Hyper-vigilance and Imbalance

All too often when we're trying to be 'good' and eat better and change our unhealthy habits we can go into the extreme thinking that drives us into the on again off again mentality. I've always coached people towards a lifestyle that I can personally live up to. Everyone needs a personalized lifestyle strategy that takes into account their current work load, family structure, ideological beliefs (vegan, non-vegan) and their outlook on supplementation. I've always prided myself on not being one of those fitness freaks that carries an air of judgement towards regular folks just trying to be healthier. I've NEVER wanted to elevate myself as someone who has it all together and looks down on people struggling with their personal challenges.I've spent the last several months exploring some new methodologies that involve more supplementation than I've ever gotten behind before unless I was under the care of a naturopath. I've never believed that more and more pills are the answer to our health issues. In the last couple years I've even started to steer clear of naturopaths who dole out an arm load of pills, like 'mini-meds', that is, mini-medical doctors. I recently tested out a naturopath myself to ensure if I refer people to her, she won't prescribe a load of pills. I can't keep up the 18 pill a day routine for long and I don't think other regular folks can too. Balancing our lifestyle starts with balancing our thinking towards ourselves and our choices. Striving for perfection in our eating leads to even more imbalance emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. Taking 18 pills/vitamins a day can increase our current stress load. I always ask myself when giving people advice, "Can they maintain this in the long term". LIFE BALANCE IS A FUNCTION OF HOW WE HANDLE STRESS. HYPER-VIGILANCE INCREASES OUR INTERNAL STRESS AND TENSION WHICH GETS US EVEN MORE OUT OF BALANCE.If you hire a personal trainer/health coach who is designing a lifestyle/supplementation/nutritional p...