Break the Cycle

I am so grateful and give GOD the credit for empowering me to take care of my body and nourish it. It is His will for me to be healthy. It is His will for my body to heal itself when allowed (that’s how he created it to be). It is His will that I engage life with vitality and clarity, fully present and ready for what and whom I encounter. When I align with His will, prayers are answered. One of my prayers is often, “God, please change my want to’s”. What I wanted was leading me toward disease, depression, reliance on pharmaceuticals, chronic pain, hormone disorders, addiction. The desire for comfort, escape, pleasure...I was feeding my emotions, Every.Single.One. I did not see very clearly how I was going to be able to yank myself out of that cycle. It was starting to consume me. Everything I thought I knew to do was NOT working, in fact, I felt like I was getting more and more stuck. Or, it would work for a few days and then I would lose momentum, discipline, focus, motivation because I barely had ANY results with SUCH hard effort and would give up.

I believe God led me to find a gift. One that could, if I were willing, to lead me in a different direction. One where I could live more like the person He created me to be.

I had allowed myself to get swallowed up during Covid. The hard truth is I merely discovered what was already an ugly truth, that I was only motivated to do things when others needed or expected something from me. I was not showing up for myself, for ME, or really for God. Covid brought out the worst, for many of us? Maybe you can relate?

Food isn’t supposed to consume me (sadly, it did). I celebrated with it, I was lonely with it, I was bored with it, I was craving all the tastes and smells and giving every excuse why it was ok to eat WHATEVER I felt like, even though so much of it was actually hurting me (an immediate reaction, even). I grieved with it, I did all the traditions with it, and I made sure it satisfied all the taste buds and pleasure receptors each and every time.

Thankfully, I am now the dominant force in my life and I choose to consume food that nourishes my body, my temple, rather than continue to succumb to the predictive addictive cycle.

That, my friend, is a mindset shift. I choose (daily) to shift my thinking. What I REALLY want in my life is so much more important than the pleasure certain foods give me for just that one moment. Think about it...the pleasure we get from tasting food lasts about 3 bites, if we're honest. Beyond that, we are merely trying to intensify those feelings. What if we were to investigate what is really behind those cravings? Those emotions? Those desires? When we get honest, we might see that the immediate "reward" is not worth the setbacks. Or, maybe we decide that it is INDEED worth the setback. What might be beyond THIS moment that is more important to you than the pleasure or comfort food (or alcohol, or attention, or drama or whatever it is that might be throwing you off balance) offers. It's definitely personal and definitely complicated, but if I can make this shift, I believe, so can you!❤️

Even on days when you don’t feel like taking care of YOU, do it anyways.❤️ We prioritize everyone else and then FINALLY, when it's almost too late or we are forced to, take care of ourselves. If we are laid up sick and out of commission for months because of our current choices, that will "inconvenience" our loved ones MUCH MORE than if we were to take small steps every day to prioritize ourselves. We will always make time for what is important to us. You have to ask the same questions I had to ask myself, "Why am I not important to make the time and effort for?" "Why do I put off what I know I need to do?" "What example am I showing my kids when I am not making myself or my health (mental, emotional, spiritual and physical) health a priority?"

I have never said, “Oh man, why did I eat so healthy today and move my body?” But I have had days where I was like, “Really, why did I eat that or drink that?! Why did I watch 8 back to back episodes of my latest Netflix show til 3 am?” 🤦🏻‍♀️ No-one is perfect, and we will always have days that set us back, but contending for our health is the vote that MUST win in the end. I am proud to have a new identity as someone who prioritizes my health. I NEVER, I mean NEVER! want to be someone who doesn't put my health front and center. I felt scared to try yet one more thing thinking this might fail me just like other things have, but I feel so empowered to be given tools that I know work, that I see continue to work toward anything I apply them to, and am continuing to watch work in others further down the path than myself.

It’s all a choice. And you have the POWER and FREEDOM to choose. Freedom is not doing "whatever you want" with no consequences. There are always consequences. You are free to choose whichever direction you want to go, but which direction is that? Every choice takes you one direction or another. That's your power. You choose the course. And, you can always course-correct!! Yes, you have to want it, you have to be ready, yes, it's sometimes difficult, and no, you won't "feel like it" much of the time. That's why our WHY is important. Get that front and center. Write it where you can see it. If it's not big enough, work on it until it IS big enough!! This might be hard, but so isn't being sick and in pain hard. It's hard but NOT IMPOSSIBLE!!

What choice will you make NEXT?

If you need someone to come along and support you on your journey, I can help!

#kimkennedymypath #joinmeonmypath #healthyhabitswithkim

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As I learn and grow, I want to be able to share with others the hope I have found, the blessings God has allowed, the wisdom I have come by. If what I share resonates with even one person, it is worth it.

I am passionate about finding purpose on this planet, through my music AND through my life journey. I am passionate about being healthy, inside and out. Being healthy has a ripple affect touching everything in my life. I am proud, now, that part of my identity is putting my health first and sharing that with others. Paying it forward and sharing what I have found is simply a reflex that I literally cannot help!

Always know, you can reach out any time. I am thrilled to share what I have learned with you. I now coach people with their own health journeys. It is thrilling to watch others' lives transform as they seek to create health for themselves. Join me!

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