Welcome, gentle soul, 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: Social Connection & Well-Being: Expanding Your Circle

  • 💖Longevity & Wellness: A Simple Habit with Big Health Benefits 🚶‍♀️🍽️

  • 🌱Trauma Healing: Rebuilding Boundaries: Reclaiming Your Power & Self-Protection (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

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Social Connection & Well-Being: Expanding Your Circle

Recently, an Uber driver told me he’d been feeling lonely. He said, “I’ve been feeling depressed and I think it's because I’m lonely. My friends live far away, and I don’t know how to meet new people.” Loneliness affects our mental and physical well-being & health more than we often realize. Studies show it can be as harmful as smoking or poor sleep. Yet, connection is one of the strongest predictors of well-being. Building or rebuilding social ties takes effort and courage, but it’s deeply worth it. 

🌟 Ways to expand connection

  • 🤝 Repeat exposure: Join a club, gym, class, or volunteer group: seeing familiar faces regularly builds trust.

  • 🎨 Shared interests: Choose spaces where values or hobbies overlap (community gardens, advocacy groups, book clubs).

  • 🗣️ Small steps: Start with short, low-stakes interactions: chatting with a barista or neighbor counts.

  • 💬 For introverts: Try one-on-one or online communities where depth feels safer.

  • 🎉 For extroverts: Attend group events or join collective projects that spark energy.

  • 💖 Overcome anxiety: Remember, most people are also craving connection and appreciate your effort.

Action Step: Reach out to one person or explore one new community this week. Don’t wait for the “right” time, start small and let connection grow naturally.

A Simple Habit with Big Health Benefits 🚶‍♀️🍽️

Maybe you’re like me, and in your youth, you were told not to go swimming after eating in case you got a cramp. I took this to mean that I should rest after eating; it took me a long time to realize the benefits of doing the opposite.

One of the easiest ways to boost your long-term health might be a short walk after eating. Research shows that moving your body within 30 minutes after a meal helps stabilize blood sugar, improve digestion, and reduce insulin spikes, all of which are key to preventing energy crashes and supporting your metabolic and cardiovascular health.

When you move, your muscles use glucose from the food you just ate, which helps lower post-meal blood sugar levels and improves insulin sensitivity over time. It also aids digestion by stimulating the gut and reducing bloating or sluggishness.

Doing an intense workout right after eating isn’t a great idea, but 10 to 15 minutes of light movement is enough. Try a relaxed walk around the block, gentle housework, or even standing stretches.

Action step: After your next meal, set a timer and go for a 10-minute walk within 30 minutes of finishing. This small ritual can make a big difference for your energy, mood, and long-term metabolic health.

Rebuilding Boundaries: Reclaiming Your Power & Self-Protection

Trauma can blur or break boundaries. Rebuilding boundaries is not selfish, it’s self-protection and self-respect. This week is about learning to honor your edges and reclaim your right to say “this is mine, and that is not” / “I want this, and not that.”

Day 4: Practicing Boundaries in Relationships
Boundaries can be direct, gentle, and clear, they don’t always mean conflict. That said, you’re allowed to have boundaries even if others don’t understand.

  • 🛑 Use simple language: “I don’t have capacity for that right now.” “That doesn’t work for me.”

  • 🐢 Start small and safe, then build confidence.

  • 🤝 Remember: healthy people respect boundaries; if someone consistently pushes them, it’s information.

  • 🧡 Your boundaries are about your well-being, not about controlling others.

  • 🫥 I was terrified to set boundaries because I didn’t have a healthy framework to think about conflict. If this is you too, consider googling “healthy conflict” or, if you want to go deep, here’s a book that helped me: From Conflict to Community by Gwendolyn Olton

Darling, don’t give up on yourself, you’re so worth it. Sending love 💕

It’s okay to rest before you feel burnt out. Prevention is an act of care.

📖Journal Prompt:
Building a Caring Relationship with Yourself

If your emotions today were colors, what would your canvas look like? What does the canvas of your life need from you and how can you honour your color palette today?

🌟Spark of Joy:
Let Little Things Move You

Spread a smile to someone… say someone’s name with care, do a small gesture, compliment a stranger, make some laugh or feel seen. There are so many little ways to spread joy to your heart and theirs.

Today’s Mental and Emotional Workout:

This interval workout will increase your ability to:

  • Cultivate self-compassion to strengthen your confidence, self-esteem, and sense of worth

  • Strengthen the neural pathways of self-worth so you can feel enough in every moment

  • Pause with mindfulness and notice the beauty that surrounds you

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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