The Roots of Change

Happy February 2021!

What a year it has been – I hope you find yourself tuned into hope, despite the challenges that we as a collective continue to face. Many of us have spent a lot more time in the kitchen, changing up routine with various recipes (some a wild success, others not so much) and overcoming the “mountain” that can be preparing a good meal. Some weeks may have been laden with an exhaustion so heavy that Doordash and a glass (or a glass too many) of some grocery store red seemed the only option. Regardless of which plane you found yourself inhabiting most frequently, the breath afforded by a new calendar year and the promises of spring (among other things!) seems to create a space for reflection and intention.

I often welcome February in an even more anticipatory way than January for the express reason that it is not weighed down by expectation of a slew of new habits requiring hard-core (and sometimes unsustainable) cutting and dropping and sacrificing. Is achieving a goal a good thing for the self-esteem and perhaps the body – sure, of course! Yet, I always champion a slower and more natural flow into change, one that acknowledges the halting bumps and rivets without bulldozing through them (save those feelings for a later date, right?). There is a danger in overthinking, but there is also a risk of rootless habit-building should you not pause to smell the roses on the journey forward. It’s all about the roots – drawing the power to act (and act differently) from a deeper source of unchanging knowing, a nutrient-rich soil and crisp clean water that fuels your steps forward in a complete way.

Are your changes and new habits rooted deeply in healthy soil?

My role as a holistic nutritionist and lifestyle coach is not to simply give you information – this not that. Anyone is capable of reading a few books and gleaning that much. I am here to remind you that you are worth it, that your purpose in this life and on this earth demands that you feel and be your best. Stepping into that worth, that innate power that we have as sentient beings, can require someone else to nudge us forward, see clearly where we cannot, and not allow us to give up when we forget our “why”.

Do something that makes you feel proud today!

Sending love & light,

Allie