Well-Being Boost! The 15 simple habits I do each week for my health
In the last year or so, I’ve really wanted to uncomplicate my life.
Like many of us over-thinkers and neuro-spicy folks, who can quickly use our bright intellect to become floating heads– disconnected from our bodies and spun out, keeping it simple and focusing on well-being has become the name of my game.
Especially because I spent so much energy in the last decade healing, improving, learning, growing..
I forgot to let life (and my wellbeing) be simple, and good.
I’ve come to realize just how much my ego loves to keep things complex– maybe because I get a boost from theorizing about everything, rather than feeling and taking aligned, elegant action.
For all of us, but ESPECIALLY those of us with a tendency to use our intellect to overcomplicate our lives, the small shit matters most.
The bummer is that intelligence doesn’t always translate to ease.
Those of us who love learning, growing and enjoy living in the deep end of life often have two things in common: 1- a brilliant, curious mind and 2- a tendency to overcomplicate and overthink things, which leads to a flooded system and overwhelm.
Is this you?
Your brilliant mind craves knowledge
You perceive what is unsaid
You are comfortable with nuance and love complexity…
You’re often frustrated and unable to apply the knowledge you have because you struggle to see the forest through the trees.
Yep. Me too. For us complex souls, the hardest thing is letting it be simple and easy.
It’s generally not the $100 supplement nor diving deep into your astrology that will create the most vitality– despite what the wellness industry perpetuates. Not that those things are wrong… it's just that they are additional layers we can choose to add… once we are doing the simple shit!! Plus, this rhetoric adds barriers to entry– as if keeping it simple, and nearly FREE isn’t enough to be well. We need all the hacks and tools and superfoods.
Truly, it’s the simple shit that makes all the difference.
I recently watched Stutz– a documentary with Jonah Hill and his therapist and was struck that his therapist said he doesn’t dive into any relational patterns, trauma or wounds before addressing the client’s life force– meaning the foundation of all healing starts in having enough vitality and capacity TO go into the harder inner work.
The foundations alone, he said, can create so much momentum that other areas of your life naturally begin reconciling! In my experience, the foundations of well-being allow the goodness to grow as we bring the wounded places back to health. They quite literally give us more capacity, and with more capacity, we can look at more difficult things with more ease.
Without the simple shit, life feels… Well, shitty!!
The quality of your sleep.
The nourishment you give your body.
The way your body moves and how much tension they hold.
The length of time you hug your partner, and how much softness your body can sink into during it.
The stories you tell about what others' behaviors mean.
The small, simple shit done repeatedly over time is what makes the biggest difference in my life.
Yes, it’s 100% the hardest to practice too. Most days I’d rather LEARN about what would make me feel good than actually follow through on the simple shit that makes all the difference.
It’s the simple shit that we overcomplicate.
It’s the simple shit that we make excuses for.
It’s the simple shit that we say is out of reach– that we overlook.
The most wise people I know live into the simple shit.
So here is my:
Well-Being Boost! The 15 simple habits I do each week for my health…
that I feel contribute to a life of wellbeing, and also help me stay anchored, grounded and regulated as a neurodivergent business owner.
8 hours of sleep - which I track with the oura ring
Simple morning practice - I pray and surrender to the divine first thing! I also do a Ttea ceremony and meditation, along with (uhh!) giving up coffee!
Sacred comings and goings with my partner - we do this when we come and go out of the house, or if, you know, we get up in the morning and go to bed, making sure that we actually acknowledge each other, see each other.
Move my body daily: I lift weights 2-3x a week, walk, do pilates… simply find a way to move each day and add in movement that support my body, as it is.
Watch Drag Race - I have a weekly Friday ritual to have a really yummy takeout meal with my girlfriend and watch Drag Race. Whether it is a shitty reality TV show, whether it's drag race, or whether it's doing something like in your community that is just fun and simple, let yourself relax into it. It can actually really be good for your health
Eat to reduce glucose spikes - whether the order of my food or the types, this has been so supportive to my energy
Tidy my home daily to reduce visual clutter - even if just for 10 minutes, sometimes in the morning, at night or whenever I have time. This really helps my environmentally sensitive self.
Getting morning light and pay attention to evening light consumption - Blue light blockers and red lights in the bedroom! Less screens and light in the late afternoon and evening. So good!
See friends weekly - Connection, connection, connection. Need I say more?
Tongue scraping morning and night before consuming anything, and flossing - I just got a waterpik and it has changed my liiiiife!
Herbal tea infusion- nettles, holy basil and oat straw are my most consistent herbal infusion.
Clean, filtered water - ideally spring water, but I don't have access to that, so just filtered and re-mineralized water is so simple.
Energetic cleanse - I cleanse my aura, find my midline and call my energy back at least a few times a week
Fiber Fiber Fiber! - Plants!!! Beans or psyllium husk daily! All so helpful.
Getting negative ions - which are believed to boost serotonin, alleviate depression and boost energy - either from nature (a dense forest and moving water are great, as are sitting next to a bonfire), from burning a beeswax candle and most often, taking a shower, or sitting on my biomat.
Bonus!! These are Monthly habits I also do:
Therapy, mentorship or coaching - not always all three, but at least one
Most months I do some kind of body-work such as cranial sacral or Thai massage
Deep clean the house, open the windows, let fresh air in!
Your turn!
My friend, you may not have capacity at this moment to adopt 15 new habits– but can you start with one?
Can you add one thing that will increase your vitality and life force in the next month?
Don’t over complicate it.
It’s the simple shit that makes all the difference.
I’d love to know what that one thing will be - so please either in the podcast reviews on itunes, or in my DM’s on instagram, let me know what you’re doing to keep it simple and feel more vital in your life!
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As my grandmother Rose would say, Talk at ya later!
xo,
Madison
