Austin Fit Magazine November 2021: The Food + Mood Issue

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LIFESTYLE AUTHOR

Cindy Present

FINDING YOUR DOPAMINE n AFM’s Cindy Present talks about

life and the importance of finding what makes you happy.

F

ive years ago, I began suggesting to my colleagues that, within the next several years, conversations around the topic of mental wellness would begin to be as “socially acceptable” as the ones about physical wellness. As someone who has been involved in the wellness industry my entire life, I could sense the change was an overdue one. “What did you do at the gym today?” “Who is your personal trainer?” “I gotta go get a run in before I go to work.” “I want to be able to bench press another twenty pounds.” “Can you help me lose ten to fifteen pounds?” Questions and statements similar to these that align with our physical health have never had

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