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Catherine Howell

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Published 14 days ago • 1 min read

THE FRIDAY THREE

STRESS. NUTRITION. HORMONES.

Three ideas for working in sync with yourself

Hi Reader

Three things for your Friday: one for stress, one for hormones, one for nutrition.

STRESS - Minimum Viable Health

Your health routine needs a version that works when life doesn't.

When work gets busy, trying to maintain every habit can turn looking after yourself into another job.

Choose the few things that make the biggest difference to how you function: perhaps sleep, proper meals and movement.

Protect the foundations before worrying about optimisation.

NUTRITION - Healthy... Until It Isn't

A behaviour isn't healthy simply because it looks healthy.

Meal prep can support you. Tracking can educate you. Exercise can make you stronger.

But the same behaviours can become rigid, stressful or inappropriate for the season you're in.

Don't only ask “Is this healthy?”

Ask: “Is this healthy for me, in the way I'm doing it now?”

HORMONES - The Season Check

What your body needs isn't fixed.

Your workload changes. Training changes. Sleep changes. Your cycle may change. The routine that supported you six months ago may not be the right one now.

Periodically ask: Does the way I'm living still support the body I'm living in?

Changing your approach isn't failure. It's responding to new information.

Which one did you need this week?

If life got ridiculously busy next week, what are the three things you'd protect to keep yourself well?

Hit reply with your three. No explanation needed.

With care and wellness,

Cat

Catherine Howell

+44 7542022488

​www.WISWYHealth.com

Catherine@WISWYHealth.com

@CoachCatWISWY

P.S. Whenever you’re ready, here are a few gentle ways I can support you:

  • Connect with me on Instagram, where I share thoughtful, nuanced reflections on stress, nourishment and hormones beyond black-and-white answers. Follow here.
  • Book a complimentary, confidential 1:1 health consultation if you’d like personal support. This is a calm, no-pressure space to talk things through and explore what might help. Book here.

This content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Catherine Howell

I support high-performing female lawyers with preventive health, stress regulation and nervous system care so they can sustain demanding legal careers without sacrificing their health, energy, relationship with food or future fertility.

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