Friday, June 27, 2014

My body is resilient

I am bouncing back. Turns out my body loves being listened to and respected. When my body is respected, it’s a gratuitous cycle: I listen to my body -> I give it what it needs -> it shows up differently -> I feel good -> I listen to my body…

Liberating myself from the junk and major grains in my apartment has been incredibly freeing. A nutrition friend once told me that she had a client who had a lot of leftover cheese from a party. The woman knew the cheese was not the best choice for her body, but she felt like it was her job to finish the cheese up from the party. I COMPLETELY empathize with that sentiment. My nutritionist friend had a very clear reaction to that: “So you’re planning on, literally, treating your body like a trash can.” That has stuck with me.

This weekend I will be with family, which is often very emotional. Thankfully, meals and time with them are somewhat limited. It’s easy for me to lose my body when I am with my family. Emotions and doing what’s necessary takes over. It interrupts the harmony. It’s no fault of any of theirs, old habits just kick in more easily.


My body can tell that it’s Friday. There’s a kind of relaxing feeling, or calm. A good way to be before traveling to be with the fam.

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