Day 8 ☀️ Reality Check & Reset

As we move into the last couple of days of our cleanse, start to think about realistic ways you can integrate habits that create an environment of health in your body.

I’m sure all of us aspire to a long health span. At the same time, we need a little reality check: we can’t make this so precious and overwhelming that we end up doing nothing. A few degrees of shift today may open you to the next few degrees tomorrow. Stay with the vision you wrote about yesterday — your future self — and ask: what is actually doable for me right now?

The Keys to Success

Hiding behind these aspirational habits are the keys to actually doing them. We begin to unlock the first key simply through Awareness — understanding why a long health span truly matters to you. With that awareness comes enthusiasm for the life you want to live. It doesn’t have to feel like Groundhog Day every day. Adopting new habits and behaviors isn’t about willpower alone; it’s about recovery power. And that brings us to the second key — a key that unlocks a toxin that may be deeply embedded within us.

The Toxins of Retold Stories

Right beside that key is another one: story. We often carry toxins of retold stories inside us that play on our nervous system like a needle skipping on a record. When those stories arise, we’re likely to look for comfort. The easiest comfort can be numbing out — with food, alcohol, endless scrolling, politics, sex, or anything else that distracts us.

This isn’t daunting news. Far from it. This is exciting news. This is life asking you to hold yourself with the most tender love and to seek support where you need it most.  To then find tools that actually support your well-being. As we incrementally do that, we may notice the seesaw beginning to settle: not “all cleanse, all the time,” but a steadier balance. Today might be clean eating and movement; tomorrow might be a hike and a pizza — and that’s okay. The point is we’re not doing the excesses every single day. We begin to find a homeostasis where our body feels more energized and nourished. More than that, our body is so happy because we are paying attention to it, loving it, and giving it care — not only in the food we eat but in how we tend to the stories that leak tension and worry into our gut.

Whenever we feel pain, it’s an invitation — to get closer to the Divine, to grow the heart bigger, and to most definitely seek support — and not go it alone.

I share this with you not just as your teacher or coach; I share this with you as an advocate and ally for your body, mind, and true well-being in the deepest way.

I love you. Keep going. 💛

JOURNAL

Take a few minutes to reflect and write:

  • What is one small, doable habit I can integrate today that supports my long health span?

  • Which story or belief might be holding me back from fully caring for my body and mind?

  • How can I respond to that story with tenderness instead of numbing or judgment?

  • Where in my life am I already creating an environment of health, and where could I gently shift the balance?

  • What is one way I can support myself today — physically, emotionally, or energetically — that honors my body’s needs?