Hello hello, and welcome to our second Monthly Fuel Newsletter – where you can find FUEL for your mind, body, and soul to guide you into the weeks ahead.
Here’s what you can expect from each monthly newsletter:
🧠 FUEL FOR THOUGHT – sharing my biggest reflections & revelations from the month before.
🥑 IN SEASON, ON YOUR PLATE – highlighting seasonal ingredients with 3-5 quick recipe ideas for you to try!
🧿 ENERGY FORECAST – I will be using my oracle cards to do an energetic reading for the month aheads, because our soul needs fuel too!
❤️ DEAR CAROLINA – answering 1-2 community questions (self-care, wellness, mindset, etc.) from you guys!
Let’s dive right in…
February’s Biggest Takeaway: Re-define what HEALTHY means to YOU.
This past month, I noticed that some uncomfortable and negative thoughts about my body started to creep in yet again, and were really affecting me mentally.
Even though I have worked on my relationship with my body for years now, there still are times when this happens. And it’s in these moments that I really can double click on the process of truly liking myself and taking care of my wellness holistically – even though it can be emotional and slightly uncomfortable to do so.
I initially tried to push the judgmental thoughts aside and avoid the discomfort I was feeling mentally and emotionally, but eventually I decided it was time to sit down with my journal and get real with myself.
In letting it all out on paper, I gained clarity on what was affecting me, which then allowed me to open up with my husband, my friends and my therapist too because I knew how to explain what I was feeling. Which brings me to an important reminder: awareness is always the first step to change.
I realized that the reason I was feeling down about my body was because I was (unconsciously) carrying this idea in my head that as someone who works in the wellness space, to be seen as “healthy” I needed to fit a specific body type ideal.
However, when I really think about it, the only time I ever somewhat fit that ideal was when I was really deep in my restrictive eating disorder almost 10 years ago – and back then, even though from the external perspective I might have fit society’s ideal and “looked so healthy”, I was miserable inside, lost my period and a lot of hair, was bruising easily because I lacked nutrients, and didn’t truly feel that good.
So, improving body image goes also hand in hand with RE-DEFINING what healthy means to YOU. Everyone’s definition can be different, but to me, being healthy ties into …
