Tag: health

4-step framework to set an intentional day while keeping wellness at the center of the morning

So what’s so important about mornings?

For me, it’s the time when I get to be selfish. It’s the time before meetings, calls and daily tasks steal my attention and time. It’s the time when I feel the most rested and have the power to think deeply.

Perhaps what I love most is the natural world unfolding around me as the sun comes up. Even if it’s raining, the light of the sun through the clouds wakes up the wildlife and world around me. The stillness of the morning starts to unfold, giving way to a beautiful dawn.

Being Present in the Moment – 1 exercise to help transition from the digital world to a physical world 

For most of my career, I have worked on a computer, taking calls, building decks, and making transactions via a computer. There are times where I’ll be working on something and I’m so focused on it, that I do not have any idea of what’s going on in the physical world around me. 

This can present simple challenges like forgetting to take the garbage out, to starting to physically walk to the kitchen but my mind is still in the meeting happening via Teams and not remembering why I was heading to the kitchen. 

To help bring me back to where my physical self is, I’ve tried a few different things.

Burn Out – An escape to Hawaii and a pragmatic approach to recovery

While ‘burn out’ is a ‘real thing’, the remedy for when you find yourself burnt out isn’t a quick fix! Everything that I read would take time – make sure you’re getting enough sleep, make sure you’re eating healthy meals, limit caffeine and alcohol, exercise frequently. While all of those things help, it wasn’t the answer I was looking for. 

The Art of Mixing Loose Leaf Tea

First, I think about the purpose of why I’m drinking the tea. Sometimes, it’s to energize with caffeine. Other times, it’s to slow things down with a calming chamomile. Peppermint and lavender are also incredibly soothing and I often use them when winding down from the day. There are also tea blends that are used to detox.

Accountability: Identifying your emotions and holding yourself 100% accountable

I want to talk about ‘accountability’ because until only recently, I always thought /associated accountability with my physical actions. As an example – I take accountability if I am hungry and it is my fault if I did not make dinner or create a healthy meal to nourish my body. Or, I did not study enough and my grades reflected my lack of studying. That’s how I always thought about accountability – the physical end result was a reflection of choices that I had previously made.

Keeping Up Yoga Practice When Traveling

As a Beach Bodi subscriber I looked into their yoga programs and I found quite a few that I enjoy. I’ll list them in the link below One thing that I had to do was commit to my practice when I would take days off multiple days off in a row I never felt quite as good as if I had practiced day after day after day after day, so I got myself into a rhythm of at least a yoga session in the morning and in a perfect world I would also practice in the evening.