In order to make lasting change, you must get clear not only on what your goals are, but why they are important to you.  What will reaching these goals mean for you?  How will your life change?  If you are interested in exploring this further, if you know where you want to be and you’d like support on your path to getting there, email me today with the subject line “I’m ready!”

Peace, Love, and Wellness,

Xandra

Let me guess, you know what you need to do to make more nutritious choices in your life, right?  Even before this month of tips that I shared with you, you had enough information to act on, but did you?  Often, the follow-through is where people get tripped up, can you relate? You take in new information and implement it at first, but eventually you slip back into your old habits.  What makes the difference is having someone there to support you and hold you accountable to the actions that are most important to you.

Where do you need support in turning your goals into realities? Let’s chat.

Peace, Love, and Wellness,

Xandra

Stress reduction is key to your health because stress actually causes inflammation in the body, which leads to illness and disease, sometimes suffered silently for a long time.  We are more stressed today than ever before and many of us are moving at breakneck speed without slowing down even to eat, let alone breathe and check in with ourselves.  When you reduce your stress you:

• Allow your body to be better able to digest food, reducing digestive discomfort and increasing the absorption of nutrients
• Create stronger relationships with those around you, which increases productivity, happiness, and the health of yourself and others
• Free up time to do the things you love because you are not in a constant state of worrying about what happened in the past and what needs to happen in the future.  You are able to enjoy the present moment and love life.

Where do you feel stuck when it comes to reducing stress?

An important part of your health is making time to take care of yourself outside of the realm of food.  So many things drop to the bottom of the to-do list because we often view them as luxuries instead of necessities in our lives.  In fact, taking care to make ourselves happy is crucial to a healthy life.

You can find ways to incorporate self-care into your daily routine without taking much time.  Here are some of my favorite ways.

• Oil self massage – Massaging yourself with coconut oil or other oil blends before you get in the shower can be very relaxing.  By massaging your body, you also allow lymph to flow with more ease, which plays an important role in keeping your immune system functioning.

• Mindful showering – Instead of letting your time in the shower be full of planning your day, rethinking your to-do list, and worrying about what comes next, try to tune into the moment, and really pay attention to your body as your honor and clean it.  We tend to be critical of ourselves, and especially of our bodies.  Let your shower be a time when you can love yourself up and appreciate all that your body does for you.

• Make time for something you love – Even if you have a bus schedule and feel as if you couldn’t possibly fit more in, make sure that you are finding time to do something you love.  If you love to read, find 15 minutes a day to read.  If you love watching movies but don’t have time to watch a full-length film, watch your favorite scene from a movie you love.

It is easy to find excuses not to do the things we love, but that tends to leave us feeling miserable.  Instead, decide to take care of yourself even if it’s only in little ways because those little ways add up quickly.  If you need support in finding ways to fit self-care into your routine, email me today at xandra dot oneill at gmail dot com.