From Intention to Action: Make Your Next Step Doable This video offers a personal reflection on the value of investing effort in your health. Let’s turn that encouragement into a practical plan. Within our restoration journey, we learn, notice, make a change, observe, and adjust. Each step gives us information about what is useful and sustainable. 1. Connect your effort to something meaningful. Complete this sentence: “I want to care for my health because I want more room in my life for ______.” You might name family time, creative work, connection, or feeling more confident caring for yourself. 2. Choose one action within your control. Make it specific enough that you know what doing it looks like. “Take better care of myself” becomes “Set aside ten minutes on Sunday to plan three simple lunches.” Choose something that fits your needs and current care recommendations. 3. Create a version for lower-energy days. For the lunch example: · Usual plan: Choose three lunches and make a shopping list. · Smaller version: Choose one familiar, easy lunch and add its ingredients to the list. Planning for your actual capacity makes the commitment more workable. 4. Identify the support you need. Ask: “What is likely to get in the way, and what could help?” Perhaps someone can share the shopping, you need an appointment reminder, or a question needs to go back to your provider. 5. Review what happened with curiosity. At the end of the week, consider: · Was the action manageable? · What helped me follow through? · What felt burdensome? · Should I continue, simplify, or seek guidance? Effort is one part of a health journey; symptoms and outcomes have many influences. Use your observations to guide the next decision. Share your plan below: “This week, I’m making room for ______ because ______. The support that would help me is ______.” Here is my plan: This week, I'm making room for stretching because my body aches sometimes. The support that would help me is a reminder on my calendar.

This is long - Lots of information! I have several announcements I’m excited to share as we get closer to closing out this year and preparing for a meaningful 2027. 👉 For Counselors and Helping Professionals: In November, I will be speaking at the ALCA Conference in Mobile on the Gut-Brain Connection—an important conversation for mental-health care and whole-person wellness. 👉 I am also moving my professional counseling education content to a new Skool platform created specifically for counselors and helping professionals. As I complete the requirements to offer continuing education (CEs), I will be providing several complimentary trainings in this new community. Once CE offerings are available, the platform will also include paid professional trainings and consultation options for clinicians who want to incorporate a more integrative, whole-person perspective into their work. If this interests you, I invite you to join now and take advantage of the complimentary classes before future trainings transition to paid CE offerings. Join the new Whole Mind Healing Collective here: https://www.skool.com/whole-mind-healing-collective-7393 Counselors currently in this community are welcome to remain here for your own wellness journey or to recommend the resources to clients who may benefit. This Skool community will continue to be a place for established clients to learn, grow, receive encouragement, and support one another. 🔥 For Everyone in Our Community 🔥 👉 Community Activity Update: Beginning in December, members who have not been active in the group during the past year will be removed as we intentionally cultivate a more engaged, supportive community. If this is your year to focus on your health and wellness, please stay, participate, and make use of the resources available here. We would love to walk alongside you. 👉 Restoration & Recovery: Stress, Trauma/PTS Support Clinics: We are offering in-person clinics on the first Sunday of November and December at our new office location. These gatherings are designed to offer supportive tools and restorative practices for those navigating stress, trauma, or PTSD-related concerns.

This is a living, engaged space for people who are ready to take ownership of their health—together.We value participation, curiosity, contribution, and growth. Please take 1 minute to read this so you know how to get started and unlock your Bonuses. If you’re new here, start slow. The Orientation / Start Here content isn’t something to “power through.” It’s designed to help your nervous system settle and help you know how to use this space well. A few things to know about this community: - We prioritize quality over quantity - We remove inactive members - We protect the integrity of the space (low-value posts don’t stay) Your results won’t come from watching content alone.They come from engaging, asking questions, participating, and taking action. 👉 First Steps ✅ Step 1: Introduce yourself in the Introductions post (Share what brought you here and what you’re hoping for—only what feels safe.) ✅ Step 2: Comment UNLOCK on this post (This opens bonus resources in the classroom.) ✅ Step 3: Complete the Start Here module We’re honored you’re here and excited to support your journey toward health freedom. Welcome, Christie & the ALHH Team 💛