Forward of Daily Health Read

 

One of my health reads this morning that I thought I’d share with the team. This was written by Divya Gupta. 

Divya is a reversing hashimotos disease guru, whom I follow to assist with part of my health correction and longevity journey. She is a Functional Holistic Nutritionist.

This is a longer read, but I thought well worth the send to you all. My opinion to a lot of her content is that it is relevant to us all for living a longer healthy life not for just people who are dealing with Hashimotos disease.

She wrote:

So many of you are already doing the hard work: prioritizing meals, adding protein, choosing whole foods. That's not easy, and you should be proud.

But here's what really stood out:

Nervous system care keeps coming up as the hardest one to commit to.

One of you wrote: "I'm just now learning the importance of nervous system support... It is a hard one for me to commit to."

Another said: "My nervous system care is very poor. Needs probably some work on it."

And honestly? I get it. Because for years, I resisted it too.

I thought I didn't have time for "soft" stuff

When I first heard about nervous system work, I rolled my eyes.

I was busy. I had a business to build, a body to heal, meals to prep, busy mom, research to read. Breathwork? Slowing down? That felt like something I'd get to... eventually. When everything else was fixed.

I thought healing was about doing more — eating cleaner, trying new supplements, optimizing my workouts.

But my body kept telling me a different story.

I'd eat perfectly and still feel wired. Sleep 8 hours and wake up exhausted. My digestion was a mess. My thyroid labs were stubborn. And I was so tired of trying harder.

The moment everything clicked

I was going through some really hard life lessons. The kind that stop you in your tracks and force you to look at everything differently.

And for the first time in years, I couldn't push through. I couldn't outwork it, out-optimize it, or fix it with another protocol.

I was exhausted in a way that had nothing to do with sleep hours. My body was screaming for me to slow down.

So I finally listened.

I started with 10 minutes of meditation every morning.Just me, sitting still, before the day could pull me in a thousand directions.

No app. No guided anything at first. Just breathing and being present with whatever came up.

And within two weeks, something shifted. My digestion improved. I stopped waking up at 3am with my heart racing. My body finally started responding to all the "right" things I'd been doing.

That's when I realized: I wasn't broken. I was just burnt out at a nervous system level.

Why this matters for your thyroid

Here's what I've learned (and what the research backs up):

When your nervous system is chronically activated, your body prioritizes survival over healing.

Cortisol stays elevated. Digestion shuts down. Your thyroid gets deprioritized because your body thinks you're in danger.

You can take the perfect supplements, eat the cleanest diet, and do all the "right" things — but if your body doesn't feel safe, it won't heal.

This is especially true for women. We're often the ones holding everything together, anticipating everyone's needs, trying to be calm on the outside while chaos runs underneath.

Our bodies keep the score.

Your one practice this week

I'm not going to give you 10 options or a complicated protocol.

Just this:

Every morning, before you check your phone or start your to-do list, sit for 10 minutes and meditate.

It doesn't have to be perfect. You don't need a special cushion or app (though you can use one if it helps).

Just:

• Find a quiet spot

• Sit comfortably

• Close your eyes

• Focus on your breath

• When your mind wanders (and it will), gently bring it back

That's it.

Do it in bed. Do it with your coffee next to you. Do it in your car before anyone else is awake.

Just do it before your day starts running you.

Why this works

Meditation activates your parasympathetic nervous system — the "rest and digest" mode your body desperately needs to heal.

It signals to your body: You're safe. You can stop running. You can repair now.

And when your body feels safe? That's when the thyroid work, the gut healing, the hormone balancing — all of it — finally starts to stick.

I know this feels less concrete than "eat more protein" or "take this supplement."

But I promise you — this is where the deepest healing happens.

Try it for one week. Notice what shifts.

In continuance to Divya Gupta’s post. The thyroid is one crucial gland in the middle of a our hormone cycle, which we all need to keep in “balance”. We all deal with hormone and chemistry imbalances, which impact everything about our mental and physical being. I hope this kick starts something in your forward momentum.

 

 

Nov 11 (day 288) 

Acts of Kindness recorded - 959

Push-ups (& weights to strengthen upper body) - 16525,

Sit-ups and or equivalents - 18275, 

Rehab and fitness - Squats & step-ups started May 28th - 2200, 

Kilometers (over and above daily function) - 1753.2, 

Meditation/ inversion table  (min.) - 985,

Stretching/ rolling. Physio exercise (started Sept 7) (min.) - 2890,

Sparring/ grappling (min.) - 78, 

# of forms re-familiarized - 7.0

Form reps - 266, 

Form time (min.) - 742,

“Mastery” recite (min.) - 101

Blogs - 38