I am in a moment in time.
The little girls who live next door are five-year old. My daughter babysits them, and every twilight I can hear their precious voices squealing as they shoot each other with water guns and play with dolls. They remind me of Lily and her best friend, Elle, who lives next door to us. I look at photos of my kids in tiny Muskoka chairs in the backyard, in the park hocking lemonade and cookies, at the Farmer's Market with face paint....and I do the inevitable:
I think: Where did my babies go?
But I also know how present I have been which is why I can let go of who they were and embrace who they are.
They are also sharing stories about memories that, until now, were one-dimension in my mind - tiny things that stand out to them, and I know the back story of the woman I was becoming, the struggling single mother, pushing hard in her careers, trying to continually create myself - this stronger version of me, evolving with every choice I made: Sobriety, meditation, choosing to stop "dieting' and researching what really works (hint: no processed food, refined sugars and starches and booze), stopping looking for others to love me and realizing I could do a good job of it myself.
And gratitude. Tons of gratitude.
I have about 30 gratitude journals. Re-reading them is like reading letters to myself, where I was, and what I was struggling with that day.
This weekend, I would love you to do something.
Write a letter to yourself, to open on December 31, 2024.
Just shy of six months from now
You have six months to get stronger. You have six months to heal your gut. You You have six months to create the next version of you. And we have six months to do it together.
When we started the Healthy Six, I asked you for goals: BHAG GOALS Big Hairy, Audacious Goals. I have hit some, and I have fallen short, too. That's ok.
But six months from now I want to look back and say - I wrote my book. I got leaner and stronger. I planned the big trips and I Enjoyed the Little Things.
What are your BHAG Goals?
MINE:
- Physical Stronger, Healthier, committed to a Healthy Six lifestyle, lots of water, shifting my gut even more, tons of outdoors.
- Sleep goals - I have been coasting on 6-7 hrs for a while. It isn't enough. 7-8 hours is mandatory. You will crave sugar, caffeine and starch when you are sleep deprived. This is well-researched
- Mental: Organized in my Home / Work / and writing my book.
- Spiritual: Gentle with myself / deeper meditations, more joy.
Let us talk about stronger:
We have dozens of programs that are focused on strength training - from 5 minute exercise snacks to 10 and 20 minute to full body.
I can't emphasize the importance of resistance training enough. This summer, do the weights. Promise me!
RECIPES :
KALE JUNKIE AM GUT-HEALTHY TONIC (repeated here)
FENNEL SLAW (fennel is in season and is soooo good)
STRONG
MEDITATION: Guided meditation for Deep Sleep
For those of you up for a Summer Six community, please message me privately. Ths FITFAM / Healthy Six are softly becoming one. There will be a program this Fall, but it will be 66 days long and it will be very different. Same pillars, more hands-on coaching. All Alumni will be welcome to join at a special rate.
Erin
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