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Summer Recipes & Reading Recommendations

Bring on the resources…

Find out why our founder, Rachel Eva is OBSESSED with eating micro-greens and sprouts in her nutritional blog HERE

Love to cook healthy or want to? Check out Rachel’s secret foodie Instagram page where she has been posting medicinal foods and some of her healthy recipes under the radar for her friends and family HERE (her regular Instagram account is @RachelEvaOnline)

Summer recommended reads for personal and professional development are… TedTalks for mastering public speaking which is a GREAT skill for coaches, get it HERE and for a deeper understanding about the mind-body connection one of our favorites is The Body Keeps Score, grab it HERE… for a bit of inspiration we recommend Becoming by Michelle Obama, find it HERE … and of course, if you haven’t read Rachel’s book,‘Playing Full Out’ you can grab your copy HERE

Blogs, article and podcasts oh my!

Rachel Eva’s blog is always a good read, take a peak HERE

IWA graduate, Mandy Youtz’s blog on well-balanced motherhood is a powerful resource, check it out HERE

Functional medicine doc Mark Hyman’s‘Broken Brain’ podcastis a MUST, check it out HERE

Summer Nourishment & Self-care

How many things do you have on your ‘must do’ and your ‘want to do’ lists for this summer? We want to invite you to remember to keep summer nourishment and self-care at the top of those lists!

Is it time for you to revisit your values and make sure your summer plans are ALIGNED? Jump back into the values alignment exercise within our Integrative Life Coaching certification course and spend a little time re-assessing your values. THEN revisit your game plan for the summer to ensure your plans are aligned with your highest values… then add a bit more self-care into the mix! Not an IWA student yet? You can enroll here!

As you are creating the game plan for the remainder of your summer, be diligent about scheduling in ‘you time’. Create space for rest, recovery and expansion to occur. Instead of over scheduling, consider under- scheduling!

Here are a few powerful questions to ask yourself to ensure that you are nurturing and caring for yourself amidst your summer plans – Grab a journal and dive in:

How many things are on my schedule this week for other people?
How many things are on my schedule this week that are responsibilities or obligations?
How many things are on my schedule this week that make me feel nurtured and cared for?

Now ask those same 3 questions about the rest of this entire month and also of the whole summer! Once you have an honest view of what you have filled your time with get out a pen and start X-ing things off the list! Next, add as many things as needed in order to ensure you get your needs met this summer!

Connecting with Your Intuition

Intuition is one of the basic human sense – this helps a person be aware of their internal landscape such as their emotions, boundaries and physical needs. When we drift away from our ability to hear the intuitive intelligence from within it can cause all kinds of mental, emotional, physical and even spiritual problems.

Connecting with your intuition may seem like just one more thing you need to add to your never ending ‘to do’ list in regards to personal development and self-care. But we say it’s THE thing that will lead to growth, balance and expansion in so many other areas that is truly needs to be a priority.

We love tools and techniques like our ‘building gut trust exercise’ that you learn within our Integrative Life Coaching Certification Course… for a refresher, login to your course and download that handout by CLICKING HERE – *NOTE: You must be enrolled and logged in for the link to work. – not a student yet? No worries, you can register HERE

We also LOVE this article on intuitive strengthening journal exercises, check it out HERE

Whatever tools you choose in order to reconnect with yourself and strengthen your intuition is great! Just be sure that you devote time and energy to this on a consistent basis in order to see the maximum positive outcomes possible!