Welcome to Living Well Daily, the newsletter serving up tips to help you live a joyful, healthier life.

In today’s edition:

You are powerful. You are capable. You are, you and that is a reason for celebration because you’re marvellous! 

Joy doesn’t just live in the big milestones: it lives in the tiny, ordinary glimmers of your day. This is a concept that I return to over and over because its impact is radical. A warm sip of coffee. A soft piece of music. A moment of laughter. A sunbeam across the floor. These small sparks are easy to overlook, especially when stress is high. But when you slow down enough to notice and savor them, you teach your nervous system to register safety, sweetness, and delight. 

We often need to relearn how to actually feel into the little things. “Hedonic adaptation” means we get used to the good and don’t feel it as intensely; however, intentionality can help overcome that adaptation. The good feels may not show up on auto-pilot because of this adaptation; however, we can elicit joy by intentionally being present, exercising gratitude, and pausing to say “this thing is joyful, I know that because…”. We can reteach our brain how to access the beauty of the everyday life. We can own it as ours. We can undo the disconnect, and find more that recharges us in the everyday.

Joy isn’t something we wait for,  it’s something we practice noticing.

🌟 How to notice micro-moments

✅ Action Step: Today, notice one micro-moment of joy. Name it out loud or jot it down so your brain remembers: this matters.

You don’t need long mobility, yoga or stretching sessions to keep your joints healthy and mobile. You can use mobility “snacks,” which are short bursts of movement or stretching during the day to keep your body supple, aligned, and feeling good.

I have tried for years to commit to a 10-minute yoga session a day, but I still haven’t. So I have lowered the barrier to entry by making my own 4 min mobility “snack.” I finish it thinking that was easy, making it likely that I stick with it. Plus, it is improving my mobility and joint health. 

When you move your joints, you increase synovial fluid (your body’s natural joint lubrication), improve circulation, and reduce stiffness. By doing small daily mobility “snacks,” you lubricate your joints and expand your range of motion, something that helps functional independence as you age.

Mobility snacks can be simple, like arm circles while your coffee brews, some spinal twists between emails, or doing a big stretch every time you stand up. The goal here is things you can be consistent with so you can let these micro-movements stack up.

✅ Action step: Do 30 seconds of gentle movement right now, like neck circles, hip openers, or wrist rolls. Your joints will stay younger, longer. 

Healing isn’t only about reducing pain, it’s also about honoring your survival, your resilience, and the strength it takes to keep going. This week shifts focus from wounds to worthiness, reminding you that you are so much more than what you went through.

Survival isn’t always loud or triumphant, sometimes it looks like enduring, adapting, holding on, or returning to yourself slowly. Many survivors move through life without their strength ever being acknowledged. Today is simply about recognizing that continuing to exist, feel, and heal is meaningful. You didn’t deserve what happened, but the fact that you are here speaks to something resilient within you.

• 🌟 Simply being here is evidence of strength.
• 🫂 Survival is resilience in motion, even when it feels messy.
• 🕊️ You made it through things you didn’t know you could.
• 💌 Write: “I survived. My survival matters.”

^{Darling, don’t give up on yourself, you’re so worth it. Sending love} 💕

What is a belief about yourself that you’re slowly outgrowing? Who taught you that belief in the first place?

Pause in the doorway before stepping into a room… let the moment be a threshold, not a rush.

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With love and care,

Lola & Joshua | The Living Well Team

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