Summer Refresh Wellness Program (On Demand)
week 1: Summer refresh
Introductions & Building Healthy Habits
Goal: This week we teach you how to tap into the Fire Element in TCM and understanding how boundaries, discernment, and clarity ensure your energy is spent fueling your passions, and building healthy habits.
Feeling the Fire
The Fire element, associated with Summer in Traditional Chinese Medicine, governs the Heart and Small Intestine in Chinese medicine.
The Heart is seen as the “emperor” of the body—it houses the Shen, or spirit and governs joy, connection, passion, and clarity.
When Fire energy is balanced, we feel inspired, social, emotionally warm, and motivated.
When it’s excessive or deficient, we might feel restless, anxious, burned out, or scattered.
In TCM, the Small Intestine is connected not just to digestion, but also to discrimination, and mental clarity (literally deciding what to “take in” or expel).
Together, we’ll learn how to protect our “flame” and not get bogged down.
week 2 summer refresh
Take Action on Big Dreams
Goal:
This week, we’ll discuss the energy of summer in TCM, and how this time of expansion, activity, and vitality encourages us to go outward, pursue our passions, and connect with others.
Summer is a time to cultivate joy, nourish the Shen, and make sure your spirit is fed by purposeful connection with yourself and others.
Focus:
Lab Work:
This is the week for new members to complete all your tests and mail back (sooner is better!).
Wellbeing:
Learn how to be playful, creative, and inspired—and also to respect the balance between activity and rest.
We’ll get to the heart of what truly fuels your fire, and discuss ways to nurture that flame that feel attainable (summer is the BEST season to start something that requires sustained effort).
week 3 summer refresh
Boost Your Metabolism & Fuel Your Fire
This week you’ll learn how to understand what your body is communicating and the root causes for not feeling balanced in your body. You’ll tap into summer energy and align food and movement for natural results with weight loss and boosting your metabolism.
We’ll discuss how eating foods that align with the season make each meal time a fun and joyful experience. We’ll show you the foods that are cooling but not extreme, nourishing but not heavy, and rich in natural color and life force, and support your Heart, Small Intestine, and Shen.
We’ll discuss ways to think of your meals as offerings to your spirit—each bite a way to tend to the fire within, not feed the flames wildly, but keep them glowing steadily. We’ll share some recipe tips and answer questions about which foods support you best during this season.
Next, we’ll discuss movement and exercise that support your heart and cardiovascular system.
Note that if you are not a member with labwork, we will give evergreen exercise recommendations.
Members will receive personalized guidance.
week 4 SUMMER REFRESH
Epilogue: Celebrating Success!!! You are amazing
Goal: We had a final group zoom to celebrate your journey and share insights.
If you are a new member, you’ll likely have your lab results in by now and we can send you personalized summer tips to complement your protocol.
Hopefully you’ll have set boundaries, embraced your inner fire, nourished your body with energy-producing foods, and set the stage for ongoing health and wellbeing.
Heal with Us
Not ready for a full Protocol? Here are some additional ways to heal with us.
Guidance Call
Book a Guidance Call with Madeline Cunningham, LAc, Functional Medicine expert.
3-Pack Guidance
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Nutrition Call
Book a Nutrition Coaching Call with Skylar Weir, MS, RDN, our Director of Nutrition.