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This one’s for the days when your glow is MIA, your hormones are chaos, and you feel disconnected from yourself.
In this raw solo episode, I talk about navigating funks—physically, mentally, emotionally—and how I’m resetting after a tough month with thyroid flares, burnout, and gut issues.
If you’re bloated, burnt out, or just not feeling like That Girl, this is your reminder that you still are. We cover gentle wellness tools, mindset reframes, cycle syncing, and the power of small steps to get your mojo back.
Save this for your next reset.
Your glow is coming back. 💛
00:26 Dealing with a Funk: Personal Experiences
01:23 Understanding Thyroid Issues and Their Impact
02:28 Tips for Resetting and Refocusing
03:11 The Importance of Gut Health
03:44 Managing Hormonal Cycles and Energy Levels
04:41 The Power of Rest and Self-Compassion
08:10 Physical and Mental Resets
11:45 Creating Routines and Setting Goals
17:09 Embracing Balance and Wellness
21:16 Final Thoughts and Encouragement
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Madeline (00:00):
Welcome to Becoming Sunshine.
For those of you that know me,you know that Sunshine has been
an alias of mine for almost adecade now, and sunshine also is
me becoming my highest self, andthat's what this podcast is
about.
I'm here to help you understandyourself better and maybe learn
(00:21):
some more about myself along theway.
Thanks so much for joining me.
I'm excited.
Hi friends.
Welcome back to BecomingSunshine.
So I'm back on my couch todaybecause I just am kind of in a
funk.
I've kind of been in a funkprobably for the past month or
so, so this episode is reallyabout what to do and how to feel
(00:45):
better and to get your mojo backwhen you're not feeling your
best, especially if it's notjust an emotional or mental
thing, it's also a physicalthing.
whether you're feeling blahbecause of hormones or in my
case it's thyroid issues.
These are just some things thathave helped me and some
(01:08):
reminders for when you'refeeling this way.
So today we're gonna talk abouthow to reset, refocus, and feel
like you again, even if yourbody's not quite caught up yet.
For those of you that know me orhave listened to my earlier
episodes, I have Hashimoto'sthyroiditis.
(01:29):
I have an autoimmune diseasethat affects my thyroid.
It's pretty well managed for themost part.
I got into remission about fouror five years ago, so I don't
really have too many issuesunless I have an exposure to
something that I'm reallysensitive, or if I stop taking
my medicine.
I didn't have my meds for a fewweeks, and then once I got them,
(01:54):
it took a while to feel betterand to get back on track.
So this month has beenchallenging and I just have not
really felt like myself.
For those of you that aren'tsuper familiar with your thyroid
or thyroid hormones and whatthey do for you, they basically
are what give you energy and itpretty much regulates all your
(02:17):
hormones.
It also affects your digestivesystem and your overall immune
system.
I ended up getting an infectionand had to go on antibiotics and
that messed up my gut and justmade everything worse.
It's just been like one thingafter the other this past month,
so I'm working on resetting myhormones, my gut health and my
energy, and these are my tips.
(02:39):
Getting back on my medicationhas helped.
It takes a little bit of time toadjust, and after doing a round
of antibiotics, I decided to upmy probiotics to reset my gut.
The only thing that sucks aboutthat is that whenever you start
taking a new probiotic or you upthe dose, you have a
(03:02):
transitional period wherethere's side effects.
but I know that after I getthrough this little transitional
period, my gut health is gonnabe so much better supported.
I feel like every hot girl hasdigestive issues and no one ever
wants their tummy hurting or tobe bloated.
Especially in my line of work,it's really hard being a hot
girl when your tummy hurts.
(03:23):
I feel like I can take on theworld, but then when my tummy
hurts I just don't wanna doanything.
The gut brain connection is sostrong.
Whenever I'm having digestiveissues or gut issues, I feel so
low and bogged down anddepressed.
it's definitely hard to stay inyour routine when you know you
don't feel good I feel like weall go through funks sometimes,
(03:46):
whether that's emotional ormental or hormonal like you
know, deep in your luteal phase.
I'm also in my luteal phase, soit's just kind of like
everything right now just kindof feels less than ideal, but
it's okay.
I feel like the only thing thatmakes me feel worse when I'm in
(04:06):
a funk is when I feel like I'mfalling behind or I'm not being
productive.
I know that my productivity isnot directly linked to my level
of worth, that's something thatI'm definitely working on
healing.
I feel like when we are in afunk, whether you went through a
breakup with a romantic partner,a friendship breakup or you're
(04:28):
having hormonal issues or gutissues or whatever.
Sometimes I feel like it's'causeour body needed a little bit of
a break, and burnout is so real.
