This pandemic could easily put us in a feeling of being overwhelmed, sluggish, unproductive, and uncertain. There’s a ton of things to take care of such as work, chores, homeschooling, errands, etc.
Take a pause.
Let this episode be the nudge for you to start taking care of yourself. I’ll give you self care tips and activities to help you during these times.
Self-care is an investment, not only in your well-being but the well-being of your friends and family who surround you.
Here’s a sneak peek of what’s in this episode:
- [3:30] If you have an unhealthy relationship with food during the pandemic, likely, you don’t know how awesome your body feels when you nourish it with the right food.
- [4:15] Why not base your food choices on how you want to feel?
- [4:34] Foods loaded with sugar often make you feel bloated, heavy, or sluggish.
- [8:04] Food has energy. It passes it to you whether good or bad.
- [10:57] Be easy on yourself. In time your body will start to crave those foods less which makes you feel good at the moment but make you feel yucky and guilty later.
- [15:14] When you continue to feed your mind with negative messages, your brain starts to adapt to the messages you’re feeding it.
- [15:38] To change your body, you need to change your narrative.
- [15:54] Shift yourself from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset.
- [17:45] Take multiple opportunities throughout the day to repeat your positive affirmations to yourself.
- [18:52] The most successful, grounded people on this planet have a specific morning routine that they follow every day.
- [19:18] Positive affirmations should be part of your morning routine to get your mind working for you each day.
- [19:47] Meditation is a self-care practice that nourishes you at the deepest level. It’s the time where you tune everything and everyone else out and reflect on your own mental and spiritual well-being.
- [20:47] Many of us are not taking that time to go inward, not taking time to have that stillness in our day.
- [21:45] Don’t knock it until you try it.
- [22:01] Exercise can have positive effects on both your mental and physical health.
- [22:34] Exercise is just as effective as anti-depressant pills in treating depression.
- [24:25] Just start. Just start to get some movement into your life.
- [25:13] If you don't schedule it, it doesn't happen.
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