Work Smart Live Smart with Beverly Beuermann-King

“I’m bored, there’s nothing to do”.

As summer vacation begins for thousands of children this is far too often a familiar complaint. But boredom is generally a totally self-inflicted problem.

The antidote to boredom is curiosity. Curiosity happens when you start to explore the world around you.

You will be less likely to feel bored if you go out, get active, pick up a new hobby, or even volunteer. You will be too busy learning new things or meeting new people to feel bored.

For children the anticipation of summer-fun wanes as the summer goes on and all those previously fun activities start to feel stale.

So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Anti-boredom Month with your family:

Make up a new sport. When you’ve created new rules for an old game, your mind in more engaged and time flies by.

Change the scenery – Set up a tent or a picnic area in your backyard.

Put out a challenge. Design the classic scavenger hunt or let the kids design the challenge for an activity and see what they come up with.

Come up with a list of the most boring things to do and see how the creative juices kick in.

And if all else fails – suggest a list of chores that they can complete. You will be amazed at how quickly they can find activities to entertain themselves.

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Mirror, Mirror On The Wall. A fairy tale question that can be the basis for our everyday ritual.  A mirror image is a reflected duplication of an object that appears identical but reversed, but often, what we see is not just reversed but often distorted.

Many women and some men spend much of their lives attempting to change their bodies. Only 4% of women globally consider themselves beautiful.

A positive body image involves understanding that healthy, attractive bodies come in many shapes and sizes, and that physical appearance says very little about our character or value as a person.

So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Compliment Your Mirror Day:

I am SO guilty of looking in the mirror and picking away at the things that are not perfect: my crooked toes and my short waist.  Not to mention my eye lids that are sagging with age and the loose skin on my arms. It is hard to look at yourself in the mirror and ignore what is not ‘ideal’ and to celebrate what is unique and beautiful.

We have a positive body image when we have a realistic perception of our bodies AND most of the time, we enjoy them just as they are.

Learn to de-emphasize the numbers and emphasize positive self-care choices. 

Stop comparing yourself to others. You’re are unique.

And finally, one that I am working on is setting a good example for others by refraining from “fat talk”  or “old talk” when you are with friends and family.  Think of it as the psychic equivalent of second-hand smoke.

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Ever been standing there, looking at someone directly in their eyes, knowing that you have a history together and for the life of you, you can’t remember their name?

Ever walked into a room and not remembered why you were heading there?

I hate forgetting things. I get annoyed when others seem to be able to remember the smallest details and I can’t even remember being there. Sometimes I think I have early Alzheimer’s.

So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating I Forgot Day:

I tend to believe that much of our ‘forgetting’ is based on interference theory. Interference occurs when the learning of something new causes the forgetting of older material on the basis of competition between the two.  Simply…we often have way too much on our mind.

Stress Affects Our Memory

There is competition for our attention and competition in juggling far too many things at once.  We are stressed out and this interferes with what and how we store these things.

So, slow down and try to live more in the moment.  Go from multi-tasking to single tasking and see if these stress reducers are memory boosters

Try boosting your memory with foods rich in Omega-3 such as seafood, nuts and seeds.

And if you are really concerned that you are forgetting more than you should, go and see your doctor. It may not be Alzheimer’s, but it could be the result of a number of different health issues including depression.

Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app.

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Our world is changing and sometimes that change is difficult to keep up with. Sometimes we see the need for the change, but we don’t know how to move forward. Sometimes we want the change and we look for ways to push it forward.

I grew up in rural Ontario where my cousins and second cousins and so on were my neighbours and classmates. We looked like each other and we sounded like each other. I had 3 local TV stations, and we watched very little TV except for hockey, which I tuned out.

I don’t remember giving skin colour a second thought. I went to University and I still don’t remember giving it a second thought.

It wasn’t until I lived in Toronto that I remember hearing some of my first racial slurs.

I know that 30 years later, I have said or thought things that were racial generalizations in reactions to activities, sayings, or even music.

So here we are in the midst of turmoil and I am seeing arguments around Black Lives Matter versus All Lives Matter. I absolutely agree with both statements. Black Lives Matter. All Lives Matter. Your Life Matters.

My life matters.

However, I can not remember a time where my skin colour has not put me at a disadvantage, or made me look down upon as something less, or put me at risk or seen as dangerous.

So what can we all do…Listen and show up.

Listen to each other.

Show up and be willing to acknowledge someone’s experiences, no matter how different they may be to yours.

By listening and showing up, by opening up in this way, we can examine where we can push change forward. Where we can make the necessary impact. We all have a role to play in making that happen. It’s needed and long overdue as Every Life Matters.

Coping with stress is simple…though not always easy.”

We hear so much about stress.  Most of it negative.  Most of it about the sources or symptoms.  Some of it inaccurate.  And much of it not helpful.

Today is SOS To STRESS Day

This day was conceived because we need to hear more about how to deal with stress and build our resiliency.  We already know that it is bad to be “under” too much stress.  We need to know what options we have to deal with it.

So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating SOS To Stress Day:

SOS To STRESS Day is about coping. It is about finding the right strategies to take care of the situations and ourself.

What Do Sleep, Sex and Sweaty Palms Have In Common?

They are all impacted by stress. Stress plays on our minds and keeps up awake at night. It can lower our libido. It brings about headaches, high blood pressure and sweaty palms.  So, how do we determine the right strategies to deal with so many different sources of stress and such a large variety of symptoms?

The S-O-S Principle helps us to ensure that no matter what we are facing we are able to best take care of the Situation and Ourselves and be Supported while we are doing this. 

There is no one way to deal with stress…despite what others may suggest or tell you.  It is about designing a plan with sufficient strategies to be successful, healthy and happy.

Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app.

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