Shift Your Life

With Tracy Latz, M.D. & Marion Ross, Ph.D.

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Food for Anxious Thought: Can Certain Food Affect Anxiety, PTSD?

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Meet The Shift Doctors: Marion Ross, Ph.D. holds doctorates in Holistic Healing, Metaphysics, and Transpersonal Psychology as well as certification in Mind Body Medicine. Tracy Latz, M.D., M.S. is an Integrative Psychiatrist, Medical Intuitive and has served on Associate Clinical Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She holds a Masters degree in Immunobiology, doctorates in Metaphysics & Holistic Healing, certifications in Mind-Body Medicine and is currently in private practice in a suburb of Charlotte, NC with over 20 years of clinical experience in shifting lives. We all have our ‘comfort foods’ that we gravitate toward when we are more anxious, tense or fearful. What we may not know is that some of those foods may ultimately make our anxiety worse or put us on a repeating cycle of anxious eating- whereas, other foods can indeed be beneficial. How to know what can help and what might be worsening the situation? Hopefully, this will help clear it up.

11 (+3) Food Tips for Anxiety: 1. Complex carbohydrates (such as whole-grain cereals, breads, pastas and oatmeal) boost our serotonin level in our body in a steady manner. Serotonin levels are often found to be low in people suffering from anxiety and depression. Complex carbohydrates also stabilize blood sugar levels and are a much better choice of food than simple carbohydrates (candy, sweets, sugar) which cause spikes in both blood sugar and serotonin levels that then precipitously drop to induce anxiety again. 2. Vitamin C (found in citrus fruits such as oranges) have been shown to be somewhat helpful in lowering stress hormones in the body and to boost the immune system. One study showed that blood

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Cortitrol and Tools to Lower Cortisol / Stress Hormones

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cortitrolAre you stressed? Have you been under chronic on-going stress or have Post-Traumatic Stress or having acute stressful periods due to work, school or relationship issues? If you suffer from any of the above, you may have chronically elevated cortisol (“stress hormone”) levels (produced by the adrenal glands) which can eventually lead to adrenal fatigue syndrome.

Cortisol at proper levels in the body assists with proper glucose metabolism, regulation of blood pressure, release of insulin for blood sugar maintenance, normal immune function, and normal inflammatory response. Normally levels of cortisol are their highest in the morning and at their lowest at night. The “Stress Hormone” Cortisol is secreted by the adrenals at higher levels during the “fight vs. flight” response to stress and small increase of this endocrine hormone causes the following beneficial physiological changes in the body: sudden burst of energy to flee or survive, heightened vigilance and memory retrieval functions, sudden enhanced immunity, decreased sensitivity to pain, and homeostatsis of normal body functions.

Prolonged stress conditions cause on-going release of higher levels of cortisol into the bloodstream. Chronic high levels of cortisol can cause negative effects in the body such as: “brain fog” (impaired cognitive performance), hypothyroidism, hyperglycemia (elevated blood sugars), anxiety (feeling “wired”), insomnia, low energy,  decreased bone density, breakdown of muscle tissue, elevated blood pressure, impaired immunity and inflammation response, prolonged wound healing, and increased abdominal fat (“love handles” that can expand over time). [Read more…] about Cortitrol and Tools to Lower Cortisol / Stress Hormones

Qigong Emotional Release More Rapid Than EFT?

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“The Shift Doctors” (Tracy Latz, M.D., M.S. & Marion Ross, Ph.D.) have presented the “Qigong Emotional Release” to therapists at the 2013 15th International Energy Psychology Conference in Reston, VA, the 2012 14th International Energy Psychology Conference in San Diego, CA, and to the Charlotte, NC local program unit of the National Association of Social Workers in 2012. At each presentation by Dr.’s Latz & Ross clinical social workers, psychologists, nurses and physicians are amazed at how rapidly the Qigong Emotional Release can work.

 

When asked where the technique originated, “The Shift Doctors” state “We learned the technique from our Qigong Master Robert Peng who taught it to us during our Shaolin tradition Gigong Healer training with him… and we believe from that ancient tradition that it might be the precursor to what has developed into EFT” (Emotional Freedom Technique). Dr. Latz uses the technique in her Integrative Psychiatric practice more often now than EFT, “because it can be done more quickly in my office and I can teach it to children, teens and adults to empower them to shift overwhelming emotions rapidly without having to create scripts or reminder phrases; and there are only 4 tapping points. Essentially, patients/clients/students also don’t unwittingly open up a can of emotional worms with reminder phrases or statements.” Both Dr.’s Latz & Ross agree that the technique doesn’t work for everyone – “when it doesn’t release the issue, then I still may progress to EFT to deal with the issue”.

The words we are phonetically saying during the routine are “Song Kong Tong Bing Chuan-Yu“.

Give it a try… it just might Shift Your Life® and your overwhelming emotions! 🙂

Happy Tapping…. and Loads of Light to you on your journey!

“The Shift Doctors” (Tracy & Marion)

**The Shift Doctors (Tracy Latz, M.D. & Marion Ross, Ph.D.) are available for keynotes, speaking engagements, classes, events or for seminars (1/2 day or up to 2 day) on Energy Medicine, personal transformation, team-building, motivation, anger management, intuitive development, or collaboration for private groups, conferences, corporations or corporate events. Contact them at info@shiftyourlife.com or find out more about their books, DVD’s, CD’s and tools for personal transformation at www.shiftyourlife.com.

Would You Like One Shift or Two?

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Whether you want to transform your Business or Shift Your Life, Health, Relationships, “The Shift Doctors” can assist with Giving You the Keys to Shift Your Life®!

