Category: Mental health
Sometimes my Trainers are all the therapy I need!
Had a bad day? Feeling drained? Brain fog? Frustrated? At the end of the day are you left feeling “how am I going to change my mind frame?”
Well….I choose to run!
Run off the day, run off the negative thoughts in my mind and any frustration or worries, and get outside and run! Personally I love what a difference it makes.
Running is such a great example of a good coping strategy to clear my mind, it’s also a way of doing something to support yourself in releasing any bottled up emotions, thoughts and turn them around and let them fuel you to have willpower!
My running helps me build up resilience to my ever filling stress container! You see once I’ve run I feel like I’ve achieved something too!
Its hard to sometimes commit time to yourself, so anything that promotes this and leads to you feeling positive is worth making time for.
You cannot beat that feeling of helping yourself through things and feeling like you’re getting there, you are making things change for the better. I find what’s great with running I can choose the path, route and distance, so it’s totally your call. Running is something that you can do alone, with someone else or as part of a community/ team. This can also help you feel you are connecting with the world regularly.
My running also gives me a new found lease of life, It’s a tool that acts as a motivation muscle for me to stay on track with my goals, reflect who I want to be and keeps me on the right.
It’s a good idea is to think of what you are going to have as your support tool if you don’t yet have one.
Make the you time count, invest in you!
How to re-identify yourself again after change….
Do you often put yourself to the back of the priorotiy list when it comes to others? Are you someone who has life responsibilities where you have to care for others so it’s hard to have time for you? Has a change occurred that has changed you and your identity?
Change is always hard and can be difficult to cope with, even a positive change takes time as it’s still new!
The first top tip when your feeling a bit lost and not sure of who you are anymore, or who you want to be, is to look out for clues. They will be everywhere you just need to be in a place to capture and remember them when they come your way…..
The clues are normally things that you are drawn to, activity, people, tasks, places, colours, sounds, environments, pictures in magazines or on-line, Pinterest, following research, stories, fabrics, books, clothes, pictures, views etc these are all things that you might be drawn to and might just give you a clue to what your new found identity might be, if you want it!
The mind works best with lots of things to reference as evidence so use these clues, to keep you motivated and not to give up on finding yourself, and creating project you!
If you find yourself out walking and are drawn to a particular area and view or place, that’s because it connects with you in someway and so it’s great to add that into your lifestyle as it is something that calls out to you.
You might find these places to be things that start to unlock your creative side, for example the places you visit might make you want to take photos of the scenery, or create paintings of the views, or collect things such as leaves and flowers for pressing. Recreate what you love in your home or if it’s gardening choose the plants that you are attracted to for their colour or texture etc.
Gather all the things that are clues for you and all the clues to help you then look at your identity more.
ask yourself…
1,what is it about each thing you have collected, seen, visited, describe what you are drawn to and like about each thing
2, how does it make you feel
3, do you want more of this in your life, yes or no
4, why? What does it bring or do for you?
This is the start of you slowly re-evaluating things, gaining identity again which will lead to you then taking steps and look at areas that are priorities.
Some people find it hard to find inspiration, you need to dig deep at times. Making up a new routine to help support yourself to become inspired again to have things that you enjoy and are drawn to as part of as many days in the week as possible. Make time for me time.
Remember project you is the best thing you could ever work on! The happier you are the better your life will be!
The “Game Changer”
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There are moments in life where things happen out of our control and consequently things change, if not everything!
Unexpected situations, circumstances, and a series of events that are traumatic, are typically what causes such changes.
Possible events are an unexpected health issue, family circumstances changing, a trauma such as a breakdown in relationships or a loss.
Moments like this can change your life. Your beliefs, your emotional state, your willpower; your personal identity becomes lost.
At these moments in life, it can really feel like life is out to get you!
But one day after these events, whenever it feels right, your state of mind will hit a point where something inside of you reignites.
This is your “enough is enough “moment. This is your “I’m ready now, ready to take back my life” moment!
You ask yourself, what do I want now?
When you’re ready for this, this is the ideal time for you to surround yourself in a community that understand what you have been through and people that inspire and encourage you.
Through these actions you become a “game changer “and all the things that happened, and all that you have been through, changes your perspective on life.
Without all of this you would not have the empathy and will power that you have right now.
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Don’t forget your moment to “Pause”
It’s a great idea to just take a moment!
A “pause moment” so you can see all the beautiful things around you.
Our lives can very often be lived at 100 miles an hour and moments can be missed.
We recommend whenever you can to make time to just connect to the world around you
(your pause moment).
This moment “your pause” is so you don’t miss the wonderful things life offers you for free daily, such as nature. All these things help inspire you and give you sensory feedback and fuel your Neuro-linguistic programming – what you see, hear and feel etc.
These moments, when enjoyed fully really do remind us that “the best things in life are free” and make us truly feel alive.
The key is to learn how to ensure you don’t miss it, from the flowers, trees to the sky and all the visual variations it has! Make this time frequently (daily) for your “pause” allowing you the time to take in all that is there for you to enjoy and could really inspire you.
An exercise to start with;
Tomorrow start with your garden (and then you could widen this to the local park, the nearest beach, forest or route into work) and make a mental log of all the things you see around you and how they make you feel? What sounds did you hear, did you have a favourite part to this moment? Then enjoy this visual menu, maybe event capture it with a photo.
Here’s one of my most recent favourite pause moments:
Don’t forget to look to the sky as there really are no limits! While you are there why not reach for a star or two!
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