The Weekly Fill: Is Your Body Bored?

3 minute read | We might be living in our 'rest era' but rest isn't always best. Your body might be bored if....

I've been experiencing a deep unsettledness lately. In the past, I would have called it anxiety because it tends to present that way. 

However, upon closer inspection, I've realized that it's not a worried state but a desire to change. I hate to admit that because change feels like a cuss word, and it's also what prevents me from changing.

The thought of change is enough to prevent me from changing.

Change is scary. It can feel unsafe, and it can leave you stuck in the places you hate—not because you want to but because you will sacrifice what is healthy for what is safe.

That's one of the most misunderstood concepts in health, but it also explains why so many people are stuck longing for health but not living it. Because change feels unsafe, you continue to repeat the old patterns that produce the same old outcome (and the one you want to change) instead of change.

But change isn't impossible. It will take reframing your view of change.

Personally, my constant attempt to change my body was birthed out of the perspective that my body was a project that needed to be fixed. 

But your body isn't a ‘project,’ and it doesn't need to be fixed. 

What it needs is nourishment. It needs to be filled.

Upon further inspection, I came to reframe my need for change into a new understanding. My unsettledness was a sign my body was bored.

Seeing it as 'bored' was just enough different from change that it allowed me to feel like there was something I could do to help it.

Seeing my body as bored made me realize I didn't need to be fixed. I just needed to be filled with something new. 

It wasn't about fixing my body but enhancing it, encouraging it, and pushing it to do something different. 

And somehow, different feels more exciting than change. 

Is your body bored?

I attempted to list symptoms that could equate to having a bored body. But there are a lot of nuances in the list. For example, you probably feel fatigued yet wired, unsettled yet excited, defeated yet hopeful. 

You can see that there isn't a clear answer to what a bored body looks like. It's personal, yet it probably relates to all the attempts at change you've jumped on before.

Regardless, there is one big truth we need to understand about your biology.

It thrives in work. 

Your body was designed to work and it thrives in work.

Society might be living in the 'rest era,' but rest isn't always best. We'll discuss this next week. For now, you need to know that too much rest is just as dangerous as not getting enough.

It's a balance, and that balance must include work.

If your biology is bored, the only way to jumpstart it is to push it.

The push could be exactly what you need to regulate your nervous system, experience more joy, boost your libido, shed unwanted weight, and truly feel more alive overall.

Is your body craving a push?

If you're like me and your body is bored, I've put together a summer challenge for us! The Nourish 30 Challenge focuses on filling your body rather than fixing it through daily action. 

The Nourish 30 Challenge is FREE, but to kick things off, I'm hosting a live workshop on May 22nd at 6:00 p.m. CST. 

The workshop will teach you how to create a bioenergetic lifestyle, unburden your body, revive your nervous system, and boost your metabolism. We'll also discuss the specifics of the Nourish 30 Challenge.

JOIN THE WORKSHOP

The workshop is free to subscribers (and $25 for all others). 

Plus, as subscribers, you'll get personalized help and accountability for the challenge that begins on June 1st! I’d love for you to join the subscriber tribe this summer!

Invite a friend, and let's push ourselves to live healthy and stop fighting health!