If you’re anything like me, you may not have been cognizant of setting boundaries along your life journey thus far. I was operating with a set of unintentional boundaries that I was not cognizant of. As an example, I have a physical boundary of not letting people into my personal space. Intuitively, I knew that letting people in my personal space was not something I wanted.
Tag: mental-health
Self-care Through Care for Others
While self-care is all about ‘self’, I always feel better about life in general when I have been of service to others. I realize how counterintuitive this is but hear me out.
You’ve probably heard the saying that goes something like this, when you point 1 finger at someone, you’re also pointing 4 fingers back at yourself.
When you help someone else out, while you’re giving of your time, talent, skills and resources, you’re also receiving much more in return. Feeling good about a purposeful action and contributing to something that’s greater than a single person, is what makes this world go around.
3 helpful tips for self-care during the holiday season
Hopefully, for you the holidays are a time filled with love, laughter, family and more love. And while the season comes with hot cocoa, gifts, and promises of hope, there can also be a sense of the extra hustle and bustle leading to a sense of feeling overwhelmed. Additions to the day-to-day schedule, extra shopping runs to the local market, fretting over gift giving and a packed social schedule aid in the complexity of getting through the season.
During this timeframe, showing yourself extra self care is mandatory.
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 Slowing Down – An Intentional Approach to Feeling More Fulfilled
Have you ever experienced a bird flying overhead and you can hear the air move around its wings? In that moment, the only thing that exists is you and the bird. For me, I watch in awe as the bird passes overhead with minimal effort, gliding along to reach its destination. Those are the types of moments that I began craving more. Moments that left me intrigued, fulfilled and fully consumed.
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.
Wellness from the Wild 