Finding ways to allow the stressors of life to leave your mind and body are essential to maintaining a strong and healthy mind and body. Using a combination of tools to help maintain your many components allows you the greatest possibility of being healthy and happy, no matter what life brings you.

Sleep deprivation can adversely affect our ability to function the next day, it can steal our sense of humour and generally make everyday things an uphill struggle.

There are many articles on the subject of sleep but hopefully, below, I will share some ideas that perhaps you hadn’t thought of.

30 ways to improve your wellbeing

Anxiety comes from wanting to control the future, the problem is - you can’t!

As I see more clients with a lack of motivation, interest or concern for the present moment, I can kind of agree with a recent term that I came across ‘Covid Hangover’

Whilst we can all experience some of these symptoms every now and again, a ‘Covid Hangover’ seems to arise when there are no such tangible reasons for feeling below par for a significant amount of time.

Self-gaslighting is when this behaviour is internalised. The perpetrator and victim are one of the same. Turning on the other without warning, undermining themselves and causing them to question their own decisions, feelings, thoughts and memories. This results in a lack of confidence and a constant state of fear of the next attack from within.

How much energy do you spend waiting, worrying or wishing?

Waiting for someone else to make decisions for you?

Worrying about what may or may not happen, as if you had a crystal ball?

Wishing things were different?

Emotional exhaustion can creep up on us, knowing the signs and what to do about it can make it easier for you to bounce back.

I’ve had the privilege of being a part of Sue’s journey since July 2018. Watching her flourish, grow and start living a life that meets her values has brought much joy to my heart. Reading this testimonial did bring a tear to my eye, a tear of happiness for her. She is a wonderful person with a huge heart that deserves all the happiness that following her own path will bring her and her family.

“We can’t hate ourselves into a version of ourselves we can love.” ~Lori Deschene

Without consistent application, your efforts are ineffective

Have you tried positive affirmations and have felt that they just don’t quite work? Have you tried an app or used some of the many online lists of positive affirmations available and wondered what all the fuss was about?

We are a bit like bridges - if we are well-maintained, if we take action to repair any faults that occur, then we can endure many stressors of life. There is a finite amount of stress that we can cope with, and each person has their own individual maximum load before the cracks appear.

We spend a lot of time in our own heads and often it’s not a nice place to be, full of criticisms, put-downs, limiting beliefs, self-doubt often with content that we wouldn’t even contemplate saying to others yet somehow it is OK to say to ourselves.

Do you feel like you are a bit of a pushover, a doormat that everyone seems to walk all over, or even a yes person that is petrified of saying no? Then you may be struggling with knowing your boundaries and setting them with others. This article explains why we end up being like a doormat and feeling like we are being taken advantage of.

Have you ever noticed that you have felt completely drained after spending time with someone?

Noticing that your negative thoughts feelings and emotions are just temporary empowers you to free up your mind to focus on what improves your health and life. Using the power of noticing the ‘gone’ to label and acknowledge that those thoughts feelings and emotions have gone, is liberating!

All too often, we waste time and energy focusing on all the past events, that have usually gone wrong. Or we tie ourselves up in knots about the future that we cannot predict. “Yesterday is not ours to recover but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose.” - Lyndon B. Johnson.

We are architects of our own experiences, our own neurophysiology, (which is just a fancy name for mind and body, and you can add soul to this if you like) and we are not at the whim of our environment, other people’s behaviours, or any other external factor.

How do you recover from losing your mojo, your oomph, your motivation?