Beware of the messages you keep sending to your mind Your thoughts aren’t always the absolute truth - your perception of reality is just that, a perception! How many times have you thought to yourself “It would be so nice to talk to someone about what I’m going through, my thoughts, my feelings” And … Continue reading What Messages Do You Send To Yourself?
Category: Mental Health
Five Tips To Help Manage Your Stress
Feeling stressed? Who isn’t these days right?? Here are a few simple things you can do that will help you manage the high level of anxiety humanity as a whole is currently experiencing. 1. Do a calming activity: yoga, walking, visualization, meditation, a relaxing bath or shower. Think about things that help you feel calmer … Continue reading Five Tips To Help Manage Your Stress
How Unrealistic Expectations Negatively Impact Your Goals
Unrealistic expectations can lead to frustration and giving up altogether. Make your goals more modest to increase your chances of being successful
Ask For Help
Let me start out by saying that as much as we all feel that we can do it all - we can't! You may go through periods of time where you feel super-human, have lots of energy and feel like you can accomplish all the things on your to do list on top of taking care of little humans. However, there is only so long you can go, go, go until you eventually crash.
Benefits Of Exercise
Most people start exercising because they want to lose weight, but there are so many other benefits to exercising. Natural endorphins release, stress management, disease management/prevention, memory boost - just to name a few.
Connect With Like-Minded People
Being a mom is the most rewarding things in the world, but it can also often be a very lonely place to be. We often feel like we lose our individual identities after becoming a parent and live our lives to serve others.
Find A Hobby
When was the last time you did something just for the enjoyment of doing it? Not because someone NEEDS you to do it for them, but because it's something you really want to do.
Spend Time Alone
This weeks post is about the importance of spending time alone. As busy moms, alone time is very precious and we may not have an opportunity for large chunks of it, but ANY alone time is better than nothing at all
Daily Dose of Gratitude
There are a few simple ways you can practice gratitude, pick one or all five and make this practice consistent. Practice gratitude daily and you will notice results in how you feel very soon.
Positive Mind, Positive Life
Picture a big glass goblet filled to the halfway mark with water. How do you see it—half-full or half-empty? Consistently finding the glass half-empty—and the world as a difficult place— is a hallmark of negativity. Research has found that a negative outlook can contribute to everything from depression, to heart disease, to lowered immune system … Continue reading Positive Mind, Positive Life