Taking that time to honoryourself and not feel bad or
guilty for having to slow downis so important because at the
(04:49):
end of the day, your body isasking you for rest.
and It's important to not Sitaround and wallow in whatever
you're feeling, but if yougenuinely do need to take it
easy and you do need to rest andyou do need to recover, give
your body that time becausespiking your cortisol and
(05:09):
draining your adrenal glands andtrying to push through when
you're unwell physically it'snot gonna do anything.
Especially with my thyroidissues.
pushing myself to work out whenI really don't have the energy
is not gonna be productive.
It's not gonna make me loseweight, it's not gonna make me
stronger.
(05:30):
It's not gonna make any of myinflammation go away.
It's just gonna drain myadrenals and make the burnout
worse and prolong the funk thatI'm in.
Just acknowledging any shame orpressure that you feel,
especially around yourappearance or productivity.
You have to learn to giveyourself grace.
In the industry that I've workedin, it's challenging because I
(05:54):
feel like my worth has alwaysbeen tied to my image or my
level of productivity.
Maybe God or the universe givingme this disease in particular to
struggle with, it's just like alesson in itself in grace and
patience and that worth isintrinsic.
(06:17):
It's not about bouncing backovernight.
Having a mindset shift andreframing things is so powerful.
That's something I've alwaysbeen relatively good at doing.
You know, we control our realityand our internal world is just a
reflection of our externalworld.
You can justify pretty muchanything or make anything make
(06:39):
sense if you reframe it, andI've used this in the past, you
know, to justify relationshipsor friendships or like behavior,
and it's like, why don't we usethat for good?
Why don't we use that to reframesituations where we need to give
ourselves grace and talk toourselves like our own best
friend?
If your best friend wasstruggling with their health or
(07:02):
you know, whatever.
You wouldn't be like, oh mygosh, you're such a lazy piece
of shit.
Like, get up.
I mean, you might do the toughlove, but at the same time, you
know your body's asking for restand you need that.
So give yourself that time torecover and then you'll come
back even stronger.
(07:22):
When you're refreshed, you'll bemore productive than you
would've been if you tried topush through and prolong
everything.
Healing is not laziness and restis not regression.
We have to remember, thatnothing in nature blooms year
round and so, sometimes we gothrough funks.
That's okay.
Obviously, if this is somethingthat you're dealing with on a
(07:44):
continuous basis, it might besomething you need to take a
closer look at or get addressed.
I used to have really bad PMDDand I don't really struggle with
that anymore, but when I did, Idid a lot of holistic things to
help reset my hormones.
Even during this time where myhormones are a little bit outta
whack, I go back to basics, andI go back to the things that
(08:07):
have helped me before in thepast.
One of those is meditation andresetting my nervous system.
I feel like when your hormonesare all over the place, your gut
is all over the place.
Resetting your nervous systemand your endocrine system and
just helping your body relax isgonna make you feel better all
(08:28):
around and giving yourself thatdeep rest.
Meditation really gives yourbody five times deeper rest than
sleeping or napping, so it'sreally one of the best things
you can do, and it helps a lottoo with like brain fog,
everything like that.
Taking my tinctures that I'veused in the past to help reset
my hormones and gentle movement.
(08:50):
Some days I don't work out if Idon't have the energy for it,
and that's okay.
In the past when I've tried topush myself to work out, you're
just gonna end up being moreinflamed and it's gonna be
counterproductive.
Not even just when you're in afunk, that's the whole point of
cycle syncing.
For women, we run on a 28 dayhormone cycle.
(09:12):
Men run on a 24 hour one, soit's okay for guys to do the
same types of workouts and eatthe same types of diets every
day.
For women, we really should beeating differently every week
and working out every weekdifferently in order to support
our hormone cycle and that waytoo we're less likely to have
these types of funks.
(09:33):
For people that don't know whatI mean when I say cycle sync
it's basically working out andeating in a way that supports
your hormone cycle.
When you're in your follicularphase or you're ovulating we
have higher levels of hormonesand we have more energy to do
more HIIT workouts or liftreally heavy then once we get
closer to our menstrual cycleand deeper in the luteal phase,
(09:57):
we have less energy and it'sactually more beneficial and
more productive to pull back onthe workouts and to eat more
grounding foods and nutrientdense foods.
Foods that are more groundingare gonna be more supportive and
beneficial so that you don'thave those PMS symptoms.
(10:17):
PMS honestly isn't normal.
I know it's been normalized, butif you're having PMS symptoms,
it usually means that yourhormones are outta whack.
So looking at your cycle canreally tell you a lot of
information about your hormonesand where you're at in your
body.
Honestly, sometimes taking a napor just doing a walk is more
(10:39):
beneficial and you're gonna havebetter results when it comes to
weight loss around yourmenstrual cycle.
Restricting calories and doingreally intense workouts is gonna
signal to your body to hold ontofat and you're not gonna get the
results that you want.
It's actually supercounterproductive.
