Self Care

Self Care….

1)        Personal Care: clean space, clean clothes, time for personal grooming. Enjoy the process and take pride in the results.

2)       Eating Well: Taking time for groceries, meal planning, learning about nutrition.

3)       Exercise: Running is a good foundation, be creative, varied.  3-4 times a week, 30 min.

4)       Expect and look for positive outside help when necessary.

5)       Contact with others.  Love and be loved.

6)       Watch negative thinking , don't identify with it, gently change the thought.  Learn more about maintaining positive mind frames. Become aware of negative thinking styles, ie being judgemental, maximizing, perfectionism…..

7)       Boundries:  stand up for myself and if not possible, debrief situation later.

8)       Honour my own feelings, (and those of others) and talk about them.

Mindful acceptance: A way of approaching life in which you acknowledge and feel your struggles and pain without judging, avoiding or getting lost in them.  Instead you face your fears and sorrows with compassion, patience and curiousity.