Mindfulness ✪

To be conscious or aware of something

I’ve been working through Yale’s free Science of Well-Being Course and one of the first lessons covered is around savoring. “Savoring is the act of stepping outside of an experience to acknowledge it and appreciate it.”

I’ve decided February 2023’s theme will be food and savoring really comes into play as a key to health eating patterns! Truly enjoying your food and all of the sensations from the taste, smell, texture, etc. can help us to slow down our eating and allow our digestive system to not be overloaded all at once.

This week, try to find an experience (maybe it’s your meals every day) to savor in. Take your time & fully enjoy it.

Mentionable ✪

Refer to something briefly without going into detail. Important or noteworthy, memorable

This article from Healthline offers some actionable ideas to work with your cravings. The TL;DR is that our cravings can be a message to us, often about underlying emotions. The article suggests that cravings may be a result of a coping mechanism for a need that needs to be fulfilled elsewhere in our life.

Motivation ✪

Meant to inspire: being mentally stimulated to do or feel something

"Believe you can and you're halfway there" - Theodore Roosevelt

(Being that this month is home to President's Day, these month's quotes will be from former presidents!)