If your body's asking for rest,pushing through is not gonna be
(11:02):
super beneficial, but there'salso something to showing up as
your highest self.
If you were already out of thefunk and feeling like your
highest self, like what wouldyou be doing as your highest
self and starting to take steps,even if it's just baby steps
towards that.
(11:23):
I think that's one of the bestways to get out of a funk and
create forward momentum.
like, okay, maybe I haven't hadthe energy to work out for a few
days, but you know, today I feelenergized enough to go for a
walk or do a meditation or Icould really benefit from eating
(11:44):
really grounding foods.
Something that's helped me isgetting back into my routines.
I feel like routines are yoursaving grace, whether that's a
morning routine or a wind downroutine, or just pillars in your
day that can keep it structuredand help you start to hit your
goals again.
(12:04):
Doing a physical reset, a mentalemotional reset, and then an
energy reset.
All of these things can help youstart to feel more like yourself
and start to feel better.
With the physical reset, I feellike starting with gentle
movements, whether that's a walkor just stretching.
(12:26):
Getting outside and going for awalk is something that I try to
do every single day, and Ihonestly feel like when I'm not
walking every day, I feel worse,and I feel like I'm in that
funk.
just getting outside and gettingsome fresh air and being out in
nature can really just resetyour brain, whether you know
(12:46):
you're going through somethingemotional or physical, or a
combination.
Hydration is also so important.
Hydrating before caffeine in themorning, especially for women,
is so important.
I feel like that's honestlyhelped a lot of my gut issues.
Half the time you might just bedehydrated, like you might have
(13:07):
digestive gut issues becauseyou're not drinking enough
water, you don't have enoughelectrolytes, you don't have
enough minerals.
Hydrating first thing in themorning, or drinking lemon water
can really help your digestivesystem just flush it out and
just like get it revved up forthe day.
(13:29):
Gut soothing meals as well, andeasy to digest meals, like soups
and smoothies and cookedvegetables.
And again, using a goodprobiotic is so important.
I do hate the adjustment period,but I mean, at least that's how
you know it's working.
If you take a probiotic and youdon't feel a difference, that
probably means it's not working,that it's not bioavailable, that
(13:53):
it's not actually reaching yourgut, that the strains are not
actually surviving all the wayto your gut.
if you wanna have a major glowup or you wanna feel better, get
your gut health under control.
A big part of a glow up ismental and emotional, but when
you look good, you feel better.
Like if my hair is glowing, myskin is glowing, I feel so much
(14:14):
better about myself.
Unfortunately, I don't feel likeour food is always the best
quality or it doesn't have allthe nutrients,'cause of like
restrictive diets or the way itwas sourced, and so taking
supplements to help support us,especially you know, if you have
other health things going on.
I'm always looking for anothersupplement to help with
(14:38):
longevity, my gut and anti-agingand cell repair.
I feel like there's so manythings I've tried over the
years.
I don't like taking a bunch ofpills and so if it's not
worthwhile or I don't see a bigimprovement, I'm not gonna keep
taking it.
I also think another thing thatgets overlooked, and I
(14:59):
personally have struggled withthis.
It's easy to want toself-medicate when you're not
feeling good.
When I say self-medicate, I meanlike cheap dopamine or cheap
sources of energy, like if I amtired drinking an energy drink
or something to help me pushthrough.
(15:21):
And I get it you have to work,you have to get stuff done, but
limiting sugar or caffeine oreven social media.
If you're not feeling goodmentally or physically over
overstimulating your brain byscrolling is not gonna help you
relax.
It's not gonna help your nervoussystem.
I understand sometimes it's niceto just kind of zone out and
(15:43):
watch a cute TV show.
I love the teeny bopper showshonestly, they are soothing to
my soul, but I feel like that'sa little bit different than
scrolling.
If you are watching a comfortshow or a movie or something to
reset and chill, make sure youpick something that is not going
to raise your cortisol or beoverstimulating.
(16:05):
just something to be mindful offor the adrenaline junkies or
people that like to watch themurder shows if you're just like
not in a great place mentally,physically, emotionally.
Be careful about the contentthat you're consuming.
Another thing that I really liketo do when I'm in a funk is to
journal.
Since the whole chat GPT craze,I've journaled a little bit less
(16:29):
because sometimes when I hearsomething out loud, it'll click
differently.
And I feel like Just replacingguilt with compassion, if you're
not feeling great for whateverreason, talk to yourself like
you would a best friend.
You wouldn't make yourself feelguilty.
And anchoring your day aroundrituals, even if it's just like
(16:49):
a five minute morning routine.
It just like gets your day offto the right start.
Waking up, washing your face,doing your skincare, eating a
nourishing healthy breakfast,meditating, maybe going for a 10
minute walk, journaling for 10minutes.
Just something that structuresyour day in a way that sets you
up to be successful and to feelyour best.
