Abounding in Hope with Lyme

Lyme Disease, Homeschooling and Faith

7 Steps to Homeschooling Your Anxious Child

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Homeschooling is one of those wonderful blessings that presents constant opportunities for growth and change. Homeschooling an anxious child, well, that can just rock your world!

Anxiety is a very real disorder, adrenaline kicks in and suddenly your child becomes out of control and no longer thinks clearly. No matter what you say or do your child will either resist you or he will shut down altogether. This is the fight or flight response caused by adrenaline.

However challenging, there are ways to homeschool an anxious child. It’s going to take work on your part. You’ll need to study your child and always remember to not take your child’s behavior or tantrums personally. You’re going to have to be a lot more flexible and patient but you can do it. [Read more…]

Nourishing Your Anxious Child

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DISCLAIMER: Please be advised that I am not a doctor and what I share here is my personal experience and not intended to diagnose, treat or advise. Please seek the care of a trained professional when needed.

When our daughter began having anxiety it never dawned on me to address her diet. I took her to the pediatrician a number of times and her doctor never told me to explore possible food allergies or heavy metal toxicity. She never considered that Lyme infections could be the cause for the anxiety [Read more…]

Recognizing Anxiety in Your Child

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DISCLAIMER: I’m not a doctor and what I share here is only for your personal reading and not intended to be used as a medical diagnosis or treatment plan. Please seek the care of a doctor if you or your child are experiencing any symptoms that you are concerned about.

When my family was thrust head-on into life with Lyme and tick-borne diseases, anxiety was one of the many symptoms we had. While anxiety is very common with Lyme it manifested in different ways for each one of us.

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5 Steps to Calming an Anxious Heart

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I recently had to have an MRI for my wrist, nothing related to Lyme I just injured it trying to move a cabinet that was way too heavy. I’ve never had an MRI but I figured it wouldn’t be a big deal, they’d just slip my arm in and everything would be good.

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