In this week’s blog, we’ll chat about exercise and how to use the practice of “intuitive self care” to ensure you are truly tuning in and responding to your body’s needs. Very similar to our food intake, our relationship with exercise needs to come from a place of tuning in, listening and responding to what it needs: enjoyable, sustainable, satisfying activity.

While I 100% agree that engaging in physical activity for internal, healthy-minded reasons is good for the body, mind, and soul. However, engaging in physical activity for external, not-so-healthy-minded reasons is not and can lead to increased stress, a weakened immune system and even depression.

Social media sites have become such a huge part of our day-to-day lives that I’ve now taken to incorporate asking about frequency of use and types of accounts followed in my assessment process with clients. Originally, it started as a way to connect with old friends and see what they are up to. More recently, it has turned into a habit that can make or break your day and leave you feeling insecure. But it doesn’t have to! Here we highlight a few common pitfalls and ways that we can navigate around them in a healthy way. Let’s get started!