Journaling is the ONE habit I truly believe makes every other habit easier. ✨ When your mind feels cluttered, journaling gives your thoughts somewhere to land — bringing clarity and focus back to what actually matters. And the bonus? It tends to strengthen almost every other healthy habit too. Better decisions. More self-awareness. Less mental clutter. More intentional days. A few simple ways to make journaling work for you: 🌿 Plan tomorrow tonight. Write down your 1–3 most important tasks for tomorrow in order of priority — ideally with rough time blocks beside them. 🌿 Include your keystone habits. The small things that quietly change everything: Movement. Meditation. Tech-free wind-down time before bed. 🌿 Track what matters. Mood. Food. Alcohol-free days. Energy levels. Patterns create awareness. 🌿 Reflect with gratitude. A favourite prompt of mine: 3 Gratitudes. 3 Wins. 3 Things That Would Make Tomorrow Fabulous. ✏️ Quick journaling prompt: “What are three things that would make tomorrow fabulous?” And halfway through the year is such a powerful time to begin. Before the second half of 2026 races ahead, this is a beautiful opportunity to pause, reflect, and intentionally reset. 💚 So from June 1st, I’m hosting a free 30-Day Journaling Challenge inside my Skool community. No fancy tools required. Just a piece of paper and 5–10 minutes a day that are completely yours. Each day includes: ✨ A simple daily theme ✏️ Quick prompts + deeper reflection exercises 🌿 Zero pressure to “do it perfectly” Weekly themes include: ✅ Monday Motivation ✅ Tuesday Thanks ✅ Wednesday Wisdom ✅ Tranquil Thursday ✅ Self-Coaching Saturday ✅ Self-Care Sunday You do so much for everyone else — consider this one small daily pocket of time as a gift to yourself. 💚 If you'd love to join us, it’s completely free: Plant Positive Community: We kick off June 1st ✨

A quote I LOVE the sound of… and still need reminding to actually live 😅 “Ask yourself, ‘What if it were easy?’ Then go ahead and do that.” Tim Ferriss So naturally… I made an acronym 👀 💚 E.A.S.Y. ✨ ENJOYABLE Sometimes we accidentally make healthy habits feel harder by focusing on everything we won’t enjoy. “What if this was easy?” might look like: 🥔 keeping meals simple 🌮 repeating favourite recipes 🎧 listening to a podcast while food prepping ☀️ walking outside instead of forcing yourself onto cardio machines you hate Healthy doesn’t need to feel miserable to “count.” ⚡ AUTOMATIC You know what makes things feel REALLY hard? Overthinking them for three hours before doing nothing 😅 “What if this was easy?” might look like: 👉 immediately chopping vegetables after groceries 👉 setting a pot of lentils on to cook while making breakfast 👉 putting workout clothes on before motivation arrives 👉 scheduling the thing instead of mentally wrestling it daily Tiny automatic actions save enormous mental energy. 🌱 SUSTAINABLE Setting the bar too high can secretly become procrastination and perfectionism. “What if this was easy?” might look like: 💪 a 15-minute workout 🥗 one EASY tray-bake meal to have on repeat this week 📹 one imperfect video instead of waiting to become confident first 🚶‍♀️ consistency over intensity The best routine is rarely the most impressive one. It’s the one you’ll actually keep doing. 🫶 YOUR BEST INTERESTS Some things feel easy now… yet become heavy later. Future-you matters too. “What if this was easy long-term?” might look like: 🌈 keeping healthy food visible and ready 😴 protecting sleep 💚 choosing habits that support your energy instead of draining it 🥙 learning a few EASY healthy meals that make eating food that loves your body back feel realistic instead of overwhelming The older I get, the more I think “easy” is underrated. Not because life should be effortless. Because unnecessary struggle is exhausting 😅 I'd love to know: Where could you make life 1% easier this week?

