11/11/2025
Mindful eating this silly season 🤪🌲
Do you ever catch yourself eating mindlessly, while you reply to a work email, between yelling at the dog for barking at the postman, quickly touching base with the group chat all while not even thinking about chewing the food you’re supposed to be eating? Yeah surprisingly that is not conducive to optimal digestion 😅.
Our brain and gut are in constant communication so if we are in flight or flight mode (sympathetic nervous system activation) our digestive system will not be ready to process the food we are eating. So in order to kickstart good digestion, we need to signal to our BRAIN that we are in rest and digest mode (parasympathetic nervous system activation).
So how do we do this?
> Try to only eat when you feel hungry
> Try to only eat when you are seated
> Take 2-5 slow, deep belly breaths before eating
> Avoid distractions (screens!)
> Eat slowly
> Chew thoroughly
> Try to be the last person to finish eating at the table this Christmas
This picture is from our recent time away. It was very easy to eat mindfully, as we sat in front of this super peaceful view - I only took my phone out to take a picture I swear. While trying new, local food is one of the absolute BEST parts of travel, making your own simple meal is sometimes all you need. Don’t worry I tried plenty of authentic local food as well. 🥲
