by Dr Lara May
In today’s busy world, we rarely set time aside for ourselves. We give and give and give to our children, our spouses, our families, our jobs, and often ignore our well-being. This habit can lead to mental and physical health breakdown and can even start to seep into our relationships.
It is critical that you take some time out of your busy schedule for just yourself. For some crazy reason, we tend to neglect ourselves and put off taking a break for any sort of self-care. This can lead to a never-ending cycle of work and running around for everyone else with no outlet for fun. Ultimately, leaving you feeling down, frustrated, and burnt out.
The obvious, but not-so-easy solution to this problem is to take care of yourself. Take some “me-time” out of your around-the-clock schedule and treat yourself to something nice and stress-relieving. Do not feel selfish about it, because when you feel good, you are better able to take good care of all your relationships and not resent them.
Ways to Promote Self-love
There is no specific “right way” to take care of yourself; it can involve anything you like to do that makes you feel refreshed, at ease, and happy. Here is a shortlist of ideas:
- Spend some time alone, away from the world, in a calm and quiet place. You can go for a morning walk or visit a park. Don’t turn on the TV or laptop. Just be with yourself.
- Reflect on what has been happening in your life. Appreciate your achievements and encourage yourself to keep up the great flow.
- Read your favorite book or some poetry.
- Focus your energy on being a kind, beautiful person on the inside rather than focusing on the outward beauty.
- Get up early in the morning, eat healthily throughout the day, get some exercise and meditation, and go to bed early. This healthy routine will keep your mind and body on the right track and your soul will automatically feel refreshed.
With these simple steps, you can learn to love yourself more and bring positive changes to your life.
Spend Time with Your Loved Ones
Spending time with people you love is food for the soul. You feel refreshed and happy when you get enough attention, love, and time from your loved ones and vice versa. It feels great to receive love right!?
To boost the energy levels of your mind and body and to help satisfy your soul, try to maximize the quality time you spend with your family, your partner, friends, and/or your kids. Here are some good ways to maximize even small amounts of time:
- Arrange specific activities that you love to do with your friends, partner, or kids. For example, go to a theme park and take rides with your children, or plan a movie night with your partner. These little trips will help you stay happy and feel blessed.
- Always plan ahead if you are usually busy so that you don’t disappoint your family by not showing up.
- Give yourself a break from technology; your phone, iPad, and laptop need to stay away from you in order for you to spend quality time with your family and actually be present in the moment.
- Try to communicate with your partner and children one-on-one to promote feelings of mutual love and respect.
- Use positive affirming words to give off positive vibes.
These steps will help you both give and receive more love, which will have a deep positive impact on your mind, body, and soul. Loving your family and loving your life starts with loving yourself. Love yourself and you will thrive thrive thrive!
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