{Thrive} Movement as Self-Care
“Your body wants to move”, my acupuncturist told me early on in my healing journey. While I understood what he was saying to me I hadn’t fully connected with the why quite yet. “I need to exercise more”, I thought. The thing is, exercise can be different than movement as self-care just like dieting is quite different choosing foods that will nourish our bodies. Like food is nourishing, so is movement! It’s an important tool we can use for emotional regulation. Continue reading “{Thrive} Movement as Self-Care”
New habits are hard work. This is something we talk about a lot in our nutrition conversations. We also know how easy it can be to start something but keeping those promises to ourselves, that’s way more difficult. What really stinks is when we break those promise we wind up feeling crappy about ourselves. It becomes part of the false narrative we tell ourselves when we feel unworthy and unlovable. Its a cycle that can be really debilitating and dis-empowering. Here’s how to fix it. It takes discipline but it’s not difficult. 
“Gratitude is the flashlight that leads us through the darkness” – Deepak Chopra
Lately, my personal practice has been focused on trust and surrender and asking for help to let go of that which I no longer need. 
Journal This: How Can You Bring Gratitude to the Things That Feel Hard? 
As I typed the title, “Name 10 Things That You Fear”, I felt a burst of anxious energy resonate through my chest and heart. Fear is a powerful emotion, isn’t it? The thing is, the only way to heal an emotional wound is to move through it and that is what this exercise will encourage you and I to do. 