It's the last day of March and I'm doing my monthly thing where I share what's been on rotation in my world. The stuff I actually found useful or interesting this month.

Let's get into it.

🎥 Watch: 5 Minute Stretch Routine That I'm Loving​

I wish I had a job where I moved around more. A few hours a week I coach CrossFit classes, which I love because I'm constantly moving, demoing, stretching, lifting, walking. But that's only a few hours a week. My day job here at Epic Health headquarters has me sitting or standing at my desk for long stretches and nothing makes my body hurt more.

It's wild that people think CrossFit (or lifting weights in general) is so dangerous. My body has never been more stiff than from all the sitting and standing in one place I do. Thankfully, I have a solid workout and movement routine in place. I don't know how people live without one. You think you're going to get hurt lifting weights, but you're more likely to break your ankle stepping off a curb because you're not agile enough to catch yourself or your bones are so brittle they snap easily.

But I digress. These stretches feel good and juicy in the middle of a long desk session or at the end of the day.

📖 Read: Natural Daylight and Blood Sugar​

This study caught my attention and I haven't stopped thinking about it since.

Researchers put 13 people with type 2 diabetes in two different environments: one with natural light through windows, one with standard artificial office lighting. Same meals, same sleep, same activity level. The only variable was the light.

People in the natural daylight condition spent 7.6 percentage points more time with their blood glucose in the normal range. That works out to roughly an extra hour and a half per day with stable blood sugar. 😲

And it wasn't just glucose. Natural light also shifted the body toward burning more fat for fuel during midday hours and boosted evening melatonin by 16%.

We spend 80-90% of our time indoors under artificial light, and your body's circadian clock (which regulates digestion, metabolism, hormone production, and temperature) is synchronized by light. A lack of natural light isn't just a mood thing. It's a metabolic thing.

Open a window or at least sit it near one if you can. Or better yet, take your lunch break outside. It sounds stupidly simple. And it kind of is.

💬 Quote: James Clear

"Curiosity is the beginning of knowledge. Action is the beginning of change."

Another James Clear quote because I just love me some James Clear and I can't stop, won't stop.

I talk to women every day who have done ALL the research. They know about cortisol. They've read about perimenopause. They've googled every symptom. They are curious as hell.

But they're still waiting.

Waiting to feel ready. Waiting for the right time. Waiting for one more piece of information before they take a step.

⚡️Curiosity without action is just really well-informed suffering.

What's the one next step you've been sitting on?

XO,
Kristen

P.S. If that next step is finally figuring out what's actually going on with your gut, hormones, energy, or metabolism that's exactly what I do. Book a free discovery call here and let's find out.