Today. I want to talk about the truth about doing it all as women. What I was doing personally, and so many of my friends, family, and even women, that I just talk to on a daily basis is we are doing it all. We are taking care of everyone else, doing for everyone else.

So I would like to offer you what if you dropped the pressure and got real about the balance? And by that I mean, what if all the pressure for you to do all of the things was actually you putting it on yourself? The balance comes in by pausing. taking a look at what someone else could do, that you are doing, taking that off your plate and to slow down a bit.

when our bodies spike up a high cortisol level, which is a stress hormone that releases this cortisol. It is because we are doing too much and going too fast and never allowing ourselves time to rest.

So what if we took on a different role in which we delegated. We said, No, I can't do that right now. It is so good for your body to take that rest. That's how our cells turnover. That can be such a simple solution. Yet when things start to happen and our health starts to take a turn. Even if we want to do a holistic approach. we still get caught up in the thought of. I have to go see a holistic doctor or functional practitioner.

They will offer you holistic solutions, but it comes with a price tag, and oftentimes it comes with a protocol that is so overcomplicated that sticking to it oftentimes doesn't happen.

you can take a simple approach. and oftentimes it starts with the simple act of boundaries, taking things off your plate.

My 1st ministry was to my home and to our girls. I wanted to start homeschooling our kindergartner and I needed to really focus on doing that and doing it well. So what I'm here to tell you is that it's okay to say, no, it's okay to delegate.

I have so many beautiful, lovely women in my life who keep their grandchildren. They work full time, maybe 2 or 3 jobs, and they do not take time for themselves. Exercise class gets put on the back burner because the grandkids are out for summer. What's happening is that cortisol is continuing to rise. which is doing more damage than you know. It can cause heart palpitations. it definitely disrupts your sleep, which is very important, and it also will cause that midsection weight, gain that no matter what you do, you cannot get it off.

the foundation I found when looking for better health in a simple, holistic way is gut health. blood, sugar, balance, and also reducing inflammation. But what I have found is those things can be achieved through your nutrition through your food when we are so busy that we're going through a drive-through every single day. Breakfast, lunch, dinner over time, those bad seed oils that they cook with. and the poor ingredients in the food that they're using will not only increase our inflammation in our body, but it wrecks your gut health, and then, when you have high cortisol, this is the perfect storm to take you down.

Maybe you shift and go to a functional practitioner. And here is what I'm seeing in that area. the protocol is so complicated. Remember, you're stressed out. You're tired. You don't eat well, you don't sleep well. This overwhelming protocol is not what you need.

You need something simple, and that's why I feel like finding a holistic health coach is actually the better approach, because most of the time the coach is going to meet you You don't even have to be stressed out about going out in public and sitting in a waiting room going in a doctor's office. You simply can stay in the comfort of your home. and that coach is going to meet you where you're at. Listen wholeheartedly, and offer simple solutions. and that coach is going to meet you where you're at. Listen wholeheartedly, and offer simple solutions.

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