29. Self-Care During A Pandemic

This pandemic could easily put us in a feeling of being overwhelmed, sluggish, unproductive, and uncertain. There’s a ton of things to take care of such as work, chores, homeschooling, errands, etc.

Take a pause. 

Let this episode be the nudge for you to start taking care of yourself. I’ll give you self care tips and activities to help you during these times.

Self-care is an investment, not only in your well-being but the well-being of your friends and family who surround you. 

Here’s a sneak peek of what’s in this episode:

• [3:30] If you have an unhealthy relationship with food during the pandemic, likely, you don’t know how awesome your body feels when you nourish it with the right food.
• [4:15] Why not base your food choices on how you want to feel?
• [4:34] Foods loaded with sugar often make you feel bloated, heavy, or sluggish.
• [8:04] Food has energy. It passes it to you whether good or bad.
• [10:57] Be easy on yourself. In time your body will start to crave those foods less which makes you feel good at the moment but make you feel yucky and guilty later.
• [15:14] When you continue to feed your mind with negative messages, your brain starts to adapt to the messages you’re feeding it.
• [15:38] To change your body, you need to change your narrative.
• [15:54] Shift yourself from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset.
• [17:45] Take multiple opportunities throughout the day to repeat your positive affirmations to yourself.
• [18:52] The most successful, grounded people on this planet have a specific morning routine that they follow every day.
• [19:18] Positive affirmations should be part of your morning routine to get your mind working for you each day.
• [19:47] Meditation is a self-care practice that nourishes you at the deepest level. It’s the time where you tune everything and everyone else out and reflect on your own mental and spiritual well-being.
• [20:47] Many of us are not taking that time to go inward, not taking time to have that stillness in our day.
• [21:45] Don’t knock it until you try it.
• [22:01] Exercise can have positive effects on both your mental and physical health.
• [22:34] Exercise is just as effective as anti-depressant pills in treating depression.
• [24:25] Just start. Just start to get some movement into your life.
• [25:13] If you don't schedule it, it doesn't happen.

 

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