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November 1, 2017 ·

How you CAN Find Time For Your Health

Faith and Encouragement· Stress Management

Hey sweet friend. I want to give you a little pep talk. I think you need one when it comes to your health. Let’s be real together, ok?

You may be a little worn out, exhausted, bloated, or feeling like you’re craving food (sugar is a big one) and you don’t feel like you have an extra minute to eat better, sleep more, or work on your health.

I think that you and I are a lot alike. We are both women (maybe mommas) who live a full life. Maybe you are a type-A firstborn like me who wants to pile a little too much on my plate.

Are you feeling like you are a little too run down? Maybe you’re feeling less than your best, or a lot less than your best. But at the same time you’re probably thinking you have no time to spend working on your health. You can’t press pause on anything on your life to take time to really focus on your health.

I know what you want because we all want this. You want to feel energetic, living on purpose. You want to cut through the overwhelming health information and make it simple enough to do everyday. You want to truly believe abundant health is possible… but you don’t know how to do it or when you’ll have time.

You do have time to work on getting healthier.

Think about it, none of us want to feel sick and tired. No way! We desire to feel our best and live on purpose. What happens is we get stuck. We are stuck feeling like we can’t do it and it is just too overwhelming. This pattern goes on and on. That is until you decide you’re going to stop it. Let’s stop it today!

I want to instill a bit of confidence in you before I go onto making time for your health. You can do it! There’s nothing special about me or the next person. You have everything within you (that includes the Holy Spirit) that allows you to be successful and apply healthy living tools, whatever they may be. You’ve got it. I believe in you! And it’s time to believe in yourself. You’re not going to be perfect, but you can be consistent and make great choices one after another.

I’m going to share my healthy living secret with you. Are you ready for it?

My secret is simplifying health. Let’s stop making it so complex. 

I believe we gain health by small choices made consistently. Those consistent choices become habits. Over time our habits add up.

Start with one thing and move onto the next small thing. Our health changes in the little by little. That’s the basis of simplifying health. You can make one small change for your health today and do it until you make it a habit.

If you tried to change your health in 5 days by doing 30 new things, you would get overwhelmed, burned out, and give up before you notice any of the benefits to living healthier. I see it happen all the time and I was in that mindset myself along time ago. It’s a recipe for feeling guilt, disappointment, and self-condemnation. I see way too much burn out when people try to change their lifestyle choices. We think we can change everything tomorrow and stick to our thousands of health goals perfectly.

What one thing do you want to start working on for your health? Start small because small goals are actually more successful than big, huge goals. 

Think about your one goal. I bet you can find the time to fit that into your schedule. It’s so small, how can you not fit it in? This is what is going to happen. You’re going to feel so good about the forward movement you’re making on that goal, you’re going to want to try another small thing until that is a habit.

I’ll tell you one more thing I’ve learned over the last 10 years in the natural health and wellness field. Our health can seem anything but simple. Sometimes it can be downright hard and confusing. Don’t misunderstand me when I talk about simplicity. It doesn’t mean that there’s one magic supplement to take, one exercise you can do once a year, or a food you eat 3x/day and it gives you infinite health.

If our health takes time and effort (I won’t lie, it does), why would we want to make it harder to apply and overcomplicate it? Why do we overwhelm our minds with too information and essentially freeze ourselves from making any decisions or taking any action? Your mind and life doesn’t have a extra room for a high capacity of complex health information.

You really don’t have time to be run down, tired, and not being as purposeful and productive as you can be. Think about that for a minute. When you start working on your health and feeling better, you actually have more time because you actually FEEL better. Your brain, body, and mind will be able to function at a higher level. Imagine it, you can feel better.

Our health is important. Have an attitude of seeking health knowledge, taking simplified action, and reaping the benefits of your healthy lifestyle. You’ve got this!!


If you are looking for simple steps so you can take action on the areas of your life that matter download my free Simplify Your Health: Wellness Planning Guide. This is your starter guide to making time for your health by making it a lot simpler!

If you are ready to really jumpstart your health? If you want to make big changes in your diet and lifestyle, I’d love for you to check out my Just Enjoy Health Academy. It is a 12 module virtual education program where you learn simplified knowledge on how to take control of your health and fill your healthy living toolbox. Use code “podcast” for $50 off.

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@alliebstuckey so beautifully said. And a challeng @alliebstuckey so beautifully said. And a challenge to be more bold in my own faith. 

Friends: Be bold for Jesus. It isn’t always the easiest choice when living in this fallen world. But it is the most meaningful, purposeful, joyful, and eternal thing you can do. We were created to be in relationship with our creator. 

Study your Bible, pray, believe in faith what Christ did for you on the cross, teach your kids, love people well while speaking the truth in love. 

John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

And if you don’t know Christ yet, know he died for you. And he wants to be in relationship with you. 

Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

Romans 10:9 “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Romans 10:10 “For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.”

Romans 10:13 “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
The girls and I are unboxing our goodies from Skou The girls and I are unboxing our goodies from Skout Organic. We have bought hundreds of the kid Skout Bars over the years. And their cookies, so delish. 

