Physical Wellbeing – Natural ways to manage teenager hormones
It’s all very tweenager in my house at the moment with hormones and fur regularly flying all over the place. This is generally accompanied by some unwelcome bad attitude and a sour face, my daughter likes to channel Wednesday Addams and I find it challenging. I felt it worth scribing down some of the natural remedies I’m using to manage my teenager’s hormones. I have to employ a great deal of stealth because I walk a fine line between being useful and a hateful nag apparently. #frustrationcity
This was supposed to be the good bit
I always thought I’d be quite good at the teenager bit, I really enjoyed being a street youth worker in my past. I remember my own teenager angst so well, the complex myriad of emotions & hormonal roller coasters and feeling totally misunderstood by my parents.
Well guess what! I don’t think I’m going to be good at it at all on an emotional level. I find being the object of so much hate and abuse hurtful, depleting and guilt making. I’m getting regular tension headaches, which I have to combat with peppermint essential oil and a herbal tea concoction.
Starting with nutrition
I keep her pumped with vitamins to assist with balancing her blood sugars, which she regularly decimates with her chocolate cravings. So lots of Vitamin C and Chromium Picolinate, I literally make her eat a tablet of each if she’s going to indulge in some cake or chocolate and it does make a big difference. Without them, I get to experience hysteria followed by a thunder storm of tears!
Providing her body with the right ingredients to manage this monumental change well is key. Because I can’t control everything she eats, the only way I can ensure this is happening is by forcing her to eat a shed load of vitamins. And no, it’s not easy and she tries to fight against it almost daily but it does make a huge difference and that’s worth it for me. I think she secretly knows because the opposition tends to be more token these days, she was happy to be packed off to camp with a load!
As I like to remind her, whilst she’s under my care and her body is growing it’s my rules and I know best about health, she can do what the hell she likes when she’s grown up; and I really mean that because the important part will have been done 😉
Regular eating
I make sure she eats regularly, like any teenager, she has the capacity to not eat for ages and then gorges on food. When she hasn’t eaten she’s vile, good food has an immediate grounding effect. She is very Air.
Skincare
We absorb sixty percent of what we put on our skin, which is like a huge sponge. We are surrounded by toxins these days, supposedly around 80,000 a day, so any which way you can support your body to expel them counts. This means natural skincare products that allow your skin to breath and sweat…
I’ve made her a deodorant, which fires a daily dose of Lavender, Peppermint, Lemon and Geranium essential oils into her armpits. These essential oils help with soothing hormones, removing toxins and grounding some of those crazy emotions. Armpit odour is created by a combination of what you are eating and the bacteria on your skin, you don’t want to stop the sweat you want to stop the smell.
I’ve made her a face and body cream, to feed and nourish her skin to improve its integrity, which enhances its defences. Our skin is our first line of immunity.
Oral care
Oral hygiene is a big one for teenager and puberty generally reeks. I give her doTerra’s teeth whitening toothpaste, which is totally natural and once again full of protective essential oils. I may not get to see her teeth often because she can barely smile at me or smell her breath because she doesn’t want to get too close to me but when I do its ok.
Quick emotional grounding
Carrying around a vial of blended essential oils to sniff at your own leisure if a wonderful way to achieve calm. She’s got her own essential oil blend of her favourite oils to smell when she feels like she’s lost inside her own head.
Medical astrology chart
I’ve done her Medical Astrology Chart so she knows what her health and wellbeing vulnerabilities are in black and white and more about who she is and where she’s going. This helps to back up why she needs to do all of the above and listen to her mother!
The truth behind the teenage angst
I know she loves me truly, madly deeply or else she couldn’t hate me with such passion. She bought me a present for my birthday from her own money, which really touched me. These little acts of love and care get me through this thorny, hormone forest.
Even with everything I know and can do for her, it’s like trying to tame a bucking bronco I fail everyday at least once to be a good parent because it’s also so triggering, so I have to treat myself at the same time!
Hope you learnt some tips if you’re in the same hormonal rocking boat
Next steps
Read more of my blogs to understand where I am coming from on the treatments I use on my daughter.
Why Mega Vitamin Therapy is so amazing
How to get rid of headaches and migraines using essential oils
Using essential oils for sustainable beauty
Using essential oils for excellent oral care
Using essential oils to treat anxiety
What is Medical Astrology
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