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

In today’s edition:

It is a scientifically proven fact that you are super mega spectacular! 

Accept it, cause you are!

Self-abandonment often begins as protection. We learned to quiet our needs to keep peace, to please, to stay safe, to belong. But over time, turning away from ourselves leaves us feeling unseen, even to ourselves. Healing means returning to your needs with compassion, and learning to stay with yourself even when it’s uncomfortable. Healing can mean making a commitment to self-reclamation: calling back aspects of yourself that you quieted to better fit into society’s mold. It can mean exploring authentic expression and learning to see and enjoy the truth of who you are.

You deserve to be on your own side. Here are some simple ways to get started.

🌟 Ways to come home to yourself

✅ Action Step: Today, notice one moment where you start to disconnect or over-compromise. Pause and whisper:  “I choose to stay with me.”

Most people, when looking to make dietary improvements, focus on what they are going to cut out: “no more pizza.” This ends up with people feeling restricted, and when they do have a slice of pizza, everything falls apart. 

Instead, try the opposite: “add before subtracting.” This means crowding your plate with nourishing foods first, like protein, fibre-rich veggies, whole grains and healthy fats.

This approach reduces stress around food and supports a healthier relationship with eating. It also aligns with how the brain works because restriction signals “scarcity,” which can lead to binges, while adding nourishment signals safety, often making sustainable change easier.

Over time, your meals become more nutrient-dense without needing willpower or a strict diet mentality.

✅ Action step: At your next meal, add one nourishing upgrade like a handful of greens, extra beans, and add an apple with those chips. Lead with nourishment.

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.

Your story is yours, not something owed to others or required for validation. Healing includes choosing when to speak, when to hold silence, and how to define what your experience means. You don’t have to turn your pain into a teaching moment for others. Your voice matters, even if it is only spoken inwardly, to yourself.

• 🗣️ You choose what, when, and with whom you share. Consider pausing to share your story of resilience with yourself now.
• 🧡 Silence can be sacred; speaking can be powerful, both are valid.
• 🪴 You are not only your past, you are your becoming.
• 🌟 Your truth is yours to hold and protect.

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

When was the last time your body said “no” before your mind did? How did you respond?

Wear something soft or cozy… let texture be a love language.

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With love and care,

Lola & Joshua | The Living Well Team

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