They are all gluten free and made with healthy ingredients. Before Skout bar we were buying Larabars. Which are great in a pinch, but I didn’t love the non organic nuts and my girls eating them multiple times per week. So I bought the Skout bars and in my opinion, they are a lot better and come in more flavors.

I have to say, I still haven’t tried the lemon poppy seed cookies, but they are going to be sampled tomorrow and I can’t wait. It’s one of my favorite flavors. 

Have you tried any Skout Organic products yet?? 

If you want to save 15% I have a link in my profile! Or use code DRMEGHAN
How many of you resonate with one or more of these How many of you resonate with one or more of these? 

I get it, I’ve been there and it is so easy to get stuck in one or many of these pitfalls. I am writing about this now because I think so many people tell you these black and white ways of thinking are right and there’s nothing bad about thinking like this. 

But there is such hidden danger lurking in this mentality I think it has burned SO MANY PEOPLE. And I may have been apart of this culture and thinking, unknowingly. Do you know when your eyes are opened you can’t unsee things, that’s how I feel now. 

But these are really all trying to cover the fear and desire for control with wisdom. And it is so common. It is an idol of control and the weight of that is overwhelming and heavy. I secretly want to poll all of the health influencers and practitioners and see if they struggle with this idol of controlling their health. But it is disguised as good. I bet the numbers would be way higher than you ever thought. 

But what if there is a middle ground? What if you can be healthy and have it somehow strike a version of that illusive balance? What if you can have freedom in your health and still make healthy choices? Doesn’t that sound so good? Do you feel like you can breathe a little deeper? Or finally relax? 

I will tell you this is possible. But it doesn’t happen overnight, it can take some time and that is ok. It is really changing the wiring on how you think about health and your body. But if you keep working on breaking free of fear and control you can get that freedom back again. 

In my next post I want to share some ways you can break out of the fear.
Friend…. I completed 15 pushups almost everyday in Friend…. I completed 15 pushups almost everyday in June. This is such an accomplishment for me. Let me explain. 

I was going to make an even better reel, but I didn’t because tech takes too long 😉. So I’m going old school and writing a long post. 

Ever since 2020 I’ve believed there is something wrong with my body. Chronic unexplained symptoms abounded. Some 24/7. For years! 

And finally in 2024/ 2025 I realized a lot of my symptoms were from stress and fear. And they created a fear response of me avoiding, thinking my body was broken, and looking for a supplement/ detox fix. 

And 6 months ago I said that’s enough. What if I’m really not broken? What if God’s healing is coming by Him doing a massive internal transformation in me? 

I’m breaking down old legalistic beliefs, working on things I fear, putting less pressure on myself, realizing my symptoms aren’t dangerous, starting to workout in response to the belief I’m actually strong, and so much more. 

Ultimately, surrendering and trusting the Lord is the root. It’s so spiritual in nature. 

I’ve seen a lot of progress. And there is still progress to go. 

But when I saw @alliebstuckey post about the push up challenge in June I knew I had to do it. I wanted to show myself my trength. That I can show up for myself. I can prove I can do it. 

And I did. And I’m so proud of myself. I see my body, mind, and nervous system healing. And had to share this video. And let me tell you, this video is really more of a highlight reel for me and not you 💕. But please, join in with me in this celebration!! 

And I want to tell you that you can show up well and balanced for yourself. Show yourself your body is strong because your body is strong! Even if there is healing and recovery that needs to happen, you are still so strong! 

PS. I chose this song because of the greatest showman YouTube video of the first time she sang this. Iykyk. If not, go look it up. GOOSEBUMPS!!

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Well, I have to start somewhere. Celebrating the l Well, I have to start somewhere. Celebrating the little victories (that are actually really big) and trusting God in the process!!
Do your attempts to get healthy borders on obsessi Do your attempts to get healthy borders on obsession or orthorexia? Somehow you are now stressed about EVERYTHING being a toxin and brain is swirling with that all day, every day?. 

Does that sound like you? Or maybe just me 🤷🏻‍♀️ (please tell me I'm not the only one!)

I just don't think that's the Lord's plan for our lives and thought lives. I think there is another way to do health differently than our country and yet not become fearful and all-consumed with it all. We can be aware, make wise decisions, and let the rest be in the Lord's hands.

Most of you know I've taken 7 months off of posting regular content on my Instagram page. I only intended to stop posting for 2-4 weeks. But I realized I was stuck in this mental loop of always thinking about my health and my symptoms and then I was in a business where I only posted about health. That needed to stop. And when I slowed that loop I realized hey, I don't even want to post, so I didn't. 

Are you living in that balance now? Or teetering in the imbalance? If you are feeling imbalanced, the first thing is to NOT beat yourself up about it. If you have had chronic symptoms, I think it is our body's protective mechanism to put us in this loop. But the lie is that we aren't safe with symptoms... but we are safe if things medically check out fine. 

To get out of that mind loop, I would encourage you to take these thoughts captive. When they come in, give them to the Lord, and choose to think about something true and lovely and beautiful. Do this as often as you need which will probably be numerous times per day! 

It sounds easy but it isn't. Simple, yes. Easy, no. Put your faith in Christ and trust that he can renew your mind back to a healthy balance of holistic health. And if you suffer from symptoms... I do believe this is foundational for symptom resolution too.
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