💫TOOL #21 KINDNESS💫This week it has been Mental Health Awareness Week. Every day this week I have shared the tools below from My Wellness Toolbox to encourage you to BE KIND TO YOUR MIND and to fill Your Wellness Toolbox. 💫 TOOL #11 AFFIRMATIONS 💫 TOOL #23 LAUGHTER 💫 TOOL #14 POSITIVE PEOPLE 💫 TOOL #9 DAILY SELF CARE 💫 TOOL #16 RELEASE & LET GO 💫 TOOL #4 MEDIA - TURN IT OFF I always say just take the tools from My Wellness Toolbox that work for you and leave behind those that don’t. We all have different tools. However, Tool #21 Kindness should be in everyone’s toolbox. Kindness not only has a direct benefit on your health and...
💫 TOOL #4 MEDIA - TURN IT OFFThis morning I let the cards decide what tool you could try to use today to BE KIND TO YOUR MIND. Perfect. Time to switch off...✅ Phones✅ Computers ✅ Tablets & iPads ✅ Television ✅ Game Consoles ✅ Any other screens or technology that may expose you to stress, overwhelm, negative images or information A few weeks ago I turned off my phone, including the news and social media for over 72 hours. Not only did it help reduce the COVID19 anxieties, I spent more ‘present’ time with the family, found more ‘me time’ and the writers block lifted. No coincidence. When you can BE KIND TO YOUR MIND it has a positive...
💫 TOOL #16 LET GO & RELEASE Letting Go & Releasing is being KIND TO YOUR MIND (and potentially others), yet it is also easier said than done. Personally, I find it quite hard to ‘let go’ purely by thinking about letting go, especially on the other side of an argument, if I am in the midst of feeling anxious, going through a stressful and uncertain time or staring fear in the face. Therefore, along my journey I have discovered a number of ‘letting go’ techniques that help me physically feel like I am letting go of the argument, the anxiety, the stress, the outdated beliefs, the judgements, or the fear. The one that I find most effective for me...
TOOL #9 DAILY SELF CARE Extract taken from My Wellness Toolbox (2018); One of the kindest things I have done in past 14 years for my physical self, mind, emotions and most importantly my relationships, is to daily self-care, to have ‘ME time’ daily. This became even more paramount when I had children. How can I look after tiny humans if I am not looking after myself? How can I teach them to feel good if I’m not feeling good myself? How can I teach them to self-care if I don’t set them the example? How can I nag husband/sister/mother/friends/you (delete as appropriate) to self-care if I don’t do it myself? Some call it Selfish. I call it Essential. Although...
TOOL #14 POSITIVE PEOPLE Today, I encourage you to connect with a Positive Person in your life. Check in with them and make some plans or simply have a chat. Research has proven that who we spend our time with can influence our well-being. The more positive the company we keep, the more positive we are. When we spend time with the people in our lives who make us feel good and energised, support and encourage us and are kind, this can make us feel good and even influences us to adopt a more positive mindset. Positivity is a magnet, positivity attracts positivity. The more positive you become the more easily you will attract the positive people and experiences into...
