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TAKING ACTION: ✅New Clients: Skip straight to the bottom of this post and check out the ⭐️ NEW CLIENT INFO! The ⭐️ NEW CLIENT INFO at the bottom of each day’s post will be your go-to this month! ✅Share your weekly wins today! If you decide to practice one or more of the morning cortisol strategies today, that’s also a WIN! 🎉 As we’ve discussed this week, the actual problem isn’t “high cortisol” per se. ***see comments for Somatic Lowering Cortisol in the evenings exercise**** It’s an imbalanced cortisol rhythm—or chronically high cortisol. Again, we want our cortisol to be higher in the mornings because it’s responsible for transporting glucose to our tissues for energy. I don’t know about you, but I need all the energy I can get in the mornings! We’ll discuss these tips more in depth as we continue throughout the month, but for today, here are a few scientifically proven strategies to help with your AM cortisol ⬇️ ☀️ 10-15 minutes of morning sunlight (no sunglasses) within the first hour of waking up ☀️ hydration (16-32 oz water) upon waking (and before coffee, ideally) ☀️ drink coffee/caffeine (after water, of course!) ☀️ exercise within the first 2-3 hours of waking ☀️ eat grapefruit or a small amount of black licorice in the morning (Hey, it’s science. 😉) I encourage you to write these tips down and put them in a place where you’re reminded to practice them throughout the month. Even if you can’t practice them all, I encourage you to take one or two and start implementing them to build better cortisol-balancing habits! ⚖️ 4 Things to Do When You Wake Up for Healthy Cortisol Levels _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ⬇️⭐️NEW CLIENT INFO and TO-DO’s⭐️⬇️ Happy Friday, friends! It’s one of our favorite days of the week because on Fridays, we set aside time to celebrate our wins. We don’t simply celebrate for the fun of it (though we love that part, too!)---we celebrate because it quite literally changes your brain and motivates you to keep going! 🙌

I’ve been collecting data in my head about these blasted hot flashes. With all the changes I’ve made since May & the taking Calcium D-Glucarate, the hot flashes/night sweats have decreased and the intensity has decreased. But I have noticed that if I get upset about something, I will have more and they will be more intense. One day last week, I had to go over some legal stuff - which I hate. Hot flashes. I had a “spat” with my husband (something stupid but I got upset) - hot flashes. One night, we talked about finances and the IRS right before bed - terrible night sweats that night. Is this because cortisol is rising?

After reading more about cortisol, I realized one of the best places to start is with better sleep. 🌙 Creating a relaxing bedtime routine is my first step tea, pillow mist, magnesium butter, and my Sleep Well roller. Here’s to slowing down, resting well, and taking better care of my health. 💖

The pics on the left are 6 years to the date of today This was not me at my heaviest. After covid in 2021 I developed long covid and spiraled both mentally and physically I literally could not walk and spent 90% of my days in a bed. Until the fall of 2022 and I decided to take back control of my life. I started small with giving up certain comfort sweets. Drinking less pop. Moving my body, 5 minute workouts is where I began. @Aleiah Barker believed in me before I started believing in myself and has always been there for me. Looking at these pics makes me cry, knowing I’ve kept this up for almost 4 years. And at the time of starting I just wanted to be able to play with my grandson, ( now I have 2) so find your deepest why and don’t give up I’ve made plenty of mistakes and learned so much in this journey. But I’m glad I stuck to it and never gave up. If I can do it, you can too :)