How often do you find yourself saying,

huh, I wish things were different.

Have you ever stopped to contemplate the effect of all that wishing thinking on your day-to-day life, how it takes you out of the present, and that

wishing becomes the action you're taking. I've been paying a lot of attention to this language in my own life, my darling, and it's so pervasive.

And boy, can it steal your energy?

If you're ready to stop living in Wishland and to take your rightful place and get it Dunville,

then keep listening, my love. It's going to be a good one.

You're listening to Feminist Well, the only podcast that combines functional medicine, life coaching, and

feminism to teach smart women how to reclaim their power and restore their health.

Here's your host, nurse practitioner, functional medicine expert,

herbalist, and life coach, Victoria Albina.

Hello, hello, my love.

I hope this finds you doing so well.

If you're listening to this podcast, the day Came Out, it's December 26th, The Day After Christmas,

The Fourth Night of Hanukkah, mere days before New Year,

and you may be spending time with your family of origin a

Partners family. Maybe you're with friends chosen family or maybe you're on your own this holiday time

Regardless of the company you're on your own this holiday time. Regardless of the company you're keeping,

your brain may be indulging in an old thought habit.

Wishing that something you have no power to change was different than it is.

For example, I'm coming to you from the frozen tundra that is currently New York City, like it's insanely blustery and snowy and so effing,

cold out. And I found myself just the other day mumbling about how I wish it was warmer, wish I lived somewhere

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