What if, instead of constantly giving ourselves permission to break our commitments to ourselves, we started believing we deserve to keep them?

Marketers have caught onto our collective focus on getting adequate protein, and they're capitalizing on it by slapping "high protein" labels on products that might not deserve the title. Here’s a quick formula to cut through the confusion.

Here I am - not perfect, off track, and still figuring it out. And you know what? That's precisely where I need to be right now.

Your body is constantly communicating - not just through hunger and fullness cues, but through energy levels, muscle tension, restlessness, that feeling of being "wired but tired," or the way your shoulders creep up toward your ears during stressful moments. These aren't just random sensations; they're valuable information.

The discomfort of growth is temporary and leads somewhere meaningful. The discomfort of staying the same is ongoing and keeps you exactly where you are.

There's incredible power in small starts - not because they're easy (though they can be), but because they prove something important to ourselves: that change is possible, that we can trust ourselves, and that we're worth the effort.