1. Our latest book for Entrepreneurs is Entrepreneurial Alignment: How to Overcome Self-Sabotage in Business. If you opt into our website on our home page, you can get the introduction “Shift Beyond the Guru” and first chapter “1st Business Shift: How We Define Our Self and Our Core Values”. This book is a psychological primer for entrepreneurs who have either studied entrepreneurship, spent thousands of dollars on courses from business gurus, or read many business books and yet still struggle to achieve success or feel stuck. Doctors Ross and Latz give you insightful information to help you understand why you have failed and how you may have inadvertently created your own worst business nightmare. The authors openly discuss the art of psychological self-sabotage and then give readers specific tools, techniques, and mindful exercises to assist with removing the roadblocks on your path to success. This book is available in paperback and in Kindle edition. Have a Look Inside the Book by clicking here.

2. Our best-selling books SHIFT: 12 Keys to Shift Your Life  and Shift: A Woman’s Guide to Transformation are available in hardcover (12 keys book only), paperback and kindle. The original Shift book gives powerful insight into the 10 core issues that create distress and a sense of lack and futility in our lives, our bodies and our relationships. The 12 Keys are given to assist with transforming feelings of unworthiness, guilt, shame, anger, fear of the unknown, powerlessness, heartbreak, loss and lack of self-love via rapid, easy-to-use tools that include qigong, EFT (with specific tapping protocols), and powerfully transforming meditations. The original book also contains metaphysical meditations and tools based on the ancient wisdom of use of vibration, color and sound specific to each issue addressed in the book  to rebalance energy centers and chakras in the body. The woman’s guide book is a no-nonsense book that puts important points in bold print and does NOT include any of the chakra meditations and does not include the metaphysical use of color, sound, toning for healing purpose. You can have a look inside the 12 Keys book by clicking here.

3. We have our Shift Your Life® Guided Meditations from our books on CDs and in downloads on Amazon as well as on iTunes. You can hear samples of these by clicking here.

4. We also have Instructional DVDs for the more serious seeker that address more intensive use of vibrational medicine healing modalities, metaphysical discussions, how-to videos and other tools. You can browse through the selections by clicking here.

5. Lastly, if you learn better in Live Classes and Seminars, you can find out where we are teaching next by clicking here; or you can contact us at info@ShiftYourLife.com to arrange a class or seminar near you at your facility or for your group, business or conference.

It would be our great joy to assist with your transformation.

We wish you well in your inner and outer journey!

Tracy & Marion (“The Shift Doctors” a.k.a. Tracy Latz, M.D.,M.S., & Marion Ross, Ph.D.,Mh.D.)

**The Shift Doctors (Tracy Latz, M.D. & Marion Ross, Ph.D.) are available for keynote talks, classes, events or for seminars (1/2 day or up to 2 day) on personal transformation, team-building, motivation, anger management, intuitive development, or collaboration for private groups, conferences, corporations or corporate events. Contact them at info@shiftyourlife.com or find out more about them at www.shiftyourlife.com and more about their multidimensional tools at www.multidimensionalhealingcenter.com

Trinfinity 8 – An Amazing Tool To Shift Your Life, Mind & Body

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Software with a Soul?

Trinity (body, mind, spirit) + Infinity = Trinfinity8

When the Shift Doctors first encountered the Trinfinity 8 at a conference in San Diego, we had to wait among throngs of excited people for a demonstration of a powerful new paradigm in subtle energy rejuvenation right across from our Shift Your Life exhibitor booth- Trinfinity8: Software with Soul. The buzz was that Trinfinity8’s (T8’s) advanced subtle energy technology and state-of-the-art programming could bring your body, mind, and spirit into greater alignment and balance; and stimulate your cellular function to a greater level of performance via a crystal delivery system sending streams of algorithmic binary codes to the user through the USB port on a computer. With great skepticism we each had our 15 minute sampling of what this program can do and… WOW! This really is a bio-energetic software system like nothing else we had experienced in our travels and studies on our planet.

Sessions with a Trinfinity8 System can extend far beyond rejuvenation and beautification treatments … they transport you to a powerful, peaceful inner healing place, raising your vitality and radiance to more vibrant levels. It has to be experienced to be understood. Trinfinity8’s rejuvenation technology provides wholeness and wellness, inner and outer peace and beauty, being and becoming your best self on all levels. [Read more…] about Trinfinity 8 – An Amazing Tool To Shift Your Life, Mind & Body

Shifting Lives Through Earthing – A Psychiatrist’s Perspective

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I love digging in the dirt and feeling my connection to the Earth.  I find walking barefoot in the grass to be a great stress reducer. As a young girl, I used to run around barefoot with my siblings during the warm summer days, and recall how free and wonderful it felt. My father, a rural doctor, would always yell at us about the danger of cutting our feet or stepping on a nail. We would just laugh it off and continue romping barefoot.

In my integrative psychiatric practice, I often recommend ‘Earthing’ to patients as part of an integrative approach to healing.  In my mind, it is in alignment with the ancient medical doctrine of “Primum non nocere” – which means “First, do no harm”.

Earthing refers to the practice of making contact with the surface of the Earth either directly, with the skin contacting the surface of the Earth- or by having the skin make indirect contact with the Earth through the use of conductive materials. The Earth constantly sheds an endless supply of electrons (negatively charged particles) from its surface. You can’t see the Earth’s energy but some people can feel it as a warm, tingling, and pleasant sensation when they out walking barefoot along the water’s edge at the beach or on a stretch of dew-moistened grass.

Throughout history humans walked barefoot and slept directly on the ground or separated from the ground by only a mat. But modern lifestyle, including the widespread use of insulative rubber- or [Read more…] about Shifting Lives Through Earthing – A Psychiatrist’s Perspective