Flourishing With Fibromyalgia

Flourishing With Fibromyalgia I help people with fibromyalgia reduce their pain, boost their energy, and clear their fibrofog so t

📣📣 The time has finally come!⁣ 📣📣⁣The doors to the Flourishing With Fibromyalgia Academy are officially open!⁣⁣I’m so ex...
02/05/2024

📣📣 The time has finally come!⁣ 📣📣
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The doors to the Flourishing With Fibromyalgia Academy are officially open!⁣
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I’m so excited to start helping all our new members gain control over their pain, exhaustion, and fibrofog!⁣
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If you’re living with fibromyalgia and struggling to figure out how to live your life on your own terms, without constantly planning around how you feel physically, then you’re going to want to check this out.⁣
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Get all the details and enroll here: ⁣https://flourishingwithfibromyalgia.com/
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And if you have any questions at all about what the Flourishing With Fibromyalgia Academy is and how it could benefit you, just leave them below.⁣
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I look forward to seeing you on the inside! 💜

Did you know there's a thriving community of fibro warriors just waiting to welcome you?⁣⁣At 500+ members strong, there ...
09/07/2023

Did you know there's a thriving community of fibro warriors just waiting to welcome you?⁣
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At 500+ members strong, there are lots of people who get what you're going through and have lived with the challenges, symptoms flares, judgement from others, ups and downs that you are.⁣
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝗪𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝗪𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐚 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝⁣
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The best part? It's free to join the Facebook Group and to have the highlights delivered to your inbox every week!⁣
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So what are you waiting for?! ⁣
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You can join the Living Well With Fibromyalgia Facebook Group here: ⁣https://www.facebook.com/groups/LivingWellWithFibromyalgia
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And sign up to have the best fibro-friendly information delivered straight to your inbox here: https://resources.flourishingwithfibromyalgia.com/join-email-list

Good things are meant to be shared⁣ 💜⁣And when you're having a bad day or not feeling well, it's hard not to focus on al...
08/30/2023

Good things are meant to be shared⁣ 💜
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And when you're having a bad day or not feeling well, it's hard not to focus on all the negative things.⁣
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So my question for you today...⁣
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🌟🌞 What is one positive thing that happened today?⁣ 🌞🌟
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Share with us below!⁣⁣ 👇👇👇

𝐅𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐚 = Dysfunctional 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒 response!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Research has shown that people with fibromyalgia live in a consta...
08/29/2023

𝐅𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐚 = Dysfunctional 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒 response!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Research has shown that people with fibromyalgia live in a constant high stress state. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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It's no surprise given the fact that most people with fibromyalgia are high achievers. ⁣
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The people that get things done and do them extremely well. ⁣
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The caregivers and the problem solvers of the world. ⁣
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The ones who would give you their last meal if it meant you wouldn't go hungry. ⁣
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That's a lot of pressure.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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The problem is, this constant high stress state takes an enormous toll on your body.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Maintaining the stress response (also called the fight-or-flight response) requires a lot of energy, nutrients, and coordination of different body parts (muscles, circulation, brain function, etc). ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Overtime, your body can't physically maintain this level of response. It can't keep up with the demand for energy and nutrients and it can't control the high levels of inflammation naturally generated with the stress response.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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This leads to damage all over the body and it requires a lot of time, effort, and support to correct. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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In essence, fibromyalgia is similar to a very severe case of burnout. ⁣
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A body with fibromyalgia can't respond to stress appropriately when it needs to, but it's also stuck in this high stress state. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Breaking this cycle is the first step to living symptom-free. This is the foundation of all the work I do with my patients and is absolutely essential to healing. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Want to learn more? I'm creating a whole course on this in the Flourishing With Fibromyalgia Academy.⁣
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Secure your spot on the waitlist to be the first to know when it's available. Get your spot here: ⁣https://resources.flourishingwithfibromyalgia.com/fwf-academy-waitlist

Did you know it takes at least 15 minutes for your brain to register that you're full?⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣If you eat really qu**ky or ...
08/28/2023

