Kimora Chanel

Holistic Wellness and Empowerment Coach

The Best Tips for Recovering After Thanksgiving Day

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Thanksgiving is right around round the corner and that means it’s time to indulge in all the goodness that comes with it. I’m talking food, good drinks, as well as relaxing and socializing with family and friends. This is one of the few times during the year when it’s great to let your hair down and just focus on being in the present moment.

Focus on your company and unapologetically take a day off from work and all your other responsibilities. You may spend the day cooking, cleaning, or even preparing for a party, but what you are not doing (most of us anyways) is spending 8+ hours on the phone or staring a computer screen getting work done. Thanksgiving may not be my favorite holiday, but I do look forward to it. It’s the one time during the year when I can really just relax and not do anything productive for the day, and I’m sure most of you may feel the same way!

Being present in the moment requires you to focus on everything that is happening right in front of you and nothing else outside of that moment. This is why a lot of hard workers look forward to this special day. Which is ok, but once Thanksgiving Day has come and gone it’s back to your daily routine. This means back to work (however that may look for you), back to school, back to waking up and going to be early, and back to your regular grind.

It can be exhausting to say the least. We all look forward to having that day/weekend to relax and not have to follow through on any responsibilities, but unfortunately some of us are not able to do this. We eventually have to go back to the hustle and bustle of getting things done so that we can change our lives for the better, and that usually starts the next day (or two) after Thanksgiving.

So, in today’s post I’m going to share with you some tips about how to get back into the groove of things right after Thanksgiving so that you can continue to work towards your biggest goals and dreams. [Read more…]

5 Lazy Day Activities to Keep You in Good Health

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Let’s face it we all have our lazy days. Those days when we literally don’t want to do anything productive. We don’t want to shower (admit it), clean, cook, go to work, exercise, take care of the dogs, go above and beyond for the kids, or anything that is going to require us to put in some effort to accomplish a task.

I’m talking about those days where you just want to lay in bed all day eating junk food and watching Netflix.

Sometimes those are the best days, but those are also the days when we cheat ourselves the most out of really caring for ourselves. This is because instead of doing something that will help us improve our overall health in some way, we opt for doing absolutely nothing. Which if we’re going to be honest is the true definition of what it means to be lazy.

But here’s the thing. We can have lazy days and still make a point to do something that will better our overall health. These activities don’t have to be long, over the top amazing, or even super interactive. They can be small and very simple little things that you do for no more than 10 minutes.

Sounds crazy I know but believe it or not there are so many simple things you can in 10 minutes or less to improve your health. Trust me I know because I spent years telling myself that there wasn’t. Flash forward to now and I have proven myself wrong! There is literally so many simple things you can do that don’t require a lot of effort, is low productivity, but will still help you get closer to your health and wellness goals.

Continue reading to learn about my favorite tips and simple activities that help keep me in good health on my most lazy days. [Read more…]

Sustaining Wellness for An Improved Health Overall During Quarantine

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Last week I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Are You Ready to Mingle Podcast where we talked about the importance of sustaining a wellness routine in order to be in the best shape of your life. Not just physically, but mentally, emotionally, and spiritually as well.

I felt this was such an important topic to talk about for two main reasons.

One, World Mental Health Day was October 10TH and both Robyn and I wanted to honor that day. Two, because a lot of us are still trying to figure out how to navigate through the pandemic with healthy habits that are not going to push us back from our goals.

Believe it or not even though we have been in quarantine for about roughly 6-9 months now, there are still a lot of people trying to figure out how to sustain their wellness so that they are doing the best they can for their overall health. There’s no shame in this game mainly because this is a whole new lifestyle that a lot of us have been forced to take on so suddenly.

When the pandemic hit, we didn’t have enough time or resources to really make sure that we were prepared to stay at home for an extended amount of time. We weren’t really sure how long we were going to have to stay at home, how long businesses were going to be closed off to the public, and were just taking everything one day at a time.

Every month there seemed to be new information being released about the virus, and new regulations being put in place in order to keep everyone safe, and this made preparing for an extended stay at home even harder. Ultimately the result ended up being that we were required to stay at home and wear masks out in public until further notice.

When this happened, I think it’s safe to say that everyone either panicked or became very frustrated, but really, we all felt extremely unprepared and unsure how to navigate through the pandemic in quarantine for another who knows how many more months. As a result of these emotions people have been struggling even more with finding activities and shifting their lifestyle to keep their health in the best shape possible overall.

Well that’s all about to change if you haven’t already made the necessary changes. I too, like most families and individuals, have been having a hard time adjusting to life at home with my entire family. My goals have shifted, there have been times when they seem impossible to work towards, and I have even noticed changes in my overall health.

However, I have been getting back on track to getting where I started at the beginning of this year before the pandemic took over our lives. I’m going to share with you some tips on how you can sustain your wellness practices for an improved health overall. [Read more…]

Health vs. Weight Which Should You Focus More On?

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When it comes to the status of our health some of us tend to look at it from various perspectives. Some look at being in good health in regards to how you physically look, your weight, eating habits, and even the amount and consistency with which you exercise.

It is because of such a small and narrow view such as this that there is a lot of uncertainty about what is considered good health versus poor health. We tend to get caught up in the idea that healthy looks one way when the reality is that it doesn’t. Healthy looks different among everyone. This is because there are so many things to take into consideration when it comes to being in good health.

It’s not just how you look, in fact I like to argue that, that’s a very small part of it. Being in good health depends on your genes, your eating habits, your daily activity level, your sleeping schedule, and even the way you care for your mind and how that translates to your body. This includes habits such as meditation, practicing mindfulness on all levels, the kind of environment you surround yourself with mentally and emotionally, and even the kind of people you tend to consistently be around.

For me being in good health is a matter of how you care for yourself physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually through habits that are realistic and effective for you as an individual. It’s not one or the other rather it’s all four areas plus positive habits.

But why does society push so hard for health to be a matter of how you look physically? Why does weight play such a major role in how we ourselves define what it means to be healthy? Which should we really be focusing more on? Let’s take a closer and see. [Read more…]

How A Health and Wellness Coach Can Change Your Life for The Better

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Last week I officially launched my Health and Wellness Coaching business!

This has been something that I have been dying to do for about two years now and I’m so excited that it’s finally happening! My main inspiration and motivation for starting my coaching business was the passion that I have for empowering women in so many different ways. I’ve spent a lot of my life striving to accomplish everything that I personally wanted for myself while also trying to please others.

Spoiler alert all this did was lead to many stressful days, many sleepless nights, a lot of anxiety piling up, many periods of depression, and with each passing year I was losing motivation to keep reaching for all my biggest hopes and dreams.

After hitting a wall a couple of times, I knew something had to change. I finally found the courage to admit to myself that things in my life weren’t going to get better until I started making the effort to change the things that weren’t working. So about 4 years ago I finally invested in my first ever one-on-one coaching session and from that day on my life was forever changed.

My eyes had been opened to so many unspoken truths that were playing out right in front of me for a very long time. My first coaching session made it hard to put my blinders back on, and to continue to walk this Earth with my head hanging low. In order to find genuine peace and happiness in my life I knew I had to make some necessary changes. So that’s what I did.

In today’s post I want to share with you some of the ways that a health and wellness coach can change your life for the better. I honestly do not believe that I would have switched gears from pursuing a career as a therapist or psychologist, to one of coaching had I not had this personal experience.

There are so many great things that coaching in general can do for you! I’m going to share with you some of the positive experiences I’ve had that had inspired me to make positive changes in my life as result of investing in a one-on-one coaching session. [Read more…]

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