Fitness From The Ego To The Heart

I’ve been sharing insights and teachings about holistic health and fitness for 20 years. What I’m seeing now is a resurgence of people who are really excited to learn how to get healthy. This is exciting to me because there’s a new energy to it. It feels curious and childlike.

In the past we’d will ourselves to exercise and punish ourselves if we ate something we deemed bad or feel guity if we didn’t work it off in the gym.

Now I’m seeing that mentality fad away…

and more people are gravitating towards a healthier mindset as it relates to their fitness and nutrition. A more balanced mindset. They’re being led from their heart instead of their ego and I think thats so beautiful.

Much of my work over the years has been helping people find the joy in their fitness routine and witness how miraculous their body really is. That’s what my book, Finally Thriving is all about.

I’ve always loved sharing natural ways to get healthy. Holistic health principles that support your body in healing and regeneration. Tools that are accessible and simple.

Today’s no different.

As I’ve gone through my own personal hormonal changes during menopause…

I’ve had lots of women ask me what I’m doing and how they can support their body through this phase in their life.

They share with me that they’re frustrated because all they’re seeing about menopause is related to hormonal therapy. As if that’s our only option. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to do hormonal therapy but so many women are craving an alternative.

Mostly what’s talked about is how to combat hormonal changes physiologically (which is important) but what’s not talked about as much is the emotional rite of passage we go through during this time. I’ve noticed women who tend to suppress their emotions over the years have more physical symptoms generally.

Why are we suppressing our emotions?

We’ve missed the boat on feeling our emotions because so often we’re directed to figure out our emotions. This turns an emotion into a thought which keeps it on the mental plane. Emotions are meant to be felt not intellectualized because they’re stored in the body not the brain so the solution is to be with them so that your emotions can move through.

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I’ve had my challenges personally with menopause too and what I want to share with you is there’s always something you can do to support your body. It’s a matter of patience and attention. So going through menopause has taught me to go deeper into my own self care and value me.

To explore what I’m feeling and lean into a deeper state of self acceptance.

Taking care of yourself on a deeper level…

teaches you to be present with your body and directs your focus continually to what matters most. I don’t know about you but menopause really made me pay attention to what my body needed even more. It wasn’t a signal I could bypass even if I wanted to.

So how do we do this? First, do your best NOT to fight it. I know hot flashes are uncomfortable and sometimes they come at the most inappropriate times but it’s an energy that is moving through your body and like emotions if you try to suppress your symptoms they will amplify.

What we want to do…

is be present with our body and respond proactively by supporting our body with what it needs. Be there for your body unconditionally.

This will also teach you how to love yourself because you’re practicing presence with your body and with yourself. This is a really big deal. To be able to support your body with the right nutrition, rest, hydration, movement and emotional regulation and honesty.

I go into these hormonal changes in my latest Youtube video, Menopause Doesn't Have To Suck. I share that when you make the switch from estradiol to estrone. Estrogen stops getting produced in your ovaries and now it’s being produced in your adrenals and adipose tissue (fat cells).

What does this mean? You’re way more sensitive to stress now. So that’s why it’s so important to tune into your body and support it smarter not harder.

Check out my video below!

https://youtu.be/ouLWR9Vc3Hg?si=GMLXoztqtmXnwN6z

In health and happiness,

Allison Pelot