The Importance of Family

Written By Leanne de Groot
The importance of family Blog Body Fuel Nutrition and Movement Ballina, NSW

Before I had my children, I thought I knew all the boundaries of myself, that I understood the limits of my heart. It’s extraordinary to have all those limits thrown out, to realise your love is inexhaustible 💕💟💗

Although nutrition and movement are a fundamental part of my philosophy for health and happiness, I have come to realise and appreciate the impact of community, being part of a tribe and how much love and support we have as strong contenders in both mental and physical health.

Dean Ornish, unifies this theory. He cautions us on omitting the influence of not only what we eat, how we exercise and our stress responses but also how family, unconditional, touch and connectedness modifies our biological mechanisms to respond favourably to the impacts of living in this century.

Unfortunately surrounding yourself with every relation in the country won’t make you immortal – but it will keep you alive longer in your twilight years.

Leanne de Groot

My contribution is a union of nutrition, mindfulness, meditation, breathwork & movement intertwined with behaviour change and how it impacts a life worth living.

As a health and fitness professional, I want to shift the paradigm toward one of self-love and self-care instead of an aesthetic insecurity-based industry. Let’s move away from the trail of being overweight, body shape dissatisfaction, the daily dose of pharmaceutical and social drugs, persistent envy, unhappiness, anxiety, depression, and a life full of pressure to keep up, skip steps, and rush.

Living without awareness and intention creates pressures that we are not doing, we are not moving fast enough, as bosses, workers, weekend warriors, friends, lovers, parents, siblings, or grandparents. We have to be able and willing to step outside the pull of unhealthy and unhealthful cultural norms and make the critical space to do our meaningful thinking.

The first thing I need people to take in is if they are going to work with me or read my work because for me this re-frames the core of moving through all obstacles we have around stress, rush, health, weight, etc … The very blantant truth is that living under the guise of society’s expectations - is not living.

We have been fed a narrative that stepping outside or away from norms is the wrong way to exist and this narrative furthers unhappiness, unhealthiness, pressure, and a life that is too fast to enjoy.

Wherever we are, this is life—it’s happening right now, and I’ve decided that I am not going to rush through it and I invite you to join me today …

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