๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐บ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฒ. ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐, ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐น๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ.
And Iโm pretty sure youโve been going quite hard at the grind and you deserve that down time!
๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ (๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐) ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ผ๐๐๐น๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ณ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ป-๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ต๐๐๐๐น๐ฒ-๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐-๐น๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ (๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ), I had a chat with a functional nurse who would impress upon me the value of tapping into my parasympathetic nervous system, every day. This is our system for rest and digest, in contrast to the fight and flight, sympathetic nervous system we know so well in this fast-paced life we lead!
๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ and started to combine walks in nature (I have a lot of nature where I live), with a short, 10-minute daily meditation practice. At first, I wasnโt so great at slowing down the chatter in my head, but I was determined because I knew meditation could calm my stress going through one of the biggest challenges of my life. Before long - with consistency - it became a habit.
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ. It awakened new creativity. It moved away the negative talk that really was just made up of self-developed storylines about who I was in the world. It made space for the mindset I needed to take on the challenge I was facing!
๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ โ๐๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐๐โ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ. ๐๐ณ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ, ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐, ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ.
And so - as a part of a whole wellness plan in 2024 - one that enables you to move away the clutter that gets in the way of your living life to its fullest and showing up as your best self - ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ง (๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฐ) ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ?
๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก: Make a list of possibilities - even if you donโt yet know what will work for you. And if I can help you explore those and other ways to show up as your best self in the year ahead, reach out!ย
Image: below are some of my regular practices for tapping into my rest and digest system.
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