While this week in our community we were talking about 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬 (like, homeo- & allostasis and hustle & flow switching), there are also many cycles that it might be better to BREAK! 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰, 𝐰𝐞’𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬, where certain patterns are passed on from generation to generation and you might not even be aware of it. This actually came up for me quite intensely this week as I had a call with @Lesley Christine inside her lovely community “Playing the Game of Life” here on skool. I connected to Lesley after I had an intuitive download for myself that I shared here in the Thrive Community, in which I for the first time linked my emotional eating to my grandfather: As kids we were told the story that when he finally was released from Russian war captivity after WWII in 1947, he ate a huge pot of split pea soup my grandma had just made. And that’s why was always a “rounder” person (only later did I learn that it actually made him quite sick and he almost died form it 🤯). Wanting to tune into this and possible other subconscious reasons for my pattern of emotional eating which Lesley does with muscle testing, she discovered that this pattern emerged at least 4 generations back from my mothers/grandfather’s side 🤯! Wow. Will need some effort to clear THAT energy 😅 𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 – 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 (𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 😏): 𝑬𝒑𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔! In a nutshell, epigenetics are a sort of tags that can be added to your DNA and activate or inactivate the tagged genes (“one level above”, so to say, hence epi – genetic). These tags are one reason, for example, why identical twins (especially when growing up under different circumstances) are never fully identical even thought they share the exact same DNA.

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?

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