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MENTAL WELLNESS: “Soul Food” by Golda

“Coming Out” As A Self Loving Fat Person

Living in an anti-fat society is not easy. When I interviewed Marilyn Wann this week, one of the things she brought up was that “coming out” as a fat person who loves his or her body actually elicits a more positive response from others than one might think. So this week, I ask you to try just that. “Come out” to one person in your life, and see how it goes. To learn more about this week’s tip and read about my interview with Marilyn Wann, click here. 

NUTRITION: “Feed Your Life” by Sara

Integrating the Quadrants: An Integral Theory Approach to Your Health

This week, I want you to start merging the four quadrants of Integral Theory as they relate to you and your ideas about your health.

Write down one fact about your health from the perspective of each of the four quadrants. Make it personal to you or something that you are inclined to believe. Try to make it definitive. For instance, for quadrant one, you could say: “I have very high cholesterol levels and that is unhealthy.” Write something from each quadrant’s perspective.

Now, take some time to think about the way that each of these ideas stated from each quadrant has some truth (as its opposite has), but how it is insufficient on its own to explain health or the area of health that you are referring to. Consider the way that the amalgamation of your quadrant statements paints a far more well-rounded picture.

To learn the specifics of the quadrants in question and how you can best fashion these statements to try this exercise out and better understand Integral Theory, check out my second post in this three-part series.

FITNESS: “Fitness For All” by Sue

Body Movement as Therapy and a Conflict Resolution Tactic

The emotional hiccups we get from our day to day lives can hinder optimal health by allowing problems to prevent us from keeping to our routines or moving our bodies.

This week, use body movement to help you resolve your problems. Many of us think better and more constructively when we are moving our bodies - blood is pumping to the brain faster and endorphins are flowing. So, when you find yourself having problems with no apparent resolutions or you are feeling down about something, go move your body. Take a walk, ride a bike, go swimming or do whatever you enjoy. Read Fitness For All this week to find out how my clients have learned to accept and remove their emotional upsets.

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Word of the Week: Playful, by Janet

As kids, we were excited about all the sites and sounds surrounding us. As adults, we sometimes miss the beauty of our environment because we are too focused or stressed on the things that make us adults. Have you ever noticed that the most missed people are the ones who light up the room with cheerfulness? You don’t need to have the confidence to tell jokes in front of large crowds, just be playful sometimes! Playfulness is so underrated these days, yet it has the potential to give you and those around you a bright, new lens through which to view life. Click here to read more about being playful.

Quote of the Week:

Happiness is not perfected until it is shared.
- Jane Porter

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