| I'm not sure if you've noticed, but it's been a while since I've sent out an update. April to be exact.
Around that time my health started to decline and then practically overnight, bottomed out. I believe the genesis of this downward spiral started with saying "yes" one too many times to one too many things.
Which is probably not something you'd expect to hear from someone who's made health and wellness her purpose and her passion. But there you have it.
And the interesting thing is all the things I was saying "yes" to are things I really enjoy. Like the behind the scenes workings of running a wellness practice and spending time with my much loved granddaughters and being a coaching mentor for Integrative Nutrition students and volunteering to be on the leadership team of my networking group and studying to be a naturopathic doctor and ... the list goes on.
Independently, any of these parts of my life would be easy to manage. But all together it was less than ideal.
I had days upon days of absolutely no sleep. I'm not talking about a restless night or a night here or there where I'd wake up and have trouble falling back asleep. I was wide awake during the night with my mind racing from one random thought to another. Panic attacks randomly popped up and on one particular day lasted for over six hours with no relief. My stomach seemed to always be upset and on the few nights I did manage to sleep, I'd wake up feeling anxious and nauseated.
I threw everything I knew at this unmovable mountain of un-wellness: Homeopathy, acupressure (self-administered), CBD oil, yoga, meditation, eating only food that was organic and healthy. And it still didn't seem to be enough.
Then I did the one thing that actually turned things around.
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