I’ve have to say my biggest weakness (by far) is an addiction to refined sugar. Once I get started on a sugar binge there’s no stopping me! Unlucky for me, this overindulgence of sugar has its side effects, including irritability, PMS, and the worst one – acne.
A lot of people don’t believe that sugar and chocolate can give you bad skin but I’m proof that it actually does. I first made this discovery by accident when I took refined sugar completely out of my diet for a month to treat a recurring case of Candidiasis. I was surprised to find the diet cleared up my skin as well, to the point where it was perfectly clear. It also made my skin tone very even, I no longer had those red blotchy bits around my nose.
The 48 hour sugar cravings
Every now and again when my skin gets pimply or I start suffering from bad PMS, I’ll take sugar out of my diet. No matter how many times I do it, it never gets any easier, there’s always this two day period where my sugar cravings are really intense. I’ll do anything to get my hands on something sweet. Through trial and error, or maybe desperation … I’ve come up with a few tactics that help a lot, which can also be applied when maintaining a healthy diet.
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Not too long ago my heart broke when I came out of an eight year relationship. I had wanted out for a while, years in fact, but the friendship and love was still there so when my partner eventually found someone else to fall in love with and move on, it was a difficult time for me.
After a couple of months most of the pain had worn off and I started to feel happy again. Actually, I started to feel happier than I had in years. I had found this new sense of freedom, something I hadn’t experienced in a very long time. Looking back, I wonder if this was some sort of post long term relationship honeymoon period.
Today it’s a little bit like a roller coaster. Some days are great and some days are not so good. On these not so good days I sometimes get a physical sensation that feels a lot like a pile of fifty bricks sitting on my chest. It’s an extremely unpleasant and debilitating feeling that’s almost exhausting. I’m a big fan of crystal therapy and often wear crystals or place them around my house to help with a physical or emotional problem. So of course it was a natural progression to search out a crystal to help ease this pain in my heart.
The crystal that helped my heart
With the fifty bricks sitting on my chest I pulled out my crystal books and learned that pink kunzite, obsidian and lavender jade all help heal a sore heart. So off I went to my favourite crystal shop in search of a pendant that I could wear close to my heart. The only pendant I could find was a beautiful little raw pink kunzite with a silver clasp, perfect. I now wear this crystal every day and have been pleasantly surprised by how much it has eased the feeling of heaviness in my heart. This morning, for example, I forgot to put it around my neck. I found some old photos of my partner on my laptop and was looking through them. I started to feel heavy in my heart. I put the necklace straight on and the pain was gone in five minutes.
The journey isn’t over yet, and I know that my heart still has some healing to do. I’m going to keep wearing my pink kunzite every day around my neck until I feel I no longer need it. I know that day is just around the corner.
Frances Kerr
