Longevity with Nancy

07/12/2024

Meeting my global tribe in person 🌎❤️🙏

I recently returned from my trip to Tallinn, Estonia, to attend the Supercoach event hosted by Mindvalley. 🇪🇪

If you had asked me 3 years ago if I saw myself making such deep connections with fellow coaches and my students/clients from all over the world, the answer would have been NOT POSSIBLE. 🙅‍♀️⛔️

Don’t get me wrong. I did have friends from different parts of the world too then, although not as many as now.

🤔 But before, it was because we met in person first and spent some quality time together that we decided to keep in touch.

🤝👭👫👬 With my current community and support groups, it was because we met online first, going through certifications, practice labs, and programs together as classmates/students/clients of mine or working together as lab coaches, that we developed such a great bond and rapport that we had the desire to meet in person, which helped to solidify the relationship.

Those in-person meetings that took place in Tallinn didn’t feel awkward. It was so natural that I felt like I was speaking with old friends and kindred spirits. 💞

Sure, I was there to attend the event, as well as being a volunteer to help out. 🏃‍♀️🎽

I also got to see my mentors and teachers shine on stage, doing what they do best to inspire us. 🤩

The main draw really were the people. 😍

I’m grateful that such an opportunity was created by Mindvalley Events to help me stay aligned with my higher purpose and to deepen my connections and practice. 🙏

Here is to continued collaboration and co-elevation. 🥂

Thank you to everyone who took their time to reach out and share their knowledge, expertise, and experiences with me, as well as letting me know that I have helped them in any way. 💫❤️🙏





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06/24/2024

New summer haircut. 💇‍♀️

The shortest I’ve ever had. 🫣

Feel like I’m a completely different person.

Time for exploration and experimentation in this new look and phase of my life. 🙏

Hair can always grow back right? lol. 🙏😉



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06/23/2024

Abundance of summer, plants, animals, and insects. ❤️🙏

Be careful out there on the trails.

06/22/2024

I was recently interviewed by fellow MV certified coach facebook.com/LuPier.angel.i about how self-care can translate into all areas of our total wellbeing from the microbiome to the macrobiome.

In our short discussion, we explored how our daily choices, from what we eat to the thoughts we cultivate, not only impact our personal well-being but also have profound effects on the health of our planet. 🌍

Self-care is not just about getting a massage, a spa treatment or sleeping in. It is about how to nurture positive thoughts, affirmations, and food choices to make our immediate environment healthier. ☯️

We also spoke about the importance of detoxifying personal care products and using natural cleaning alternatives to minimize exposure to harmful chemicals. That also includes the quality of our drinking water and opting for safer cookware and food storage options to further reduce toxin exposure. ☣️

Many resource links are also provided in the show note section under the video to help you continue down a healthier path. Hope you find them useful and insightful. 🙏

Would love to hear your thoughts below when you have a chance to watch. 👇👇👇

In this enlightening conversation, join us as we dive into the crucial shift from micro to macro perspectives in nutrition and self-care with Nancy Yang Timm...

06/09/2024

So happy and proud to have completed my Menopause Coaching Specialist program with GGS. 🥳

The tools and in-depth knowledge provided by a faculty of all-female researchers and healthcare professionals will help me to serve my midlife female clients even better! 🙌❤️

Thank you! 🙏

06/01/2024

Farmer’s Market is back! 🙌🙌🙌👩‍🌾👨‍🌾

So great to see so many people at the opening too. 👍

Living in the North, we don’t have the same growing season as the South. 😅🌱🪴

I’ve been counting the days for the Farmer’s Market to return. ⏳🤞

Even though most of their products are still growing in their green houses, it was just so good to be able to see and reconnect with my farming friends. ❤️

And to meeting a couple of new vendors (whom I didn’t meet or have missed last year.) 🤝

I got some green tomatoes 💚🍅 to try for the first time and a new bug-bite cream with all natural & real ingredients (you know we need it in the North! 😭🦟), and whatever else from the first batch of the harvest (sprouts, potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, eggs, and maple syrup). 🙏

Can’t wait until the harvest season is in full swing. ✌️🫶





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05/26/2024

💯 agree.

You don’t have to tackle all 5. Just learning to get better with one will start to create a ripple effect in the other areas. 🙏

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🧁 Excess Refined Sugar: Refined sugars found in many processed foods can spike your blood sugar levels, leading to inflammation. ⁠
🍟 Fried Foods: Fried foods are often high in unhealthy fats, which can promote inflammation and harm your overall health.⁠
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05/26/2024

Nutrition is not learned in school and barely covered in medical schools.

