"Grounding" and energy management helped me and my family in times of emergency... 

Back in February, I was hit by the worst “flu” of my life! It took me down for a solid two weeks. This was when the Coronavirus was supposedly in China so I never went to the doctor. I’m not one to get sick so I kept thinking, “surely tomorrow I’ll feel better.” 

On Day 10, I faced a terrifying situation and wanted to share it in case my experience may help you should you or one a loved experience the same situation. At 3am, I was awaken by an extreme bout of coughing. I realized I couldn’t breathe so I jumped out of bed and ran to the kitchen for a glass of water. Luckily, we have an instant hot water filter and I drank 4 glasses of the hottest water I could handle. I couldn’t stand, so sat down and tried to calm myself. 

Normally, the fastest way to calm oneself is to take deep breaths, but I couldn’t breathe! SO - I started to release my fear through my grounding cord (for those of you who don't know what this is, it is a simple, yet powerful, tool for calming oneself and regaining emotional control).

The coughing and wheezing continued, and I gasped for every little bit of air. My husband was out of town so I had to take my son in for a long-awaited knee surgery by 5am, otherwise I would have called 911.

I drank 4 more glasses of hot hot water and ran to the shower. After enough time, the steam from the shower and (I believe) my grounding helped me calm down enough that I stopped gasping for air. I was still constantly coughing and couldn’t breathe deeply, but at least I could breathe a little which is very different than gasping.

I share this in case this happens to you or a loved one. Being prepared with some knowledge and some strategies (like grounding and energy management) will help you not panic which would surely exacerbate the situation.

2) Last year, my son had a life-threatening allergic reaction on a school camping trip. They were out in the woods an hour or so away from a hospital. He’d had other allergic reactions over the years and maybe this is not good mothering, but he’d been able to handle them through deep breathing, relaxing his body, and Benadryl. This time, he did the deep breathing and was calming his body, but still started to go into anaphylactic shock...  

The adults driving him to the hospital pulled over and administered his EpiPen. One of the adults was a firefighter and he told me later that in all his years as a first responder, he’d never seen a child so relaxed while experiencing anaphylaxis. I taught my son these relaxation tools and he had practiced many times before so he was prepared. 

Obviously, if you experience constricted lungs from sickness, breathing deeply won’t be an option, but that doesn’t mean you have to panic. 

My point to both these stories is that we have more control over our body's physiological response than we realize.  

Remembering this in an emergency situation will help us not panic which would certainly make breathing more difficult, if not impossible. I’m hoping by sharing these experiences, you may feel more confident and calm if anything like this happens to you or a loved one. In addition to knowledge, there are TOOLS available to handle both physical and emotional stress.

In the meantime, I do hope you and your families are healthy physically and emotionally.

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