We are SO COMPLEX that focusing on ONE DAY, ONE WEEK or even ONE MONTH will NOT give you a clear indication as to how you ARE progressing.

Too many of us have approached health with the best of intentions... Yet the majority of us STOP. Why?

And this is just what's happened so far. The story continues. My point of this example is to show how one action for our health and wellbeing IMPACTS other aspects of our deep health.

We are IGNORANT to the fact that there are SO MANY WONDERFUL ways to be a healthy, happy human. Yet we continue to do things that "other people" around us are doing or say "we should be doing".

Participaction recently released an awesome report on the state of physical activity in Canada. Why is this report so special? Because it addresses REAL concerns of people across GENERATIONS.

Sorry to burst your bubble. THAT mindset actually means you're NORMAL, NOT special.

I had a conversation with a client this morning that brought me to wanting to share some quick thoughts.

Training for longevity and a healthy lifestyle has non-negotiables too, but they're MUCH broader and open.

After a quarter century working with people and their wellbeing, I can safely say for a FACT that we are VERY GOOD at TWO things

Humans are here, today, BECAUSE WE ARE RESILIENT and incredibly ADAPTABLE. We learn to manage challenging situations (minor or major) and from those we GROW and STRENGTHEN in many ways. Ways that sitting in your comfy spot on the couch and saying "Hey Google! Turn the temperature up 2 degrees" can't do for us.

Did you practice your "reasons" this weekend OR did you practice action??

YOUR mind, YOUR inner dialogue, YOUR approach is what's holding you back. NOT your physical abilities or knowledge.

...That's helping the client LEARN what is possibly holding them back so they can begin to tear that barrier down for themselves. That doesn't make them "wrong". That makes them HUMAN.

This type of Canadian winter is when we need to CHOOSE to utilize the tools we've learned through our life experiences to help us manage and move through the winter months.

Sharing thoughts from Kate Solovieva's newsletter (again). Her words, and approach always make me smile and we all need to hear them.

As of this morning, my body has done 690 pushups (and counting), with next to NO effort or brain power

We get caught up in the "busy-ness" of modern life and we ADD MORE noise/stuff/stress on top of those same things that have us feeling low and unhealthy. STOP building MORE up. START taking things AWAY.

All of these posts and conversations are to get us to SLOW down enough to understand HOW these times make us FEEL and HOW they impact our HEALTH. Stress in all forms IS essential to our lives. It helps us grow, learn and become more resilient. Chronic stress however (in this case chronic "busy-ness") is NOT healthy

Change only feels hard because it's NEW and DIFFERENT from our current "default mode". Practice the change you want, and it will BE your new "default mode".

Once again, we want to find our BALANCE. A little searching and busy-ness, paired with a little action (on ourselves) and slowing down for a bit will have you feeling drastically different in your energy levels and wellbeing.