I used to have all these reallyrigid wellness routines, and I
(17:14):
feel like my life is a lot morebalanced now.
Whenever I am feeling off,coming back to these routines
and using these tools reallyhelps me reset and feel better.
I don't think wellness issupposed to be super rigid and
militant.
I think they're just tools thatwe should be able to use and
(17:35):
pull out when we need them.
That's really what wellness is,it's about balance.
When you're in a funk,energetically resetting is also
so important, romanticizing yourlife and mundane things like
making a playlist, lighting acandle, writing out a little
glow up rebrand for yourself.
Creating goals for myself whenI'm feeling bad, making myself
(18:01):
healthy food for the week, doingthis many workouts a week,
working this many days, carvingout a certain amount of time to
create content or whatever.
It just makes you feel betterwhen you make these little plans
for yourself and then you tocross them off.
It kind of starts with babysteps and one thing, you don't
(18:23):
have to get everything donetoday.
Whenever I'm in a funk, I thinkokay, what is gonna make me feel
better?
At the end of the day, it'sreally just about being gentle
with yourself and beingintentional.
It's not about being perfect,it's remembering that you have
power even on your off days andto start small but staying
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consistent, laying one brick ata time.
Eventually you will end upbuilding the house.
Whether you're sad about abreakup or your hormones are
off, at the end of the day,you're feeling disconnected from
yourself or who you were whenyou were with that person, or
how you felt in general, andtaking the steps to start to
(19:05):
give that back to yourself iswhat's gonna make you feel
better ultimately.
Some of my funk to flowfavorites, just honestly
shifting the music that I'mlistening to, I could be so
tired and then if I start tolisten to a certain band or a
certain artist, I feel moreenergized.
If that's, getting through aworkout or cleaning my house or
(19:28):
pumping myself up for work orgoing to hang out with a friend,
I might not have the energy toGo out, but just meeting a
friend for coffee and a walk ormeeting my friend for Pilates,
like a workout that's not gonnaover drain me, but I'm gonna
feel really good after.
Figuring out what's within yourlimits and what's within your
(19:52):
capabilities.
The more you show up foryourself, the more you're gonna
build that momentum to feelbetter and pull yourself out of
this funk.
I think one of the best ways toget out of a funk if it's mental
or emotional, is to be too busyto think about it.
if there is some physical stuffgoing on, just doing things
(20:15):
within your limitations isbeneficial.
Like, you know, I might not havethe energy to do X, Y, Z but I
can come up with a game plansitting on the couch, or writing
out my goals or delegating oroutsourcing the things that I
don't have the energy for.
Figuring that out it's gonnamake you feel better.
(20:36):
Whenever I'm feeling bad, thethings that help me feel like
I'm back in my routine is doingmy daily walks.
Maybe I didn't get a workout in,but at least I got my walk in
and I listened to one of myfavorite podcasts that was
inspiring or uplifting oreducational, and it made me feel
creative again.
I feel like when you're creatingor you have your creative flow,
(20:58):
you start to feel energized andinspired.
So even if you're not at ahundred percent, it's like a
good way to create momentum andbuild momentum towards who you
wanna be and how you wanna feel.
I wanted to give you guys enoughtips or examples of things you
(21:21):
can do to try to reset, but Ithink, you know, addressing the
emotional, addressing thephysical, addressing the
spiritual doing maybe like onething every day to support each
of those is a good place tostart.
And also just validating the waythat you feel, but also
acknowledging that it'stemporary and you're not gonna
feel like this forever.
(21:42):
Sometimes we need these slowermoments in order to reflect and
integrate.
maybe our body is asking us toslow down because there's
emotional or mental stuff thatwe haven't processed or we
haven't worked through.
I personally like to findmeaning in everything.
I feel like it just makes mylife better and I think there is
(22:03):
meaning in everything, so tryingto reframe things and even if
you feel like shit, there's somepositives that come out of it.
I might feel bad right now, butthis time at home is forcing me
to reevaluate and kind ofreassign where my energy goes,
and I think in the end it'sgonna end up making me more
(22:24):
productive, and my output isgonna be so much better when I
do feel better.
I hope that this episode washelpful to anyone who's
struggling or doesn't feel goodin their body.
It's definitely challenging tofeel like not yourself and like
you lost your mojo a little bitor you just don't feel like the
(22:48):
baddie that you normally are.
especially when it's about to besummer.
I was talking to my girlfriend,I was like, I don't even really
feel like it's summer.
I don't feel like the baddiegoing into summer that I
normally do.
I know a lot of it is likehormonal and like physical, and
then that weighs on my mental,but I know that this is
temporary and maybe I have feltlike this so that I could come
(23:08):
on here and talk about it andgive advice to other people.
If you are strugglingphysically, it is something to
address and get looked atbecause yeah, it's not normal to
feel like shit for extendedperiods of time, and if you
don't know what's going on withyour body, it's really hard to
fix it.
