4. SUPPORT - CHOOSE SUPPORT, REJECT TOXINS - Sometimes it is so obvious, we miss the benefits of doing it at all. A very simple concept. We are all individuals slightly different from the next person. What can be one person's medicine is another's poison. Learning to discriminate and discern what feeds and supports you and what doesn't is crucial for your health and overall well being. Question openly - foods, thoughts, relationships, actions, desires... Everything is up for observation but not judgment. It is easy to play a game with this and fool your self into thinking you can eat anything - then twenty years later you develop serious stomach and digestive, kidney, liver ailments. Listen to your body not your taste buds. Pay attention to how to feel: your energy level, your mental condition, how you feel after eating or doing something that you are not sure supports you. It will become obvious after a while of just observing what supports you and what adds toxins.

HINT Give yourself permission. I noticed after eating a meal with beef that I almost fell asleep afterwards. I could feel my body working very hard to digest the meat. I know that red meat isn't what my body needs. I had to give myself permission to give up red meat and learn to trust myself. Once I gave myself permission, I started to define my individuality. I could begin to sense what supported me and what didn't. I learned to trust myself.

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