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    Kali EdwardsJanuary 16, 2019
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    Kali EdwardsJanuary 16, 2019

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    Because what we know we need isn’t always what we actually need 🌸✨ - Ask yourself this week - am I leaving enough space for the magic to happen?
    🌟 INTUITIVE EATING 🌟 I received a message once, accusing me of being hypocritical - how dare I promote intuitive eating and “listening to your body” while I also stuck to paleo and SCD? - The things is, is that I DO believe you can be on a healing diet AND still embrace intuitive eating, because simply seeing intuitive eating as eating WHATever you want can be polarizing. - What about those of us with severe sicknesses? What about those of us with such messed up guts that eating “whatever” we want could land us in the hospital? What about those of us where ditching all semblance of a specific “diet” would mean a life half lived because of how sick we would feel? - Today on the blog I’m sharing 🌟6 TIPS TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE INTUITIVE EATING ON A HEALING DIET🌟 - Because for me, intuitive eating means so much more than allowing myself to eat WHAT I want - it’s about honoring cravings (in gut-safe ways), eating WHENever I want, satisfying my hunger and ditching old food rules. It means living freely without a mind constantly controlled by food, but a life that’s also full of calculated decisions to keep my gut happy. - So hell yes. I’m paleo. I’m on SCD. And I’m more of an intuitive eater than I’ve ever been before. 👏🏻 What does intuitive eating look like for you?
    Do you ever feel like you’re too much? Well I say you’re not enough 🌟🌸 - Big dreams. Big passions. Big personalities. Big plans. Big opinions. - HOLD THEM TIGHT sista, even in a society that continually tells us to tone it down.
    “what supplements do you take?” “how many miles do you run before you lift?” “how fast do you run?” “how many calories do you eat every day?” “how many rest days do you take?” “what does a full day of eating look like for you?” - I get asked these questions and so many more almost daily and I always remind the asker that HEALTH AND HEALING ARE NOT ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL 👏🏻 Just because a certain lifestyle, supplement regime or workout schedule works for me, doesn’t make it the golden standard of wellness. And I never want it to seem like I’m preaching that 🙅🏼‍♀️ - Yes, I love sharing my life with y’all but I truly believe my purpose is to INSPIRE not influence. Inspire you to love yourself harder. Inspire you to tune in to your OWN body. Inspire you to be your biggest health advocate. Inspire you to live fully even with chronic illness. - We are ALL unique when it comes to our health so we must treat ourselves as such. Because in the end, even if we all DID do the same exact things, we would still end up feeling and looking differently. - So sweet friends, remember to find INSPIRATION through others, but always, always, always return to yourself in the end and ask “what do I truly need in this moment?” 💛✨
    this is *everything* you’ve ever dreamed of 😉 these MINI PALEO “EVERYTHING BAGELS” are now on the blog and I’m 2% shook over them 😱 - back story - I typically never crave the foods I know I’m intolerant to / make me sick as a dog, but lately I’ve been craving an everything bagel with avocado something’ fierce. - and although I’m all for honoring your body’s cravings, for me, indulging in that would be close to a death wish SO I took matters into my own hands. - are these lil guys the perfect swap? well of course not, almond flour will never have the same consistency as gluten-filled flour BUT they sure did the trick for me 😌 (and you betcha I sliced one, toasted it, topped it with avo and made the teeniest tinies avo toast hahahahaha) - link is in my bio and in my story!! what’s something random you’ve been craving lately? 😂
    What if I told you I’m almost 20 pounds heavier than I was last summer? Well it’s true. This girl is 20 pounds heavier than the moment she walked out of the hospital from a horrible ulcerative colitis flare last year. I gained back my healthy weight and then some due to medication. I let it get me really down for awhile (like really, really down), and it’s been something I’ve been hesitant to share. You see, having a past with disordered eating made it difficult. Having to consciously gain weight and see my body change again was hard, I’m not going to lie. Although I hated feeling weak, I think a sliver of my liked being so thin again. Liked the effortless 6 pack and thigh gap. Liked the baggy feel of my clothes. It makes me cringe now thinking about it and it hit me this weekend on my long(er) run, as my thighs touched with every stride (something that never used to happen), that I’m PROUD of that 20 pounds. You see, that 20 pounds represents health and strength and the ability to do things I thought UC would never let me do again like spontaneous long runs followed by beach walks and hikes. So as I ran on Saturday, blinded by sun, ears full of ocean waves crashing, thighs touching, I laughed. I laughed because I realized I’m happy. I’m healthy. And I’m finally at peace with this new body. I’ve chosen to love my body unconditionally this summer and I really really really think you should too. It may not be easy, but every day I wake up and choose LOVE criticism. Thank you body for all you do for me ✨
    ✨🌸 you see, we spend so much time *searching* for ourselves that we don’t leave enough space for *discovery.* Slow down, turn inward, listen intently, get comfortable with your thoughts, learn to love your own company. THEN you will be able to see there’s nowhere to search other than right inside of yourself 🌟
    What is the acceptance story you’ve been telling yourself? ✨ - Acceptance is HARD y’all - accepting a diagnosis, a chronic illness, a big life change. It’s hard. But I think we make it harder on ourselves by resisting the acceptance so greatly. - Why, as humans, is it so difficult to accept newness? Because newness means change and change means unknown territory. And, many times, when we hear “acceptance” we think “resignation” or “giving up.” - When in reality acceptance is the biggest form of EMPOWERMENT because acceptance means clear steps forward towards healing. - So as you learn to navigate acceptance, of a diagnosis, chronic illness, big life change, ask yourself - what VERSION of acceptance am I telling myself and the world? Is it one of defeat or one of empowerment? Is it helping or hurting me? Propelling me towards healing or keeping me stagnant? - Pause, look at your story, rewrite as necessary ✨ - I’m talking more about this on the blog this morning! Link in bio and in stories Xx
    ✨🌸 It’s comforting knowing that each day we have a fresh start - a new opportunity to change our mindset and perspective, and have a better day than the last. - But it’s easy to feel pressure to “get over” emotions quickly - to move on from sadness, fear or anger - any emotion that we don’t perceive as “ideal.” - So today, I want to remind you that it’s (more than) okay to continue feeling whatever is in your heart. Let go of the pressure to turn it all around in 24 hours. Because guess what? Another fresh start will come and you can try again and again and again. - All that matters is that you ARE trying - to heal, to grow, to change your mindset. Trying to have a better day and not getting stuck in the black cloud. But it takes time and that’s okay 🌟
    Yesterday at the @crohnscolitisfoundation luncheon something someone said struck me - “everything we’ve heard today is the beginning and middle of these speakers IBD stories.” - Because when you have a chronic illness with no cure (YET) there is no known end. We don’t know when this disease will strike again. We don’t when it will pull the rug out from under us. We don’t know if certain life events will make it worse. We don’t know if medications will stop working. - And the thought of that unknown element of my autoimmune disease used to scare me so badly it would keep me up at night thinking, “what if it comes back with full force again?” - But then I switched my thinking from “what if X, Y or Z *bad* thing happens” to “what if it DOESN’T?” 👊🏻🌟 - What if your chronic illness goes into or stays in remission? What if the medication your on DOES start to or continues to work? What if you don’t go to the hospital again or ever? - I’ve learned that positivity isn’t about being naive, it’s about knowing the hardships that are possible and choosing to channel your energy into the goodness that is also possible. Hold onto the good “what if’s” and everything will start to feel a little less scary 💛
     

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