How Are You REALLY?

My heart is heavy, and I feel like it is necessary to speak about mental health here on this platform in a way that is quite raw and real. The Living WOW Lifestyle was created as an alternative to the living SAD lifestyle that we default into with our culture and beliefs.

It has evolved as an awareness of the choices you make on a daily basis from the foods you choose to consume or not, the self-care you make time for or don’t, the priority you give to your health and ultimately thriving. It’s learning to speak the language of your body so that you can become the expert in your body and provide the environment to heal.

I think that maybe you think it’s always making the “right” choice or doing the “right” thing. I want to be very clear that life is not that way. You can’t change something you’re not aware of and that is why I make a point of teaching and supporting you so that you can find the hope to live your best life.

Last week here on the podcast, I was honest about my struggle with the season of fall as it historically meant the season of illness for me and the infections and flares would morph and linger for months. Living WOW was born out of the transformation and look back across 2 decades of my life where this cycle was rampant.

During those decades I was trapped in the negative health cycle of chronic pain, depression, and anxiety but I didn’t recognize those labels because it was all I had known as an adult and so I believed it was normal. I worked in healthcare where my patients and their families were all in crisis, and compared to them, I felt healthy and blessed.

When life would get overwhelming with work, finances, relationships, marriage, parenting, and pain there were times when I wanted it all to end. I thought it would be better and certainly easier to die than live. I was completely hopeless and felt like I was drowning in a whirlpool. I wanted the world to go away.

I’m not sure that anyone knew I felt this way because I certainly wasn’t proud of it. In some way I was ashamed that I could feel so bad when others around me were obviously suffering so much more than I was. The lies that I told myself of the world being better off without me and my family appreciating me more if I was dead were spinning in my head.

Despite long sobbing drives to nowhere parked in contemplation and reflection, the phone calls to check in at just the right time, and a hug that you didn’t know I needed. I always came back home, went back to work, and put the smile back on my face for everyone around me.

I’m sharing this extremely painful time with you now in case you are feeling that way at all. I want you to know that you are worth it and that you matter. As the ripple of suicide again crashes into my life with the loss of a family friend I realize that I need to speak this to you.

I want to be transparent that there is hurt and pain and challenges everywhere, even when you are Living WOW. It’s ok to talk about it. It’s ok to ask for help. It’s ok sometimes to just survive.

I think that maybe that is part of why I have living WOW. I feel like when we are making choices that support our mental health, our physical health; we are more true to who we are and more true to who we were born to be. That makes us less likely to suffer. It doesn’t take it away and I certainly don’t want anyone to feel shame because they are dealing with depression. I have been there and it has hit me too close to home too often.

Autoimmune disease can really mess with your chemicals, hormones, digestion, and moods. They are all interrelated. Just don’t believe the lies in your head. You matter and we need you on this earth. We love you and we care about you and you matter.

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