Creating health is a strong concern for lots of people nowadays, myself included. I’m often taken aback by how many factors go into a healthy lifestyle. It isn’t just about eating vegetables, buying organic or eating “superfoods”. Health is a complicated puzzle that we will never have perfectly complete. It is a constant endeavor to live life to the fullest. And health involves nurturing your entire being, both body, and soul.
My mission is to help people heal in the area where they need the most support.
One person might need help with nourishing foods, another with toxicity, yet another with creating a holistic environment and yet another with stress and mental outlook. There are many paths to health and we all have our weakest link. For instance, I eat healthy, clean with products with natural ingredients and detox regularly, but I struggle at times with stress. None of us is perfect and we all need reminders to challenge ourselves in the areas where healthy living doesn’t come as naturally.
This is why I’m excited about a new program that I’m about to launch. (UPDATE! It has launched! Get it here!)
It is The 7-Day Body & Soul Transformation, a free 7-day e-mail series with action sheets.
I created this to give support in the many different areas needed to live a healthy, vibrant, fulfilling life. The best part about this program is that it is going to be absolutely free. (I love that aspect of it most of all!)
Each day for 7 days, there will be an instructive, health supporting email. This will be followed by an action sheet with some recipes, a challenge or a cheat sheet, wrapped up with a bow of inspiration. It will arrive right in your inbox, waiting for you until you’re ready. The exercises help you take small steps towards creating beneficial habits for a nourished body and soul. Each day will be a different topic, and the time commitment is really based on you.
I’ve been working on this for a couple months and I’m super excited that it is almost done. I’m going to launch it within the next month. That is, barring some sort of tech snafu that I didn’t foresee. (My tech skills are way behind my creative skills. Someday, I will have a multi-talented assistant to take care of my tech needs, but for now, I’m the entire package.)
If you aren’t a regular reader of my blog, and you want to make sure to take advantage of this free series, make sure to subscribe below.
My e-mail list will be the first to know when this launches. Or don’t subscribe, and just keep coming back to my blog here every week. I love having you, either way!
In the meantime, I have a challenge for you.
What one area of your health do you think is your weakest link? We all have one, so no need to feel embarrassed. Is it your 8 cup a day coffee habit, your lack of access to good quality, in-season vegetables, an unresolved emotional issue, or your ability to let dust collect in your home until you can carve secret dust sculptures? Of course, it doesn’t have to be one of the options I listed. The sky is the limit!
Now, once you’ve identified it, write down one thing you can do transform that habit to a healthier habit. More specific health guidance will come with The 7 Day Body & Soul Transformation. But I wanted to give you a head-start!
The important thing is to honor where you need to put in the most effort. It is your life. You could just live, but wouldn’t it be better to flourish and thrive? I certainly would choose the latter. And I accept that doing so is a lifelong endeavor of constant self-improvement.
So, I hope to see you soon in The 7-Day Body & Soul Transformation.
Update! It’s now available! GET IT HERE!
I think it is actually a lot of fun. But in the meantime, I hope you find hope and healing in the area that you need most. Because, it is your body, your soul, and your life. I want you to be happy. I wish for to be strong. And I hope that you get the most out of every day.
Looking forward to this…stress is my issue as well:)
Nice to hear that I have company. I think stress is an issue for a lot of people.
What a generous offering Erica. I am now fitting into my skinny jeans again after losing 17 pounds last year. It’s made all the difference as well in my cholesterol levels. Happy body and soul transforming!
Congrats on hitting your health and your weight loss goals. What a great accomplishment!
Erica, This sounds like a wonderful opportunity. I look forward to it. My biggest problem is that my husband loves meat and potatoes and he loves to cook! Also he likes to make luscious desserts and I hate to turn down a gift made so lovingly.
Yes, the way a partner eats can definitely create obstacles, especially when food becomes a gift. My best advice would be to have a taste of the dessert and really enjoy. You may not feel like you need the whole thing, if you savor what you do eat.
I’m looking forward the 7-day body and soul transformation. There is more than 1 area I need support in and will be thinking about what is my weakest link.
That is fine, Donna, if there is more than one area that you struggle with. As long as you are aware of those areas, you are one step ahead.
My biggest issue is stress. I over think far too much – have done so since I was a child. Slowly, this is changing as is my mindset. I am more positive now than ever before but at times my emotions get the better of me.
The 7 day body and soul transformation sounds promising.
Congrats on making positive changes in regards to your stress! Keep working on it. I’m right there working on it as well.
A 7-day program sounds good. We all want to be healthy to enjoy life. But if we have to spend all of our time working at being healthy, does that defeat the purpose since there may not be enough time left over to enjoy the things you want to do? Like the image btw.
You make a good point, Ken. Health shouldn’t be the central focus every day forever. Like with any other type of growth, it becomes the focus during times of transition. Healthy rituals then become habits. This doesn’t mean we never stray. For instance, I ate quite a bit of junk food this weekend that I don’t normally eat. But I’m able to resume my healthy eating today because it is an ingrained habit to which I can return.
I like how you say to honor the place where you need to put the most effort in. I know to break a habit takes a huge amount of effort and it can’t be done halfheartedly. You have to really give it priority in your life. This whole program sounds like a great idea!
We do take a lifetime to build habits. We definitely should be patient with ourselves when trying to change a habit.
Hi Erica – I really enjoy your posts and just know that your video will be amazing. Am really looking forward to it.
My biggest health concern – workaholic. Even now that I’m retired I still want to learn and do more than I’m physically capable of – something I seriously need to watch.
I think being a workaholic is a growing concern for more and more people. The downside to all the technology that we have is that we are always connected which can be bad for those with workaholic tendencies. And, of course, the downside to this is exhaustian which is a pretty serious situation.
Sounds great Erica and I especially like your approach because there really is no such thing as one-size-fits-all anything. As far as my greatest challenge – that’s easy – limited variety of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Since all but the basics have to be (literally) shipped in the types of vegetables and fruits we get are limited to those that have a longer shelf life. It’s very frustrating to find so many beautiful recipes for seasonal vegetables and fruits that we either don’t get at all or only very small quantities at very high prices. I drink a lot of V-8 juice – and yes I probably could make my own vegetable juice but there again is the problem of actually having access to the vegetables. For example there are a bazillion recipes using kale but at my local grocery store there is one small bin of kale – which usually looks to be slightly wilted already – and the price is ridiculously high. So looking forward to seeing if you have suggestions to get around that challenge. 🙂
Marquita, day 5 of my program addresses your situation. It is a challenge when you have limited access to fresh produce. Of course, you can’t make produce magically appear, but there are ways to make the most of the situation. There are also healthy ways to buy vegetables outside of the fresh produce section (like frozen and cans), and there are things you want to avoid. Like I said, this will all be addressed in day 5!
Great idea Erica and congratulations on getting it going. Everyone could do with a bit more health so I applaud you on your efforts.
Thank you Tim. I also feel that as we age, and people start feeling the effects of a lifetime of less than ideal habits, people start to welcome the idea of feeling better.
Sounds intriguing Erica. My problem comes from all my taste testing while I’m cooking for my food blog and being so busy I don’t have time to get in the physical activity that I know I need. Not a good combination.
I imagine, Susan, that taste testing is an occupational hazard of being a cook. You could try doing what they do when filming commercials where someone might have to do many takes eating the same food. They chew the food, but then spit it out before swallowing. That might be helpful when really just taste testing. I do also have a stand and move challenge as part of my 7-day series which you can do with just a small time commitment.