, disconnected, or numb. Over time, allostatic living wears down the body and mind, leading to illness, burnout, and despair.

From an Interpersonal Neurobiology perspective, humans depend on safe connection and supportive environments to maintain homeostasis. We regulate through relationships, not in isolation. A culture that prioritizes productivity, profit, and self-reliance over care and connection, keeps people in a constant state of allostatic strain. Many in the Western world live this way: always pushing, rarely resting, trying to adapt to systems that demand performance without meeting our basic human needs.

The disease management industry profits from this imbalance. It treats the symptoms of allostatic overload–hypertension, depression, anxiety, inflammation, and recurrent pain–but rarely addresses the social and relational conditions that cause them. Instead of supporting the return to homeostasis, it normalizes chronic stress and then sells ways to “manage” it, keeping us coming back for more ineffective treatments. That’s not healthcare, but exploitation.

To support homeostasis, we need environments that honor the body’s need for safety, nourishment, rest, and connection. We need communities that protect human dignity and systems that support health rather than demanding we tolerate unwellness and reduced quality of life. When we restore homeostasis, we don’t just feel better; we remember what it means to be fully human.

01/11/2025

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01/11/2025

1. Brushing off their partner's emotions.

29/10/2025

this November, always remember—

27/10/2025

Very interesting article. I suffer from this myself. I’m normally very good at reframing sounds like neighbours’ dogs barking or the sound of snoring. But the sound of eating seems to trigger very sudden and intense feelings — it can be quite overwhelming. It’s been about a week since it last happened, and I had to leave the room; the intensity of the feelings was so irrational. https://curejoy.com/content/misophonia-sound-sensitivity-disorder/?fbclid=IwdGRjcANtwJBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHtUtLHMLfCd-7rsBpd4DgeQyJP4hcvBwPGlOwUExn0x6hj3zzwLzyftqn4O3_aem_5a9o6qOw19_yTtnGIRTEMw

Misophonia, the disorder where eating or breathing sounds trigger anger, affects many. Here’s why it happens and how to cope.

22/10/2025

18/10/2025

18/10/2025

I wrote this for anyone who’s ever loved a baby they never got to hold. 🤍

No matter how early, no matter how small — it’s still your baby. 💔

Never underestimate the power of the connection that runs through your body and nervous system to that tiny life — a life you already had hopes, dreams, and love for.

When you lose a baby, no matter how early in pregnancy, you lose so much more than a pregnancy. You lose the future you had already started to imagine.

Your grief is real. Your pain is valid. You are allowed to mourn. 🤍

And sometimes, it can be even harder because your partner or others may not feel that same attachment — they weren’t physically connected the way you were. But that doesn’t make your loss any less real or any less important.

It’s not just the loss of a pregnancy.
It’s the loss of a baby.
The loss of dreams.
The loss of connection.

You are allowed to grieve — deeply, fully, and without apology.

If you’ve walked this road, please know: you’re not alone. 💫💞

MISS | Supporting those affected by pregnancy loss in Scotland

https://www.miss-support.org.uk/

17/10/2025

16/10/2025

Peace in marriage is expensive.
It will cost you your pride.
It will cost you your ego.
It will cost you the need to always win.
Many couples do not break up because of one big fight.
They break because of small, daily battles— the blame after a mistake, the silent treatment after a disagreement, the stubborn need to win instead of meeting halfway.
We think winning the argument means we are right.
But in marriage, winning sometimes means holding your tongue when you want to be sarcastic.
It means saying sorry first,
even if you are not the only one at fault.
It means remembering you are partners, not opponents.
The dishes, the budget, the weekend plans— they are not worth losing your peace.
Because a peaceful home is more valuable than proving a point.
And peace is never free-but it is always worth the price.

Credits to the author

16/10/2025

Her touch can literally influence his biology.
Research shows that couples who hold hands or share a 20-second hug experience smaller increases in heart rate and blood pressure during stressful moments.
Other studies found that consistent “warm-touch” habits over several weeks can lower a man’s daily blood pressure and boost oxytocin levels in both partners — the hormone that promotes calm and emotional connection.
Additional experiments revealed that holding hands can reduce pain as partners’ brain waves sync, while even brief hugs help lower cortisol, the body’s stress hormone.
A woman’s affectionate touch can guide a man’s body out of fight-or-flight mode and into a state of true recovery.