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RISE into Wellness Wednesdays | The Awakening Within
- Richelle Blanche
- Oct 1
- 4 min read
Updated: Oct 13
🌿 Wellness Wins: Celebrate Progress, Not Perfection
Each week, in the quiet stillness before the day begins, I’m reminded that wellness isn’t something to chase — it’s something to awaken to.
✨Rise Into Wellness is where your healing meets your becoming.
Together, we walk through quiet transformations and bold intentions, blending soulful truths with practical steps that strengthen your body, renew your mind, and align your life.
Here, we celebrate Wellness Wins — small, steady shifts — because every mindful choice is an act of purpose, and every moment of healing brings you closer to who you’re meant to be.
✨ Awareness is the doorway — and today, we open it.
Returning Home to Yourself: The Awakening Within—
When You Realize Wellness Isn’t a Destination
🌸 The Awakening
For years, I thought wellness was something I had to chase — a finish line I kept chasing
— measured in pounds, miles, and the image looking back at me in the mirror.🪞
Every morning began with judgment, not joy.
I’d step on the scale and measure the day before it even began — good or bad, up or down, on track or behind.
Every choice became a calculation; every walk, a task; every meal, a test.
🌱 The Whisper
Something began to whisper in the quiet moments —
during the stillness of an early morning stretch,
a slow walk,
a breeze brushing my face on a run around the lake.
I remember pausing midway through a hike at Folsom Dam, the sun bouncing off of the water, scattering light like quiet applause across the ripples.
I’d been so focused on my pace —how fast I was moving, how far I’d gone —
that I hadn’t noticed the river’s rhythm, the song of the birds, the peace of the morning.
In that stillness, I realized:
🌟 I wasn’t truly there. I was chasing the goal, not living the experience.
Then I heard it — the quiet voice I’d ignored for too long:
💬 “You don’t need to arrive. You’re already home — whole, complete.”
That was the awakening.
🌼 The Shift
Wellness isn’t a destination.
It’s a relationship — with your body, your breath, your life.
It’s the way you listen when your body says “rest.”
The way you savor sunlight on your skin.
The way you choose food that nourishes, not punishes.
The joy of movement — not the measurement of it.
The peace that comes when you stop striving and start being.
Now, I no longer step on the scale each morning.
Instead, I step into awareness.
I ask myself:
💭 How do I feel?
💭 What do I need?
💭 How can I honor my body today?
🩵 My Wellness Wins Now Look Like:
🥗 Eating foods that make me feel alive and energized.
🚶🏾♀️ Moving because it feels good — not to “earn” anything.
😴 Sleeping deeply and rising rested.
💧 Drinking water as an act of love.
🌳 Pausing in nature to breathe and simply be.
🧭 Awareness is my compass. It reminds me I am already whole —not because I’ve reached a goal, but because I exist —in this breath, in this body, in this moment, as I am.
Wellness is no longer a race;
it’s a rhythm.
A homecoming.
A return to myself.
✨ Your Reflection
In the stillness, what is your body whispering to you?
Where are you striving — and where can you soften?
What might it look like to live as though you are already enough, right here, in this moment?
Celebrate that awareness — it’s the greatest Wellness Win of all.
Take a moment to reflect:
🌿 What is one shift, one choice, or one thought you can carry with you from this week’s insight?
Whether you’re stepping into new clarity, rewriting an old story, or nourishing your body with intention —each action matters,
and every sunrise offers another chance to rise into wellness.
✨ RISE into Wellness Closing
💫 Awareness is the doorway.
You don’t have to walk through it all at once — just be willing to open it.
🪞 Reflect:
What is one shift, one choice, or one thought you can carry with you from this week’s insight?
Whether you’re nourishing your body with intention, resting when you need to, or softening into self-compassion —each action matters.
Each moment is an opportunity to rise closer to the person you are becoming.
🌀 Remember:
growth is not a destination, but a journey.
Breathe. Commit. Take your next step with purpose.
Because every mindful step is a movement toward your truth. 🌱
🌸 Wellness Wins in Action
✨ Celebrate the small victories —
🥛 the glass of water over soda,
🚶🏾♀️ the walk taken because it felt good,
🥗 the meal that nourished instead of numbed,
🌀 the moment you chose presence over perfection.
These are the quiet wins that build your becoming.
Each one whispers: You’re already on your way.
💬 Your Turn
✨ Share a small victory from your week — a mindful choice, a nourishing meal, a walk taken because it felt good, or a moment you paused to breathe.
🌟 Let’s rise into wellness together, celebrating progress, not perfection.
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