Emotions, Stress and Food SUMMERTIME

Well, it's summer, so I hope you are taking the time to regenerate and reflect. Now is the perfect time to unwind and let go of any Stress you may have been holding on to. Do you feel like you are missing anything in your life? Is there an empty feeling you can not identify with? Do you find yourself craving any foods or maybe eating too much or just eating foods that may not make you feel your best???

Sometimes, weight issues and food issues are replacements for emotions and/or subconscious feelings that your life just is not what you were expecting. Maybe you don't love your profession or maybe you are tired of not having a profession or a job, maybe you are unsatisfied with some relationships in your life. Are you aware that if you have emotions or thoughts of emptiness, or being unfulfilled or that your relationships could be better...you may be eating to fill the void.

Try keeping a journal or food log that allows you to record what you ate, how you were feeling emotionally at the time and how that food made your body and your mind feel about 2 hours after you ate. I bet within a few weeks, you may begin to see correlations between your food habits and your mental state. You can also try talking to a friend that you trust. I have seen many people make huge changes in their diets and their HEALTH when they become aware of the FOOD / MOOD Connections.

Take some time this summer with yourself. Try taking long walks, sit under a tree, plant a garden, exercise outside and read a book in the sun. Get to know yourself (the person who you were as a child.) Reconnect with the child you were who had so many dreams and ideas of who they were and what they wanted out of life. Remember the fearlessness and excitement you felt everyday and Remember the feeling you had that Everything was within your reach!!! Everything is still within your reach- You just have to remember what it is that you truly WANT FROM THIS LIFE!!!!

These are the keys to releasing stress and enabling yourself to live your best life and recover your Vibrant health and Energy that you are meant to have.

Check in with your Stress-O-Mom-oter and just BE!!!!!!