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Happy April!

Spring is here and the excitement and frenzy for a fresh start and new beginnings feels electric!

I want to be the person who emerges from winter with a pep in my step, full of energy, and ready to take on a new season. But instead, I’m feeling a bit sluggish. I want to be the person zinging with energy and bursting with excitement, but it feels more like a slog most days. 

While reinvention seems enticing, I need a goal that seems way more manageable than that. That’s why, this month, we’re getting back to the basics. Simple and effective daily goals that are low lift but have a huge impact on our emotional, physical, and mental well-being.

You might even roll your eyes at how simple these suggestions are, but that’s kind of the point. Focusing on the “boring basics” will strengthen your foundation, allowing you to tackle bigger goals and challenges in the future.

Instead of saying, "I already know that...", ask...

Hello Elena!

I’m back again with some tips and tricks to helping your gut do its job the way it should be done! And this week, we’re sharing three tips for improving gut function that have nothing to do with the type of food you eat.

Inspired by Behavioral Food Specialist Katie Schmidt, I’m passing along some wisdom she shared about the emotional part of gut health. To quote Schmidt, “If we're in a chronically negative head space, our life feels stagnant, or we don't manage stress and anxiety well, no amount of kimchi, kombucha, or probiotic supplements will fix our digestive troubles.” Oof.

Sometimes helping our gut heal means making lifestyle changes which is, honestly, a whole lot harder than adding in some gut friendly foods. Let’s break down the gut-brain connection together.

Does any of this sound familiar?

• Bloat after every meal?
• Keep gaining weight despite making every effort to eat healthy?
• Are your cravings way out of control?

If so, you’re certainly not alone. These are very common markers of an out-of-whack gut.

Last week, I shared other common symptoms that also are indicators that something is off with your gut. Did any of that resonate with you? Are you ready to start feeling better and getting back to you?

If so, I challenge you to spend a little time this week showing your gut some love.

Did you know that 70% of our immune system lives in our gut? Or that your gut also operates as your “second brain” - communicating vital cues like hunger back to your brain?

Good Morning!

Even though winter is still going strong in New England, we’re starting to see glimmers of spring if we look very closely. It’s still light out at 5pm, the sun is up and shining by 6am… the world is starting to open up again! As the natural world starts to shed its winter layers, I find myself craving a “spring awakening” of sorts, too.

I’m ready to jump full fledged into spring cleaning mode – emptying drawers, reorganizing, and purging the clutter. Are you feeling that itch too? But what about spring cleaning from the inside out? What about deep diving into resetting, rebalancing, and refreshing the thing that literally keeps us moving… our gut?!

Millions, yes, millions (!) of Americans suffer from poor gut health. It seems everyone I know is plagued with something that can be traced back to an imbalanced gut: poor sleep, chronic fatigue, anxiety, mood swings, gas, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, and...

You know, just because February has come to an end, doesn’t mean we’re ending our daily practice of self-love.

All of the practices we’ve implemented for the last 27 days and all the ways we’ve cared for ourselves in February simply set the foundation for living a life built on self-love... a necessary component of living a FIERCE life.

Self-love can be difficult and sometimes messy. It requires showing up for yourself and doing the work, even when you’d rather be doing pretty much anything else.

It means trusting yourself and acting on the belief that you are worthy of love, acceptance, & connection, no matter what you look like, what you have or haven't done, or what you feel like.

Good Morning!

I hope your Tuesday is off to a calm and optimistic start...

Valentine’s Day is behind us – the candy is half off and the decorations have come down. But that doesn’t mean we’re ready to throw in the towel on loving ourselves! haven’t yet, Show Me the FIERCE Love is still going strong and we’re committed to loving ourselves better for the whole.month.long!

It’s not too late to join the fun! Download your Love List and join us in the FIERCE Connection Facebook Group.** Every Friday we’ll share photos of our Love List progress to inspire each other and to win really amazing prizes!

***If you aren't on Facebook and still want to participate in our February challenge, click this link to enter your name and email to get the checklist and each Friday you can check-in via email to show us what you've completed on your list.

Happy February!

And welcome to a month dedicated to loving yourself better.

If you haven’t yet heard, we’re kicking off the month with Show Me the FIERCE Love and dedicating all 28-days of February to loving ourselves. It’s not too late to join the fun!

Download your Love List and join us in the FIERCE Connection Facebook Group.** Every Friday we’ll share photos of our Love List progress to inspire each other and to be entered to win amazing prizes!

**If you aren't on Facebook and still want to participate in our February challenge, click this link to enter your name and email to get the checklist and each Friday you can check-in via email to show us what you've completed on your list.

In the FIERCE life, we’ve already decided that 2023 is about releasing ourselves from the pressures and practices that no longer serve us, aka shake it off, baby!

We’re not doing things based on others' expectations – we’re keeping our eyes fixed on our own journey and progress. We’re evaluating the choices that we’re making and ensuring they'll bring us closer to our goals. We’re taking the time to rest – no longer glorifying burnout.

We’re leaving these practices in 2022 that no longer serve us…

• Doing the same thing, expecting different results
• Comparing ourselves to others
• Avoiding rest

By saying goodbye to these old habits, we've started to create space in our lives, whether...

 In a sea of "I resolve to" this January, I challenge and encourage you to join in the chorus of “I quit!"

Now, I know that sounds counterintuitive, but hear me out...

As women, we’re the doers. We get it done, we make it work, we squeeze it in – many times at the detriment to our own health and wellbeing. Well, 2023 is the year that we’re going to QUIT. Let’s QUIT burning ourselves out for no reason; Let’s QUIT being so focused on what other people are going through that we miss our own journey entirely. 

So this week, we’re saying goodbye to:

Doing the same thing over again and expecting different results.

You know, some would even call that the definition of insanity. Yikes.

I wager we’ve all found ourselves in an ‘insanity’ cycle at one point in time.

But are you stuck there now? Are you destined to repeat 2022 in 2023?

The answer is really quite simple:

If you want different results,...

Good Morning!

I hope this email finds you feeling warm, well, and optimistic for this week.

This month, we’re taking cues from my “I'm retiring” resolution list to see what we can let go of in 2023, and today's message is part 2.

Instead of focusing on what you want to ADD in 2023, can we take some things OFF our plate? If you’re anything like me, your plate is already full. Spilling over, even! It’s time to BREAK FREE from the things holding us back and to SHAKE OFF the habits, mindsets, and routines that are bringing us down and keeping us rooted in the past.

So, let’s start the new year SHEDDING the things that hold us back so that we can spend the year fresh, focused, and a whole lot LIGHTER.

We shook off avoiding rest and now we’re releasing: 

comparing ourselves and our journey to anyone but ourselves

It’s easy to focus on anyone and everyone but our own goals, our own future, and our own path. It can be so easy to get...