The Monday Monster (part II) 👹
Welcome to the second edition of the Monday Monster! I knew once I wrote my first Monday Monster blog post I would want to write this every week. Some days really are easier than others but Mondays just seem to be the hardest for many of us! This Monday was easier than the last, which I felt was a great improvement! It's still darker than I'd like it to be but I'm working on not letting the overcast, colder weather get me down! I started the morning with my morning meditation and visualization, making my tea, oiling up, and journaling. This little morning routine truly does help set up the day to be a positive one! 

I was also listening to a wonderful full moon meditation that was focused on goals for this quarter, which had aired live last night but I felt I needed to re-listen to it all to really put forth my effort into action oriented goals. 

My top three goals are below: 
  1. Meditate and visualize what I'm achieving with my business 
  2. Read 10 pages of Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires by Esther and Jerry Hicks 
  3. Make and drink my tea with lemon essential oil (Vitality of course!) 
I am the godness of nature 

Top four things to bring me happiness on a Monday
  • Putting on a sweet movie that I've seen a hundred times in the background, which today was Practical Magic! A Negrin family favorite! 😜 It seems I end up with it on right around the full moon, which is quite poetic if you've seen the movie!
  • Starting my day with my motivational meditation/visualization and writing out affirmations 
  • Hanging out with my wonderful sister, her bff Erik who was visiting from NYC, our new Italian bestie Marco and our Chicago husband, Michal. Not only were we just chilling and hanging out but we played a version of Dungeon and Dragons which included me being a Sorceress Goddess of Nature which just so fits!  👑⚜⚔💃👑
  • Having a crazy amount of fruits and vegetables throughout the day 😜 like celery (and peanut butter), spinach, kale, broccoli, potatoes, zucchini, onion, garlic and I think more that I'm forgetting! Some days are definitely more than others but today I just felt like having so many!  🥑🍅🍆🥒🥕🥦
What is one thing you do to beat the Monday Monster?! 👻 ❤️‍❤️‍👻

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Meet Leah Negrin

 
I am a bold, beautiful, sometimes timid, usually happy, essential oil, nutrition junkie. Although at 39 I feel as if I've had several careers over a lifetime (or at least sometimes when I look back at my resume that is what shines through). I've been a paralegal, an office manager, an administrative assistant, worked in commercial lending and have finally landed on nutrition.

My journey to nutrition started many years ago when my sister was diagnosed with celiac disease and food had to change for the family. From there, along my own health journey I’ve helped people not only figure out what to eat but how to do it so that it can work for them sustainably. For almost seven years I’ve been counseling people on their nutrition and weight loss journeys. 

Finally getting some sunshine in Southern California *Photo credit  Brittany Hassett 

I am knowledgeable about what purpose food serves your body and I focus on finding sustainable options when it comes to food; this also led to my love of essential oils. I had the opportunity to attend a workshop where a registered dietitian spoke about using essential oils in her practice to help her patients. I was floored. I knew that #plantsheal but I didn't realize that others in the 'conventional' medical community thought that as well!! Learning that it was possible to incorporate these magical little bottles gave me a huge sense of hope.


Alina, myself and Caitlin (oily bffs) *Photo credit Anne Negrin

 
As I learned more about these oils I was diagnosed with increased intestinal permeability or as many of us know it, leaky gut. Leaky gut has been around for quite awhile but many of us are just learning what this is or why this is even more common these days than ever before. Many issues can be related to leaky gut including autoimmune diseases. Receiving this diagnosis just led me down a path further to learn about nutrition and how to best serve my body and take care of myself.


Enjoying a vegan ice cream cone in Budapest! *Photo credit to Michelle Owen 

Since birthing our sweet baby boy at home earlier this year I’ve been incredibly passionate about helping other women too who are pregnant and new mothers with their nutrition. Eating healthy for your pregnant body and your postpartum self is a game changer for both mother and baby.

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