If you’ve noticed I haven’t been around as much, in person, networking, online or email, that’s because I’ve been sleeping. Yep, between coaching client and other appointments I’ve been flat out, possibly even snoring. Hopefully not drooling. Drives on the motorway were becoming a concern as I was nodding off, even during the day. No point rsvping for evening events as, even if I didn’t embarrass myself by nodding off, the drive home could be deadly. No, I haven’t been excessively partying, not much fun factor lately as I’ve been sleeping on weekends too.
The trouble with being an ‘expert’, in mindset in my case, is that sometimes the other facets of life can be overlooked. Even when all day every day I’m coaching, writing and speaking about the mind-body connection in a variety of ways, encouraging clients to listen to, to check in with their bodies, I still missed a huge Las Vegas style flashing neon light for myself.
Finally, finally, finally last week I paid attention to that inner voice telling me to have a food intolerance test. I consider I had quite a healthy diet, certainly don’t do takeaways and soft drinks apart from fish & chips & a Bundaberg Ginger Beer on our favourite beach once a month, but yes, I do love a daily fresh coffee and a good red wine on the weekends. I had been missing the point that ‘healthy’ is not ‘healthy’ if those foods a toxic to your body.
So with one foul swoop gone are caffeine (even boring green tea), alcohol, gluten, sugar, cow dairy and horror of horrors, prawns! I’m a Bundy chick – I grew up on Sunday lunches of mounds of prawns freshly caught and cooked by my Pop and Dad. It’s still my welcome home lunch – was. My partner & I are renegotiating our bonding rituals – at least all the food and drink related ones (shame we have such a great wine collection). He’s resisting doing the test himself, as I suspect, like me, he fears what will show up.
Frankly, I’m so over feeling aching and exhausted (funnily enough, except when coaching then I’m so tuned in to my clients I don’t notice it) that I didn’t hesitate to change. 7 days later, today, I didn’t need even one nap – yahoo! I’m tired but conscious. I’m going to crack open the goats cheese and rice crackers to celebrate!
Listen to your body, it loves you and deserves a lot of love back. If not…well, you’ve seen the consequences all around you. Life is full of choices, it just comes down to your priorities.
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