Recipe of the Week: "I Deserve It" Cake

This is more of a tool than a recipe, but bear with me. I recently had a client tell me she gets the "I deserve it" feeling pretty frequently. You know the one. "Life is hard. I deserve this." So we've been practicing something different:

"What do I actually deserve?" (health? longevity? freedom? confidence? joy?)

Then > "Do I still want the thing?"

Recently, I shared a piece of cake with a friend. I thought: I deserve to feel healthy in my body. I deserve to feel good in my clothes. And I also deserve to mindfully enjoy a few bites of really good chocolate gluten free cake with someone I care about. Do I still want it? Yes. So I ate some mindfully, then saved the rest for later. We deserve good health AND joy :)

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