Step 1: Detox

I honestly didn't know where to begin. Something had to change, but what? Life's been rolling along, ups and downs, pretty regularly for a couple of decades. Family life, career, one might even say with much success. We are going to keep this blog personal yet not too revealing, so I'll leave it at that, to give everyone in this story the privacy that they deserve. 

Let's concentrate on a growing need for change of some sort. What it is, we will find out, as you join me on this journey from somewhere to another place. Nothing more specific than that. Perhaps it will help you too. Ready? 

It starts with a feeling. An ever-present feeling that things could be better. Improved diet. Improved health. And perhaps even improved relationships. Intertwined? Who knows. But this quest for 'better' has to start somewhere, and that place is: DETOX. 

Summer is supposedly the best time to be rid of unwanted poisons, to shed your skin and start anew towards a healthy mind and body. But as schedules would have it, and dont tell me this isnt familiar, it was already autumn. Sima bent the rules a bit and we set off, miso soup each day for breakfast and many supposed food items I couldn't pronounce, but are slowly becoming friends. Thank goodness she made all the food, so I didn't have to think too hard, just concentrate on ingesting nothing else for a week. No cheating. 

I valiantly cancelled appointments and set aside the better part of the week, not knowing what was in store - and what mood I'd be in! Turns out Day 3 really is the (only) day to stay far away from people - crawl into bed and let the magic happen. I didn't mind the flu-like symptoms as I felt it was for a higher cause. Not sure what that cause was, but it felt noble...

And here we are, a few weeks later, implementing what is meant to be a new healthy lifestyle. First, the food - a move to organic, away from wheat and milk, less about how much you eat and more about what it is that we choose to put in our bodies. One thing is for sure, the health store down the block is making a killing on my new lifestyle. And my friends are still skeptical.

Then comes the healing. It's introduced slowly (not to scare me?). But it touches something deep inside, and if you're still reading this, you might as well get comfortable because I promise to try and share some of the experience as they unfold.  

Let's leave it at that for now, Step 1: Detox and all the rest. I promise to try and share as much as possible, as we go, if you promise not to laugh :) .