Welcome to Living Well Daily, the newsletter serving up tips to help you live a joyful, healthier life.
In today’s edition:
😊Mental / Emotional Well-Being: Self-Trust: Rebuilding Confidence from Within
💖Longevity & Wellness: 🧠 Habits to Prevent Dementia & Alzheimer’s Disease
🌱Trauma Healing: Anger as Ally: Reclaiming Emotional Expression (Day 4/5)
☀️Journal & Joy Prompts
🧠 Inner Reps: Mental & Emotional Well-Being Interval Workout
👇 And more good stuff, like lots of love from Lola & Joshua, the LWD creators xo
Today’s Edition
You! Yes you! You are a powerful being who can do whatever you put your mind to. We believe in you so freaking much!
Self-Trust: Rebuilding Confidence from Within
When you’ve been through disappointment, self-doubt, or betrayal, trusting yourself again can feel uncertain. But self-trust isn’t something you either have or don’t, it’s something you rebuild, one choice at a time. It’s the quiet knowing that you’ll handle what comes, even if the path isn’t perfect. It’s about being committed to a relationship with yourself, choosing care and connection.
🌟 Ways to strengthen self-trust
🧭 Keep small promises to yourself daily, they’re the building blocks of belief.
🪞 Reflect on past resilience: you’ve gotten through hard things before.
✍️ Journal about choices that made you proud, even tiny ones.
🤝 Be consistent in how you show up for yourself, routines build reliability.
💬 Replace “I don’t know” with “I’m learning to figure it out.”
🌞 Be kind to yourself when you make mistakes or something doesn’t go as planned. It’s easier to bounce back and try again when you don’t feel attacked by your own inner narrative.
💖Ask yourself: “What does being there for myself today look like?” This will look different on energized days versus days you aren’t feeling your best and teaches you “I’ll be there for myself no matter what.’
✅ Action Step: Write one sentence today that begins with “I trust myself to…” and finish it honestly. Let that become your quiet mantra.
🧠 Habits to Prevent Dementia & Alzheimer’s Disease
My maternal grandmother had Alzheimer’s, and my paternal grandmother had Dementia. I have unfortunately seen firsthand how devastating these neurodegenerative diseases can be. It is estimated that over 50 million people are currently dealing with these diseases, and this number is expected to grow significantly in the next 25 years.
The good news is that there are habits you can adopt to lower your chances of developing these diseases. Research (the FINGER study) has shown that a multi-pronged approach can be effective at maintaining cognitive function as you age.
The approach consisted of regular exercise, eating a healthy diet, cognitive training exercises and monitoring cardiovascular risk factors. They saw a pronounced benefit in processing speed and executive function.
So what does this mean for you? If you want to keep your brain sharp, then it is important to exercise regularly, eat healthily, and engage in cognitive challenging activities like learning something new.
✅Action Step: Take a look at your habits. Is there an area (exercise, diet or cognitive training) that you can improve? If so, what is one tweak or change you can make to that area?
Anger as Ally: Reclaiming Emotional Expression
Trauma often teaches us to fear or suppress anger. But anger isn’t dangerous in itself, it’s sacred, protective energy that says, “Something unjust happened. I deserve better.” This week is about reclaiming anger as an ally, learning safe ways to express it, and recognizing its healing power.
Day 4: Channeling Anger into Action
When anger is acknowledged, it can become fuel for change.
✍️ Write a letter to voice what was silenced. You can burn it, rip it up, send it, or put it away for later. The letter never needs to be seen by anyone else but this can help reignite your power.
🧑🎨 Create: paint, dance, sing, exercise with intensity.
📢 Advocate for yourself or others in small, empowering ways.
🧱You may recognize new boundaries that need to be set in relationships or you may decide you want to have a healthy discussion with someone about what isn’t working.
🌍 Many justice movements are powered by sacred anger turned into collective healing. You can get involved with a social change movement to help give your anger an outlet.
Darling, don’t give up on yourself, you’re so worth it. Sending love 💕
You can respect your past self and still update the plan. Growth is an edit, not a betrayal.
📖Journal Prompt:
Building a Caring Relationship with Yourself
What’s one way you are (or have been) people-pleasing instead of listening to your own needs? What can you learn and how can you honor you?
🌟Spark of Joy:
Let Little Things Move You
Feel your expressive needs me with the right emoji choice… the way they fill in words, change the tone, and add a little something something to the space.
Today’s Mental and Emotional Workout:
This interval workout will increase your ability to:
Use self-compassion to boost self-confidence, self-esteem and self-worth
Wire your brain for joy to naturally feel lighter, brighter, and more fulfilled
Be present, mindful, in the here and now so you can see and savour the gorgeous details of life.
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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