Listen to yourself

Food is designed to energize and if you regularly notice that what you’ve eaten makes you feel tired then reflect on the aspect of that meal which may have caused it. Or seek the help of an experienced health professional to guide you. Our body doesn’t have a voice but it regularly gives us feedback, suggesting that we eat, drink, move, think, breathe, believe, or perceive in a new way. So see these “messengers” as the gifts that they are. We can learn, grow and contribute from such a process of enquiry. For those of you who are energized and uplifted by strict rules or have an illness that requires you to eat exceptionally all the time, please continue to do that. You know if this is you. If, however, you are someone who fears food, weight gain or uses food as a mechanism of control in your life, or holds tightly to “control” in general, then you might want to consider relaxing a little. Rigidity that stems from fear doesn’t serve the health in any way.