“I can trust myself “ is the theme for April. Self-trust includes knowing, being, and spending time with yourself. To have reasonable goals, be decisive, build on strengths, be kind to yourself, and most importantly, treat yourself from time to time. Trust is following intuition unless you have parasites or take antibiotics. This is because the gut flora acts as a second brain*. What we eat becomes us which includes what we are focusing on when eating. If the focus is on “Wow, this is delicious! I’m so grateful for this beautiful dish”, that is what is digested. If this is in a positive environment, full of love and life, that is digested too.

When the focus is “There is not enough, I’m fat, better get back to work”, that is what you are feeding yourself. If the environment includes an electronic screen, it’s like the food doesn’t even exist. What signal do you think that sends to your psyche?

Knowing yourself is the next step. Know vulnerabilities, body sensations, what brings a sense of peace, and what throws one off balance. The ability to know thyself relieves suffering because there is a clear perception of what is in front of you, in this moment. There is no past or future w/out this present moment. With a clear perception, the picture in front is a reflection of everything desired. When all is achieved, the realization reveals the most important thing all along: love and connection. Because how we connect to others is how we connect to self. Today I invite you to trust yourself by being yourself.

*If gut health is out of balance, so is the mind, meaning that if all of the natural bacteria in the gut are killed, our mind doesn’t function optimally because the primal gut instinct is being overthrown.