As Women, Why Do We Feel Guilty For Taking Better Care Of Ourselves?

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Feel Good Project day 17

You know what one of the most rewarding things has become to me?

Spending almost entire days in the kitchen preparing food.

Some days I am not as in to it as others, as the dishes pile up in our tiny sink again the very minute I finish cleaning and starting my next dish or meal for the day.

I have to say, eating WELL is not for the faint of heart. Either is the journey of returning to health and wholeness. Nor is following your true passions in life, regardless of how it looks to others.

Most certainly these things are for the truly committed, which I am finding out I am much more so than I even thought myself to be than ever before.

The me that I have reconnected to in the past few years is found going the extra mile nowadays, when I used to be the kind of person who took the easy or lazy way out.

Today, I literally spent all day long prepping for my solitude retreat tomorrow, mostly cooking, cleaning and shopping for my meals and snacks for my time away.

This is true self care and the way to feel good-giving up time I could be wasting away on a Sunday, to be focused and intentional in the food I out into my body, and the food I want to gift Justin with while I am away, so he too can reap the benefits of feeling well and loved.

A few times during my hours in the kitchen today, I felt almost a sense of guilt telling me that I should be doing other things, and that this was too much time spent on one thing.

I thought to myself, “Then what could be more worth my time than this?” Spending time with family and friends, working on my projects with Extreme Health Radio, and loving myself-what more could I ask for?

So, today felt very rich to me. Very full. Not only a full and happy belly, but a fullness to my soul.

Tomorrow I will leave with my car packed with bone broth, homemade applesauce, smoothie ingredients, books to enlighten me on my journey, my camera, very few clothes, and a VERY open heart.

Can’t wait!!!

FEEL GOOD MOMENT OF THE DAY: Okay, I’ll admit it. Today. November 16 I played Christmas music while in the kitchen cooking. It’s the earliest I have ever done that! I tried to talk myself out of it actually, reasoning that it was too early. But then I realized that part of truly feeling good-about life, about health, about pretty much everything-is that there are no rules to what our own body needs to feel. Today, I craved nostalgia, peace and magic in my life, and this is exactly what I found. 🙂