Useful Self Care Tips

Listen to your body to care for oneself…

Emotional Health:
Developing a calm mind, and focusing on peaceful thoughts, meditation and listening to quiet music..Letting go of resentments by recognizing positive emotions each day, interacting with positive people, enjoying fantasy and play, keeping a daily journal…

Intuitional Health:
Can be nurtured by meditation and relaxation techniques that augment ones sense of inner peace, harmony and wholeness. By cultivating stillness, a person begins to hear what’s usually crowded out by noise and haste: the soul’s wisdom. One can do this by creating a place that is sacred to them when they retreat to collect themselves.

Tips for self care:

Believe that optimal wellness is possible and that your body has the knowledge to achieve wellness and healing.

Listen to your body’s symptoms and its messages of health and healing.

Work with what you have, dispelling fears and finding strength to handle what is happening at the present moment.

Keep reminding yourself that you have the right to nurture yourself because if you don’t value yourself, you can be renewed.

Realize that you don’t have to be all things to all people. You can say no and set limits without putting others out of your heart.

Remember that you have a right to your own life. Giving to others does not mean neglecting yourself…

If you feel angry, tired, or resentful at the end of the day, ask what actions, thoughts or interactions have drained your energy and then let them go.

Consider that your best is good enough and no one has the right to make you feel guilty.

Keep a positive attitude and accept each day’s offerings.

Don’t try to control people or events or expect certain outcomes.

Pay attention to the people and activities that nurture your mind, body and spirit. Commit to making time to increase time to increase those interactions or activities.

Acknowledge negative feelings without judgment and let go or negative emotions as soon as possible.
Prioritize your tasks and responsibilities, and delegate when appropriate or necessary.

Ask for help and accept it when it is offered.

Learn to say no to protect your time and energy while setting reasonable expectations for yourself.

Remember that service means enhancing another person’s life, not giving yours away.

Be aware of self destructive ways of coping such as misusing medications, drinking too