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Welcome to Living Well Daily, the newsletter serving up a daily dose of care designed to support you, cheer you on and remind you, always, just how wonderful you already are.

In Today’s Edition:

🥰Well-Being & Self-Care: Fear of Being Too Much: Loosening Limiting Mindsets
💖Longevity & Wellness: Fitness Friday - Couples Exercise
✨Daily Affirmation & Daily Prompt

Life has challenges, and some days can be extremely difficult. We want you to know how proud of you we are for continuing to move forward each day. That takes grit and courage. If you can take a moment to feel those two powerful qualities you possess.

Have you ever held back your excitement, swallowed your emotions, or made yourself smaller because you worried you were simply too much?

The fear of being too much is the belief that our needs, emotions, personalities, or passions might overwhelm others or make us harder to love.

Sometimes this belief develops through experiences where our authentic expression was criticized, dismissed, or unwelcome. Over time, we may learn to edit ourselves to maintain connection, even when it comes at the expense of our own well-being.

But belonging shouldn't require disappearing.

Common ways the fear of being too much limits us:

Ways to gently loosen the fear of being too much:

You don't have to make yourself smaller to deserve connection. The goal isn't to be everything to everyone, but to have room to be yourself.

✅ Action step: Notice one moment today when you instinctively hold part of yourself back. Ask: What would it look like to give myself a little more permission to be me?

^{Love, Lola Graham}

I have some couples clients who do training sessions with me together, and new research shows why this is a wonderful idea.

A new study of nearly 1,700 married couples found that couples who exercised together reported better communication, healthier conflict resolution, and less marital stress than those who exercised separately.

If you have a partner and your timing or financial situation doesn’t allow you to do training sessions together, that is ok because this research shows that even walking together with your partner can provide these benefits.

This is because shared exercise creates opportunities to bond, talk, listen, and connect through a common experience without distractions.

It is worth noting that the relationship benefits were not huge, but they were consistent, especially for communication.

✅ Action Step: If you have a partner, take at least one walk with them this week and leave the phones in your pockets.

^{By: Joshua Graham}

^{A gentle invitation to integrate lived experience with kindness, perspective, and care.}

Where have you been harder on yourself than you’d ever be toward someone you love?

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With love and care,

Lola & Joshua | The Living Well Team

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