Wellness Podcast

In this episode, I zoom out to WHY we would want to cultivate calm in our lives, and a bit on how to do so including communicating about your feelings. The sources I cited were Brene Brown's 10 Guideposts for Wholehearted Living from The Gifts of Imperfection and zenhabits.net -https://zenhabits.net/calm/, Leo Babauta. And the book Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain by David Eagleman (this book is, full disclosure, a bit boring at times but also changed my whole life).

This week, I talk about intentionally taking time to not work or think about work, and how your worth is not defined by how much you get done in a day (work or errands or cleaning or whatever).

In this episode, I talk about my experience getting the vaccine and how it has helped my mental health (and vastly improved my "vaxhole" status, defined as "one who has been fully vaccinated against the covid19 virus and brags about it"). I also want to help to de-bunk myths and whatnot about the vaccine, but as I am not a doctor or otherwise a healthcare professional, I am mostly including links to help with this part: https://www.facebook.com/Vox/videos/1306020406444742/

https://www.businessinsider.com/cdc-pfizer-and-moderna-vaccines-effective-in-the-real-world-2021-3?utm_source=yahoo.com&utm_medium=referral&fbclid=IwAR2O4l0Qye0AlgxCvIkNJFtMR45hQYwAWAq8H1LZ8Lf8aK9jjpOuc7kdoqU 

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/post-vaccination-deaths-dont-covid-19-vaccine-deadly/story?id=75524209&fbclid=IwAR29ckNwmkNteZc-Y8ebTqPOC89jvKiHCowbZCGf8RXIxSK1OeSFYj3rvro 

In this episode, I talk about trying to use some of your vacation time (or at the very least, 1 full day of your weekend) as a time to rest and recharge. You can watch Netflix all day or go for walks or go to bed early or whatever helps you feel rested, but rather than using vacation time to just "do all the things," or "see all the places," try to use it for rest.

In this episode, I talk about listening to our bodies. We really are taught from a young age to NOT listen to our bodies (clean your plate, have another bite, etc.) but it is actually very important. If you are hungry, eat (something healthy, if you can), if you are tired, go to sleep early, if you are thirsty, go get a glass of water, etc. It seems very obvious but we just do not do it (at least, I don't).

This week's episode is about the Danish word, hygge (pronounced hoo-ga or hyu-ga). It is close to the word "cosy" in English but can also happen outside or with other people, not only in your house. But think about things that bring you calm and well-being, and those things are very hygge. I talk about the book I am reading, called "The Little Book of Hygge" by Meik Wiking and the Facebook page, Hygge Life. Action item: try to find some more calm and cosiness in our lives this week.

In this week's episode, I talk about how this week, 1 year from when we began quarantining from covid, it is so important to pause, reflect, and grieve. To think about the past year, and what we have lost and how we have changed. Action item: what is your "theme" from the past year? Mine is "learning."

In this episode, I talk about my 2-4 week cycle of the past few months of feeling OK and then like everything is horrible. I talk about normalizing NOT being OK, that we are all not OK maybe, and that we should not normalize the pandemic and act like everything is/should be OK or like the only way it's OK is if we have learned 1,000 things during the pandemic. If all you did was survive, that is OK.

This episode is about not over-planning your days and not giving up your self-care 2 dos list when you find that your work 2 dos list has exploded. Instead, KEEP doing your self-care things and think about what you can push back and do another week, and what has to be done now. Work on your calendar before the following week (I do mine every Friday) and actually schedule the things you need to do into your calendar rather than trying to just "fit them in" somewhere, even if it means you can't do all the things you wanted to do that week.

In this episode, I talk about how journaling has helped me during the pandemic, including through the 2 sentence gratitude journal, journaling when I am feeling strong emotions, and using journaling to help me feel better and like this will really be over and I will be there for it. Here is the article I refer to, about journaling being therapeutic: https://news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories/writing-proves-a-therapeutic-outlet-for-pandemic-stress. And the Brene Brown podcast is the Unlocking Us podcast, on Spotify. (I highly recommend it!)