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We want to remind you today just how special and majestic you are.

Reparenting is the practice of offering yourself the care, safety, structure, and compassion that may have been inconsistent or missing earlier in life. It’s not about blaming caregivers (everyone is human and has a history), it’s about meeting needs that still live inside you.

This looks like learning how to soothe yourself, set boundaries, offer encouragement, and create emotional safety. Over time, reparenting helps reshape inner dialogue: from criticism to care, from pressure to protection.

You don’t have to become someone else. You’re learning how to be a safe home for yourself.

What reparenting can look like in daily life:

You are not “behind.” You’re learning how to care for yourself in ways you may never have been taught.

✅ Action step: Ask yourself today: What would a kind, steady caregiver offer me right now? Then give yourself one small version of that like rest, reassurance, structure, or support.

^{Love, Lola Graham}

Fasted cardio (exercising before eating) is touted by many to be the “secret” to quick fat loss, but is that the reality? 

Fasted cardio does increase the percentage of fat your body burns during that workout. BUT research consistently shows that when total calories and training are matched, it does not lead to greater fat loss over time compared to fed exercise.

In other words, more energy in the moment comes from fat, but your body compensates later, which evens things out across the day.

What drives fat loss is overall energy balance, consistent movement, and preserving muscle. For some people, fasted cardio feels good and fits their routine. For others, it will reduce performance and lower total calorie expenditure compared to fed-cardio, which slows progress. Also, for some people, fasted cardio can lead to eating more calories in a day compared to fed cardio.

The bottom line is: fasted cardio isn’t magic for fat loss. The key to fat loss is being in a caloric deficit, and cardiovascular exercise can help with energy expenditure. The right choice for you is the one that helps you be consistent, and helps you perform well, recover well and increases your enjoyment.

✅ Action step: Try both fed and fasted sessions this week and notice which helps you feel stronger, steadier, and more consistent.

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^{By: Joshua Graham}

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

Looking back on the week, what’s one way you practiced self-expression? How does it make you feel more like “you”? If nothing comes to mind, what was one opportunity you could have taken in hindsight or one idea you can take into the week ahead?

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With love and care,

Lola & Joshua | The Living Well Team

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