Self-Care

Despite the environment and coming into another wave of the pandemic, internally I felt peaceful, joyful and content, until something in my environment led me to derail that happy feeling. Completing a project for a client, I had nervous anticipation before sending it off, despite it being received well. What I found out hours later was that it was filled with errors. Minor errors, but as a person who prides themselves in paying attention this was a major disappointment. It most certainly needed an outsider’s eye. In this case, I was too late before I sent it.

Seeking support from a friend, I made relevant changes and sent off the corrected version soon after, but it was of course, too late. I had already sent the one riddled with mistakes. I was so furious with myself and angry at how much I had missed these simple errors and despite my better judgement, I let my ego override my instincts and hastily sent it through. I punished myself, quite badly because I couldn’t rid myself of this feeling. It was then, I decided to call a loved one and ask their opinion about it and there wasn’t anything that could reassure me. There wasn’t anything new spoken about, nothing that I didn’t already know or had already told myself. When I stopped to reflect on why I felt this way, attempting to detach myself out of the situation in attempt to put it behind me, I realised this was self-care.

We are so often much kinder to others than we are to ourselves and when there is no-one to blame but ourselves, we can often be overly critical and judgemental. When it was simply a mistake. Everyone makes them and you know what? No one will judge you for making a mistake, we are human that’s how we learn.

Taking care of your health, your physical wellbeing and mental state of mind is all well and good but if challenging times come about and you revert to old habits, what was it worth?

Self-care is different for everyone. The key thing is to set aside any resistance you have that may be holding you back instead of allowing you to move forward. You may find sitting for a longer meditation practice serves your wellbeing, you may prefer to journal and reflect on what happens, you may even decide to talk to a friend or go for a long walk.

Whether it is sitting reading a book, relaxing in the bath with some music, listening to a podcast,  the important point is to start small. Whatever it is you settle on for your self-care, ensure you book it into your calendar, set alarms to remind yourself so you are able to follow through and commit to your personal wellbeing. Once you have experienced the benefits you will begin to encourage others to take care of themselves also.

For many who are now beginning lockdown 2.0 in England this week, I wanted to share some brand-new videos. For the entire month of lockdown, I will be sharing two guided meditations, which will be posted on my You Tube channel. Ensure you subscribe so you don’t miss the launch and I hope you are able to begin the journey to take care of yourself whilst the world may seem chaotic right now, cultivate the peace inside of you, it will radiate.

Check out the first new Mindfulness Video on this link &

Download: Breathing Techniques.pdf

Lov T