Hello! Welcome to the Wellness Blog with Melissa Pickell. Here, I create opportunities for you to consider what needs to be released and let in, to allow you to manifest your vision for your health, wellness, and peaceful relationship with food and your body. I share heart-centered questions, ideas, journal prompts, support and guidance.
There was a time when I was absolutely driven to “do my exercise” and didn’t even consider whether it brought me joy. Many of those years included relentless movement according to calorie expenditure, heart rate monitoring (for calorie expenditure), and “doing” more than one strenuous activity in a day if the calorie expenditure didn’t meet my requirements.
There was a time when I was absolutely driven to “do my exercise” and didn’t even consider whether it brought me joy. Many of those years included relentless movement according to calorie expenditure, heart rate monitoring (for calorie expenditure), and “doing” more than one strenuous activity in a day if the calorie expenditure didn’t meet my requirements.
My affair with coffee is a long one, and I never thought it would end. I tried to end it several times which didn’t last long and not only was I miserable but everyone around me was also miserable.
Giving yourself permission to eat foods that are on your “forbidden” list can be really scary. But moving foods from “forbidden” to neutral is how we find freedom.
I can recall many years when the holidays felt especially stressful to me. In those years I was always trying to lose more weight, restricting food, exercising off calories, and depriving myself. Holidays felt overwhelming and out of the little world of control that I had created for myself.
Did you ever wish you could be one of those people for whom food is “just fuel”?
I used to wish my relationship with food could be to not care what food tasted like, but only that I had enough nourishment to fuel my activities. There are so many pieces that inform our relationship with food. I grew up in a family of gourmet cooks and people who paid attention to how food was presented. I have a wide and discerning taste palate and care about the way food looks and tastes. Food as fuel-only just isn’t part of my world.
The throat chakra is all about expression, making choices and decisions, and using our voice. The mouth and throat are the entry point for food and liquids. So it makes sense that any imbalances here could have a profound effect on our relationship with food and how we eat.
I believe that finding balance and healing is a layered process, not a linear one, and healing often comes from a combination of modalities and approaches.
As a young working mother I used to say that if I could just get to the gym before starting the rest of my day, I would be happy and would be a better mom and partner. Lucky for me I have a partner who was willing to do the morning routine with young children to “allow” me to take this space for myself.
If I asked you what you need, how would you answer?
It seems like a pretty basic question, but a lot of us don’t really know what we need.
Recently I taught about the Solar Plexus chakra in my monthly Group Energy Activation class. The solar plexus chakra is our POWER center, our WILL, our FIRE IN THE BELLY.
I will listen deeply to your story as you share what you are currently struggling with, what approaches you have tried, and what is not working for you right now. This first conversation helps to Clarify your Vision for your health, wellness, life balance, and relationship with food and your body.
During this time we will discover if the work that I do makes sense for you.
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