{HMW} The reason motivation isn't showing up

Dear Reader,

A lot of my clients tell me they lack motivation. That may be true — because motivation is fleeting and rarely shows up when we need it most.

But there's a way to reverse engineer it so it's almost always available. It's called focusing on MOMENTUM instead.

🌿 Momentum is that feeling of soaring when someone pushes your boat off a dock on a windy day.

🌿 Momentum is the effortless ascension once the spark to take action is lit.

🌿 Momentum requires no force, strain, or willpower.

But it doesn't appear out of thin air. It has to come from taking an initial step. Many of us feel those sparks but don't act on them fast enough — and the longer we wait, the more self-doubt, old beliefs, and sabotage creep in to talk us out of it.

Here are 3 ways to bypass motivation and move straight into momentum:

✅ Feel your fear or discomfort and take one small step anyway. A 10-minute walk. One vegetable today. One small action.

✅ Focus on the PROCESS, not the outcome. Visualize yourself actually taking the steps — imagine getting out the ingredients for that healthy smoothie you want to make tomorrow morning.

✅ Expect setbacks. When they arrive, skip the "See, I knew I couldn't do it" spiral. Dust off, find some compassion, and do the next best thing.

Staying in action keeps us out of all-or-nothing thinking — and away from the inner critic just waiting to tell us we haven't done "enough."

What are your methods for staying motivated and building momentum around a newer, more fragile health behavior?

And if you want to go deeper on topics like this, come join me over at Just One More Bite — I'd love to have you there.

Have it:

Interesting article alert: How smell, emotion and memory are intertwined (i.e. why certain scents may cause us to eat emotionally)

Made it:

5-Senses Sunday:

This week's 5-Senses Sunday goes from snack aisles in Greece to phantom smells, birdsong appreciated equally by frogs and humans, and the surprisingly well-documented urge to touch artwork in museums.

I also admitted to a guilty pleasure I've been keeping to myself — and shared a decade-by-decade look at home design trends from 1940 to 2015 so you can see exactly what aesthetic dominated the year you were born.

My video response to this fabulous reader question (watch it on tik-tok instead)

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These ultra clean 99% water wipes (I travel a lot)

Ingredient Spotlight:

Oyster Mushrooms

Are you a mushroom fan?

Considered part of the fifth kingdom (neither plant nor animal), mushrooms are the fruiting body of the mycelium network.

Fun Fungi facts!

🍄90% water

🍄Thousands of species

🍄Are immune-modulators (helps regulate your immune response and adaptability to stressors)

🍄Full of fiber, protein, vitamin D and high in antioxidants

🍄Can often mimic the texture and mouthfeel of meat (great for vegetarians and vegans)

🍄Some are adaptogenic and considered superfoods! (chaga, reishi, lions mane)

Here are some mushroom inspired products and recipes!

Mud/water
This Mushroom/Kale grits recipe

Grilled shitake with ponzu

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Extra Bytes:

What I'm Reading: Betty, by Tiffany McDaniel

What I'm Watching: The Brain-Changing Benefits of Exercise | Wendy Suzuki

What I'm Listening to: Can Mushrooms Heal Your Thyroid? The Science Behind Medicinal Fungi & Hashimoto’s

What I'm Eating: Matzah.....lots and lots of matzah

That's it for me this week. I hope you all have a happy and healthy hump day!

Warmly,

Jenny