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10/06/2020

Happy mental health awareness week!! This week I challenge you to set 1 hour off to the side for you. Remember that taking care of you will set the tone for the rest of your week. How will you take care of you?!

09/10/2020

September is su***de prevention month. Check on your people!💜

08/12/2020

This has been my mantra lately. So simple yet so effective. “I can do hard things” suddenly gives me a peace of mind and extra strength.

06/02/2020

You were never meant to do this alone. Im standing with you. Learning. Listening.

05/09/2020

Just a reminder 😊

05/03/2020

You. Matter.

This quarantine has not been easy for a lot of people. We were thrown into something that our generation had never experienced. However, there is help. That help will ease the confusion, worry, fear, doubt. Hold on. Hold onto hope. You matter.

04/05/2020

A friend of mine sent this to me about Covid19. Some days are good days and some aren’t so pretty. This was such a great reminder that we are all weathering this storm together, in one form or the other. Lean on each other. Understand each other. Pray for each other.

01/01/2020

2020. A new year. A new decade.

Some like to wait for a new year to begin again. A fresh start of new possibilities. While that is perfectly fine, I challenge you to view the “new” possibilities that come everyday. We have 365 new beginnings. New fresh starts. Whether it is January 1st, the middle of March, or during the holiday season-I challenge you this year to always have the courage to begin again.

this year. Step out of your own way and begin again.

Here’s to new beginnings🌟🥂

12/31/2019

Amen.

12/28/2019

a friend sent this to me and it is too good not to share. Not too sure how to check on a friend who is going through a tough time? Having a difficult time reaching out to others? Don’t know exactly where to start?! This shows the perfect way to reach out to others and start the conversation surrounding mental illness.

Reaching out to a friend about their mental health is important. Learn about these tips and warning signs that can help start a conversation around depression and anxiety.

12/24/2019

Although the holidays can be fun, magical, and special-it can also be difficult to celebrate without loved ones. Hold those special ones in your heart and celebrate them during this time.

12/17/2019

“𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 & 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤. ⁣
Our brain is a complex system that supplies us with hormones that we perceive as happiness. And these hormones are a “reward system” based on the lifestyles & actions that helped our ancestors to survive/reproduce in their environment. An environment that is quite different from today’s.⁣
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•We had daily sun exposure, which keeps the brain alert & decisive⁣
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•We slept when the sun was down, reducing stress, boosting recovering, & respecting circadian rhythms⁣
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•Just a few handfuls of carbs or fats mostly required gathering & endurance work⁣
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•Hunting & fishing required regular resistance exercise & even more endurance work⁣
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•Often food was scarce & hunts unsuccessful which required intermittent fasting & normal periods hunger⁣
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•“Skinny” was not a sign of health or fertility, & considered LESS “attractive”⁣
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•Strength was a sign of one’s ability to provide safety or food, & weakness implied the opposite ⁣
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•Some days required above normal heat exposure, cold exposure, & cold bathing in rivers⁣
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•We formed healthy bonds of love with others that led to tribes which allowed a community of support & safety⁣
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•Those within the tribe that did not contribute simply didn’t get to reproduce or survive⁣
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Those of us that survived this era and reproduced passed on the genetics that have beneficial responses to these hormetic stresses & lifestyles. Caloric deficits, hunger, whole foods, moderation, sleep, sunlight, endurance, strength, heat/cold exposure... all good for us. When we do what’s best for our physical health, the reward system in our brains respond to what’s good for us with hormones that literally make us happy.⁣
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Happiness is a mindset. But, we need to grasp as a society that this mindset has a chemical foundation. Not social media validation, not our addictions, & not pharmaceuticals. It starts with our food, our exposure to nature, our relationships, & disciple among abundance. The sooner we look at these aspects of life as sources of happiness, the sooner our society as a whole will grasp that isn’t something you chase. Happiness & health is something you create.”
@ Lafayette, Louisiana