8 ways to Detox that have nothing to do with food.
Clogged up. Bogged down, Choked. Overwhelmed. Sluggish. Flat. If we were feeling like this in the 90s we'd do a juice cleanse and insist that we had bounced back to health as if by magic. But it's not the 90's.
But it's not the 90's. And by now we know that, in medical terms, 'detoxing' your body is a myth.
Sure you can improve digestion, clear up your skin, revive your energy, and balance your hormones through a healthy diet and exercise. But eliminating solid foods for 7 days isn't the right way to go about it. Diet and exercise is a vastly complex individualised process that I can't effectively summarise in a neat '8 ways to...' for you.
I do, however, want to help you feel less sluggish and constipated (metaphorically). So I've put together a list of 8 ways to 'detox' that have nothing to do with food.
A 'detox' is "a process or period of time in which one abstains from or rids the body of toxic or unhealthy substances; detoxification."
And we are going to do that to our minds and homes, rather than our bodies.
Unfollow people on social media who negatively impact you. If you like you can also have a look at this article I wrote for City Girl, 5 Brilliant Instagram accounts to follow for a happier feed.
Detox your email by unsubscribing to junk. 15 minutes of this is better than some awful activated charcoal shot any day.
Clean out products that have expired or you no longer use from your bathroom + kitchen
Cancel subscription services you don't use. I am very guilty of this one and have spent many an hour on hold trying to get my money back when I forgot to cancel my subscription!
Organise your phone's gallery + delete apps you no longer use. How many of us wait for the phone to tell us 'storage full' before we do this? And by then we've got 8975 photo's of our ex's cat clogging up our phone.
Deep clean your car. Mmmmm that sweet scent of Mr Zoggs Sex Wax Air Freshener (because I'm a cool surfer chick who lives by the coast obviously)
Detox your computer. Go through your old files and delete what you don't need + organise what you do. If you want to go a step further you could even make a photo album with old photos.
Donate any clothes you no longer want or wear. Marie Kondo the hell out of that wardrobe. Also look at old towels, bedsheets, blankets etc. and if they're falling apart and you don't use them and/or can't repurpose them, the get rid!
Some of these will take 15 minutes. Others will take a few hours. But all of them will certainly help you to feel like you've taken your brain out of your skull, popped it in the washing machine, and set it on a nice hot spin cycle.
All the best,
Talia x
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