Nourishment, Sleep & Daily Rhythms That Heal

So, so where do we start? Okay, I'm sure I've shared a lot of information and one thing I want to say is, like, if you were to say, “Okay, well what do I… what's the first thing I do?” I always start with mealtimes because we're helping your body to digest and keep your digestion strong. And when we're eating in a way that our body can fully digest our food and also allow us to sleep deeply, that is some of the best medicine you can give yourself. So having lunch as your larger meal of the day with your fats and proteins, dinner by 7:00, and bed by 10:00. Now, if you're going to bed at 1:00 right now, I don't recommend going to bed and saying, “All right, I'm going to go to bed at 10:00 tonight.” You incrementally draw this back by 15 minutes for a week or two and then move back toward that 10:00 PM bedtime. I have talked to my clients about—like, if I were to make a program that had two elements in it that was really effective—it would just be these two things for women because sleep is some of the very best medicine that we have available to us, and good nourishment and protecting our digestive fire. Remember, the vast majority of women's health issues are rooted in doing more than we have the capacity for, coupled with not enough physical and emotional nourishment and rest. Like increases like; opposites balance. So if we're in a stage of burnout, if we've gotten to that state of hormone depletion, we want to give those yin qualities to ourselves—nourishment and rest. And then eating our meals at regular hours. So we've got to stoke that fire, right? We've got to train it to be strong when we're ready to be digesting and receiving food. So usually breakfast within two hours, lunch at that 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM time, then dinner 5:00 to 7:00. There are more practices, but these are the ones that you know I move with.