Tis a New Season

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Tis the Season to Eat, Drink, and…
a.) be unhealthy—and stressed?
b.) be bloated—and fatigued?
c.) be joyful—AND nourished!
Hmmm.
Yes, it’s that time of year again… “the most wonderful time of the year”, of course!
But as we begin to unpack our Christmas decorations, do you feel as though it's time once again to leave all your wellness goals, and good intentions for health, back upon the shelf?   Have you been lead to believe that being joyful and well nourished, at the very same time, just isn’t an option during the holidays??  But it is!  It is!  It’s a very real option… a pro-active choice that we have---that can actually make us feel better when we awake on January 1st – in body, mind, & spirit.  Oh, what a great new start that could be!

OUR OPTION "C" !!
But it’s really less about our actual Thanksgiving and Christmas-day meals; and rather more about our approach to the whole 35-day season [last year it was 41 days] that will really matter in our choice of the above options.  So the good news about that is...
now we don’t have to feel so guilty about not swapping out our great-grandma’s
wonderful recipes for all those “skinny” recipes
we’ve been seeing in the media lately!
After all, enjoying those extra special dishes on the Thanksgiving & Christmas table, together with family & friends, is certainly a part of the celebration.  It’s really the other 33 days of this season (from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day) that can lead us so far astray, and make us feel stuck with option “a” or “b” yet one more year again.   Thank God there is a better way—for both Nourishment & Joy together—our option “C’ !
A "Holiday Season" of 35 [to 41] days for finding the Way of Joy & Nourishment!
So I’m planning to post some ongoing words of encouragement, as well as practical tips, in the days to come, as we say farewell to old ways that harm [and leave us feeling more fatigued, stressed, bloated, and ill]… to now welcome this new advent.
Therefore, as for tonight, on the eve of Thanksgiving, and start of this year’s NEW Season, here are a few quick Tips to get us going with our new & improved approach... CLICK HERE TO READ MORE.

[Note: For caveat, please refer to ABOUT "The Way to Nourish for Life".]

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