Let's start with the fact that I wouldn't want to be in my twenty-five years. In fact, I wouldn't even want to be in my twelve years. And frankly, neither would anyone else's. Are you kidding? Good. Let this book be a light and helpful read for you.
Instead of returning to a time of youthful acne and unrequited love, I would like to share with you a story about becoming healthier than we ever were before. And yes, this book will be useful not only for women, but also for men.
Human beings are amazing creatures. So often we pretend and pretend that everything is fine, even when in fact it is not. At the age of twenty-three, I convinced myself that I was full of strength and health. I relayed this to friends and family, but every year I was taken to the hospital in an ambulance with a transient ischemic attack. I wanted to hide from everyone at the time, and only my ex-husband knew of my suffering.
So, why did I decide to write this book? Because in the last year I've seen an incredible number of young women and men who, just like me once did (back in my early twenties), deceive themselves and their audiences on Instagram by claiming to be healthy.
Guys writing about fitness, yoga, nutrition, spiritual enlightenment, finance and psychology have come to me with the same problems: terrible migraines, neck, back and shoulder pain, muscle stiffness, hernias, scoliosis and panic attacks.
When I helped them, they sincerely thanked me, but they never told anyone about my center, for fear that someone would find out about their problems, which were already behind them.
I won't name their names in the book. But I do want to tell you how to begin to trust yourself, not your teachers. I want to share with you ways that you can begin to listen to your body and accept only what it needs, not what advertising campaigns and fashion trends impose.
So let's get started.
In a world where information about healthy living and wellness is readily available, we often forget one important thing: Every body is unique. What works for one person may not work for another. Instead of blindly following fashion trends and society's dictates, let's learn to listen to our bodies and trust them.
The road to health begins with awareness. Awareness of our needs, of the signals our body sends us. Often we ignore these signals, overloading ourselves with food, alcohol, and the wrong lifestyle in general. But our body is not silent-it lets us know about problems through pain, fatigue, and malaise.
