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| Ways to Nurture Yourself |
| Spend at least 30 minutes everyday for something you enjoy |
| Keep a journal and write out your feelings |
| Look at yourself in the mirror and compliment all of your positive attributes. YES...EVERYONE has something they like about their body! Find what you like! |
| Buy a coloring book and have at it. I was told that it's perfectly OK to color outside of the lines! |
| Play often. It doesn't matter if it's with fingerpaints, colors, clay, Legos, kite flying, sailing a boat. Whatever you enjoyed as a child, continue to do that. Why should kids have all the fun? |
| Wear your favorite color, even if it's purple or bright aqua |
| Do something nice for someone else. Help carry packages, smile at them, say hello, give them a card just because. |
| Relax in a hot tub |
| Create a special spot in your home that you can go to relax and release |
| Give yourself a hand and foot massage, then a manicure and pedicure |
| Be yourself. Be less concerned with what others think of you. |
| Treat yourself once in a while. Buy a new book, item of clothing, magazine, toy, craft project, flowers, a special food. Anything that is a special treat for you. |
| Star gaze. Learn about constellations and see if you can locate them in the massive night sky. |
| Learn to just be able to be. Clear your mind. Often easier said than done! |
| Go to a movie, concert, out to eat.....alone. It's very liberating, aside from the all too frequent question "Only One." If you want to scare them, you can always pretend to "talk" to your imaginary friend or say "No, I'm dining with myself tonight." |
| I wanted to create this page as much for myself as for every one of my website vistors. It's a place I can go to and be reminded of the many things I can be doing to love myself. Some of these ideas are my own, from books, other readings, websites, and conversations with important people in my life. Please take these ideas and if you practice even just one, you are taking the all important time to love and nuture yourself. There is only one you.....be good to it! |
| It's OK to let your emotions out. Just make sure you are safe. |
| Have dreams, ambitions, and goals for yourself |
| Laugh.....outloud |
| Find small joys in everyday life |
| Sing your favorite song as loud as you can with fake microphone and/or instruments. Not a good one to try at the office! |
| Embrace your flaws and faults. Everyone has them. |
| Learn to live life mindfully. Work on staying in the present and focus on what is happening RIGHT NOW! |
| Find a good book and totally immerse yourself in the story |
| Laugh at your mistakes. Often they are very funny! |
| Try a new hobby. Something you've been really wanting to try and don't be concerned with the final product. |
| Listen to relaxing music or sounds you like and find comforting |
| Meditate or pray by saying words that are comforting and personal to you. |
| It's OK to be silly sometimes |
| Write a letter to someone you admire. You don't have to send it, just get the words and feelings on paper. |
| Decorate your home for the seasons |
| Make a list of all of the positive things in your life or things you enjoy. Refer to that list when you are having a bad day. |
| Make and decorate sugar cookies |
| Watch a good movie. Pick a type of movie that you normally wouldn't see. Diversify! |
| Learn to breathe deep, causing your stomach to rise and fall |
| Take a walk in nature and collect special items and place them in a pretty basket in your home to remind you of that walk |
| Make a collage of your life or things you find special |
| Slide on the park slide. Play on the park swings. |
| Compliment people and appreciate the positive things they do |
| Write out your life's story |
| Stay in bed for an entire day and take the phone off of the hook. Read, watch TV, eat a special food, have a movie marathon. |
| Daydream |
| Spend time with people who truly care about you. Don't waste time on those who don't. |
| Write or draw out your dreams |
| Give yourself permission to splurge on your favorite food occasionally |
| Dance or move to music |
| Take a class. Learn somethng new, just for fun. |
| Go shopping and use all of your senses. Smell the fruit, feel the silk pajamas, listen to the crowd, people watch. |
| Take a warm bath with lots of fragrant bubbles and candlelight |
| Everyone should own a pair of PJ's with the feet. Trap door in back, not a necessity. |
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| Updated 5/31/06 |