Happy Sunday,

Sickness hit me again this week - 2nd time this January. And here I was just smugly thinking that this January wasn’t all that bad….even with the world blowing up in every direction around us….but then I went down - hard.

I will spare you the details, but it involved tons of disinfectant, washing my hands a million times of day, and very little sleep. I had one day where I felt like I was hit by a truck—I felt achy and exhausted with a heavy headache and a cough that rattled me. On Friday, I picked my kids up from their week away with school, both with the same bug. So we get to continue the saga!

I shared in my Instagram story this week that being sick is a reminder of how we often feel when our hormones are all over the place. We can somehow still get through the day, but we aren’t optimal. When sickness makes its way in, our job is to support our bodies with as much care as possible. Same thing with menopause. When your body is depleted, it needs nourishment. From not just food, but with rest and compassion. It doesn’t serve us to get frustrated. Being unwell totally sucks, but when we put our energy towards nurturing ourselves—instead of towards resistance or anger—we open the door to healing.

I’m not sure many of us know how to nurture ourselves. It’s not something we’re usually taught. It wasn’t until I discovered yoga in my 30s did I start to even consider listening to my body. Our culture values productivity over health and rest. Nurturing ourselves requires us to build a relationship with our body, tending to it with care and trust, even when it feels like it’s betraying us.

For those of you who are also sick this week, my invitation for you is to nurture yourself with compassion—tend to your body gently and nourish yourself with intention. I think we could all use a bit more—by which I mean a hell of a lot more—self-nurturing, and we don’t need to get sick to do so.

Oh! This weekend was a wild one….hence why our Lovenote is arriving today, instead of yesterday. Tiggy had back-to-back ski races, finishing 1st and 2nd. 🥇🥈 And Sadie’s volleyball team swept up on Sunday, bringing home GOLD! 🥇 It was exciting and my voice is raw from the cheering!

How about you? Everyone holding on out there? Can February be a little calmer, please? Fingers crossed.

xoChristie