If I had a big picture message to put out there, it’s that working towards better health is a process.

There is no destination; it’s all about the journey, your health journey.

It’s o.k. to have concrete goals such as losing a little extra weight, reducing inflammation, addressing digestive upset… but coming at better health with an all or nothing approach is like saying you can cut your lawn just once and be done it.

To achieve -and most importantly, maintain- the desired outcome, the process must be ongoing.

Like any process, whether it be learning to play the piano, learning a new language or driving a car we all have to start at the beginner stage, go through those uncomfortable learning phases and eventually one day we realize that we’ve integrated it.

The same can be expected when you’re learning new food and lifestyle habits. It’s a process.

It’s so easy to fall back into old comfortable habits. It WILL happen and it’s even fun to take a break once in awhile.

The key is to return to the process, to realign with your original goals, to recommit and celebrate how far you’ve come.

Clients that adopt this long-haul approach and manage to recommit are invariably the ones that create the most success for themselves.
After all, even one new healthy habit a year will add up to noticeably better health when you take a big picture view.

All of this requires some creativity and most importantly, self-kindness.

I often urge clients to watch their self-talk. If you’re not sure what that means, just tune in to your internal dialogue. Would you talk to a friend that way?

To begin practicing the self-loving before you’ve reached the desired outcome is extremely powerful. It’s as if our bodies respond to kind self-thoughts and resist punishing, nasty self-talk.

I see it again and again. If the client’s attitude is harsh, demanding and punitive, the body resists, and they self-sabotage. The – I’ll only be happy when… – attitude doesn’t work.

Perfectionism has no place in a sustainable process.

Enthusiasm however has a different vibe to it. Enthusiasm ties in with playfulness and curiosity. Not with tedious work or punishment or rigidity.

When we’re focused on process, the whole lens changes and we can approach our goals with a sense of adventure and self-discovery.

Do something today that your future self will thank you for.
Please join me if you think you’re ready to start your process.

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But before I go on, let me back up a bit.

Why even bother? Why not just eat what tastes good and get on with life?

Because your food is your fuel

Once the food you eat goes down the hatch, it gets digested and broken down into nutrients that your body uses as fuel. That fuel is needed to power your amazing body machine.

It’s needed for everything from the proper function of all of your bits and pieces (including mood, sleep, energy…) to repair and maintenance all the way to protecting you from infection. Big stuff.

Eating poor quality food won’t necessarily have any detrimental effects right away.

Your body is a brilliant machine that is equipped with backup plans – mechanisms to shore up the damage and keep your engine running smoothly despite the poor quality fuel.

Over time, if you continue to feed your machine highly processed foods that are low in nutrients and high in unpronounceables (artificial colours, flavours, preservatives…) aka muddy water for your tank. The body runs through plan B- C- D… but it’ll eventually run out of contingency plans and things will start breaking down.

What starts going wrong depends on each person. It can manifest as digestive issues, weight issues, inflammation, sleep complaints, skin issues, migraines, allergies, disease… It’s different for everyone.

These are the engine lights – the red flags -the S.O.S.s – that your body is sending to say that things have gone too far.

These aren’t normal results of aging, they’re the result of an accumulation of deficiencies and imbalances.

Aging doesn’t have to stink and it doesn’t have to hurt.

There are a lot of things we don’t have control over. We can’t control the weather, the stock market, other people… but we do have control over how we care for our amazing body machines.

Learning how to properly care for yourself is your job.

Be a part of the solution not the problem. Join me to learn the basics. A recording of the workshop will be sent to everyone who signs up.

Cheers to taking charge of your health,