Did you know it takes at least 15 minutes for your brain to register that you're full?⁣⁣⁣
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If you eat really qu**ky or on-the-go, your brain has trouble receiving signals from your digestive tract. ⁣⁣⁣
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This is because your body is in fight-or-flight mode when you're in a rush or not sitting down and focused on eating.⁣⁣⁣
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This can be even more pronounced in fibromyalgia, because your body is stuck in a chronically active stress response.⁣⁣
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In fight-or-flight mode, your body directs blood flow and energy towards parts of your body you would need to fight or flee from danger (heart, lungs, leg and arm muscles, etc) and AWAY from your digestive tract.⁣⁣⁣
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Since your digestive tract won't save you from danger, it doesn't get priority in this state.⁣⁣⁣
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Eating on the run or multitasking while eating can serious disrupt your digestion, because your rest-and-digest nervous system isn't active and your digestive tract isn't getting the signals it needs to function properly.⁣⁣⁣
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Making a few simple changes in your eating environment can have significant benefits in how you feel after eating. Give the following a try:⁣⁣⁣
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🍽 Sit down at the table to eat⁣⁣⁣
🍽 Eat away from your desk if you're at work⁣⁣⁣
🍽 Focus only on eating while eating. No distractions.⁣⁣⁣
🍽 Give yourself enough time to eat (at least 15 minutes, if not longer)⁣⁣⁣
🍽 Eat slowly and ENJOY YOUR FOOD.⁣⁣⁣ If this is challenging for you, try eating with the opposite hand.
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What changes could you make to your eating environment? Leave me a comment and let me know which of these tips you're going to try!⁣⁣
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Photo Credit: (eating waffles in Belgium in 2018 ☺️)⁣

Time for some fun to break up the week!⁣⁣My question for you today...⁣⁣💰💰💰 You have $1000 to spend in 30 minutes. ⁣ 💰💰💰⁣...
08/23/2023

Time for some fun to break up the week!⁣
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My question for you today...⁣
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💰💰💰 You have $1000 to spend in 30 minutes. ⁣ 💰💰💰
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What store would you be spending it in?⁣
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Let me know below!⁣ 👇👇👇

"I feel so inflamed!"⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣I hear this all the time from my patients. And you know what? You're probably right.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣...
08/22/2023

"I feel so inflamed!"⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I hear this all the time from my patients. And you know what? You're probably right.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Inflammation plays a huge role in fibromyalgia. Research has shown that people with fibromyalgia tend to have high levels of inflammatory markers in the blood. ⁣
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Not only that, there's evidence of inflammation within the brain in fibromyalgia sufferers. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Makes sense why things can feel a bit foggy up there⁣
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Inflammation is important and necessary for you to survive, but there's a time and place for it. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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If your body is constantly waging a fiery war internally, you're going to feel inflamed. ⁣
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You're going to feel foggy, achy, hurty, exhausted, and unwell. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Keeping the inflammatory process going takes up tons of energy, uses up nutrients, derails your immune system, and leaves a lot of damage in it's wake. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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It's 𝐒𝐎 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 to break the cycle of inflammation so that your body can heal. ⁣
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This is always the first step I take with my patients. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Inflammation is triggered in many ways, including:⁣⁣⁣⁣
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🔥 - Eating foods high in sugar, trans and saturated fats, and processed foods.⁣⁣⁣⁣
🔥 - Eating foods that you are sensitive or intolerant to.⁣⁣⁣⁣
🔥 - A negative mindset.⁣⁣⁣⁣
🔥 - High levels of stress (and not enough self-care).⁣⁣⁣⁣
🔥 - Exercise that is too intense for where you're at in your health journey.⁣⁣⁣⁣
🔥 - Poorly functioning mitochondria.⁣⁣⁣⁣
🔥 - Gut bacteria imbalances. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
🔥 - Toxins in your physical environment. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
🔥 - "Toxic" relationships in your personal or work life. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I know that's a long list, but you want to hear the good news? ⁣
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They're ALL things within your control. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I talk about this a lot in my book Flourishing With Fibromyalgia: A Natural Guide to Taking Back the Life Fibromyalgia Stole From you. Do you have your copy yet?⁣⁣
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It's available worldwide on Amazon⁣, if you're a visual reader, or on Audible, if you're a listener ⁣

Stop telling yourself it’s impossible when you know it can't be true.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Stop telling yourself that YOU can neve...
08/21/2023

Stop telling yourself it’s impossible when you know it can't be true.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Stop telling yourself that YOU can never feel “normal” like everyone else… that you have fibromyalgia. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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You are not your condition. You are so much more than that and you deserve so much more from life. ⁣⁣⁣
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Fibromyalgia is not a life sentence if you don't let it be.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I know you've been told otherwise, but it's time to change the narrative. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Stop allowing yourself to believe that you don’t have the time, the money, the dedication, the support, the knowledge. Everything you need is available to you in one form or another.⁣⁣⁣
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You are resourceful, intelligent, and you don't let anything stop you in other areas of your life, so why are you settling for this?⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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If you want more for your life, you can have it, when you decide you are getting it 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I challenge you to begin shifting your mindset. You can regain control of your health and it starts with shifting your thoughts to more empowering ones.⁣⁣⁣
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How are you working on shifting your mindset? Share with me below ⁣👇👇👇

Which do you prefer?⁣⁣Summer is almost over here in Canada and I'm trying to soak up every minute we have left.⁣⁣So toda...
08/16/2023