I had the privilege of being a parent chaperone on my son’s school field trip to Catalina Island, off the coast of California. And for some reason, I couldn’t connect to Skool at all during my time there. I missed my community on Skool. And yet, REAL LIFE experiences are often under-rated and under-explored in our super techy world. If you have a chance to fast from any kind of screens and social media for a week or more, I would highly recommend it! We hiked daily, walked on the beach, kayaked for hours, some of us got sun burned, we snorkelled in super cold water day and night, saw lots of bright orange garibaldi fish, touched sea anemones and urchins, learned about marine life, ate a lot of healthy food, kissed a sea cucumber, saw a Buffalo wander into camp and drink our dirty boot water, played games, rock climbed, and more. I was grateful to get to know some of my son’s classmates and spend time with him in this special environment. Didn’t get much privacy, as I was often accompanied by teenagers everywhere I went. But, I wouldn’t trade the experience for anything. It was truly awesome to get off screens completely, step out of my comfort zone, embrace cold water (which I typically avoid!), and support a bunch of sixth graders as they tried new things and explored a whole different world. Some of the kids we were with had never flown in an airplane or been to an airport. Others had never seen the ocean. It was truly epic. Hope you had a great week too last week, would love to hear about it in the comments! Have you stayed off of screens and/or social media for multiple days recently? Would you consider it? Why or why not?

1.) Am I physically hungry? If yes, go ahead and eat something. Pick the healthiest option available that’s also delicious for you. If no, go on to the next question. 2.) Am I trying to make myself feel better by eating? If no, consider what’s driving you to eat right now when you aren’t hungry. If yes, go on to the next question. 3.) What else can I do right now that will help me to feel better that doesn’t involve food? Whatever you come up with, do that thing. If it helps you feel better and you don’t need to eat afterwards, great! If you decide that you still want to eat after you do the thing you came up with in question 3, go ahead and eat. As you eat, bring hyper awareness to your eating. Notice the textures and the flavors. Allow yourself to fully CHOOSE to eat and let go of any guilt around it. When we bring guilt into eating, it’s easier to go unconscious and overdo it. No one likes to feel guilty! Bringing awareness to eating lets you derive maximum pleasure from it, and you will be less likely to overeat when you really take your time and notice each bite. I did this process yesterday, right before my hour drive home. I really wanted to eat some organic popcorn I had just bought at the store. Wasn’t physically hungry, just liked the idea of having some popcorn. I went through the questions and realized that listening to music would feel good. The songs on the radio weren’t amazing, so I decided to sing instead. I had SOOO much fun singing on the hour drive home. I never did eat the popcorn. If I had chosen to eat it, I would have done my best to eat it with maximum awareness. When I got home, I did choose to eat some veggies and olives and a few chips. I felt physically hungry by that time. If you ever struggle with eating when you’re not hungry, or overeating, try this out and let me know how it goes for you!

It's always been a passion of mine to connect people for mutual THRIVING. It's been fun doing that in the realm of health and wellness, in this community. I'm leaning into connections more as I rebrand this community and create a bigger platform for all the amazing health and wellness professionals who have gravitated towards this space. There will still be posts about fasting and stress eating, and weekly support groups to navigate all of it, and I'm absolutely available for one-on-one coaching for anyone needing support in those areas. That's my jam, and none of that is going away! If you need support with any of that, direct message me today, I'm here for you :) My hope is that this transition creates more VALUE for all of us... Those of us seeking support with health and wellness, we get to learn more about the resources and opportunities available here. Those of us working in health and wellness, we get more of a platform to share knowledge/expertise and support others. It's a bit of an experiment...we will do it for 1-3 months and see how it goes. In that spirit, this is actually going to be the last Move and Market Monday. You're of course welcome to post something today if you'd like! After today, this category morphs into Value Posts. From now on, you will actually be able to post your offerings or your community DAILY in THRIVE, as many times as you'd like. There are a few guidelines... 1.) Anytime you share your biz, you can create a Value Post with the Value Post tab. You can share your biz when posting in other categories/tabs too, but it's important that you're adding value to the group with any post that you share, not just dropping a link. Your post can be a question, conversation starter, or tip/trick/experience to help people up level their health and wellness. As part of the post, you can link to your community or other offerings. I suggest changing it up, so you're not always including a link with every single post. For example, the following would NOT be a value post...posts like this would get deleted.