Dear ladies,
Today I want to talk about us and our “girl power”!
March is the month of love, spring, new beginnings and hope. Through this time, we are more open to new projects and new ideas; we want to achieve great professional results and wish to look stunningly beautiful! At the same time, we are preoccupied worrying about everybody around us and trying to “save the world”! Does this sound familiar to you?
The question is WHERE TO FIND THE ENERGY FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS? How do you cope with nurturing others, managing everything on time and not wearing yourself out? What is your secrete to “unlimited girl power”? Please, let me know! Meanwhile, I want to share with you my opinion to the phenomenon that is a woman’s energy.
Many of us do not take the logical route of taking enough care of ourselves. Because very often our female upbringing tells us that self-care is wrong and selfish. Nevertheless, it is the most important thing we can do for ourselves, even if it is the easiest things to forget about. Therefore, practising self-love and self-care is essential to boosting our self-esteem and the physical resources of our body.
So, let’s see how we can actually boost our energy level to be that effective and healthy!
We can restore our strength through different ways and means. Our energy can be effected on physical, emotional and spiritual levels. These are all very important and deeply interconnected! However, I would like to focus on nutrition, which affects us directly on a physical level by supplying energy via food to our body, as well as emotionally via the esthetical presentation of our food and the surrounding atmosphere when we consume it; and even spiritually via mindful eating, appreciation and a loving consciousness.
Before we focus on food I would like to share with you a few useful, general tips which definitely help me to control my energy and therefore my happiness level:
- Be wise and sleep enough to allow your body time to detox and restore itself during quality night rest.
- Give yourself a break, breath deeply, stand and stretch. Practice a moment of peace or meditation on a regular basis.
- Find time to indulge yourself once a week: a hot bath, a sauna, a manicure, a massage or something else that works for you.
- Lower your standards and expectations. Who cares if you do not clean the floor in your apartment every other day? Find a way to cut down on the time you take doing routine boring, “necessary” things.
- Read a good book!
- Meet interesting and inspiring people!
Now, let’s focus more on food related points and pay attention to what we eat, when we eat and how we eat!
All living creatures, including humans, draw their energy from the sun. We do it by eating “live” plant-based foods that are able to accumulate “sun energy” within them. In other words, eating fruits, seeds, nuts and vegetables is essential for us to top up our energy level!
Another thing that we need to be aware of is the quality of food! It has dramatically dropped during recent years and this has become an incredibly crucial factor for our energy and health level in our modern lives! The way our foods are grown and produced has changed so much during the last 50 years that our body struggles to recognise it as a nourishing substance rather than as a big stressor. We chronically experience a lack of trace elements and micronutrients, but, at the same time, we are overdosed with macronutrients such as unhealthy modified fats, sugar and easy carbohydrates. The closer a product is to its natural state, the higher its nutritional value! Therefore, consider eating more organic food and less processed products as much as possible!
We also constantly abandon our natural rhythm of eating. Previously, when people did not have any fridges and freezers, some days they would eat some days a lot and hardly anything. Humans also used to experience seasonal changes in food intake. So, we used to experience natural fasting periods and we did not eat lots of sugary foods all year around. Research shows that people who follow their individual natural eating pattern, have a more balanced level of metabolism and optimal weight. Or, alternatively, you could have a fasting day every 3-4 month, for example, every last day of a season. But never forget to drink water!
In some cases, we may spend too much energy on the digestion of certain food or its combinations. Do you ever feel tired after eating your dinner or lunch? Thus could be due to a few reasons, such as a lack of enzymes, a lack of certain bacteria in your gut or simply, too much food in the wrong combination. If, for instance, we eat meat or fish with vegetables, this combination will be digested faster then the same portion of meat in combination with pasta. Eating raw vegetables with each meal helps to bring enzymes in your system alive and therefore improve your digestion cycle.
We need to make sure that our digestive system is working properly! Consuming fermented foods that are full of probiotics essential for our health is vital! Natural yogurt, kefir, kombucha, miso, sauerkraut, fermented vegetables and fish, all these products will diversify and enrich your diet!
So, to sum up, here are some key points worth considering including in your every day life to enhance your feminine radiance, vitality and wellbeing:
- Drink more water! Start your day with a glass of not cold lemon water that will activate the nervous and hormonal reactions in your liver and stimulate digestion.
- Carefully choose your foods, read labels, avoid artificial additives. Bio products are much better value for your money as they contain less toxic chemicals and much more nutrients.
- Eat more “live” foods, raw plant-based products that bring “sun energy” to your body and micronutrients and enzymes that are vital for your health.
- Use spices, diversify the taste of your meals. Include curcuma, ginger, cumin and curry that will help reduce inflammation and improve digestion.
- Eat foods that are essential for a healthy gut, foods enriched with fibres and fermented foods.
- Listen to your body carefully and find your own optimal rhythm for consuming food.
- Remember that no one diet works for everyone! If you want to change the way you eat, then carefully try a new approach and listen to your body, introduce any changes step by step and watch your body’s response. You will feel whether it works for you or not. Consult a specialist.
Let me finish by saying – NOURISH YOURSELF PROPERLY AND YOU WILL HAVE MORE ENERGY TO GIVE TO YOURSELF AND TO OTHERS!
As usual, I look forward to receiving your ever valuable questions, comments and feedback: irina@liveright.eu
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