06/08/2023
The Lexie you thought you knew, died sometime last year.
My naturopathic style, love life, diet, lifestyle, personal beliefs and LOCATION has all shifted in a major way.
Travelling & moving to Portugal has given me a much needed break from running a business & other life stuff. However, both travel & relocation are exciting and incredibly stressful exercises for two already over cooked adrenal glands.
I wasn’t exactly peeling myself off the floor, chronically ill or unable to get out of bed. Fortunately, even when I’m struggling I have always been in relatively good health. But I was TIRED. Physically & energetically. My nerves were frazzled, I was quick to tears, irritable, anxious, tired & wired, sleeping 10 hours a night (and another hour or two on the couch in the afternoon) I literally slept the first 3 months after we arrived in Lisbon.
My liver wasn’t happy, my bowels weren’t happy & so my hormones weren’t happy. PMS made me pretty unpleasant to be around & I was experiencing painful periods for the first time in my life (whole new level of empathy for anyone living with chronic pain)
Only in the last few weeks have I felt a really solid shift in my physical body & nervous system, after almost a year of dedicating myself to rest & total nutritional nourishment.
So many times I’ve witnessed clients in that moment between “is this ever going to get better” and “something has changed and I feel so so much better almost overnight!” ~ lately I’ve gotten to feel that again myself.
It got me reflecting on how the body really does have our best interests at heart, always. We aren’t separate from our bodies - we ARE our bodies. Every physical sign & symptom is a message from me to me.
It’s not a punishment. When you understand biology, all symptoms are simply the body’s way of protecting you & communicating that an organ or tissue needs more support.
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