Last week, I talked to you about healing, because my mom and kids were in a serious car accident. This week, I’m really happy to report that my mom is now home from the hospital after 2 weeks there. Now some deep healing can happen with the support of sleep, real food, and lots of support. And, my kids are getting better day by day. We’re hoping to be crutch-free and knee-brace-free within 4 weeks!
Healing is so on my mind – so today I want to share with you the most amazing short poem about healing – it’s called Life in 5 Chapters.
It’s about how often we keep falling into the same traps (with food, relationships, habits – really anything) – and that it’s a process to shift into different ways.
Life in Five Short Chapters
CHAPTER 1
I walk down the street.
There’s a deep hole in the sidewalk.
And I fall in.
I am lost. I am helpless. It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
CHAPTER 2
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don’t see it. I fall in again.
I can’t believe I am in the same place.
But it isn’t my fault.
It takes a long time to get out.
CHAPTER 3
I walk down the same street and there is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it there, and still I fall in.
It’s a habit.
But my eyes are open and I know where I am.
It is my fault and I get out immediately.
CHAPTER 4
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
CHAPTER 5
I walk down a different street.
By Portia Nelson
This poem is so simple and yet powerful. When I read it for the first time, about 25 years ago, I was firmly in Chapter 2 – walking down the street, and falling into the hole – my painful habits around food and hating my body were plaguing me…it was so frustrating! Now, thankfully I walk down a different street.
I want to help you walk down a different street!
I currently have 5 openings for individual clients as well as a powerful 3 month Eating Psychology Transformation group, starting October 7th.
These are both powerful ways for you to get the support you need to start walking down a new and healthier path to feeling great.
If you want to:
Feel stronger, happier and leaner
Feel at peace with food
Feel truly content in your body
and accomplish all of this without deprivation or diets.
Please be in touch. Let’s chat about what your goals are and which learning and support style matches you best – individual or group support.
Nina Manolson, MA, CHC, is the Smokin’ Hot & Soulful Mom Mentor and Family Wellness Expert. She’s the founder of NinaManolson.com and Health
She helps busy moms look and feel their best, and helps them feed their kids well in a world that doesn’t.
She’s the author of “Feed Your Kids Well In A World That Doesn’t: an everyday guide to make healthy food happen in your home and beyond”. She’s also the recipient of the prestigious Health Leadership Award from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
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Nina Manolson, MA, is the founder of Body-Peace®.She helps women end the war with food and body and finally feel truly at home in their body—as it is.
She is known for her deeply feminist, anti-diet, body-peace® approach. She brings her 30 years of experience as a therapist, Body-Trust® Guide and Psychology of Eating Teacher to helping women create a respectful and trusting relationship with their food and body.
Nina’s Body-Peace® work is all in service of helping people get off the diet roller-coaster, and into a compassionate and powerful way of eating & living which creates a positive long-lasting change in and with their bodies. Her courses, coaching, poems and Body-Peace APP positively change the conversation that women are having with their body.
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