I have recently returned from a fasting clinic in Germany where I spent 10 days without food. (Yes, that really is possible). Plus, the 2 weeks before without coffee, carbs, alcohol, and very little sugar. (And yes, that really is possible). When I told some friends about my plans to spend the first 2 weeks of my month off work in a fasting clinic, there were a few raised eyebrows. ‘Why would you do that? For that money you could have a 2-week holiday somewhere warm by the sea!’. And of course that is true, but it felt more self-loving for me to look after my health and wellbeing, than to sip a G & T by the ocean (however tempting).
2023 was a full on year for me. One where I came to realise that I could no longer work in the same way or at the same pace as I have for so many years, and that I don’t want to either. The combination of my personal background of trauma (the body remembers), with decades of working intensely with other people’s trauma, has taken its toll on my body and health. So drastic measures were required and I knew I needed a complete rest and health reset.