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We live in a culture that celebrates being busy. Hustling. Doing it all. Going hard and crushing it.
Have you noticed that?
From the working mom who also takes care of the house and shuttles kids to practices, to the dad who puts everything for his family on his back to the solopreneur who thinks they have to hustle or die.
Or the CrossFitter who Crossfits too hard, the marathon runner who pushes to shave off one more minute, or the weekend warrior who lifts a little too heavy.
We have a bad habit of pushing ourselves beyond our limits, and we rarely take the time to just STOP.
And honestly? It might be slowly killing us.
I am as guilty of this as any of you. On top of working a 40+ hour per week job and operating a small business, I often fill my days with more than I can handle. And every so often, I crash.
Have you ever done that?
This burnout that we experience is all too common. Most of us just don’t give our bodies the time to reset and recover from our overscheduled lives.
Turns out, this is as much of a blood sugar issue as it is a stress issue.
See, when we’re stressed, especially when we’re stressed out all the time, our body cranks out cortisol.
When cortisol is around, insulin can’t really do its job. Glucose stays out in the bloodstream longer, potentially causing damage to arteries.
But once the blood sugar runs out, and we’ve burned through our reserves stored in our liver and muscle, that’s when we crash.
With elevated stress we can’t tap into fat reserves for energy. We don’t have any more glucose to burn, so our energy bottoms out. We feel weak and exhausted, get headaches, and often begin to develop chronic symptoms.
And it’s when we most often reach for something sweet - a sugary snack or a sweet drink. It’s our body’s way of quickly topping off the sugar tank.
Struggling with stress like this once in a while might not have lasting effects on our health.
But most of us deal with this level of stress continuously, and then we call it “adulting”.
Needless to say, dealing with burnout like this for a long time leads to all bad things.
We gain extra weight. We have no energy for our families or friends. We lose focus and energy for work. We lose motivation for the activities we used to love. We lose our connection and intimacy with our partner.
And we start to develop chronic diseases like high blood pressure, migraines, PCOS and Type 2 Diabetes, to name a few.
So how do we stop the burnout?
You need to take a break.
As hard as it might be at first, we all need to make time to switch off.
When we switch off our stress response, we allow our body to rest and digest. To repair and recycle old, inefficient cells. Nutrients get stored where they belong, and stress hormones have a chance to dial down.
But I really don’t remember how to take a break!
Honestly, find anything that lets you relax and brings you joy. Calm, repetitious activities, things that settle your brain, and allow you to take your mind off your day.
Here’s a few examples:
Go for a walk
Read a book
Take a nap
Knit or crochet
Do a puzzle or sudoku
Do a short yoga session
Pet your dog or cat
Practice box breathing
What about you, what are your favorite ways to relax?
Y’all, this is the kind of thing my 8-week group program is made for.
Right now, I’m looking for about 6-8 folks who want to work in a supportive group setting. Here’s what’s included:
8-week program
Weekly food, mood, movement and eating window tracker
Weekly group support calls (60 min)
New diet & lifestyle focus each week
How to set up weekly schedule for exercise / eating windows / stress management
Support and accountability tactics
Individual diet, lifestyle & supplement recommendations
10% discount on supplements
Group chat on Signal
Lifetime access to Facebook group
Cost: $1,000 per person
I think it’s going to be a great program and will help a bunch of people. I’m hoping to get rolling mid to late May, so this sounds like the plan for you, just reply to this email, or set up a quick 15 minute call with me.
Ready? Let’s go!
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