And so making sure you have thetools and the knowledge to get
(23:33):
yourself back into homeostasisand getting yourself back to
feeling better is key.
So thanks guys for listening,and if you guys have any
questions or you need more tipson how to pull yourself out of a
funk, please feel free toMessage me.
(23:55):
Send me dms I love hearing fromall of you.
If you're going throughsomething similar, just know
this is temporary and thereframe is so powerful.
Our minds are so powerful.
You can heal your body, just bythe power of the mind, you
really, really can.
So give yourself grace.
Give yourself the tools tosupport yourself, send this to a
(24:16):
friend who needs to hear it orsave it for when you're in a
funk and you need a reminder ofhow amazing you are, even when
you're not feeling like yourmost amazing self, because you
will soon enough, anyways, Ilove you guys.
Bye.
Welcome to Becoming Sunshine.
For those of you that know me,you know that Sunshine has been
an alias of mine for almost adecade now, and sunshine also is
me becoming my highest self, andthat's what this podcast is
about.
I'm here to help you understandyourself better and maybe learn
(00:21):
some more about myself along theway.
Thanks so much for joining me.
I'm excited.
Hi friends.
Welcome back to BecomingSunshine.
So I'm back on my couch todaybecause I just am kind of in a
funk.
I've kind of been in a funkprobably for the past month or
so, so this episode is reallyabout what to do and how to feel
(00:45):
better and to get your mojo backwhen you're not feeling your
best, especially if it's notjust an emotional or mental
thing, it's also a physicalthing.
whether you're feeling blahbecause of hormones or in my
case it's thyroid issues.
These are just some things thathave helped me and some
(01:08):
reminders for when you'refeeling this way.
So today we're gonna talk abouthow to reset, refocus, and feel
like you again, even if yourbody's not quite caught up yet.
For those of you that know me orhave listened to my earlier
episodes, I have Hashimoto'sthyroiditis.
(01:29):
I have an autoimmune diseasethat affects my thyroid.
It's pretty well managed for themost part.
I got into remission about fouror five years ago, so I don't
really have too many issuesunless I have an exposure to
something that I'm reallysensitive, or if I stop taking
my medicine.
I didn't have my meds for a fewweeks, and then once I got them,
(01:54):
it took a while to feel betterand to get back on track.
So this month has beenchallenging and I just have not
really felt like myself.
For those of you that aren'tsuper familiar with your thyroid
or thyroid hormones and whatthey do for you, they basically
are what give you energy and itpretty much regulates all your
(02:17):
hormones.
It also affects your digestivesystem and your overall immune
system.
I ended up getting an infectionand had to go on antibiotics and
that messed up my gut and justmade everything worse.
It's just been like one thingafter the other this past month,
so I'm working on resetting myhormones, my gut health and my
energy, and these are my tips.
(02:39):
Getting back on my medicationhas helped.
It takes a little bit of time toadjust, and after doing a round
of antibiotics, I decided to upmy probiotics to reset my gut.
The only thing that sucks aboutthat is that whenever you start
taking a new probiotic or you upthe dose, you have a
(03:02):
transitional period wherethere's side effects.
but I know that after I getthrough this little transitional
period, my gut health is gonnabe so much better supported.
I feel like every hot girl hasdigestive issues and no one ever
wants their tummy hurting or tobe bloated.
Especially in my line of work,it's really hard being a hot
girl when your tummy hurts.
(03:23):
I feel like I can take on theworld, but then when my tummy
hurts I just don't wanna doanything.
The gut brain connection is sostrong.
Whenever I'm having digestiveissues or gut issues, I feel so
low and bogged down anddepressed.
it's definitely hard to stay inyour routine when you know you
don't feel good I feel like weall go through funks sometimes,
(03:46):
whether that's emotional ormental or hormonal like you
know, deep in your luteal phase.
I'm also in my luteal phase, soit's just kind of like
everything right now just kindof feels less than ideal, but
it's okay.
I feel like the only thing thatmakes me feel worse when I'm in
(04:06):
a funk is when I feel like I'mfalling behind or I'm not being
productive.
I know that my productivity isnot directly linked to my level
of worth, that's something thatI'm definitely working on
healing.
I feel like when we are in afunk, whether you went through a
breakup with a romantic partner,a friendship breakup or you're
(04:28):
having hormonal issues or gutissues or whatever.
Sometimes I feel like it's'causeour body needed a little bit of
a break, and burnout is so real.
Taking that time to honoryourself and not feel bad or
guilty for having to slow downis so important because at the
(04:49):
end of the day, your body isasking you for rest.
and It's important to not Sitaround and wallow in whatever
you're feeling, but if yougenuinely do need to take it
easy and you do need to rest andyou do need to recover, give
your body that time becausespiking your cortisol and
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draining your adrenal glands andtrying to push through when
you're unwell physically it'snot gonna do anything.
