The Energy Shift Newsletter

This week, I found myself in good company. In a corporate meeting, we got talking about how easy it is to forget to drink enough water. Such a basic thing, but somehow we can get through an entire morning of work without touching the bottle sitting 20 centimetres from our hand. The coffee, meanwhile, never seems to have this problem. :) I liked that this came up because it says a lot about making healthy habits stick. Even something that takes seconds and is vital for our focus is easy to...

Imagine if someone followed you around all day and commented on every health decision you made. “You ate the cookie again.” “You didn't work out.” “You said you’d go to bed earlier.” “Look at you. Again.” Most of us would ask that person to just leave us alone. Instead, we give them free rent inside our heads. I know this voice very well. For years, I thought being hard on myself would help me stay disciplined. Turns out, it mostly made healthy habits feel harder and more obsessive than they...

Last week, we spent time on the island of Corsica. The Mediterranean does something to you... longer meals, less noise, a different pace. And somewhere between the sea and the olive trees, I found myself reflecting on the same question I always come back to. What actually makes you feel good? Not just functional to get through the day but actually "energized." Especially because I've lived in both worlds. The world where success meant hustling, sacrificing your health, constantly pushing, and...

Last week, I wrote that we went to our functional medicine doctor for a check-up and full blood work. We left feeling very motivated, walking out thinking, “Okay… this time, we actually know what to do.” And then, a few days later, I noticed something: my mom (and honestly, me too) kept postponing and skipping the simplest things, like drinking enough water or going for a 45-minute walk. So we have all the information… the willpower… and then wait for the perfect moment to start. I think a...

What do you tell yourself on days when everything feels like it’s going wrong? Last week was one of those days. The kind where you sit there and think… is anything actually working? I spent hours (literally from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) going back and forth with Amazon Seller Support. Trying to fix one issue… and somehow creating three new ones. Right after my journals arrived at the fulfillment center and were being scanned, I was told the only way forward was to delete the listing. That was a...