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In Today’s Edition:

🥰Well-Being & Self-Care: The Science Behind “Touch Grass”
💖Longevity & Wellness: Block System For Meal Prep
✨Daily Affirmation & Daily Prompt

May you find a moment of peace today where you can take a deep breath and feel at home within yourself

The phrase “touch grass” is often used jokingly online, but underneath the humour is something surprisingly real: human beings genuinely benefit from spending time in nature.

Research suggests that time in natural environments can help reduce stress, support emotional regulation, improve mood, lower nervous system activation, and even support attention and mental clarity.

Part of this may be because nature provides a different kind of sensory experience than modern digital life. Natural environments tend to include softer stimulation, slower rhythms, fresh air, movement, sunlight, and opportunities for the nervous system to settle.

Nature can also help widen our perspective. When we step outside (especially during periods of stress, overwhelm, or overthinking) it can gently interrupt mental loops and reconnect us to the present moment.

And importantly, this doesn’t need to mean hiking a mountain or living in the woods. Small moments count too. So, this is a reminder to get out there and touch grass, seriously 🥰. Soak up that natural comfort and stress release. 

Ways to bring more nature into your life:

•🌿 Step outside for even a few minutes without your phone
•☀️ Let yourself notice sunlight, wind, trees, birds, plants, or the sky
•🚶 Take a slow walk instead of rushing everywhere
•🧠 Use nature as a nervous system reset during stressful days
•🌱 Bring natural elements indoors: plants, fresh air, natural light, or even pictures of nature

Your brain and body were not designed to exist only through screens and stress. Sometimes “touching grass” is genuinely supportive for your nervous system.

✅ Action step: Spend at least 5 intentional minutes outside today and fully notice your environment with your senses.

^{Love, Lola Graham}

Meal prep is one of the best ways to remove friction from your nutrition and make it easier to eat healthier throughout the week.

However, something I hear from a number of my clients is. “I just get so bored of the same flavours throughout the week.”

This is where blocks can be extremely useful. But what does that even mean?

Blocks are silicone moulds that come in block shapes; you put your prepped food in there and freeze it. You can then pop the blocks out and put them into a container or bag to be stored in the freezer until you are ready to eat them.

The benefit of blocks is that it is intended to be part of a meal, not your full meal. So by freezing a variety of different blocks, you can mix and match them, allowing you to create new and different meals as you go.

✅ Action Step: Assess your nutrition; could you benefit from doing some more meal prep and/or adding some blocks into your life?

^{By: Joshua Graham}

^{A reflective journaling prompt to explore learning, self-awareness, and becoming.}

What’s something you no longer tolerate that your past self normalized?

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Lola & Joshua | The Living Well Team

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