I believe in synchronicity, it always shows me what’s next. Earlier today I was listening to the founder of the Omega Institute talk about the “time poverty” we are all experiencing. Too busy to cook, too busy to sit and eat, too busy to sleep, too busy, exhausted, but too tired to sleep. It’s not a great image. Then about an hour later, I was talking to Elissa at Fresh Picks, an organic delivery service in Chicago, and she was saying that some of the biggest problems people have when buying produce is that they end up throwing it away. , “so why buy them?”, then it seems to me that the thought leads to… fast food to the rescue!

I like this concept of “time poverty”, it speaks to a broader concern. Wikipedia says; Poverty is scarcity or general scarcity, or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. And when it comes to time, we are convinced that we don’t have enough, there is a shortage, a limited supply, and everything we do takes away our limited supply. Leaving most of us feeling exhausted, frustrated, exhausted, convinced that it has to be this way. If most of the people we meet live like us, then what we are doing may seem normal.

But what if we could start to slow down, what if we could create, savor, enjoy? How about taking a break, how would it change your day?

I remember about 12 years ago, I was running a studio, seeing clients, taking care of my house, my animal, and my meals looked like healthy fast food; bars and rice cakes, and I actually thought it was good! Okay, it wasn’t a candy bar or McD’s, but it wasn’t nourishing my body and it was an example of how much I didn’t give much thought to the food I needed, the time I needed, or the options that were available to me. Definitely in the do it mode, not listening or giving myself, or my body, a pause or the space it needed. My way of eating perpetuated my hasty way of living.

When I work with clients, many have never cooked for themselves, many have not in years, or inconsistently, or are confused about all the options out there, are busy, don’t have time to figure it out. This is the unraveling we do together. What and how we eat affects every part of our body, our food, our cells, our blood, tissues, our organs, thoughts… It does matter.

So I invite you to look at a meal and see what you need to make a healthier choice, what could you make for lunch that you’re not currently making? Is there a simple meal that you could prepare that you would like to be a healthy option, that would not take a lot of time if you planned it in advance? What if you had something prepared a day ago that you could take out of the fridge and have for lunch, or a leftover that could be made into breakfast? How differently would you feel about yourself? I challenge you to take one meal/day this week and try it. Let me know what you decided.

If you want to take your food health to the next level, let’s talk. You deserve to give yourself nourishing food for your body and nourishing experiences for everyone to enjoy, this is not a race here :). To your health, joy and prosperity…