Consider light therapy! A lot of these small blue lights don’t cost all that much, especially when they last forever. Very valuable for winter depressions.

If you’re at all open to hiring a personal trainer, or whatever other fitness solution you will be able to stick with even while feeling really down, do it now.

See a naturopathic doctor. They are given vigorous educations and can really be great. They are like the GPs of alternative medicine, with plenty of knowledge about allopathic medicine so they can refer you to an allopathic doctor whenever necessary.

If you must, skip the naturopathic doctor and see an acupuncturist. Acupuncture keeps performing extremely well in studies.

Try green smoothies. Even if the rest of the food you eat is not healthy, a green smoothie is a big shot of raw micronutrients and fiber… and it can taste great! There is sometimes a learning curve for making yummy ones. My approach: 1 glass of water, 2 pitted dates, 1 bloop of chia seeds, 1/2 banana (can be frozen–if it’s peeled of course), a handful of parsley/romaine/spinach, 1+ cup of frozen berries especially blueberries, 1 brazil nut (don’t eat too many, look up why). Green smoothies kind of turned my life around.

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Sharon,

Thank you so much for sharing and being honest here. I had just finished reading an anonymous email from someone who sort of made me feel worse than I already did, which is saying something. So to get your message right after that was a gift. We will hang in there together. Feel free to email me privately if you want to talk more.

Peace, love, hugs,
Mary