Bonni Wildesen: Stress-Busting Nutrition — Workplace Productivity Management | Work in Progress#54

The podcast takes a look at reducing anxiety through food, routines you can rely on, and simple strategies to keep up your productivity at work for years to come. Gradually adjusting your diet in stress-soothing ways can hugely lift your energy levels, mindset, and overall joy— even when it’s tough—as long as you’re gentle with yourself and build one step at a time.

Meet Bonni Wildesen Hise

Bonni is a highly experienced and accomplished Holistic Nutritionist and Herbalist. She boasts degrees in Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Health and over 20 years of experience empowering women on their journey to wellness.

With a deep understanding of the unique challenges women face, Bonni has been a beacon of hope for those dealing with autoimmune dysfunction, bloating, exhaustion, chronic stress, food reactions, and other symptoms linked to gut imbalance. She has personally conquered her own health hurdles, including shedding 100 lbs. and navigating food intolerances and allergies.

About the episode

Bonni explains stress-busting nutrition as fueling your body well so it can handle stress better and not let it overwhelm you. Whole foods like plants, fruits, and veggies pack phytonutrients, helping you focus, sleep, and keep your energy steady throughout the day.

Eating this rainbow of nutrients every meal means your brain and body get sharper with age. It lifts energy and productivity instead of highs and lows. Less foggy-headedness, too, and rest comes easier at night.

Bonni suggests little tricks like drinking water as you start your day, setting phone alerts to nourish regularly, and unwinding before beddy-bye. Going slow with changes makes sustaining healthy habits much simpler than dieting overnight.

Eating frozen fruits and veggies makes this easier on a budget. Frozen fruit can satisfy a sweet craving healthily, while the slow melting provides sustained glucose. Processed foods like sweets shut off the body’s ability to properly digest and absorb nutrients from other foods eaten afterward.

Before indulging in treats, you should ask when the last time was and review full-day nutrition. Occasionally, indulgence is fine if it’s been over a week and the rest of their foods have been healthy. Stress impacts digestion and immune function, so proper nutrition is important for supporting these systems and handling stressors effectively without constantly triggering fight-or-flight.

Simple strategies like half a cup of veggies per meal are easy starting points. If, after a week, it becomes routine, consider adding another small practice. Long-term benefits include reducing neural degeneration risk with age, allowing for better work capacity and cognitive function later in life through whole-body care.

In conclusion

Treating food like a friend instead of an enemy is better for the soul. Thinking of small ways for people to nourish their bodies each day works better than diets or rules that feel like punishments. If changing is hard, you should start by tweaking just one little thing until it feels normal.

It’s easy for people to forget when they’re busy that their bodies need to relax sometimes, too. Small acts of self-nourishment really do feed the spirit when stress threatens to overtake. With tiny tweaks like staying stocked up and hydrated, it’s easier to feel grounded and continue tackling life’s hurdles.

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