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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: Monday Healing Moment: Trusting Your Own Pace
💖Longevity & Wellness: a cheap and effective health boost
✨Daily Affirmation & Daily Prompt

I hope you have a sensational week, and if not sensational, then I hope it is great, and if not great, then good and if not good, then…
well, I hope it is at least good. You deserve lots and lots of good things, including the week ahead!

Happy Monday 💛 Before the world starts telling you to hurry, let’s take a moment to honour your own rhythm.

Take a slow breath in. And an unhurried breath out. For this moment, there is nowhere else you need to be.

Imagine yourself beside a river.

Notice that the water doesn’t move at one constant speed. Some places rush. Some places become beautifully still. Some parts twist, deepen, widen, or change direction entirely. The river is always moving in its own way.

Your life has rhythms too.

There will be seasons when you leap forward and seasons when something in you needs time.  Time to heal. Time to understand. Time to gather courage. Time simply to be.

Slower does not mean stagnant. You do not need to force a bloom because someone else is flowering. You don’t need to stay a bud when others around you choose not to bloom. 

As this week begins, imagine releasing yourself from the urgency of somebody else’s timeline.

Listen instead for your own rhythm. Be in your own season.

What needs movement? What needs patience? What needs another season?

Take one more slow, spacious breath. You are still becoming, even when your growth cannot be rushed.

Trust the pace that lets you stay connected to yourself along the way.

^{Love, Lola Graham}

When Lola and I were in nutrition school, we could take the elevator up to the 4th floor each day or take the stairs. We took the stairs even though the elevator is convenient because the stairs provide a nice health boost, and research backs this up.

A large meta-analysis pooled data from over 480,000 people across nine studies and found that regular stair climbers were 39% less likely to die from cardiovascular disease and 24% less likely to die from any cause compared to those who rarely took the stairs. The study followed participants for a median of 14 years and included both healthy individuals and those with existing heart conditions.

The mechanism isn't complicated. Stair climbing stimulates your muscles and challenges your cardio at the same time.

Remember, you don’t need to commit to the full journey; even taking the stairs for a handful of floors can boost your health.

✅ Action Step: Pick one place in your daily routine that has the choice between the stairs or elevator and choose the stairs for the full journey or even a couple of floors.

^{By: Joshua Graham}

^{A gentle prompt to help you create small feel good moments of beauty, appreciation, and delight.}

Find one thing that makes your environment feel softer, calmer, or more welcoming.

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With love and care,

Lola & Joshua | The Living Well Team

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