Welcome to Living Well Daily, the newsletter serving up tips to help you live a healthier, happier life.
In today’s edition:
😊Mental / Emotional Well-Being: Letting Go: Putting Down the Weight
💖Longevity & Wellness: Carbon Dioxide & Sleep
🌱Trauma Healing: Reclaiming Your Body: Safety in Your Skin Again (Day 4/5)
☀️Journal & Joy Prompts
🧠 Inner Reps: Mental Well-Being Interval Workout
👇 And more good stuff!
Today’s Edition
You have made it through every single hard day and hard moment you have experienced throughout your life. That makes you an incredibly resilient and powerful person. We are proud of you!
Letting Go: Putting Down the Weight
“Just let it go” is easier said than done. It doesn’t mean ignoring or dismissing pain, it means choosing to release what’s too heavy to keep carrying. While the memory is still there, you don’t have to actively carry all of the weight with you. I always struggled with “letting go” until I started to make it more ceremonial, helping with the release process. Different methods can help you put down the weight in ways that feel tangible and real. Sometimes we may just let go of a smidge of what we were holding, and other times we may find greater release. Both are worthwhile and here are ways to get you started:
✨ Why it matters: helps regulate stress and emotion, creates space for renewal, frees mental space and reduces rumination
🌟 Ways to practice letting go
🎒 Visualize setting down a heavy backpack filled with everything you’re ready to release. You can take a moment to think of what’s in there and then, as you set it down, imagine how your body would respond to releasing the weight. Feel the difference.
📝 Write worries on paper, then tear or burn them safely.
🌊 Pair a release with breath: exhale tension with intention, inhale renewal and new energy to help you feel restored.
🌳 Imagine placing the weight in nature (a river, a tree) to hold it for you. These are the rocks that add to the beauty of nature while no longer weighing down your life.
✅ Action Step: Today, pick one method of letting go and try it for just one worry, notice how it feels to set it down. Think of involving your body, mind, and spirit in the process.
Carbon Dioxide & Sleep
The air in your bedroom may affect your sleep more than you realize. As we breathe out carbon dioxide (CO₂), levels can build up in poorly ventilated rooms, especially at night with doors and windows closed. High CO₂ doesn’t make the air dangerous, but it can leave you feeling groggy, restless, and less refreshed in the morning.
Studies (P. Strøm-Tejsen, et al. 2016) show that elevated CO₂ levels are linked to lighter sleep, more awakenings, and reduced next-day focus. Improving air circulation helps keep CO₂ levels in check. Simple steps like opening a window, cracking a door, or using an air purifier or fan can make a difference.
✅Action step: Before bed, refresh your room with a few minutes of airflow. Better ventilation not only supports deeper, more restorative sleep but also contributes to long-term brain and cardiovascular health.
Reclaiming Your Body: Safety in Your Skin Again
Trauma often makes the body feel unsafe. This week is about gently rebuilding connection and safety, so your body can start to feel like home.
Day 4: Nurturing Self-Touch and Comfort
Gentle self-touch can build safety and trust with your nervous system. You can even ask your body for consent before self-touch to engrain choice, respect, and empowerment.
👐 Place your hand over your heart or on your cheek, noticing sensation like warmth.
🫂 Wrap yourself in a blanket or hold a pillow.
🖐️ Try “butterfly taps”: cross your arms and lightly tap your shoulders.
🕊️ Experiment with what feels good, it’s about creating comfort, not forcing it.
Darling, don’t give up on yourself, you’re so worth it. Sending love 💕
You can be both soft and strong; the two can live in the same heartbeat.
📖Journal Prompt:
Building a Caring Relationship with Yourself
Which quotes or pieces of advice do you have committed to memory? Why have those stuck with you?
🌟Spark of Joy:
Let Little Things Move You
Breathe in cool morning air… each breath welcoming is a day fresh with possibility.
Today’s Mental and Emotional Workout:
This workout will increase your ability to:
Tap into gratitude so you can lower stress, anxiety and boost well-being
Tap into mindfulness so you can live a more intentional life
Step into self-love with more ease so you can see how wonderful you are daily
In under 8 minutes, you’ll strengthen positive neural pathways for long-term well-being and end the workout feeling better than you started! (Click on the photo below to access the workout)
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Lola & Joshua | The Living Well Team
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