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Self-Care Activities For a Bad Day
When you have a bad day, you might find that you want to grab a drink or eat something unhealthy. But these are not healthy habits to have. A better option is to work on your self-care activities, which can make you feel better and will be good for you at the same time. Watch Something Funny Don’t underestimate the power of laughing! If you are having a terrible day, find a way to watch TV or a movie that makes you laugh. Avoid action, drama, and other genres that might make you feel miserable by the end. Binge-watch your favorite comedy on Netflix or turn on the TV to…
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Time for a Mental Health Reset: Use Affirmations
If during a life reset you are more interested in improving your mental and emotional health, you might want to use affirmations. These are a wonderful addition to your mental health routine, as they can help you with your mindset, both in good times and in difficult times. Understanding Why Affirmations Work Affirmations are positive statements or phrases that help you experience happy, uplifting, optimistic, inspiring, motivational, and positive emotions. They can be used in so many different ways, but during a reset, they help you to stay in a place of inspiration when it comes to making positive changes in your life. Affirmations are going to help put you…
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Life Reset: Meditation and Mindfulness
A common theme surrounding improving your life and especially your mental and emotional health is doing meditation or practicing mindfulness. I am a big fan of doing both. Each of these practices benefits you in similar ways but uses slightly different techniques. In the end, they blend beautifully into one life-changing practice. Meditation and Mindfulness These are similar practices, but done in slightly different ways. With meditation, you are most likely focusing on your breathing, closing your eyes, and trying to clear your mind. When you are practicing mindfulness, it is not done with your eyes closed, but instead when participating in another activity. When to do meditation – If…
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Some Self-Care for Seasonal Anxiety
Self-care has been a hot topic for many years now. More people are learning how to put themselves first and take care of their own health and wellbeing. This is a great idea for everyone, but self-care is not always about bubble baths and massages. There are many forms of self-care, including daily changes to your routine, to helping improve a specific burden in your life. For example, if you are struggling with seasonal anxiety this fall, self-care might be just what you need. Here are a few ideas. Go Somewhere You Find Relaxing Think of all the times when you felt your best, most relaxed, and fulfilled self. Were…
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Life Reset: It’s Important to Slow Down
Starting a life reset gives you the opportunity to think about slowing down, looking at your lifestyle and routine from a subjective perspective, and see if you need a break. It’s not about quitting things or giving up, but understanding that rest and down time is essential to growing and living a happy, balanced life. Why Should You Slow Down? Let’s start with the reasons why you might want to slow down in the first place. Slowing down is not about stopping something entirely, but just taking it easy. You might find that you constantly have to be busy and neglect your own health or self-care, since you barely have…
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Maintain Your Peace with Hygge
Hygge is a wonderful practice that can be done any time of the year, though people often focus on it in the fall and winter months when the weather is cooler, it is darker outside, and the need for comfort and coziness becomes a priority. Hygge is a danish practice of winding down, getting cozy and comfortable, and indulging in relaxation. There are many ways to practice hygge, and all of them can bring you peace during your time of reset. Bring Nature in Your Home An easy way to start practicing hygge is to bring nature back into your home. Instead of using fake plastic plants, consider getting some…
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Ways to Boost Your Child’s Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is something many people struggle with, but it is especially challenging for kids. As a child or pre-teen, there are many pressures in your everyday life to fit in and just be accepted. And struggling with the disruption to their schedules right now can only make self-esteem issues worse! Working on your confidence as a child is crucial because it will play a role in their lives as they get older. If you have children, you will want to improve their self-esteem as much as possible, which can be done with these easy tips. Give Compliments and Praise Don’t underestimate how powerful a compliment or praise can be, especially…
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8 Ways to Maintain Emotional Balance During Uncertain Times
When you’re going through uncertain times such as a pandemic, it’s easy to let your emotions take over. Uncertainty can lead to really intense emotions that can be difficult to control. However, with the right coping skills and support, it’s possible to balance out our emotions during uncertain times. Here, we’ll look at 8 ways you can balance your emotions during uncertain times. 1. Maintain a routine Routines can be key during and after times of crisis. They provide some level of control during confusing times. It’s important to note here that it’s OK if your routine is slightly different to usual. It’s important to adapt to situations and alter…
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Families: Ideas to Prevent the Spread of Germs
You may be deeply concerned about the Coronavirus situation… or you may not feel that scared despite the news reports and headlines. Whether or not you personally feel that Coronavirus is a threat to your family and friends, each person has a social responsibility to do their part in preventing the spread of germs. You’ll find some easy practices to put in place, not just during this pandemic but any time you’re forced to be out in a public area with other people. Below find a list of suggestions: Stagger your parking. If there is a parking lot with plenty of open, change your priority of parking your car as…
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Personal Growth Questions to Help as You Journal
As you spend more time writing in your journal, you might come to a point where instead of just writing about your day, you want to go a step further. If you are looking for personal growth, the following questions work great as journaling prompts. Are you happy in your life? Do you feel happy in this moment in time? Be honest with yourself about how happy you are from day to day, if you are content with your job, your income, your place in the world, where you live, and the people who are in your life. What could make you happier? Maybe there is something you believe would…
