I consider deep breathing one of the best kept secrets of successful nourishment and is one of the few tools that involves mind, body, and spirit. While it may not seem related to food or nourishment, in general, increasing lung function through deep breathing starts and maintains changes, both big and small, throughout your body.

Reflect for a moment on who in your community or circle of friends allows you to show up with no filters? This is a story of when a dear friend showed up as my Witness.

As we continued the conversation, I finally took a deep breath and stopped talking, then I stopped thinking…and finally, finally landed in my heart. And there, where I least expected it, was the answer. “She deserved better.”