Especially with my thyroidissues.
pushing myself to work out whenI really don't have the energy
is not gonna be productive.
It's not gonna make me loseweight, it's not gonna make me
stronger.
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It's not gonna make any of myinflammation go away.
It's just gonna drain myadrenals and make the burnout
worse and prolong the funk thatI'm in.
Just acknowledging any shame orpressure that you feel,
especially around yourappearance or productivity.
You have to learn to giveyourself grace.
In the industry that I've workedin, it's challenging because I
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feel like my worth has alwaysbeen tied to my image or my
level of productivity.
Maybe God or the universe givingme this disease in particular to
struggle with, it's just like alesson in itself in grace and
patience and that worth isintrinsic.
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It's not about bouncing backovernight.
Having a mindset shift andreframing things is so powerful.
That's something I've alwaysbeen relatively good at doing.
You know, we control our realityand our internal world is just a
reflection of our externalworld.
You can justify pretty muchanything or make anything make
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sense if you reframe it, andI've used this in the past, you
know, to justify relationshipsor friendships or like behavior,
and it's like, why don't we usethat for good?
Why don't we use that to reframesituations where we need to give
ourselves grace and talk toourselves like our own best
friend?
If your best friend wasstruggling with their health or
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you know, whatever.
You wouldn't be like, oh mygosh, you're such a lazy piece
of shit.
Like, get up.
I mean, you might do the toughlove, but at the same time, you
know your body's asking for restand you need that.
So give yourself that time torecover and then you'll come
back even stronger.
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When you're refreshed, you'll bemore productive than you
would've been if you tried topush through and prolong
everything.
Healing is not laziness and restis not regression.
We have to remember, thatnothing in nature blooms year
round and so, sometimes we gothrough funks.
That's okay.
Obviously, if this is somethingthat you're dealing with on a
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continuous basis, it might besomething you need to take a
closer look at or get addressed.
I used to have really bad PMDDand I don't really struggle with
that anymore, but when I did, Idid a lot of holistic things to
help reset my hormones.
Even during this time where myhormones are a little bit outta
whack, I go back to basics, andI go back to the things that
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have helped me before in thepast.
One of those is meditation andresetting my nervous system.
I feel like when your hormonesare all over the place, your gut
is all over the place.
Resetting your nervous systemand your endocrine system and
just helping your body relax isgonna make you feel better all
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around and giving yourself thatdeep rest.
Meditation really gives yourbody five times deeper rest than
sleeping or napping, so it'sreally one of the best things
you can do, and it helps a lottoo with like brain fog,
everything like that.
Taking my tinctures that I'veused in the past to help reset
my hormones and gentle movement.
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Some days I don't work out if Idon't have the energy for it,
and that's okay.
In the past when I've tried topush myself to work out, you're
just gonna end up being moreinflamed and it's gonna be
counterproductive.
Not even just when you're in afunk, that's the whole point of
cycle syncing.
For women, we run on a 28 dayhormone cycle.
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Men run on a 24 hour one, soit's okay for guys to do the
same types of workouts and eatthe same types of diets every
day.
For women, we really should beeating differently every week
and working out every weekdifferently in order to support
our hormone cycle and that waytoo we're less likely to have
these types of funks.
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For people that don't know whatI mean when I say cycle sync
it's basically working out andeating in a way that supports
your hormone cycle.
When you're in your follicularphase or you're ovulating we
have higher levels of hormonesand we have more energy to do
more HIIT workouts or liftreally heavy then once we get
closer to our menstrual cycleand deeper in the luteal phase,
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we have less energy and it'sactually more beneficial and
more productive to pull back onthe workouts and to eat more
grounding foods and nutrientdense foods.
Foods that are more groundingare gonna be more supportive and
beneficial so that you don'thave those PMS symptoms.
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PMS honestly isn't normal.
I know it's been normalized, butif you're having PMS symptoms,
it usually means that yourhormones are outta whack.
So looking at your cycle canreally tell you a lot of
information about your hormonesand where you're at in your
body.
Honestly, sometimes taking a napor just doing a walk is more
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beneficial and you're gonna havebetter results when it comes to
weight loss around yourmenstrual cycle.
Restricting calories and doingreally intense workouts is gonna
signal to your body to hold ontofat and you're not gonna get the
results that you want.
It's actually supercounterproductive.
If your body's asking for rest,pushing through is not gonna be
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super beneficial, but there'salso something to showing up as
your highest self.
If you were already out of thefunk and feeling like your
highest self, like what wouldyou be doing as your highest
self and starting to take steps,even if it's just baby steps
towards that.
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I think that's one of the bestways to get out of a funk and
create forward momentum.
like, okay, maybe I haven't hadthe energy to work out for a few
days, but you know, today I feelenergized enough to go for a
walk or do a meditation or Icould really benefit from eating
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really grounding foods.
