Ranique McFarlane

10/27/2025

This was after we scored a TD, we never scored another TD…

09/01/2025

07/19/2025

Barca is a beautiful city.
Grateful to have some great friends man.

06/28/2025

Romanticize daily living.

02/17/2023

Did a lot of firsts that weekend 🤞🏾

02/17/2023

“That’s not even CAD eh, that’s in US!”

11/06/2022

Grateful & Dissatisfied

09/13/2022

Your lack of faith in God is showing, fix that.

04/20/2021

By: .love.therapist ⁠⁠
Mental health is not all in your head! The heart, brain, and gut all have their own intrinsic nervous systems and communicate with each other. These three “brains” together influence your mental & emotional health. ⁠⁠
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These three brains are connected in several ways. The vagus nerve is the information highway between the three brains. They also connect and sends messages through chemicals, hormones, and neurotransmitters. ⁠⁠
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For many of us, one or two of the brains will override the other(s). This is because neural networks grow the more we use them, so if you use your mind more that brain will dominate and you’ll have more of a head orientation. This is also why sometimes the 3 brains don’t align - your mind may say one thing but your heart tells you another, or you gut instinct tells you something’s not right when your brain doesn’t see why. Have you ever experienced this? ⁠⁠
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Research has shown that gut microbiome changes & inflammation affect the brain in big ways & cause symptoms that look like depression, anxiety, autism, and other “mental” disorders. Our microbiome also influences our behavior. ⁠⁠
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Most of our mood regulation system is found in our gut. That’s because neurotransmitters and important hormones are made in the gut! Did you know that 90% of serotonin production happens in the gut? GABA is a neurotransmitter produced in the gut that controls feelings of fear & anxiety. The gut produces 70% of cortisol, the stress hormone. All of these neurotransmitters rely on a healthy microbiome to function properly. ⁠⁠
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To heal one of your 3 brains, you need to examine functioning & address all of them. ⁠⁠
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Do you check in with your head, gut, and heart when you're feeling off? ⁠⁠
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Let’s