Pickering Massage Therapy

03/17/2026

03/17/2026

High cortisol levels, particularly when sustained for too long due to chronic stress or medical conditions, can lead to muscle wasting (atrophy) throughout the body, including the hip muscles. Cortisol promotes the breakdown of muscle protein, which can cause muscle weakness and loss of mass over time.

Cortisol not only increases protein breakdown but also inhibits protein synthesis, the process by which muscles are repaired and rebuilt. This double effect significantly contributes to muscle loss.

As proximal muscles—those closest to the center of the body, such as the hip and shoulder muscles—are particularly vulnerable to the effects of cortisol, weakening of the hip muscles is a common result of chronically elevated levels.

Chronic stress is one of the worst things for your body not only for this muscle loss, but also it steals your libido, causes weight gain, especially in the stomach and face, anxiety, depression, extreme cravings for sugary and sweet treats, brain fog, rage/over stimulation, chronic fatigue, and insomnia, and, if levels remain elevated for long enough, chronic stress can even lead to an autoimmune condition.

I suffered with all of these symptoms right down to the chronic hip pain for over eight years until I learned everything that was happening to me was truly being caused by stress. I am, however, like most of you, and am unable to reduce even one percent of my stress!

That’s why the herb Rhodiola is the best thing for this hustle culture because Rhodiola is actually able to reduce your internal stress levels even when you can’t reduce external stress! I will expand on this much more in the comments, but I personally lost 60 pounds and healed all of those symptoms in myself by taking a tincture of the herb Rhodiola every day!

✨✨You can find the Rhodiola I use, love and trust in the links in my bio ♥️♥️

03/16/2026

"The Week Ahead"

03/15/2026

"Life Is Hard"

03/13/2026

03/12/2026

03/12/2026

You don’t even realize it’s not yours to carry…some of it felt noble…some of it felt necessary…and some of it just became your normal. It has become weight in the bag you carried before you realized it was affecting your posture and your perspective.
But you hear His whisper and you read His Word and you’re reminded of how many things you pick up that are in fact, not your responsibility.
And you need your energy.
You need your strength.
You need your capacity for what IS yours to hold.
The weight of someone else’s decisions.
The pressure to fix what’s not yours to heal.
The guilt that God already covered.
The fear of a future that hasn’t happened.
The need to manage everyone’s peace—even while sacrificing your own.
The emotional toil that takes place because imperfect people are navigating relationships that are hard and intricate and complex.
But today?
You get to lay it down.
Not because you’re giving up.
But because you’re waking up—to the reality that your soul can’t thrive under weight God never assigned.
What if the pursuit of health for you has far more to do with what you’re willing to release than it is with what you need to pick up?
Because you have the Holy Spirit, you have wisdom, discernment, + supernatural awareness of what isn’t yours, even when the unhealth of others or the confusion of the world tries to say otherwise.
And the more you learn to let the weight go…brick by brick, releasing it once more, the more you’ll experience a Heavenly peace and an eternal joy that cant be shaken, stolen, silenced, or stripped by the circumstances, unknowns, or particulars of the world around you.

03/10/2026

"Nothing That You Wanted"

03/08/2026

Everyone you meet is carrying a story you cannot see. Some are healing from loss. Some are fighting quiet battles. Some are simply trying to make it through the day. When we remember that, kindness becomes easier. So today, choose patience. Choose grace. Choose kindness. ❤️

“Be kind and compassionate to one another.” — Ephesians 4:32

03/07/2026

"There Are No Weeds"

03/06/2026

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