Moving Forward: A Life Update

Seasons come and seasons go. This is both sad and beautiful but this is the reality of the world we live in. No matter how much we love the summer (or whatever season is your favourite) we need the winter to rest and restore as we wait for the next season. These winter seasons are not bad though, these darker, colder, more difficult seasons give us a time to reflect and consider what it is we want to do in the next season. The new year is always a marker for change. We look forward to the clock striking midnight so that we can start living our ideal live. We can start the new diet, begin the new bible reading plan or get started on the goals we have set for the year. This year though, I personally struggled with new year. I wanted time to stop. I wasnt ready to go into 2025. The last few years had been so difficult for me on a personal level I thought "God, I can't do this any more." Have you ever found yourself at this point? You have been fighting so long and struggling so long that you just don't know how to keep going? This is the place I found myself at and so I stopped. I cut out social media from my life, I stopped posting blogs and sending emails. I genuinely felt lost. I needed some time to figure out what I wanted. And so this is how I ended last year.

These winter seasons are essential though for new growth. We do not see a seedling when the seed first splits or when the roots first begin to grow. We must wait. But just because we don't see anything doesn't mean nothing is happening. Just as germination begins below the surface, these difficult seasons often generate the most growth. Over the last couple of years I have been going through a very difficult season personally (I'm not going to go into the specifics) and at the end of last year, I found myself at a bit of a crossroads. I started my nutrition certification when my son was still very small and I loved studying nutrition. I still love exploring food, and understanding why we make the choices we do when it comes to food and nutrition but I wanted the freedom to talk about other things I am passionate about too. I don't want to be pigeonholed into only talking about health and nutrition. I will continue to blog on nutrition regularly but it will not be with the frequency that it has been up until this point.

During this winter season (both physically and spiritually) I have been working regularly in the local kindergarten (preschool) but that work has dropped back. I was fully aware that this would happen and I am grateful to the staff there for allowing me to work in that season. I have very much enjoyed working with the kids and staff and feel I have learned a lot about nutrition and kids during this time. There are many lessons to share with you over those months so don't go away. I promise to share many of those lessons with you over the upcoming months.

I am also wanting to expand the field of this blog from nutrition to faith and lifestyle as well. This allows me to study topics such as; women of the word, faith in our everyday lives, biblical parenting, marriage and personal growth. These are things that I have been passionate about for many years and I know that I have been called to be a teacher and a writer. I don't say this out of pride but have learned to accept my calling with confidence and I want to be able to use that calling to bring glory and honour to God. There will be a lot of changes over the next few months and I am looking forward to the growth that will come through doing this, not just for me but also for you.

I will not be continuing with social media at this stage as I don't believe this is a good investment of time nor is it supportive of my current season of life. I have deleted both my Facebook and Instagram accounts. When and if I decide to restart on one of these social media platforms, I will keep you updated. Social media can be good but it also can have a very negative impact on our lives, either directly or indirectly. Whether you choose to use it or not (or how you choose to use it), consider carefully the impact this is having on your life.

My nutrition counselling services will remain available, so please feel free to reach out if you are struggling to find a balance between health and nutrition and applying nutritional guidelines to your daily life. Nutrition is important and finding that balance between health and nutrition will help you to support your body physically and mentally.

If you would like to support this blog, please continue to share this blog with your friends and family. This is the best way to support my blog and I appreciate it very much each time you share any of my articles

I want to apologise for disappearing without a word. This was something I needed to do for a season to take some time to reflect on what pushed me into this season and how I was going to move forward on both a physical and professional level. I appreciate your understanding and support during this season. Taking these last few months has allowed me to go down to the roots and find out what I want and what God is calling me to do. I don't want to have a shallow flimsy root system but I want roots that go down deep and hold strong so that I know when storms come, which they will, I will be able to stand strong in those seasons. Thank you and I hope that over the next months and years that you also will take time to reflect on your current season, examine your roots and go down deep, allowing God to strengthen your roots so you can stand firm through the storms.

God bless,

Jenny Theissig