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In Today’s Edition:

🥰Well-Being & Self-Care: 2-Minute Self-Care Ritual: When You Need to Release Tension
💖Longevity & Wellness: Your Brain Isn't Cooked
✨Daily Affirmation & Daily Prompt

Take a deep breath and remember…
The haters are going to hate.
And we are going to keep thinking you’re great!
So keep being you, you majesticly incredible being!

Stress and tension don’t just live in the mind, they live in the body too.

Your shoulders tighten. Your jaw clenches. Your breathing shortens. You might not even notice how much your body has been carrying until exhaustion, irritability, or overwhelm starts spilling over.

The body is often asking for one thing: release. Here’s a ritual that can help you do that.

🫁 Step 1: Breathe Into the Tension (30–45 seconds):
Take a slow breath in.
As you exhale, imagine softening one area of tightness in your body.
Maybe it’s your jaw, shoulders, stomach, hands, or chest.
Longer exhales help signal safety to the nervous system.

🤲 Step 2: Let the Body Move (45 seconds):
Roll your shoulders. Stretch your neck. Shake out your arms or legs.
If it feels good, take one big exaggerated sigh.
Tension often needs movement, not just thinking, to release.

🌿 Step 3: Unclench Something (30–45 seconds):
Ask yourself gently: “What am I gripping right now?”
Maybe it’s:
• Pressure
• Perfectionism
• A stressful thought
• Emotional heaviness
• The need to control everything
You don’t need to find a solution, but acknowledging yourself, allowing yourself to feel and be seen by yourself means you can show up with care.

You don’t have to release it all at once. Just soften your grip a little.

Your body was never meant to hold constant tension all day long. Small moments of release matter.

✅ Action step: Pause sometime today and notice where your body is holding tension. Offer that area one breath and one moment of softness.

^{Love, Lola Graham}

It has long been assumed that cognitive decline is simply a part of aging, but a new 3 study from the University of Texas at Dallas is pushing back hard on that idea.

Researchers tracked nearly 4,000 adults aged 19 to 94 and found that brain health improved across all age groups, including participants in their 80s, and those who started with the lowest brain health scores saw the biggest gains. Participants in the study complete 5-15 minutes of brain training a day, which is all it takes.

So it is time to ditch the belief that our brain’s capacity decreases with age because the reality is quite the opposite.

✅ Action Step: Do one thing today to support your brain health (learn something new, eat some quality food, exercise, etc.)

^{By: Joshua Graham | Source: Measuring and increasing the brain health span across adulthood: a public health imperative by Lori G. Cook, et al.}

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

Let yourself soften your pace. Notice what shifts when you don’t feel you have to rush everything.

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With love and care,

Lola & Joshua | The Living Well Team

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