The Lit Up Living Blog

Discover why you wake up dragging and how supporting your body naturally can restore your morning energy without extra caffeine.Morning sluggishness happens when your body spends all night trying to clear systemic inflammation and repair tissue without enough baseline support. Instead of waking up restored, your body starts the day in recovery mode. Supporting your cellular health naturally gives your body what it needs to rebuild overnight so you wake up energized.

Why do some people hit a wall of brain fog every afternoon at 3 pm?If you find yourself staring at your computer screen at 3 PM feeling like your brain is wading through thick mud, I want you to take a deep breath. You are not broken -- and you're definitely not alone.

"Everything is a distraction or a tool."I heard that phrase while listening to a podcast a long time ago and it just stuck with me. My first thought was that the word "EVERYTHING" casts a pretty big net.  But then, I started to think about it....  This phrase can pretty much apply to EVERYTHING.

Remember that Egg Timer from my last blog.....  I LOVE it!!As I'm writing this, I have e.ggtimer.com set for 20 minutes...and I swear to you, I will not get up from my yoga ball chair until that timer goes off!

.... I walk to the kitchen to go outside, see the dirty dishes on the counter so decide to just wash them 'quick'.  Then I realize the dish towels could be washed so I walk them to the laundry room....and see that there's a load to be washed 'quick' so I throw that in the washing machine.  I mean, it may as well be washing while I'm working, right? ;)   

Having a regular gratitude practice provides positive benefits in so many areas of your life, from better sleep to improved health to better achievement of goals.  It's kind of a super power, isn't it?!