The Greatest Wealth is Health
Happy New Year!
Over the last few years I have focused intently on my mental health talking to a life coach and processing my feelings with a 3rd party outlet has been a game changer in how I view my life circumstances, interact with others and even how I prioritize my time.
I have also had a love-hate relationship with my physical health over the last few years (and to be honest the majority of my life). Mainly focusing on unlearning unhealthy habits and getting false statements of “good” and “bad” food out of my mind as well as learning what type of movement or exercise I enjoy doing!
Back in March I had started out positive with finding a personal trainer who taught me so much and really gave me a new healthy foundation to build my health journey on top of! Because of her I found another person who had the exact same mindset surrounding nutrition and movement, I felt so good with my dance workouts, I was proud of the intention I was putting onto my plate and then I stepped on the scale, looked at pictures of myself and wasn’t seeing any difference.
That added with stress from my job, and stress from our adoption process, I didn’t have it in me to continue my intent on a healthier lifestyle. I felt too exhausted to meal plan, too overwhelmed to get up a little earlier and get a dance workout in. I had spent time building a thriving nutrition and exercise mindset all to tear it down in a matter of days.
The cherry on top was finding out I had some abnormal results in my bloodwork, which lead to an MRI scan that found a benign tumor on my pituitary gland. The good news is that it can be cured with a medication. But all of this was building up inside me and I just felt like putting in the bare minimum.
Because of all the stress and anxiety, I found myself waking up in the morning with a tightened jaw, my quality of sleep was lacking and I felt more tired than ever. Because of a friend, I was able to connect with a Yoga/Meditation instructor. My very first session with her really was fascinating. I learned that holding stress, anxiety, negativity has a physical effect on our bodies and we hold certain things in different areas of our bodies. When stretching them out we are helping to relieve those mental blocks. The meditation portions of our sessions are also great as they are helping to focus my attention on me.
Growing up as a Christian female, it really does feel counterintuitive to focus on ourselves, it can feel selfish. But if we can’t give to ourselves how can we be better people for those in our lives and those we encounter. This is something I am excited to hone into in 2026.
I am also excited to have the energy and space to put intention behind the other areas of my health and get back to thriving in 2026!
I know so many of us are in the same boat with our health journeys. Finding it hard to understand there is no bad food, that exercise is good for more than just weight loss, that starving ourselves is not nourishing and that fast result methods are not long lasting!
Here’s to a healthy new year for all of us, whether you are just starting out on this journey or have been going through your own highs and lows for years. We can do this… together!
