Thank you for your kind wisdom. I have asked him to let me take the lead on nutrition, but he insists on being involved, and while I wish he would default to my knowledge, maybe I should be grateful that he does want a say in our family nutrition, and he wants to understand where I am coming from.
Thank you for your kind wisdom. I have asked him to let me take the lead on nutrition, but he insists on being involved, and while I wish he would default to my knowledge, maybe I should be grateful that he does want a say in our family nutrition, and he wants to understand where I am coming from.
At the same time, he questions the information I have gathered around nutrition. For one, I have bounced around a lot with my own understanding, from "diet to diet", so it must be hard to follow! Secondly, he questions whether I have an unhealthy relationship with food. Which in a sense is true but not in the way he means. Most of us do have an unhealthy relationship to food and in fact I have been in search of the opposite. I love your wisdom of looking to nature's laws, after all we evolved over millions of years, under all of the light of the sun, hunting and gathering, loving and just living.
There really is a lot to unravel and relearn for both of us, I'm just more incline to do so. As I mentioned in the marriage discussion, he is trying to follow my lead to some extent.
I am realizing I am a very impatient person, afraid of the passage of time. In my mind, the changes need to be made now! Then I'm rushing him down a path he is not ready to follow. I am working on my patience, and communication, as well as showing my love for him first and foremost. Last thought, maybe I should write a letter to express position or will the book offer some guidance on that? I will read and see. Love and hugs back.
I think the book would be a good jumping off point because it's not about addressing a specific issue but in getting to your underlying communication and deeper ways of being for and with each other. Also, I would highly, highly recommend getting a membership with the Weston A Price Foundation. They will mail you a quarterly journal loaded with dense nutrition information backed by studies. He could read it on his own! They also have local chapters and a fabulous yearly convention. I think a year membership is $40 in the US.
I started reading the book last night, after some pillow talk with my hubby! Just the opening Celtic quote had me.
I am exciting for this next phase of self and relationship growth. I have been having quite a few ahah moments lately, and it has been a tough slog but so rewarding.
I recently got a WAPF membership based on your advice you left to someone else on an IG post. I have been listening to many of their podcasts and the zoom discussions. Yesterday I learned about de nova lipogenesis (DNL), enzymatic pathway to convert carbohydrates to saturated fats if limited in diet! How could saturated fats be bad for us! It was reconfirming for me that animal products needs to be part of human species diet. Such a wealth of information. I have also reached out to a local lady who is running a local WAPF FB group and we are going to touch base in private soon. Not sure if it is an official chapter but I have joined. Turns out my farming friends whom I get pastured pork and chickens from are part of the group too. I also volunteered with them for harvesting the chickens, it will be my first experience with taking a life to give me life, but I am here for it.
I cannot thank you enough for sharing your heart and soul with us. You have helped me connect so many more dots in relation to who we are as a species and why we are here. It sounds like sharing your life can be overwhelming at times, so again, you have my deepest gratitude. 🙏
I'll try my best not to bombard you with the million questions I have and slowdown and listen as it comes! But please do not hesitate to let me know when I am. I hope to be a more productive contributor to this community soon. I know of course my perspective is unique but I can be shy in sharing it. That said, It seems this is a very safe place to share. Again for that, thank you! ❤️
This all sounds wildly energizing. Things are happening and unfolding for you in big ways, Alexandra. Thank you for your kind words, but I can only mention things, you're the one out there doing it. Give yourself a lot of credit for that, too.
Thank you for your kind wisdom. I have asked him to let me take the lead on nutrition, but he insists on being involved, and while I wish he would default to my knowledge, maybe I should be grateful that he does want a say in our family nutrition, and he wants to understand where I am coming from.
At the same time, he questions the information I have gathered around nutrition. For one, I have bounced around a lot with my own understanding, from "diet to diet", so it must be hard to follow! Secondly, he questions whether I have an unhealthy relationship with food. Which in a sense is true but not in the way he means. Most of us do have an unhealthy relationship to food and in fact I have been in search of the opposite. I love your wisdom of looking to nature's laws, after all we evolved over millions of years, under all of the light of the sun, hunting and gathering, loving and just living.
There really is a lot to unravel and relearn for both of us, I'm just more incline to do so. As I mentioned in the marriage discussion, he is trying to follow my lead to some extent.
I am realizing I am a very impatient person, afraid of the passage of time. In my mind, the changes need to be made now! Then I'm rushing him down a path he is not ready to follow. I am working on my patience, and communication, as well as showing my love for him first and foremost. Last thought, maybe I should write a letter to express position or will the book offer some guidance on that? I will read and see. Love and hugs back.
I think the book would be a good jumping off point because it's not about addressing a specific issue but in getting to your underlying communication and deeper ways of being for and with each other. Also, I would highly, highly recommend getting a membership with the Weston A Price Foundation. They will mail you a quarterly journal loaded with dense nutrition information backed by studies. He could read it on his own! They also have local chapters and a fabulous yearly convention. I think a year membership is $40 in the US.
I started reading the book last night, after some pillow talk with my hubby! Just the opening Celtic quote had me.
I am exciting for this next phase of self and relationship growth. I have been having quite a few ahah moments lately, and it has been a tough slog but so rewarding.
I recently got a WAPF membership based on your advice you left to someone else on an IG post. I have been listening to many of their podcasts and the zoom discussions. Yesterday I learned about de nova lipogenesis (DNL), enzymatic pathway to convert carbohydrates to saturated fats if limited in diet! How could saturated fats be bad for us! It was reconfirming for me that animal products needs to be part of human species diet. Such a wealth of information. I have also reached out to a local lady who is running a local WAPF FB group and we are going to touch base in private soon. Not sure if it is an official chapter but I have joined. Turns out my farming friends whom I get pastured pork and chickens from are part of the group too. I also volunteered with them for harvesting the chickens, it will be my first experience with taking a life to give me life, but I am here for it.
I cannot thank you enough for sharing your heart and soul with us. You have helped me connect so many more dots in relation to who we are as a species and why we are here. It sounds like sharing your life can be overwhelming at times, so again, you have my deepest gratitude. 🙏
I'll try my best not to bombard you with the million questions I have and slowdown and listen as it comes! But please do not hesitate to let me know when I am. I hope to be a more productive contributor to this community soon. I know of course my perspective is unique but I can be shy in sharing it. That said, It seems this is a very safe place to share. Again for that, thank you! ❤️
This all sounds wildly energizing. Things are happening and unfolding for you in big ways, Alexandra. Thank you for your kind words, but I can only mention things, you're the one out there doing it. Give yourself a lot of credit for that, too.