The EHS Connection

EHS is characterized my a sensitivity to frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum, each person is susceptible to their own frequency range - for some a specific fridge, for others particular cell phones. As sensitivities intensify the frequency range broadens and the symptoms become increasingly debilitating. Although it's often treated as an allergy electromagnetic sensitivity tends to become more difficult as the melatonin/cortisol rhythm becomes more unbalanced.

Exploiting the surroundings to stabilize this imbalance helps to reduce the sensitivity. It becomes much like any other sense warning of danger when the sense is overloaded.  A downward spiral exacerbated by night-time hits and the domino effect they have on day and night-time activities.   

What can I do?

  • Unplug electrical equipment and turn off wireless equipment
  • Move the bed into a space with less than 4 weak wireless signals (-40dBm) - shield if necessary
  • Spend the hour before bed on low light, low noise, low demand activities
  • Move the bed out of geomagnetically disturbed areas
  • Keep the bedroom dark - using red light where necessary
  • Eliminate noise entry and transfer between hard surfaces

Recommended Reading - Books

Sleep-Powered Wellness: Better Bedrooms for Turbocharged Zzzz's, by Angela Hobbs
Hobbs discusses the impact that noise, wireless, light, electricity, chemicals and air pollutants can have on the hormones responsible for sleep and alertness.

The Sleep-Powered Wellness Workbook: Better Bedrooms for Better Sleep, by Angela Hobbs
Hobbs guides the reader through the 24 hour hormone rhythm revealing the many ways that a person's surroundings can be used to support it. A workbook packed with simple, inexpensive suggestions for making the bedroom more conducive to sleep.

The Sick House Survival Guide: Simple Steps to Healthier Homes by Angela Hobbs
Hobbs describes her descent into, and recovery from, the electromagnetic and chemical sensitivities that left her in a wheelchair, unable to complete a thought, finish a sentence or even stand up. 

Recommended Reading - Articles

Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Fact or Fiction, by Dr. Stephen Genuis and Chris Lipp

Sensitivity-related illness: the escalating pandemic of allergy, food intolerance and chemical sensitivity, by Dr. Stephen Genuis

Angela Hobbs is a building biologist who specializes in identifying and remediating the location-specific factors that contribute to sleep and health issues. For 10 years she has been sharing her knowledge through corporate and private workshops, consultations and coaching.

She's lived and worked in Tanzania, Germany, Sweden, England, Quebec, The High Arctic, Ontario, Alberta, Kansas and Maine, leaving her with a personal experienice of a wide range of living and working environments.

She is the author of several books and workbook-based programs including 'Sleep-Powered Wellness', 'The Sick House Survival Guide', and 'The Guided Journey' Workbook series.

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