Hi ,
Happy Thursday Everyone!
ronic that this email is so late today - a very stressful day. I may or may not have eaten some stress, but in the forms of carrots and beet hummus and apples and almond butter - so this is a win!
Stress in our bodies is an interesting thing. We are quite simple and yet complex beings, and stress triggers the flight or flight response. Both send our cortisol levels into the air, which then requires us to come back down again. This is why The Healthy Six Pause (6 minutes on a clock, breath work) can physically help in so many ways - it will calm your mind, and your body.
Today, I was speaking about the pandemic with a client. We went into a collective, terrifying experience and then popped out again, different people but expected to throw ourselves back into life.
Some of us lost someone we loved
Others struggled with loneliness and isolation
Many felt their anxiety and depression soar.
It is no surprise to me that we reacted to this stress by drinking more, eating more and numbing more.
That was then.
Now, we are on a different page of our story.
We can use stress as a superpower. Here is how
- Exercise your stress away - trust me, this is the magic tool. After my mum died, I ran 5 K every day more as a reminder to breathe. I was lucky to have exercise as a tool, and this program simply deepens our relationship with exercise.
- Journal your stress away, and get to know yourself better. It is ok to be stressed out. Stop saying that the stress you experience "isn't manageable." If it wasn't, you would be fetal. The bigger question remains - how much stress are you willing to take on in your life?
- Cook your stress way: Experiment with healthy recipes, be present when you make supper.
- Meditate your stress away: Insight timer, calm, Deepak Chopra - they all have stress-busting meditations.
- Talk your stress away: Don't internalize. Tell you boss - this is a lot right now, and i am doing the best I can. Tell your partner - I am struggling. Compassion is everywhere.
- Walk your stress away. Simple, effective, ten times out of ten.
UPCOMING
Saturday Feb 10th - Farmer's Market and Winter Walk at Brickworks 11 AM - this is now TBD as we have only 2 people RSVPD
Tuesday Feb 13 - PROTEIN AND SUPPLEMENTS - 7 PM
*** Our Expert Krista Znebel will do a podcast-style interview with me, followed by Q&A! Invite your FRIENDS! Link and Zoom link will be added to portal.
Meditation 101 - Cynthia Funk!
This will now be online I am confirming a time with her!
Week of February 20th!
EGG BITES - I was craving eggs. Swap goat's cheese for the cheddar, add turkey bacon, tempeh bacon....
10 Salad Dressings to make in minutes
PINK CORE CLASS: A crowd fave and a sign I need to do more themes!
With gratitude,
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