Be yourself they say. Just write as if you were talking to your best friends (you know who you are ladies!). But it’s hard. I’m not a writer, nor do I claim to be, so ‘blogging’ seems a bit foreign and fraudulent to me. But I’m going to get over it. I have to. Sweet 2016 is upon us and I’ve been wanting to dive into this whole online health blog world for WAY TOO LONG.
So, my story? It’s rather boring actually but has shaped me in a way that I feel like, in my late 30’s (gulp), I’m in the best years of my life. I’m not sure I would have said that even 3 years ago. Don’t get me wrong, I {heart} what I do (being a Naturopathic Physician, mommy of 2 Littles, wife to the most driven and supportive husband/father I could ever ask for and all around ‘trying to be the best friend I can’ to the important people in my life). You guys know, it’s hard right? Days are good, SO good sometimes and then in the same moment, take a turn and become bad, downright horrible and you think – I had this a second ago and now I want to put myself in the corner, have a good cry and wallow. Just for a bit. Because life is hard.
But it’s also beautiful. Not always in the ‘oh that sunset is beautiful’ way, more so the laughter at the dinner table, homemade soup bubbling on the stove, that patient at the clinic who takes a moment to tell me ‘thanks Dr. Salna. You are making a difference in my health and thus, my life’. Seriously. My heart explodes so many times each day with the tiniest of happy moments. And this took work. Practice actually. To recognize those tiny happy moments each day and drink them in. Let them fill up my heart with positivity.
Cuz let’s be honest here – each day comes with it’s share of ‘did that REALLY just happen?, why do I have to RAISE my voice to make you do something?, well of course you don’t feel better, you didn’t try any of the things we spoke about to get you back to health!’. C’MON!
But that’s my life. Imperfect perfection all rolled into one. Too many glass balls in the air with the looming ‘this could all crash and burn’ feeling BUT rather than spend any of my precious energy focused on the what could/did happen that makes me scrunch up my face or swear under my breath a little, I use the happy moments to keep the scale tipped to the positive. Why? Why not?!
So here I am, with tons to say about health. About eating healthy, living your healthiest self and mostly learning to fill up your happy jar so that if anything, you can go to bed with a smile on your face knowing that whatever tomorrow brings, you cared for YOU a little today and that horrible self induced guilt goes on the backburner and life is manageable again. Maybe even enjoyable. Dare I say pleasurable!
And so it begins. My health blogging journey. I hope you’ll join me. With my Naturopathic knowledge, hippy heart, yogi soul and spunky attitude, I hope to inspire each one of you to take imperfect action with your health. To begin to fill that happy heart jar one glass ball at a time. I’ll be right along with you. Cheering you on and offering my musings to keep you motivated and on track. Don’t let all the health information out there deter you from making small changes now. They can have a bigger impact on your wellness than you can imagine. I’m here to show you that it’s possible to feel good in your body and radiate confidence in yourself from the inside out.
Who’s with me?