🔥🔥🔥 Hot damn I love a good personal growth book. AND ALSO THIS👇🏻 Self improvement is a dangerous drug. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It tells us that we should always be doing better, getting better, being better. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Even when we’re happy where we’re at. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you like where you’re at and you feel comfortable, cool!! Live there. Enjoy it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Keep drinking coffee if it’s working for you, you don’t need to switch to matcha. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you like going to the gym, you really don’t need to take that weird yoga class you hate. If your body is happy with the foods you eat, there’s no need to go gluten free or keto or vegan. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you like the boundaries you have at work, you don’t need to set new ones just because my Instagram told you to. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It’s totally ok to wait until you’re ready for a change to make one. Maybe you don’t need to change right now. Or ever. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Even when the world is screaming “but this will make you better!!” It’s totally ok to say “I think I’m good right now.” Via @sitwithwhit (follow her!) 
Spring arrives tomorrow up here in the northern hemisphere and this reminder couldn’t have come at a better time. ❤️ if you agree!! Sunshine, h2o, rest, deep breaths, long walks at dawn or dusk, and lots of real food (and some treats!) is just what the doctor ordered🌞💧🧘🏼♀️⛰💃🍋 (Quote from Wayne Fields - “The best six doctors anywhere and no one can deny it, are sunshine, water, rest, and air, exercise and diet. These six will gladly you attend, if only you are willing, your mind they’ll ease, your will they’ll mend, and charge you not a shilling.”) 
If you have a book in you, please, please write it. And, if you’re not sure, let me tell you this: If you *think* that you may have a book in you, then you do. 🔥 People who aren’t meant to write books don’t walk around wondering if they should or shouldn’t write a book—it just never crosses their mind (and that’s cool for them, they are meant for something else.) BUT, if you have a little voice saying that yes, there is a book I should write, then YOU are meant to write a book! Publishing The Health Habit with @hayhouseinc has been a dream come true, and I’m just getting started. If you have a book in you, know that I am sending you ALL of the love and high-vibe energy to get your work into the world. ❤️❤️❤️ Someone (many someones) out there needs your book. Please, write it for them. 🙏🏻 ❤️ if you agree or want to manifest your book, or tag a friend who needs to hear this! 👇🏻 
❤️❤️❤️ the mood of this message right now. What would life look like if you aimed to be yourself over being liked? (And I’ll add don’t aim to be liked over liking yourself!) 📸 by @mattzhaig, and also recommend my dear friends @susie.moore’s book Stop Checking Your Likes—it’s all about how to live an approval-free life (and she is darn funny, too! Read it) ❤️❤️❤️ 
My Sheet Pan Nachos Made Healthy will make all of your Super Bowl dreams come true! 🏈🤤❤️ But really, you should have them year round because they are amazing! I included a ton of tips for substitutions to fit them into any eating style, too. #recipe is up on my blog - link in bio at @elizabeth_rider 🤗🥂 
In case you need to hear it today... ✨ What people say to you (or about you) is a direct reflection of how they feel about themselves, not a reflection of you. (Most people have to unlearn & relearn this.) ✨ Said another way, judgment is a mirror. It simply reflects a person's trigger back onto themselves. That goes for judgment you perceive from others & judgment you dish out. ✨ If you feel judgment in your life, ask yourself where it came from and be honest: Is it yours or theirs? ✨ If it's yours, what triggered it? Is it even true? Or is it a defense mechanism you use to continue to play small? ✨ If it's theirs, pay no attention to it. After all, it's just a reflection of their own internal triggers, not yours. Don't carry it for them. ✨ Successful people whom you admire never judge you. In fact, they are cheering you on and want to see you succeed. Keep going. Drop a ❤️ if you needed to hear this, and tag a friend who needs the message 🤗 
Mmmmmmm ❤️❤️❤️ Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies are entirely plant-based and entirely delicious! Honestly you can’t even taste the difference between these and the classic (which I love, too!) And BTW, you don’t have to be vegan to enjoy vegan recipes 😋 #recipe is up on the blog! Link in bio @elizabeth_rider 
In case you need to hear it, the pain of staying where you are is always greater than the pain of growth. The pain of outgrowing people, places, or things is only temporary. It hurts and it sucks! BUT, it’s temporary. Be willing to outgrow the current version of yourself (again and again). The person you’ll become is worth it. ❤️❤️❤️ Joy is waiting for you on the other side if you allow it. Sending you so much love if you needed to hear this today 🙏🏻 Image via @werenotreallystrangers 
What do I love about this Healthy Apple Crisp Recipe? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let me count the ways: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ONE: For starters, this recipe for apple crisp is great any time of year, but especially in the fall or winter when the apples are still a great price at the store. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ TWO: Next, this recipe for healthy apple crisp keeps well in the fridge for up to 5 days, so no need to share it with people if you want to keep it all to yourself. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ THREE: I mean, just look how homemade apple crisp turns out! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ FOUR: Healthy apple crisp is very forgiving and flexible to boot. It's much easier than an apple pie but fills your home with the same delicious scent. It's basically real love in the air (warm fuzzies included). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ FIVE: Everyone loves apple crisp. It's always a crowd-pleaser. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ SIX: In a world that feels more chaotic every day, apple crisp will warm up your soul ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #recipe is up on my blog! You should make it. Link is in my profile @elizabeth_rider 
My word of the year for 2021 is Ease. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Let it be easy" kept coming up for me when I reviewed 2020. We all know 2020 was a lot of things. Unexpected? Emotional? Explosive? Heartbreaking? Terrible, yet somehow good in some ways? Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Something that the pandemic, quarantine & world turmoil taught me was how much I unnecessarily overcomplicated some aspects of life. With no direction of where 2020 was going to go, I just started to tell myself "let it be easy." I stopped telling myself that things felt hard and lived in the present moment. I reminded myself that worrying about a future that hasn't happened yet only creates anxiety, and worrying about the past (where nothing can change) is a waste of time. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And you know what, that felt really good. The more I focused on "let it be easy," the easier it felt to navigate the world and life's changes. So for 2021, I'm continuing on with "let it be easy" as the world continues to change and morph into a new way of being. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #wordoftheyear #newyearintention #letitbeeasy