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How To Eat Lunch with Cheryl K. Johnson | 277

Feb 3, 2025

Cheryl K. Johnson, a researcher and food and fitness enthusiast, introduces the innovative Box Lunch Lifestyle, a method for reclaiming your lunch break. She emphasizes the power of a mindful lunch to reset your mind and boost your energy, challenging listeners to prioritize this often-overlooked meal. Cheryl shares practical strategies for building a personal lunch routine and integrating enjoyable habits into your day. It’s a call to stop settling for quick fixes and start nourishing both body and mind!

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Cheryl K. Johnson

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Quick takeaways

Emphasizing the importance of taking a mindful lunch break can significantly enhance both physical energy and mental clarity throughout the day.

Integrating personal interests and creative pursuits into lunch breaks can foster a sense of fulfillment and well-being outside of professional obligations.

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The Importance of a Mindful Lunch

Lunch is often overlooked as a significant meal, with many people treating it as just a quick break between tasks rather than an opportunity for nourishment and self-care. Eating lunch mindlessly, often at desks or on the go, can lead to feelings of fatigue and disconnection from our food and bodies, ultimately affecting productivity and well-being. A mindful lunch offers the chance to refuel both physically and mentally, encouraging individuals to slow down, savor their food, and become more aware of their eating habits. By consciously taking time to enjoy a meal, individuals can enhance their energy levels and create a more fulfilling mid-day break.

Intro

3min

Lunchtime Transformations

10min

Defending Your Time: The Importance of Lunch Breaks

2min

Mindful Lunchtime: Prioritizing Personal Space

8min

Reframing Lunch: Nourishment Beyond Appearance

2min

Feeling stuck in a post-coffee slump? Running on autopilot through your afternoons? Or do you believe you don’t have time for a real lunch? This episode of This Is Woman’s Work is here to change all that.

Our guest, Cheryl K. Johnson, brings us back to basics in the most energizing way possible. Cheryl is a researcher by profession and a long-time food and fitness enthusiast at heart. She knows firsthand the push and pull between career and self-care and how often we sacrifice the latter for the former. When Cheryl realized her own career was no longer feeding her (pun fully intended), she developed a revolutionary approach to reclaiming a mindful lunch break: Box Lunch Lifestyle.

Cheryl’s method isn’t just about eating—it’s about carving out time to fuel your body, reset your mind, and honor your energy. Her book Box Lunch Lifestyle lays out how a simple, intentional lunch can transform your day—and she’s here to teach us how to make it happen.