The 1 Weird Reason I’m Not A Fan Of Saturdays

[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/katesaudioblog/kab11-Saturdays.mp3″ color=”70503e” title=”Beginning of the Feel Good project” artist=”Kate Stellman”]

Click here to listen to both of our brand new audio blogs all on one page! 🙂

Brought To You By: Vitamix Blenders – Save $ and Get Free Shipping! 🙂

Feel Good Project Day 2.

There would be no need for the Feel Good Project if I always felt wonderful.

On that front I would say I am grateful for the challenging, uncomfortable days, because if it were not for them I would have no measuring stick when it came to actually feeling downright great.

Today proved challenging already! Only one day in.

Saturdays are the one day I still work in the salon doing hair, so today was that crazy 10 hours on my feet-and let me just say that Saturdays have sadly become least favorite day of the week.

Most other mornings are spent waking up and taking Maggie for her morning walk, then coming back to record an episode of Extreme Health Radio with Justin, which is a routine I have come to love more than any other part of my day.

However, this morning at 5:30 am my body was fretting about having a full day ahead of me, working in a place I have no passion for any longer, filled mostly with energy sucking vampires. I laid in bed for a full hour before the alarm went off, just tossing and turning and trying to mentally walk myself through the day ahead.

I had a good session of self talk with affirmations that all would be well and that these days of salon toxicity were going to be coming to an end soon, as fifteen years in the business has taken it’s toll on my body, mind and spirit I truly believe.

It’s very interesting though that every Friday night (as Justin pointed out to me a few months back) I start to feel the worst that I have for the whole week.

Digestion problems, adrenal fatigue flare ups, low back pain, pancreas and liver aches-you name it, they all show up Friday night before a long work day the following morning, when they might not have caused me one single problem all week. Coincidence I think not.

The mind-body connection is a wild thing

Even though I have until then end of the year before I plan on letting the salon job go, I am trying to learn how to live above the circumstances.

What felt good to me today was knowing that this season and chapter in my life will soon be coming to an end, and until then I will keep striving to find ways to feel better regardless if it’s a Monday or a Saturday, as I am determined to feel better through them ALL.

So I have to say that today all in all I really felt thrown off in my digestion, and I believe that it stemmed from mostly emotional issues today. Some days it can be more diet or sleep related, but today it felt emotional.

I am glad for the light that has been shed on this so I can learn to better address it. I am ending my night with a warm bath with candles after a sauna session to flush out the toxins I was exposed to at work today.

It’s hard to be fully aware of the ideal way to treat my body (not being exposed to highly toxic chemicals and color compounds at salon) and yet have to hang in there just a while longer. Even though I do daily detoxing to combat this, I still feel like I take steps back every single Saturday I step foot through the salon door.

I believe the day I quit for good, major changes will happen in my health.

Until then though- I push forward…

FEEL GOOD MOMENT OF THE DAY: Being given the opportunity to encourage and love people all day today-to speak kind words and lend a listening ear. Also-the first RAIN of the season!

Unexpected bliss. 🙂

What is your feel good moment for today?