So important to know what you eat, when you eat, how you eat and how much you eat. ❤️

Wellness is everywhere in our culture today, yet many of us are sicker than ever.

Sadly, real nutrition isn't a focus in our education system. Our medical professionals often aren't trained to use food as medicine, and we are bombarded with misinformation from the fast-food and pharmaceutical industries. Chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and obesity are at all-time highs, affecting millions and leading to preventable deaths.😔

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05/26/2024

Nothing like an early Sunday morning hike with friends on a new trail. ❤️

Followed by brunch! lol 😋

Enjoying the longer days of summer. 🙏

05/16/2024

🍽️ Mindful Eating: Nourishing Body and Soul for Busy Women 🌿

🙎‍♀️As we navigate the complexities of work and home life, our attention is often divided, leading to rushed meals and eating on the go. 🚗🏃‍♀️👶🧳✈️

🪑 But taking the time to sit down and savor our food can help us feel more grounded and present, reducing stress and promoting better digestion.

❤️ Let's reclaim mealtime as a moment of self-care and nourishment.

🥗🍴By engaging all five senses in the dining experience—seeing, smelling, tasting, hearing, and touching—we can cultivate a deeper connection to our food and ourselves.

📳 Research suggests that distracted eating can contribute to weight gain and digestive issues.

🧘‍♀️Consuming meals mindfully can lead to reduced calorie intake and improved nutrient absorption, offering potential benefits for those who may be grappling with weight management and gut health.

Let's prioritize ourselves and our health, one mindful bite at a time. 😋

You'll be surprised how much it can help with weight management without doing any hard diets or calorie counting. 😍

Together, we can cultivate a nourishing relationship with food and reclaim our well-being. 🙏



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05/12/2024

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05/10/2024

Haven’t posted much lately on social media. 😅

Was on a digital LOW-TOX diet. 📵

As there is no more the snow and the sun is rising earlier and setting later these days, I’m really enjoying my time outdoors. 🏞️

Especially when it’s in the company of my friends. ❤️

Weekend is coming too.

Hope you get to spend it with your loved ones or with activities you enjoy or with time to relax and enjoy what nature has to offer. 🙏





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03/19/2024

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03/01/2024

Taking on the Dragon (trail) in the year of the Dragon and first day of March. 🐉

Such a beautiful and warm day (-1 degree Celsius) ☀️ to take on the most difficult trail at ski runners.

My friend Joanne and I were breaking the trail. 🙌

With the fresh snowfall and no one having been on the trail, we could talk and hear each other properly, without hearing the loud crunching sound of ice. 🧊👂

Fresh powder baby! ❄️😍

It is not a long trail, but challenging for the twists and turns + ups and downs. 💪

Joanne even made me lead the way today. 😅

I think I did ok. 😉

This experience brought me to realize some parallels between navigating through trails and life. 🤔

When we are made the leader, we pay more attention to our surroundings by:
1️⃣ searching for a path that has wider openings,
2️⃣ looking for tools that can assist in the climb or descent if needed,
3️⃣ watching out for any potential falls up ahead,
4️⃣ checking in with the team from time to time to ensure we are still in pace,
5️⃣ discussing if we need to modify our initial plan,
6️⃣ scanning for signs/markers left by the previous trail breakers,

And, not forgetting to take time to enjoy the new vista points along the way and cherish how far we’ve come. 👀❤️

I really enjoyed this little challenge today. ✌️

So grateful to have Joanne guiding me and accompanying me on all my new trail adventures. 🙏






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02/25/2024

Snow Moon Rising. 🌕

It is also the Lantern Festival, marking the end of the Lunar New Year Festival. 🏮

The lanterns can symbolize people letting go of their past selves and getting new ones.

Another possible origin is the celebration of "the declining darkness of winter" and community's ability to "move about at night with human-made light (i.e. lanterns.)”

