Mothers and Daughters: Cultivating a Legacy of Health
Women are unique in their needs––physical emotional, intellectual and spiritual. Each season of her life requires certain vitamins, minerals, hormones and enzymes. This nutritional balance should begin early in her formative years as it often determines the outcome of her health and well-being into her older years.
I invite you to ponder for a moment and reflect on your early instruction in health, nutrition and over-all well being. Who influenced you the most in this area of becoming a strong, healthy woman? If your messages about food, weight and body-image were negative, misguided or even damaging there is hope for restoration and renewal. Research and technology provide numerous resources to gain the knowledge and guidance necessary for making healthy choices today. There is no excuse for continuing to live in the shadow of poor or incomplete teaching.
Christiane Northrup, renowned physician and author of Mother-Daughter Wisdom: Creating a Legacy of Physical and Emotional Health, states: “The mother-daughter relationship is at the core of every woman’s physical and emotional health. Because our mothers are our first and most powerful female role models, our most deeply ingrained beliefs about ourselves as women come from them. Once we understand our mother-daughter bonds, we can rebuild our own health, whatever our age, and create a lasting positive legacy for the next generation.”
It’s never too late to become healthy––it could bring about a positive change that inspires and influences many young women in your family tree.
