I am passionate about discovering how to experience living wellness. Not just living okay-ness but living well-ness! I am clarifying this for all fellow coffee-lovers out there, to make me look less like a coocoo-crazy person for choosing to cut back on my coffee intake.
My naturopathic provider had pointed out that my caffeine consumption was putting too much stress on my body (somewhere in Connecticut a Lorelai Gilmore just fainted). I yelped like I had done when he told me years ago that I would be better off staying away from sugar for a while. But by now, the ability to steer clear of added sugar has become a lifestyle bearing many benefits! I quite enjoy it! But coffee, oh well that's a whole different story. Coffee seems to be that one thing that I could never view myself giving up completely. After some time in self-reflection, I realized that by me not wanting and not willing to give up coffee, I was letting it have power over me. I was being controlled by my cravings. I could not live wellness if I was being controlled by my choices. I could not simply talk the talk of wellness, I needed to walk the walk too. And if not drinking coffee was a way to get there, I needed to get my walking shoes on!
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