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?

Do you like to take the easy way? Or do you like to take the challenging way, knowing you build more emotional resilience and grit muscle when you do things the hard way? There isn’t any right answer, or wrong answer, there’s just YOUR answer :)

My kids are borderline obsessed with it. I think it’s interesting, but I have mixed feelings. Have you watched it? Love it? Hate it? Indifferent?

Will be adding more, but this is a start! You can check it out below…find some meetings you can come to and put them on your calendar! Live meetings are where the magic of community really happens! https://www.skool.com/releasetheweight/calendar There are events that are open to all, like our Thrive Connection Call for ALL, and Masterclasses with guests that will be added as we go, Events for VIP (the HeartFull Coaching and Biz Mastermind), Premium (Stress Eating Support, Movies and Meditations to Thrive), etc. You can see more about the different tiers available here, www.skool.com/releasetheweight/plans If you’re in this group, you’re a VIP no matter what, and thus entitled to a FREE trial of VIP level, no credit card required, it’s just a free trial. I’ve already upgraded a bunch of you. So, you have access to ALL the meetings for the next few weeks. If you haven’t been upgraded yet and would like to be, direct message me or comment below.

I slept in this morning and was 13 minutes late to starting the Stress Eating Support Call. If anyone tried to join and wasn't able to, I'm very very sorry. I'm online now if anyone want's to join me for doing a Hypno-Health session now and to check in about Stress Eating. You can click the red Live button in the group or get the link from the calendar to join. Usually I naturally wake up between 7 and 8 am. Last night, I was extra tired, from a combination of doing a longer fast this week and starting my period two days ago. The extra rest was very much needed, but I do apologize for not being there to start the meeting right away!