I Stand With Women...

We’ve been busy, busy over here at Chris & Filly Functional Medicine, getting ready for the Telstra Best of Business Awards 2022 National Gala event…NEXT WEEK! Eeeek! It’s crazy that it’s almost been a year since we were first nominated for the awards, and decided to enter “just for fun”. Never in my wildest dreams did I think we’d actually be a State Winner in the Accelerating Women category, and going up against the best of the best in business across the country. What a ride it’s been!

We’ve been working on our final 10-minute speech for the judges, to demonstrate how we are accelerating women in our health practice. As I’ve been mulling ideas around, I am filled with so much fire for our women. 

You are all so wonderful and beautiful and capable, and truly able to heal and live your life by design (even if you don’t know it or see it just yet). You inspire me to do what I do, and to also be my own best self. 

To all the women out there juggling all the things, suffering from body burnout - fatigue, exhaustion, overwhelm, anxiety, gut issues, hormonal issues, inflammation - who are struggling to be the type of woman that you want to be…

These words are for you…

My manifesto. 

From one woman, to another.

I stand for women who… 

I stand with women who are no longer satisfied with a band-aid approach, who want more than a pill-for-a-symptom approach, who want to dig deep and address root causes. 

I stand with women who know that healing is possible. That her body was designed to be brilliant. That her life can be brilliant.

I stand with women who are ready to prioritise themselves. For herself, first. 

I stand with women who are no longer ok with getting lost in motherhood martyrdom. Who are no longer ok with putting herself last, or sacrificing her needs and wants for the sake of her family.

I stand with women who believe that the best way to be a role model for her children is to love herself. That loving herself makes her a better mum.

I stand with women who are no longer ok with burning herself to the ground with her work. Who realise that her worth is more than her business or career.

I stand with women who want to discover how to create life by design. Who want to be a present, loving mum and a driven career woman, without losing the plot or feeling constant pangs of mummy-guilt. Who don’t have to choose between running a home and running a business.

I stand with women who are not ok with being defined by the four walls of her house. Who want to make a bigger impact in this world, while still making a beautiful impact within her family. 

I stand with women who are ready to embrace inner healing work. First and foremost, to be healthy on the inside. But with the added bonus of looking healthy on the outside. Women who want to shine and glow. Because don’t we all want to be beautiful, and age beautifully.

I stand with women who want to live an active lifestyle, without thrashing her poor body to “burn fat”. Who treats herself with love, respect and appreciation.

I stand with women who want to break-free from body dysmorphia - binge-eating, starvation-eating, yoyo-eating, emotional-eating. Women who want to achieve a beautiful love story with the way she eats. 

I stand with women who will do anything to achieve abundant energy and mental space, so she can feel free to run around on the beach with the kids, and play games with them at night, without getting grumpy or rushing the bedtime schedule, because she desperately needs “ME time”. Her self-love cup is already full and overflowing.

I stand with women who want to be the type of partner who is sexy and loving and squishy and comfortable. Who gives love and receives love. Who is open, always. 

I stand with women who are ready to step into their power. Even if (and especially if) you can’t yet feel that power inside of you. 

I want to be this type of woman too.

I stand for you. Ready to help you find that power. 

And if my words don’t fire you up enough, I hope Marianne Williamson’s famous words do: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.”

If you feel like your fire has burned-out. If you feel like you are living in darkness. Let us help you get your spark back. Let us help you shine. The first step is waiting right here for you. 

Filipa Bellette is Co-Founder of Chris & Filly Functional Medicine. She is an accredited Clinical Nutritionist & Functional Medicine Practitioner. She is also a Ph.D. thought-leader, award-winning writer, and regularly published as a guest blogger & in the media. Together with her husband Chris Bellette, Filipa has worked with over 2,000+ busy, burnout clients in the last 10+ years, and specialises in producing healthy, balanced, and happy Mums & Dads...or as she calls it, a Power Parent! Filipa’s own passion for producing high-performance Power Parents came from her own personal experience of Mummy Burnout, after having babies and juggling the demands of business, family, and her failing health.