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Welcome to Living Well Daily, the newsletter serving up a daily dose of care designed to support you, cheer you on and remind you, always, just how wonderful you already are.

In Today’s Edition:

🥰Well-Being & Self-Care: 2-Minute Self-Care Ritual - When You Need Wonder
💖Longevity & Wellness: Move Your Cute Booty More
✨Daily Affirmation & Daily Prompt

No one is perfect.
One time I peed my pants at a school dance… and this is just the tip of the embarrassing iceberg, so I think you’re doing just fine!
And if you also peed your pants at a school dance, then urine good company!

Wonder helps pull us out of survival mode and reconnects us with curiosity, awe, beauty, and possibility.

When life becomes stressful or repetitive, the brain can become overly focused on problems, urgency, and routine. Wonder interrupts that pattern. It reminds us there is still beauty, mystery, connection, and life happening around us.

Wonder doesn’t require a perfect moment. Often, it begins with paying attention.

👁 Step 1: Look Closely (30–45 seconds):
Pause and notice something ordinary as though you’re seeing it for the first time.
Maybe it’s:
• The sky
• A tree moving in the wind
• Music
• Light through a window
• The fact that your body breathes automatically
Wonder grows through attention.

🌿 Step 2: Expand Beyond the To-Do List (45 seconds):
Ask yourself:
“What else exists right now besides my stress?”
Your life is bigger than urgency. The world is fuller than your worries.

💫 Step 3: Let Yourself Feel Awe (30–45 seconds):
Stay with one beautiful, strange, meaningful, or comforting thing just a little longer than usual.
Let yourself actually feel it instead of rushing past it.

Wonder doesn’t erase pain or stress. But it can remind your nervous system that beauty still exists alongside it.

✅ Action step: Find one moment of wonder today and pause long enough to really let it land.

^{Love, Lola Graham}

You've probably heard that sitting is the new smoking. I think that is a terrible analogy because every human is going to sit, and sitting itself is totally fine, but the issue is sitting for long periods without getting up and moving.

When you sit for long stretches of time, your circulation slows, and your metabolism becomes idle. The solution is simple: get up and move, even briefly, to get your muscles moving and blood flowing.

Research on breaking up sitting has found that short, frequent movement breaks improve blood sugar and other markers more than one long bout of exercise can offset if you're sedentary the rest of the day. In other words, a daily workout doesn't fully cancel out eight hours of sitting still.

The dose is smaller than you'd think. A few minutes of light movement every 30 to 60 minutes is enough to make a difference. You don't need to change your job or your workout; get up for at least a few minutes every hour.

✅ Action Step: Set a reminder to stand and move for 2 to 5 minutes every hour or so. Walk to fill your water, take a lap around the room, or do a few squats. Small, frequent, and consistent beats one big effort.

^{By: Joshua Graham}

^{A mini-care practice for grounding, calming, and nervous system support.}

Pause for 20 seconds and do absolutely nothing except notice that you’re here.

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With love and care,

Lola & Joshua | The Living Well Team

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