Something that's helped me isgetting back into my routines.
I feel like routines are yoursaving grace, whether that's a
morning routine or a wind downroutine, or just pillars in your
day that can keep it structuredand help you start to hit your
goals again.
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Doing a physical reset, a mentalemotional reset, and then an
energy reset.
All of these things can help youstart to feel more like yourself
and start to feel better.
With the physical reset, I feellike starting with gentle
movements, whether that's a walkor just stretching.
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Getting outside and going for awalk is something that I try to
do every single day, and Ihonestly feel like when I'm not
walking every day, I feel worse,and I feel like I'm in that
funk.
just getting outside and gettingsome fresh air and being out in
nature can really just resetyour brain, whether you know
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you're going through somethingemotional or physical, or a
combination.
Hydration is also so important.
Hydrating before caffeine in themorning, especially for women,
is so important.
I feel like that's honestlyhelped a lot of my gut issues.
Half the time you might just bedehydrated, like you might have
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digestive gut issues becauseyou're not drinking enough
water, you don't have enoughelectrolytes, you don't have
enough minerals.
Hydrating first thing in themorning, or drinking lemon water
can really help your digestivesystem just flush it out and
just like get it revved up forthe day.
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Gut soothing meals as well, andeasy to digest meals, like soups
and smoothies and cookedvegetables.
And again, using a goodprobiotic is so important.
I do hate the adjustment period,but I mean, at least that's how
you know it's working.
If you take a probiotic and youdon't feel a difference, that
probably means it's not working,that it's not bioavailable, that
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it's not actually reaching yourgut, that the strains are not
actually surviving all the wayto your gut.
if you wanna have a major glowup or you wanna feel better, get
your gut health under control.
A big part of a glow up ismental and emotional, but when
you look good, you feel better.
Like if my hair is glowing, myskin is glowing, I feel so much
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better about myself.
Unfortunately, I don't feel likeour food is always the best
quality or it doesn't have allthe nutrients,'cause of like
restrictive diets or the way itwas sourced, and so taking
supplements to help support us,especially you know, if you have
other health things going on.
I'm always looking for anothersupplement to help with
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longevity, my gut and anti-agingand cell repair.
I feel like there's so manythings I've tried over the
years.
I don't like taking a bunch ofpills and so if it's not
worthwhile or I don't see a bigimprovement, I'm not gonna keep
taking it.
I also think another thing thatgets overlooked, and I
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personally have struggled withthis.
It's easy to want toself-medicate when you're not
feeling good.
When I say self-medicate, I meanlike cheap dopamine or cheap
sources of energy, like if I amtired drinking an energy drink
or something to help me pushthrough.
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And I get it you have to work,you have to get stuff done, but
limiting sugar or caffeine oreven social media.
If you're not feeling goodmentally or physically over
overstimulating your brain byscrolling is not gonna help you
relax.
It's not gonna help your nervoussystem.
I understand sometimes it's niceto just kind of zone out and
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watch a cute TV show.
I love the teeny bopper showshonestly, they are soothing to
my soul, but I feel like that'sa little bit different than
scrolling.
If you are watching a comfortshow or a movie or something to
reset and chill, make sure youpick something that is not going
to raise your cortisol or beoverstimulating.
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just something to be mindful offor the adrenaline junkies or
people that like to watch themurder shows if you're just like
not in a great place mentally,physically, emotionally.
Be careful about the contentthat you're consuming.
Another thing that I really liketo do when I'm in a funk is to
journal.
Since the whole chat GPT craze,I've journaled a little bit less
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because sometimes when I hearsomething out loud, it'll click
differently.
And I feel like Just replacingguilt with compassion, if you're
not feeling great for whateverreason, talk to yourself like
you would a best friend.
You wouldn't make yourself feelguilty.
And anchoring your day aroundrituals, even if it's just like
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a five minute morning routine.
It just like gets your day offto the right start.
Waking up, washing your face,doing your skincare, eating a
nourishing healthy breakfast,meditating, maybe going for a 10
minute walk, journaling for 10minutes.
Just something that structuresyour day in a way that sets you
up to be successful and to feelyour best.
I used to have all these reallyrigid wellness routines, and I
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feel like my life is a lot morebalanced now.
Whenever I am feeling off,coming back to these routines
and using these tools reallyhelps me reset and feel better.
I don't think wellness issupposed to be super rigid and
militant.
I think they're just tools thatwe should be able to use and
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pull out when we need them.
That's really what wellness is,it's about balance.
When you're in a funk,energetically resetting is also
so important, romanticizing yourlife and mundane things like
making a playlist, lighting acandle, writing out a little
glow up rebrand for yourself.
Creating goals for myself whenI'm feeling bad, making myself
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healthy food for the week, doingthis many workouts a week,
working this many days, carvingout a certain amount of time to
create content or whatever.
