04/15/2024
A few years ago, I went through the worse depressive spiral of my entire 20+ years of living with depression. Fortunately, I was able to identify my triggers and I put it all out there on YouTube in hopes to help someone else identify theirs, so they didn’t feel like they were going through it alone.
It’s not about being calm all the time, it’s going to be emotional and messy. Here’s my 3 step process:
1 - meeting yourself where you are by having awareness to allow your feelings and emotions to come up.
2 – acceptance of where you are and meeting yourself there without guilt, shame or judgement.
3 – taking action to change by showing up to do the work.
Here’s the 5 things I did to start this 3 step process:
1 - Mindful and purposeful movement of my body. It doesn’t have to be a hard or strenuous workout – in fact, most cases, it shouldn’t be. That will only add to the stress your body is already under. There is no set amount of time, it could even be a walk. Just move your body.
2 – Breathwork. The technique will depend on what you need, it can be calming or activating. This can be a simple 2 minute practice, if you don’t know where to start, message me and we can chat about what might work for you.
3 - Be in the sun, get dirty. Being in nature allows for fresh air, sunshine that gives your body vitamins and energy (yes, you are just like the plants). Get your feet on bare ground or dig your hands in the soil/sand – grounding is revitalizing!
4 – Prioritize rest. Not all rest is the same. I’ll be sharing more about this in a later post, but here’s the cliff notes – there is physical, mental, emotional, social, sensory, creative, and spiritual rest.
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