Mind-Body-You

FEAR IS A NATURAL REACTION – but can we practice Emotional Isolating during Covid19? The honest answer is – I don’t know for sure, but I do hope so… How are you all doing today? It has been the most surreal week, month – and already the most surreal year - for the whole world hasn’t it?  So how do we really stay WELL during this time of Global Crisis. In addition to following the Best Public Health Advice from Reliable Sources and Implementing the best measures of Handwashing (7 step technique) and Social Distancing to name a few, I believe there is another thing we could be doing to enhance our level of WELLNESS at this time - Emotional lsolating. • I do NOT mean being blissfully ignorant to what is going on in the world • I do NOT mean being rude or discourteous to those around us • I do NOT mean pretending that we are not having certain emotions • I do NOT mean that having certain emotions is good, bad or otherwise What I DO mean is that we are s...

Finding a positive motivation for moving – feel empowered to feel good. It can be so hard during these darker days to want to exercise or just get moving. With the change in season I just want to curl up in a cosy room, dim the lights and go into hibernation mode. It turns out that even though I can be grizzly and roar at times (the hubby can verify this!) I’m not actually a bear and I can’t hibernate for the winter. Against my body’s wishes, I apparently must get up on these dark mornings and go to work, and the girls need to go to school. Ideally, I would love a seasonal siesta from it all – one can dream, right? Between the ages of 2 - 22 years old I lived in IAustralia and although I have been back here on the other side of the globe for the last 18 years, I’m still not used to these dark evenings! When I come home, I just want to crawl into bed. Heading out to do anything, let alone exercise, can be an effort.   So how do we get up and moving when we real...