Wellness Newsletter #187

"Every time you're given a chance between disappointing someone else, and disappointing yourself, your duty is to disappoint someone else. Your job throughout your entire life is to disappoint as many people as it takes to avoid disappointing yourself." ~ Glennon Doyle, Untamed Physical Health Eat Well Leafy greens are one of the superpowers of the food world. Turns out, they aren’t just full of nutrients, but they also help boost muscle function. Popeye was clearly on to something! https://www.eastewart.com/recipes-and-nutrition/golden-milk-coconut-chia-pudding/ Be Active I know it can feel like you're trying to move a mountain when you are trying to start an exercise regimen. 120 minutes a week? Are you crazy?! But know this: some is better than none. So start with 'some' and go from there! https://www.npr.org/2021/01/05/953249677/exercised-explains-why-it-can-be-hard-to-commit-to-working-out-and-why-we-should? Let's move! Here you have eight groups of exercises, wherein you'll 'build' a compound movement in each group. Do exercise A, then B, and then put them together to make exercise C. The last push will be a group of all of the C exercises. You can do this! Start your music! https://www.intervaltimer.com/timers/10432262 Spiritual Health How do you move from envy that is eating you up inside to using that feeling to motivate yourself for improvement? https://forge.medium.com/there-are-two-types-of-envy-and-only-one-is-toxic-ef8dbe474c3f Mental & Emotional Health Acknowledging our near misses helps us to build our appreciation of times of smoother sailing. https://forge.medium.com/to-appreciate-life-more-pay-attention-to-the-near-misses-4d7a526546a5 Social Health Why oh why do we lie? There's a science to it. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/lying-hoax-false-fibs-science? Posts from HealthyExpatParent.com/Facebook Happy Monday! This link feels like a necessary thing today, especially after reading about the latest COVID news (Deltacron, the variant of our worst nightmares). https://positivelypresent.com/2018/11/happiness-vs-positivity-whats-the-difference.html Rotisserie chicken + herby salad + super yummy nuoc cham (read: a recipe you NEED to try) = favorite weeknight dinner at our house. Hope you try it! https://www.heprecipe.com//post/chicken-and-chopped-salad-with-nuoc-cham Parents: you need a laugh in your day. This will undoubtedly give you just that. https://www.upworthy.com/15-hilarious-parenting-comics-that-are-almost-too-real?rebelltitem=16#rebelltitem16 Change happens. How and why we seek it helps us to better determine how the impacts benefit us. Make it a positive change. https://www.healthyexpatparent.com//post/positive-change-1 Be your best, friends s