It just makes you feel betterwhen you make these little plans
for yourself and then you tocross them off.
It kind of starts with babysteps and one thing, you don't
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have to get everything donetoday.
Whenever I'm in a funk, I thinkokay, what is gonna make me feel
better?
At the end of the day, it'sreally just about being gentle
with yourself and beingintentional.
It's not about being perfect,it's remembering that you have
power even on your off days andto start small but staying
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consistent, laying one brick ata time.
Eventually you will end upbuilding the house.
Whether you're sad about abreakup or your hormones are
off, at the end of the day,you're feeling disconnected from
yourself or who you were whenyou were with that person, or
how you felt in general, andtaking the steps to start to
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give that back to yourself iswhat's gonna make you feel
better ultimately.
Some of my funk to flowfavorites, just honestly
shifting the music that I'mlistening to, I could be so
tired and then if I start tolisten to a certain band or a
certain artist, I feel moreenergized.
If that's, getting through aworkout or cleaning my house or
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pumping myself up for work orgoing to hang out with a friend,
I might not have the energy toGo out, but just meeting a
friend for coffee and a walk ormeeting my friend for Pilates,
like a workout that's not gonnaover drain me, but I'm gonna
feel really good after.
Figuring out what's within yourlimits and what's within your
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capabilities.
The more you show up foryourself, the more you're gonna
build that momentum to feelbetter and pull yourself out of
this funk.
I think one of the best ways toget out of a funk if it's mental
or emotional, is to be too busyto think about it.
if there is some physical stuffgoing on, just doing things
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within your limitations isbeneficial.
Like, you know, I might not havethe energy to do X, Y, Z but I
can come up with a game plansitting on the couch, or writing
out my goals or delegating oroutsourcing the things that I
don't have the energy for.
Figuring that out it's gonnamake you feel better.
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Whenever I'm feeling bad, thethings that help me feel like
I'm back in my routine is doingmy daily walks.
Maybe I didn't get a workout in,but at least I got my walk in
and I listened to one of myfavorite podcasts that was
inspiring or uplifting oreducational, and it made me feel
creative again.
I feel like when you're creatingor you have your creative flow,
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you start to feel energized andinspired.
So even if you're not at ahundred percent, it's like a
good way to create momentum andbuild momentum towards who you
wanna be and how you wanna feel.
I wanted to give you guys enoughtips or examples of things you
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can do to try to reset, but Ithink, you know, addressing the
emotional, addressing thephysical, addressing the
spiritual doing maybe like onething every day to support each
of those is a good place tostart.
And also just validating the waythat you feel, but also
acknowledging that it'stemporary and you're not gonna
feel like this forever.
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Sometimes we need these slowermoments in order to reflect and
integrate.
maybe our body is asking us toslow down because there's
emotional or mental stuff thatwe haven't processed or we
haven't worked through.
I personally like to findmeaning in everything.
I feel like it just makes mylife better and I think there is
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meaning in everything, so tryingto reframe things and even if
you feel like shit, there's somepositives that come out of it.
I might feel bad right now, butthis time at home is forcing me
to reevaluate and kind ofreassign where my energy goes,
and I think in the end it'sgonna end up making me more
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productive, and my output isgonna be so much better when I
do feel better.
I hope that this episode washelpful to anyone who's
struggling or doesn't feel goodin their body.
It's definitely challenging tofeel like not yourself and like
you lost your mojo a little bitor you just don't feel like the
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baddie that you normally are.
especially when it's about to besummer.
I was talking to my girlfriend,I was like, I don't even really
feel like it's summer.
I don't feel like the baddiegoing into summer that I
normally do.
I know a lot of it is likehormonal and like physical, and
then that weighs on my mental,but I know that this is
temporary and maybe I have feltlike this so that I could come
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on here and talk about it andgive advice to other people.
If you are strugglingphysically, it is something to
address and get looked atbecause yeah, it's not normal to
feel like shit for extendedperiods of time, and if you
don't know what's going on withyour body, it's really hard to
fix it.
And so making sure you have thetools and the knowledge to get
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yourself back into homeostasisand getting yourself back to
feeling better is key.
So thanks guys for listening,and if you guys have any
questions or you need more tipson how to pull yourself out of a
funk, please feel free toMessage me.
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Send me dms I love hearing fromall of you.
If you're going throughsomething similar, just know
this is temporary and thereframe is so powerful.
Our minds are so powerful.
You can heal your body, just bythe power of the mind, you
really, really can.
So give yourself grace.
Give yourself the tools tosupport yourself, send this to a
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friend who needs to hear it orsave it for when you're in a
funk and you need a reminder ofhow amazing you are, even when
you're not feeling like yourmost amazing self, because you
will soon enough, anyways, Ilove you guys.
Bye.
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