One advantage of using a journal, or brain dump, is to help you recognise negative thought patterns. Writing about your thoughts and feelings will help you to start to see any negative patterns that may be keeping your thinking trapped. As well as making your mental health worse. If you don’t use a journal then… Read More Negative Thought Patterns To Watch For.
An increase in negative thinking, a lack of concentration, tempers flaring and a lack of sleep are all early warning signs of stress levels increasing. Stress can trigger us to keep running a negative cycle over and over in our heads. We don’t seem to get a break from those negative thoughts when we try… Read More Using A Stress Journal.
Having a routine, and sticking to it, is an incredible way to develop new habits. But we need to remember it will take time to develop these new routines. So don’t be too hard on yourself as you proceed. But how do morning and evening routines help us to feel more in control of life? The Benefits Of… Read More Feel More In Control Of Life By Creating Morning And Evening Routines.
Bad days happen to everyone. We can have a really stressful day with the kids, at work, with our family, etc. These kinds of days zap your energy, your mood, and your sense of self-esteem and confidence to low levels. Days like this can be very tough and can create a lack of motivation that… Read More Create An Emergency Self-Care Kit For Bad Days.
We all need to have the proper support system in place. I don’t care how independent you think you might be, you still need the support of solid, positive people. People you know you can count on. But what does that support system look like? Put Appropriate Supports In Place To Help You. Everyone needs… Read More Surround Yourself With The Proper Support System.
When we are stressed we can feel like we have no control over our life. If we start by taking back some control it can give us that little boost to tackle another aspect of stress’ impact on us. Trying to change too much too soon though will impact our stress negatively and leave us… Read More Stress, 1 Tip To Help You Take Back Control.
We cannot change something if we are not aware of it. Stress is so subjective and it can creep up on you so easily that sometimes we are not aware we are stressed. So the first thing you need to do here is to check out your stress symptoms before you take action. What Is… Read More Get To Know Your Stress Symptoms.
When it comes to meditation people can find it difficult to keep a daily practice going. We can get too caught up in what we perceive a meditation practice should feel like. But remembering to keep it simple and that even the most experienced meditation gurus have off days will help. My first tip would… Read More 1 Tip For A Successful Meditation Practice.
Around 60% of adults aren’t getting enough sleep. If you want to improve your sleep then you need to make it a priority for you. We need between 7 and 9 hours sleep each night once we become adults. Teens and children will need more sleep. No one can function effectively on 6 hours or less. There… Read More 1 Tip For An Effect Night’s Sleep.
When we look at why we don’t have a self-care routine we usually find that: We were not taught to do so. That we have low self-esteem. We don’t set healthy boundarieswith others. Plus we have forgotten that loving ourselvesjust that little bit more than we do another is important. Perhaps we have gotten so busy, and… Read More 1 Main Reason We Should Have A Basic Self-Care Routine.
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