Which do you prefer?⁣
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Summer is almost over here in Canada and I'm trying to soak up every minute we have left.⁣
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So today I'm wondering...⁣
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Do you prefer a lake or a beach?⁣
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Let me know below⁣ 👇👇👇

Despite what many of you may have been told, fibromyalgia is NOT all in your head.⁣⁣⁣⁣You are not making up your symptom...
08/15/2023

Despite what many of you may have been told, fibromyalgia is NOT all in your head.⁣⁣
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You are not making up your symptoms. There is evidence of biological abnormalities and physiological dysfunction in people with fibromyalgia.⁣⁣
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Research has shown that people with fibromyalgia commonly have: ⁣⁣
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🌟 A dysfunctional stress response⁣⁣
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🌟 Gut microbiome imbalances⁣⁣
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🌟 Abnormal muscle structure and function⁣⁣
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🌟 Specific genes that predispose them to fibromyalgia ⁣⁣
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🌟 Deficiencies in nutrients required to produce energy and regulate mood⁣⁣
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🌟 A history of physical and/or emotional trauma⁣⁣
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🌟 Inflammation in the brain⁣⁣
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🌟 Evidence of oxidative stress and immune system dysfunction ⁣⁣
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🌟 Abnormalities in the functioning of mitochondria (the part of the cell responsible for making energy)⁣⁣
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🌟 Imbalances in neurotransmitters and hormones⁣⁣
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I know this sounds like a lot and it can be scary to hear, but the more we know about how the body is functioning with fibromyalgia, the better we are at targeting these abnormalities with effective treatments. ⁣⁣
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This research has also uncovered information that may be helpful in making the diagnosis of fibromyalgia easier in the future.⁣⁣
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Don't let the gaps in medical knowledge make you feel as though your experience is not real 💜⁣
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To address the lack of good quality, accessible, and affordable help and support out there, I'm creating the Flourishing With Fibromyalgia Academy.

⁣The Academy is going to include courses on all topics related to fibro, support groups, accountability sessions, and more.⁣
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I'm ALMOST ready to share it with you and I'm so excited!⁣
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Want access to exclusive discounts and bonuses? These are only available to people on the waitlist, so be sure to get yourself on there!⁣
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Add yourself to the waitlist here: https://resources.flourishingwithfibromyalgia.com/fwf-academy-waitlist⁣

Feeling unmotivated lately?⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Motivation can be a tricky thing. It may be there one day and nowhere to be fo...
08/14/2023

Feeling unmotivated lately?⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Motivation can be a tricky thing. It may be there one day and nowhere to be found the next. Unfortunately, motivation can be hard to get back when you’re feeling like you’re in a slump. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Many people have no idea what motivates them and this is one of the biggest challenges they face in working towards a goal or implementing a healthy habit. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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With fibromyalgia, there’s the added challenge of working with how you feel that day, which can change a lot day to day. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Luckily, there are a few tricks you can use to get yourself motivated to make a change and keep yourself motivated long-term.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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🏆 1: Set the goal and consider WHY it’s important to you.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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It can be even more helpful to write this down and refer back to it regularly.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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🏆 2: Understand how you respond to internal vs external expectations.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
(Check out The 4 Tendencies by Gretchen Ruben to learn more about this one)⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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🏆 3: Consider what could be an obstacle in achieving your goal and plan for it.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Again, consider writing this out.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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🏆 4: Speak with your health care provider about lab testing for nutrient deficiencies, thyroid function, and hormone imbalances that can affect motivation.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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🏆 5: Enlist an accountability buddy.⁣
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Ask someone to keep you on track and accountable. ⁣
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🏆 6: Listen to your body and rest when you need to.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I'm working on a training on goal-setting with fibromyalgia and working on your mindset so you can achieve all you set out to. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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This training will be available in the Flourishing With Fibromyalgia Academy. Have you joined the waitlist yet?⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Secure your spot here: https://resources.flourishingwithfibromyalgia.com/fwf-academy-waitlist

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I believe you should be able to do all of the things you enjoy in life, without your health getting in the way. Whether you are missing out on playing with your kids or having difficulty getting out of bed in the morning, I would love to work with you on how to enjoy every day to its fullest and without the symptoms that are hindering you.

As a Naturopathic Doctor, I work with people to optimize their health, so they can get back to the things they enjoy most. I maintain a general practice, with a special interest in pain management, digestive concerns, and low energy. I utilize a variety of tools to develop an individualized plan specific to you to help get you back on track. If you have any questions or are interested in hearing about what Naturopathic Medicine can do for you, call The Lakeside clinic at (705) 726-0923 to schedule a free 15 minute consultation.