If you're feeling a little off balance, I have put together a short video which runs you through how you can start to shake things back up again but with a nurturing step by step approach.
Sometimes it's not that we DON'T know what to do, it's often that we just need that reminder and extra support. If you do want to find out more about what to do, you can access this blog about 'Drains & Radiators' - what gives us energy and what steals it.
It's so important it is to look after you mind and heart, which automatically then positively impacts your body and life and as a result how you can make daily mindful habits.
Quick Symptom Checker to check your mood
Less social interaction (sometimes we need to withdraw, but when is it a coping mechanism?)
Slipping into victim mode (like you're waiting to be saved)
Demotivated to do your usual things you love
Spiralling into negativity about people, life, or yourself (reinforcing deep core beliefs)
Irritability or low mood
Overwhelmed by normally simple situations or activities
Be kind to yourself. Over these last 6 months we have collectively been through A LOT! Individually, we have all been working with our personal life lessons. Things we have suppressed through being busy! Or have thought we had dealt with. If it's coming up for you, it's because it's ready to be healed. We can only be responsible for our own life; feelings, emotions, choice.
You don't need to wait to be saved, you can save yourself. I know this because I have done it. And when you have been there once, you'll never go back to that place. You may dip or drop, but you have too much awareness, tools and evidence now that you CAN!
Yes sometimes deep work may be required. But sometimes, it's just giving yourself some time and peace by allowing yourself to pause. Often, we have the answers inside. We can do this by daily mindful actions. We don't have to do them all! Remember to keep things simple, and enjoyable! This will bring you back on that upward spiral
Morning checkpoint and positive intention setting
Mindful food intake
Catching your thoughts in their tracks and that broken record and play a new one
Journaling to capture your thoughts, feelings and understanding your patterns for empowering your change
Evening relaxation techniques
Morning checkpoint and positive intention setting
This can be done in a variety of ways; my favourite one is checking in with how I’m feeling and then (take a moment to be ok with whatever that answer is (mind, body and soul), then decide what I do want to feel. This also means aiming to keep this simple. It doesn’t need to be a million different things. I like to then adopt this to my normal morning routine.
Cleanse, tone and protect
As I get in the shower I wash away what I don’t want to feel. Now remember there is a difference between suppressing emotions and letting them move through you. Take a look at the Spirals video for more on your upward and downward spirals.
Then I consciously bring in the energy, mood or action that I want to bring into the day.
Finally, I protect myself from anything that I don’t want to impact that; people, energies, my own mind!
2. Mindful food intake
As we start to get ready we can begin thinking about what will nourish us today; choose wisely, as what we eat in the morning can impact our whole day in terms of the viscous sugar/ crash cycle. See my blog and video around Adrenal Fatigue for more advice around food/ intake.
3. Catching your thoughts in their tracks and that broken record and play a new one
This is an NLP and CBT technique (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) and (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy). It’s about becoming aware of what is coming up, not judging, and then reframing. We will be exploring more around this in our Daily Mindful Habits Reset - read more about our 10 days of daily support (simple and short twice daily sessions to get you back on track.
Catch our video on the Introduction to NLP by emailing a request to us.
4. Journaling to capture your thoughts, feelings and understanding your patterns for empowering your change
We have 3 x 10 Day resets that focus around journaling, all with different and the videos go deep into different journaling types as well as how to even start! And how to manage emotions that come up for you.
We also run regular ‘reset’s’ these cover a variety of topics:
Daily Mindful Habits - all with the baseline of journaling.
5. Evening relaxation techniques
There are of course so many ways to relax and it depends on each person. If you have a bath, then using salts and aromatherapy is amazing for the body and mind. It’s also great for detoxing and getting the minerals you need. There’s a blog with lots of tips like this in our ‘Tips & Techniques for Anxiety’ blog.
Some simple breath work or just closing your eyes and being by yourself can also do wonders. It’s the intention, and allowing yourself to do it. Sometimes accountability to someone else can help to get those habits installed. Guided meditations are a great way to do this, as it helps to focus the mind.
Here’s a sample of a relaxation meditation that we created. On our Daily Mindful Habits Reset we will be sharing lot every evening for anxiety, sleep, pressing pause and more...