Happy Sunday, lovely people! 🌞

As we know, everything is energy. The food you eat holds a vibration, and so does the way you treat your physical body.

We talk a lot about the mind and energy, but none of it works without a healthy physical vessel. The way you care for your body reflects your self-concept, which then influences what you attract.

To raise your vibration and release old patterns, you must reconnect with the body.

Ask yourself (gently and without judgment):

• Is my food fueling me or draining me?

• What do you feed your mind each day? Gossip? Ideas that keep me stuck?

• Do you use drugs or alcohol? If used to fight or avoid negative emotions rather than for celebration or enjoyment, these pull us away from our higher self and disconnect us from the intuitive body.

Personally, I do not love the word “diet.” It carries too much weight in our culture. The word makes many of us think about restriction, force, and denying what we want.

Here is how I see food: eat whatever you want, but you need to really want it. 

That means not eating from boredom, from escapism, or to force yourself into being a certain way. You need to be feeding the light within you, not the hurt side of you.

At the start of college, I struggled with food restriction. I never let myself eat what I actually craved. My body would scream for peanut butter (which I later realized was a call for fats) and dark chocolate (a sign I needed magnesium). When I ignored those signals, I binged.

Learning to listen to your body changes everything.

Here are 3 rituals you can practice today (and beyond) to come back into alignment with food and body:

1. Mindful Eating Practice

How can you tell if you really want to eat a certain food?

When you’re stressed out or craving something, notice how tension from the mind may cause a desire to indulge. Yet at the same time, your body might send signals of not wanting it. This is what is causing that friction and that subsequent guilt you get from eating too much or overdrinking. 

The ritual:

1. Place the food in your hands and close your eyes.

2. Take 3 deep breaths, then ask: Do I want this because my body needs it, or because there may be tension in my mind?

3. If it’s a physical need, you’ll know that eating the nourishment the food provides is the right choice. If it’s mind or hurt-driven, you’ll notice tension, tightness, irritation, or urgency.

4. Choose consciously. Here’s the thing— there is no wrong decision here. When done consciously, indulging can be wonderful. It becomes an issue if food or substances are used to suppress hurt emotions. 

5. If it is mind-driven, rather than immediately using food to numb the tension, journal or meditate with the questions: What do you really crave right now? How can I give that to you? How can I hold space for these emotions and not try to push them down?

2. The 80/20 Rule

The 80/20 rule helped heal my relationship with food and body image.

• 80% of the time, eat whole, nourishing foods like vegetables, proteins, nuts, and healthy fats.

• The other 20% percent, eat whatever you want without guilt.

Being healthy is being balanced. You can eat whatever you want, as long as it’s balanced.

When you stop labeling foods as “good” or “bad,” you free yourself from shame and binge cycles.

3. Hydration for Energy

Most people don’t drink enough water, and dehydration doesn’t just show up as thirst. It can disguise itself as sugar cravings, brain fog, fatigue, irritability, and even heightened anxiety.

Water is also necessary for energetic flow. Just like a river carries debris downstream, water helps your body flush out old energy, toxins, and stagnant emotions.

The rituals:

• Whenever you feel cravings hit, drink a cup of warm or room-temperature water with a pinch of sea salt for electrolytes. This already works wonders, but you can add a squeeze of lemon to aid in digestion as well.

• You can also set intentions for your water. If you feel sluggish or anxious, hold your glass of water with both hands. Set your desire, such as “I allow flow and peace into my body” before drinking. This turns hydration into a grounding practice instead of a mindless habit.

I love you all so much!

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🫶 With love and light,
Emma