In North American indigenous cultures and some European cultures, it may have been associated with rituals or ceremonies to prepare for the coming spring, ensure a prosperous agricultural season, or ward off evil spirits during the cold months. 📚

Today is also great day to set some intentions for the new year and the upcoming spring:

👉1️⃣ Reflect on the past or this past year on what you need to let go off.🤔
👉2️⃣ What do you want to cultivate and invite into your life in the new year? 🤗
👉3️⃣ What are you grateful for? 🙏
👉4️⃣ Meditate or visualize yourself doing what you have set out to do, as if you were already there. 🧘‍♂️
👉5️⃣ Speak it. Write it down. Or journal it. 📝
👉6️⃣ If you wrote it down on a piece of paper, burn it and let it go. 🔥Trust that the universe has your back. 🪐💫
👉7️⃣ What is the small first step you can take toward your vision? And take it. 👣

No matter what your beliefs are, the winter months, in the old days when people couldn’t do much outside, was the perfect time for self-reflection, recuperation, and planning for the upcoming year.

Syncing with nature and following its natural rhythms help us to see that much of our life is cyclical. 🔄

Even with profits and growth of corporations, it is not a straight line all the time. 📊

The constricting periods are the springboards for us to reach new heights. 📈

What are some of your intentions for the new year? What action steps have you taken?👇 👇 👇





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02/23/2024

Another week on the snowshoe trail. 😉🥰

It was freezing today but sunny! 😎

We went from +2 degrees Celsius yesterday to -21 degrees this morning. 🥶

Thank goodness it warmed up to -15 this afternoon. ☀️

Enjoyed my chance to get out into nature and connect with my friend Joanne on the trails. ❤️

It’s been a lot of calls lately. Grateful to have quick access to nature and remove myself from work and screens. 🙏

Wish you a great weekend with your loved ones. 🫶




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02/11/2024

From print to real life. 😻

With the arrival of the lunar new year of the Dragon, it was adviced by many Feng Shui masters to head north to welcome the new energy into our lives.

So we did and went to Cochrane Polar Bear Habit in Cochrane, Ontario, Canada. 🐻‍❄️

We have a Morrisseau print of “Sacred Bear Healer” at home for many years. ❤️

For fun, when I last did a ‘spiritual animal’ test, I had the traits of a ‘Bear’ as well. 🐻😉

I saw polar bears before, in Sea World in San Diego(before she passed away) and in the Toronto Zoo.

The Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat functions as a sanctuary for polar bears in need. 🙏🙏🙏

It provides them with access to a natural environment that changes with the seasons.
The bears can freely interact with their environment by swimming, digging, pulling out vegetation, or moving things around. 🙌

We met Amy, the manager of the habit, who, originally from Australia, has been in Cochrane for nearly 10 years. 🥰

Her love for the polar bears really showed and she took time to answer a lot of our questions. 😊🙏

With only about 25,000 polar bears left in the world and 15,000 of them in Canada, I’m grateful that there is such habit available to them. 🙏

So that we can continue to ensure those magnificent animals can thrive and not be a victim of climate change. 🤞🤞🤞

We also visited the Snowmobile museum to see the evolution of snowmobiles and the Cochrane Heritage Village.😍

It was a nice Sunday outing. I’m happy we went and I learned even more about the wide spread effects of climate change. 🌡️🌪️🌊





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02/09/2024

Rain on a winter day and lunar New Year’s Eve!☔️❄️🐲

My friend Joanne and I still managed to go out on the trails today, even though it was slippery and raining… 🌧️

We didn’t use our snowshoes bc they would be damaged. Instead, she brought me a pair of grippers to go over my hiking boots. 🙏

This has been a winter full of broken records, for being the warmest. ♨️

Many winter sport enthusiasts haven’t been able to do their recreational winter activities consistently like snowshoeing, cross-country/downhill skiing, snowmobiling, ice-fishing and more. 🥺

For those of us living in the ‘great white North’, this may feel like a relief from the long and cold winter.

But reduced snowfall and less snow cover on the ground could diminish the beneficial insulating effects of snow for vegetation and wildlife, while also affecting water supplies, transportation, cultural practices, and travel, besides recreation mentioned earlier. (Sourced from https://www.epa.gov/)

👉👉👉Snow is free. ❄️ Water is free. 💦Air is free. 💨

The free things are almost always the most precious and have been taken for granted. 🙏

It’s the “Almost ALWAYS FREE stuff, like water and air, volunteers, Wikipedia, EWG (Environmental Working Group), kindness of strangers, and much more, that we need to spotlight them even more. 🔆🔆🔆

What would happen on the day when none of the above exists any more? 🤔🤔🤔

Who are the people doing much of the work behind the scenes or unpaid in your community? Or anything else you know we have taken for granted? 🧐

Who/what would you like to highlight? 🤩 Please share with me below. 👇👇👇





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