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𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 😂

This may or may not be a real conversation.

I'll never tell. 😂

Tag someone who has sent a message like this. 👇

New blog post is up and this one surprised me when I was writing it. 💜

I knew one night away felt different. I didn't know there was measurable science behind exactly why.

𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁.

🔗 www.restorerenewyou.com.au/post/screens-raise-your-cortisol-fire-lowers-it-here-s-what-that-actually-means

Screens Raise Your Cortisol. Fire Lowers It. Here's What That Actually Means. And why one night around a campfire might be doing more for your health than you realiseI've been thinking about something since the weekend.We sat around a campfire for hours. No plan, no agenda, just food and good company and a fire doing what fires do. And somewhere in the middle of it I realised...

𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐀 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 💙

Skincare is one of those things that works best when you're consistent with it. And this one has earned its place in my daily routine.

The 𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐔𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐱 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐦 is what I reach for morning and night. It's lightweight, absorbs quickly and does something that most serums don't. It works at a 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗼𝘅 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 to support your skin from within rather than just sitting on the surface.

For women over 40, skin changes in ways that surface level products just can't keep up with. This one works differently because it's supporting the cellular processes that drive how your skin repairs and renews itself.

Given everything my skin has been through this year I'm not taking its care for granted. This is part of how I look after it every single day.

👉 shopasea.com/KellieVarlet

𝘿𝙈 𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨. 💙

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 🌿

We talk a lot about what we put into our bodies. We don't talk nearly enough about what we put into our minds.

Constant connectivity has a real physical cost. Research published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found that people using screens for more than four hours a day showed significantly elevated cortisol levels compared to lighter users. That's your main stress hormone running high, not because of anything dramatic happening in your life, but simply because of how much time you spend connected.

And it compounds. 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽. 𝗣𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀. For women over 40 who are already navigating hormonal changes, adding chronic screen fatigue into the mix makes everything harder.

Disconnecting isn't just good for your mind. Your body feels it even when you don't realise it's happening.

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣? 💜

👉 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚: www.tghclinic.com/post/understanding-the-impact-of-cortisol-from-screen-overuse-on-stress-management-and-emotional-resilien

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 💜

Saturday night I sat around a campsite for hours doing absolutely nothing productive.

No content planning. No emails. No thinking about the week ahead. Just food, fresh air and good company.

And somewhere in that stillness something settled.

I didn't realise how much I needed it until I was already in it. That's usually how it goes. You don't notice how loud everything has been until it goes quiet.

When you stop being available to everything else for a while, you become available to yourself again. That's the reconnecting part. And it doesn't happen any other way.

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩? 💜

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 💜

One night. That's all it took.

We got there just as the sun was going down. Poured a drink, put out the food and just sat. No phones, no agenda, nowhere to be. Hours went by and I hadn't thought about work once.

There was a mob of kangaroos grazing right near our campsite the whole time. Morning and night. Just going about their thing while we went about ours.

I forget sometimes how much I need that. The quiet. The space. Just being somewhere without trying to do anything with it.

When you spend most of your time switched on, even one night of switching off feels like a reset. And I think that's the point.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪? 💜

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 💜

Joy is not a luxury. And this week proved that in the best possible way.

Grateful for the people who make me laugh without trying. For the work that still lights me up. For a community that shows up week after week and makes this all worthwhile.

This weekend do at least one thing that makes you laugh. Make joy a part of your plan too. 💜

Go find your people. Be present in it. Let it be enough.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙩? 👇

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐩 and this one is about something most wellness conversations leave out completely. 💜

Joy. Laughter. Turns out it's doing a lot more for your body than most people realise and the research will surprise you.

𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁.

🔗 www.restorerenewyou.com.au/post/what-laughter-actually-does-to-your-body-the-science-will-surprise-you

What Laughter Actually Does to Your Body. The Science Will Surprise You. Turns out there's a lot happening underneath it.We Keep Leaving It Out of the Wellness ConversationWe talk a lot about movement, sleep, nutrition, stress management. All of it matters. All of it deserves the attention it gets.But there's something that barely gets a mention in most wellness conversa...

𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐀 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 💙

We've been talking a lot this week about balance and looking after yourself in ways that actually matter. This is one of mine.

𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐔𝟐𝟖 is part of my daily routine, morning and night, and has been for a while. It's one of those small consistent habits that sits quietly in the background doing its work.

I use it on my skin after being outdoors especially. Given my history with skin cancer and the amount of time I spend outside, having something that genuinely supports and comforts my skin after sun exposure matters more to me now than it ever did before.

It works at a cellular level through redox signalling technology, supporting your skin from within rather than just sitting on the surface. More hydrated, smoother and it absorbs quickly without feeling heavy or complicated.

Looking after your skin is part of looking after yourself.𝗜𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗜𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁. 💙

👉 shopasea.com/KellieVarlet

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚? 👇

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 🌿

Joy has a measurable biological impact on your body and most wellness conversations completely miss it.

I teach fitness for a living and I can tell you the classes where we end up laughing are the ones people remember. 😂 Where someone does something ridiculous and the whole group loses it for a moment. They leave differently. Lighter. More energised than when they walked in.

Turns out there's a real reason for that.

Research published in PLOS One found that spontaneous laughter reduces cortisol levels by nearly 32 percent. Even a single session drops your main stress hormone by 36.7 percent. On top of that it stimulates immune cells, improves endorphin production and has been shown to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. 🙌

A balanced life isn't just about ticking the wellness boxes. It includes the fun, the silly, the spontaneous moments that fill you up in a way nothing else quite does. That's not a distraction from looking after yourself. That is looking after yourself.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗳𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀. 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘀𝗼. 💜

👉 Read the full research here: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0286260

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝? 👇