April 2025 Conscious Health

🧘🏽‍♀️ April: Peace of Mind Awareness Month

Take Back Your Mind. Reclaim Your Peace.

Good day, beautiful community—

April is commonly referred to as Stress Awareness Month, but here at Conscious Health - Lifestyle Medicine, we’re renaming it:
​Peace of Mind Awareness Month ✨

Why? Because awareness is powerful. And when we place our awareness not on the problem—but on the solution—everything begins to shift.

Let’s be honest: we do not need more articles, posts, and labels listing out all the forms, categories, and classifications of stress. We live it. We feel it. And many of us have, at some point, let it run our lives.

But what if we flipped the script?

What if stress can’t alter your state of mind without your permission?

#1: 🧠 The Antidote to Stress is Peace of Mind.

And the truth is—it’s not hard to find. In fact, you already have it. We all do.

Peace of mind isn’t a mythical, far-off destination. It’s right here, right now.
​ It’s in that deep breath you just took.​
It’s in that moment you stepped outside and felt the sun.
It’s in that text message to a loved one, or the task you crossed off your list.

Being stress-free is a simple choice.​
It’s not always dramatic. It doesn’t need a whole production.
It’s choosing your focus.

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#2: 🌱 Let’s Ask Ourselves:

• Are we happy right now?
• If yes, why?
  Was it time spent with someone we love? A moment in the garden? A walk in the fresh air?
  Was it because we did what we said we were going to do?

That last one? That’s powerful.
Doing what we say we’re going to do = self-trust, and self-trust builds self-empowerment.

Even the smallest wins matter:
✅ Sending the email
✅ Stretching for 5 minutes
✅ Drinking water
✅ Making your bed

Every time you follow through on a promise to yourself, you expand your peace of mind.

Small wins = major empowerment.

These are not small. These are not mundane. These are the foundations of a peaceful mind.

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#3: 🧠 Self-Management: The Missing Link

Many people struggling with stress are missing something simple yet essential:
​Mental hygiene. A self-managed daily rhythm that nurtures well-being.

So where do we start?

✨ Micro Practices That Matter:

• Gratitude: Name 3 things you’re grateful for every morning. Watch how it shifts your mindset.
• Meditation: Let’s redefine it.
  Meditation is simply focusing on a pleasant thought that brings peace and well-being.
  That’s it.

#4: 🌱 Conscious Awareness = Taking Our Minds Back

Let’s bring our awareness not to the symptoms of stress, but to the practices that lead to peace. Let’s use this month to cultivate what we already possess: ​Stillness, joy, simplicity, connection, gratitude, empowerment. You don’t need fixing. You need remembering. ​

#5: Ressources and Support: 🥦 Taking Back Our Minds from Stress: Why Support Matters

Reclaiming peace of mind isn’t just about mindset—it’s also about giving the body and brain what they need to thrive.

When we’re under chronic stress, our nutritional reserves get depleted. Key nutrients like B vitamins, magnesium, omega-3s, and antioxidants are used up rapidly, and if we’re not replenishing them, we’re working from an empty tank.

That’s why proper nutrition and supplementation are not just helpful—they’re essential.
They provide the biological foundation for:

• Balanced moods
• Clear thinking
• Stable energy
• Restful sleep

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🌟 Product Spotlight: Peace of Mind -Support from Within

As we explore how to reclaim our minds from stress, it’s vital to nourish our nervous system, sleep cycles, and emotional resilience with the right support. These featured supplements work synergistically with your practices of meditation, mindfulness, and micro-wins.

Each of these can be part of your stress free self-care toolkit

🌿 Bliss® Anti-Stress Formula

Support for calm, clarity, and emotional balance

BLISS Anti-stress

A thoughtful blend of L-theanine, ashwagandha, lemon balm, and B vitamins to help reduce occasional anxiety and mental tension without causing drowsiness.

• ✅Pros:
  • Promotes a relaxed but alert state
  • Adaptogens support adrenal balance
  • Great for daytime stress support
• ⚠️Cons:
  • Requires consistent use for best results
  • May not suit those sensitive to herbal ingredients

BLISS Anti-stress

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🌙 Prime™ Sleep

For deeper rest and mental reset

PRIME SLEEP

This non-habit-forming nighttime formula blends melatonin with calming herbs like valerian and passionflower to help you gently fall—and stay—asleep.

• ✅Pros:
  • Helps ease occasional sleeplessness
  • Enhances next-day focus and calm
  • Encourages natural sleep cycles
• ⚠️Cons:
  • May cause drowsiness—use at bedtime only
  • Contains melatonin (timing matters)
  • Not for pregnant/nursing individuals without support

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PRIME SLEEP

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💧 Isotonix® Magnesium

The essential mineral for stress, sleep & muscle relaxation

Isotonix Magnesium

Highly absorbable magnesium in isotonic form to support over 300 enzyme functions, including those that regulate mood, muscle tension, and energy.

• ✅Pros:
  • Fast-acting, highly bioavailable
  • Promotes calm and healthy nervous system function
  • Supports restful sleep and muscle recovery
• ⚠️Cons:
  • May cause loose stools in higher amounts
  • Requires mixing with water
  • Taste may not be for everyone

Isotonix Magnesium

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⚡ Isotonix® Activated B-Complex​

Energy, mood, and stress support from within

This isotonic formula delivers essential B vitamins in their activated, bioavailable forms—like methylated B12 and folate—to support energy production, nervous system health, and stress resilience.

✔️ Pros

• Contains activated forms for optimal absorption (e.g., methylated B12 and folate)
• Supports energy, focus, and mood regulation
• Helps the body metabolize stress hormones
• Isotonic delivery for fast, efficient uptake

⚠️ Cons

• Must be mixed with water (not as portable as capsules)
• Strong flavor may be noticeable for some users
• May cause mild nausea if taken on an empty stomach

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Empower your nervous system. Nourish your mood. Support your sleep.​
These gentle, effective tools complement your practices of stillness, movement, and mental clarity.

🌱 Supplements are not magic bullets—but they are powerful allies.​
Combined with your daily rituals, they create a grounded system for cultivating ease, resilience, and peace of mind.

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See Dr. Ashby's "BLISS not STRESS" FULL Protocol on FULLSCRIPT to LEARN MORE about stress management tools

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Talking with someone trained to guide us—especially when we feel stuck or overwhelmed—can be a powerful act of self-care. It’s not about fixing you. It’s about witnessing, clarity, and alignment.

Let’s not forget the role of counseling and therapeutic support, where needed.

Peace of mind is cultivated with support, nourishment, and compassion for ourselves every step of the way.

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Let's take back our minds and allow inner peace to be our focus.

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With presence and peace,
​The Conscious Health Team