Welcome to Living Well Daily, the newsletter serving up tips to help you live a joyful, healthier life.

In today’s edition:

You can have what you want in life. Ask for it. Go for it. Take the action. Leap. You can go after it! We believe in you!! 

Not all memories live in the mind. The body remembers through sensation: tension, tightness, bracing, numbness, rushing heat, shallow breath. These patterns often formed during moments when you didn’t feel safe enough to process what you were experiencing.

Somatic memory doesn’t mean you’re “broken.” It means your body protected you the best it could. And the body can also release emotion through gentle awareness, movement, breath, tears, trembling, voice, stillness, and the presence of safety cues.

🌟 Ways to gently work with somatic memory and release:

✅ Action Step: Take a minute today to ask: “Where is my body holding something right now?” Just notice. You might choose to place your hand there for 10 seconds. Offer your body presence, not pressure.

A sedentary lifestyle is not good for your short-term or long-term well-being. But unless you have a physically demanding job, your life is designed to encourage being sedentary. In fact, the average adult sits 9 to 10 hours a day!

All of this sitting can be harmful to your heart because it can lower blood vessel function. New research out of the University of Birmingham has found that consuming foods high in flavanols can help to preserve vascular function. Flavanols are naturally occurring polyphenols.

Their research showed that consuming high-flavanol foods and drinks during periods of extended sitting is a good way to reduce some of the impact of inactivity on the vascular system.

Some good sources of flavanols are cocoa beans, apples, kale, grapes, green tea, berries, black tea, kidney beans, black beans, pistachios and pecans. 

✅ Action step: if you know you’re going to be sitting for long periods (like during work), have a high flavanol snack like some berries!

The inner critic often develops as a survival strategy, trying to keep you safe, accepted, or protected from future harm. This week is about softening that harsh voice, understanding where it came from, and cultivating a kinder inner relationship.

The critic exaggerates flaws and ignores strengths. Today is about bringing reality (not fantasy positivity, but grounded truth) back into the conversation.

• 🎯 Name one real strength, effort, or intention.
• 🔄 Reframe: “I failed” → “I learned something.”
• 🌿 Focus on progress, not perfection.
• 🌞 Affirm: “I don’t need to be perfect to be worthy.”

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

What is a story about yourself that you are ready to rewrite? Write the new version like a prophecy.

Look for something that surprises you… delight is just the unexpected dressed gently.

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With love and care,

Lola & Joshua | The Living Well Team

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