Jill Cruz, MS, CNS Sustainable & Pleasurable Wellness: The Healthy Hedonist

“Conscious living is really about understanding yourself,” says Jill Cruz, MS, and CNS. Growing up, Jill Cruz had the best of both worlds. While she would primarily eat healthy whole foods from her mother’s garden, she would also indulge in pasta and other treats at her grandmother’s house on the weekends. It wasn’t until Jill developed an unhealthy eating habit in adulthood that she really became passionate about educating others on how to maintain sustainable but pleasurable wellness. 

 

When it comes to wellness, many people are hyper-focused on working out and eating healthy all the time. While it is necessary to do these things to lose weight, Jill explains that true holistic wellness cannot be achieved if you’re not happy. Beginning the journey to wellness may seem overwhelming, but Jill explains that the best way to get started is to just try because there is always room to build. 

 

Tune into this week’s episode of Movement: The Science of The Self to learn more about the importance of valuing the body you’re in so you can find balance between health and enjoyment that helps you reach and maintain your individualized wellness goals. 

Quotes 

• “Conscious living is really about understanding yourself.” (03:48-03:51)

• "Fear is not our enemy, it's there for a reason and we can't really control it. Fear is going to come.” (05:56-06:08)

• "If you really go into fear and examine it, you're going to learn so much about yourself which is awesome." (09:58-10:08)

• “You can nourish your body properly, but if you're miserable or if you're just not having a good time, to me, that’s not a holistic picture of health." (20:32-20:42) 

• “Your weight and where you feel comfortable is entirely up to you.” (22:35-22:40)

• “I love to encourage our clients to satiate themselves in other ways because food is very satiating, it's very available, and it's wonderful to enjoy it, but we can also treat ourselves with many other things that are equally wonderful.” (26:23-26:43)

• “Ultimately, I believe that weight loss should always be a byproduct of improved health.” (32:06-32:12)

• “The most important thing in happiness is really accepting who you are and where you're at.” (34:48-34:53)

 

Links

Jill Cruz:

https://wynweightloss.com/empowered-health-introduction

https://www.jillcruz.com/

https://pongopower.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pongo.power/

https://www.instagram.com/pongopower/

 

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