I had to take a break from my business

Hello friends ??

As I always say, we are our own case study. Here's some information from me and maybe it resonates with you, too.

I paused my e-RAW business at the beginning of February this year. I was struggling with brain issues - memory loss, lack of understanding words, couldn't remember words (heck couldn't spell words - and I'm a writer!)

So I went to the medical industry and got multiple appointments, scans, MRI's, PET scans, more appointments, more information - I've even got some more scans coming up ??.

But ... one of the weird things I have learnt in the last 6 months is when you say "I've got some brain issues, memory loss, struggling with words ..." colleagues, friends and family ALL AGREE and say 'Yes, me too'.

I haven't had any brain issues my whole life, just the last 6 months. And I feel like if I focus on the issues, instead of my life TODAY I will become depressed, stressed, have anxiety etc.

So what I did was I paused my business, had lots of medical checks but also went out hiking ?? on mountains out in mother nature, went to my beautiful local beaches ?? here in #tasmania, went to some amazing events in #melbourne with family and friends, caught up with girlfriends, spent some time in #newzealand with family and let myself actually be who I really am ... not quite right, not perfect, not some kind of legend.

I do love the business experts who keep working hard, keep it all going, are legends and social media heros. But that's not me. I'm not perfect. I'm exhausted with live videos. I bet there is actually spelling mistakes in this newsletter ??.

One major event I attended started to bring me back to focus on others instead of me. It was a 3 day event, lots of colleagues from #NSW attended down here in Tasmania and ... I struggled with the food that we had easy access to. Don't worry - I ate it, but it wasn't healthy. So even though I wasn't the person in charge of the kitchen, I did ask if I could 'help'. And, yes, you'll know what I did - lots of fruits, lots of raw nuts, lots of healthy food all lying around that people could consume.

It made me remember: I do have a place in this world. I do have a role in this life. I definitely need to get back to 'work' and show workplaces how to make sure they support their teams via the food we have access to. Because, like me, if you have access to products rather than produce you will eat it, and another one, and maybe another one - the Sugar+Salt+Fat makes that addiction to eat MORE.

Remember, wander through your local supermarket with your eyes open, 80% of those products didn't even exist 100 years ago.

Remember, when the product says #sugarfree it's not true, it has artificial sweeteners in it, that are harmful to our health.

Let's focus on our health via the food/drinks we consume.

Thanks for reading this newsletter ... any spelling mistakes? ??

PS Let me know if you want a lunchtime webinar with your team, or if your business is in Australia and New Zealand, a fun face-to-face workshop is available. Team challenges are fun and don't worry, none of your staff have to be perfect - neither do you (or me) but we do have to get healthy again via food/drinks.

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