4 Small Steps

2018 is over a quarter over and nearly half way done.

How many of us set up Goals to support our physical health- such as losing weight, going to the gym, trying a new diet?

Often the Physical aspects of our goals overshadow our mental and emotional health.  Our Physical health may help our other states of health but shouldn’t we also take time to focus on all aspects of ourselves not just the one we see when we look in the mirror.

This is where a simple concept comes in ‘’Self Care’’

Gut health:

Your Gut is your second brain many people are learning the reactions the gut has on the brain and vice versa.
One of the best ways to do this is taking care of the guts microbiome with probiotics. By taking care of the gut it can help with your emotions as the bacteria in the gut influence our moods as well as reduce anxiety and decrease stress.
By taking care of your gut you can help balance hormones and also assist with absorbing more nutrients from what you consume. It also helps reduce inflammation in the body and possibly mood disorders.
Ways to take care of the Gut:
Whole Food Diet
High Plant Based Diet.
Probiotic supplement
Also Fermented drinks and Food (EX: Miso/Kombucha)

Skin Care:

This might be an off one but taking care of your skin and seeing what happens to it can show signs of mental health and other things. I was having an hormone imbalance and the first trigger I could see of it was :

•    I had hair growing on my chin not like beard or anything just a constant few hairs that I had to pick at every few days.
• I had most of my pimples in the same area.

So I googled what might be the issue. Told my Doctor  and they told me I was possibly right and to take a few supplements and since then my hair picking habit has gone from every three days to every other week and I only get pimples now once a month for a week.
So for skin care tips:
Read the labels of the products you use for your skin- the more simple, pure and cleaner it is the better it is for you.  But do not toss what you have just replace it once it goes empty with something that is better for you.

Aromatherapy

You can try to use oils or use candles or just cook something you enjoy the smell of like cookies. The scents we smell can impact our emotions.  Things we smell often can trigger emotions and therefore if we use this knowledge we can improve our mental health.
Look into oils that help with stress such as Lavender.

Practice Mindfulness

Being mindful can help with sleep, blood pressure, and boost the immunity.
To do this can be a simple step such as reading books on mindfulness or practice meditation.
Those who have read my daily goal I have started using an app and it has helped me with Focusing at work and on this Blog and giving me some Motivation as well as Mindfulness.
The app is called Simple HabitOther ideas could be trying soft martial arts or Yoga.