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In Today’s Edition:

Meet yourself with gentleness and kindness.
You’re worth being shown tenderness 💜

When life feels uncertain, stressful, overwhelming or out of your control, it’s easy for your mind to continually drift toward worry, making it harder to feel settled in the present moment. We can get lost in thoughts, and miss what’s in front of us: a life worth living. The worry distracts us from our personal power, and makes it hard to seize the day in front of us. But, when we learn to ground back into the moment, you can find meaningful steps forward in the moment, and that little joys always exist among life’s difficulties.

Grounding is not about denying difficulty or forcing calm. It is about gently reconnecting with what is here, now: your body, your breath, your personal power, and your immediate surroundings. Here and now, your light shines, even when it’s feeling dim. Grounding creates the steadiness needed to tune into the choices in front of us. 

Grounding doesn’t mean pretending things are okay. It means giving yourself a place to land and helping yourself recover, gently. So, start that recovery process today, even 30 seconds at a time.

Simple grounding practices to return to the present:

•🪑 Feel your body supported
→ Press your feet into the floor or your back into a chair.

•👀 Orient to your space
→ Name 3 things you can see that feel neutral or pleasant.

•🫁 Slow your exhale
→ Longer exhales tell your body it’s okay to soften.

•🌿 Connect with something familiar
→ A routine, object, scent, or song that feels steady.

•✋ Use gentle touch
→ A hand on your chest or arms can be deeply regulating.

Grounding doesn’t remove uncertainty, it helps you meet it with more stability. It lets you access care and reminds you your power lies in the here and now.

✅ Action step: Try one grounding tool today and notice how your body responds.

^{Love, Lola Graham}

A new study has made me rethink my chronic nighttime snacking habit. Researchers want to know what happens if people avoid food (without cutting overall calories) and dimming lights for three hours before bed.

The result? Participants improved key heart and metabolic markers. Nighttime blood pressure dropped, heart rate slowed, and blood sugar control improved the next day. These shifts reflect a healthier day–night rhythm, which is strongly linked to better cardiovascular health.

The encouraging part: this wasn’t about dieting, it was about timing. Aligning eating with your body’s natural sleep-wake cycle may support your heart, metabolism, and sleep together.

This study was very small, with only 39 participants, and while the benefits were seen, they weren’t drastic. But limiting food intake near bed could be worth trying to see if it improves your sleep and how you feel the next day.

✅Action Step: Try finishing your last meal 2–3 hours before bed tonight to give your body a longer overnight break from food and see how you feel tomorrow :) 

Source: Sleep-Aligned Extended Overnight Fasting Improves Nighttime and Daytime Cardiometabolic Function (Daniela Grimaldi, et al.)

^{By: Joshua Graham}

^{A supportive prompt to build health, nourishment, and long-term wellness.}

Check in, is tiredness present? Is it your body, mind, spirit, or all three? Give them permission to rest without guilt. Ask them one simple thing that’ll help them recharge.

Stuck for ideas? Body: a nap, a snack, a big glass of water. Mind: meditate, listen to a favourite song, say something kind to yourself. Spirit: time in nature, connect to your heart, spend ‘no-pressure’ time with a loved-one.

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With love and care,

Lola & Joshua | The Living Well Team

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