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5 Tips to Care for Your Mind

January 22, 2025 By in Health and Well-being Tags: , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

The mind is so strong and yet so fragile at the same time, and this is why it’s essential to pay attention to our mental health. There are many ways to look after your mental health, and many of these ways are quite simple to incorporate into our daily routines but are usually overlooked. If you are looking for ways to improve your overall mental health, here are some tips to help you care for your mind –

5 Tips to Care for Your Mind

Listening to music

Music is a powerful tool when it comes to caring for your mind, body, and soul. I listen to music every day; my Spotify playlists are always on the go, and I am forever discovering new songs. Music can help reduce anxiety and depression, it is also great for boosting mood and increasing energy.

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Exercising

Staying physically active does wonders for physical and mental health. Hitting 10,000 steps a day should be everyone’s goal. This is easily done if you remain active all through the day by taking time to exercise, going for runs/walks, stretching, dancing, getting chores done, and the like. The goal is to keep moving to improve your overall health, and it works like magic.

Getting enough sleep

The power of a good night’s sleep can’t be overemphasized. Most adults need 7 to 8 hours of sleep every night to feel rested and refreshed. If you are getting less than the recommended amount of sleep, try going to bed earlier and aim for at least 7 hours of sleep every night. Quality sleep is a great way to care for your mind and body.

Nutritious diet

Food has an impact on our mental health. I find that certain healthy foods like fruits and vegetables, improve my mood, and the more healthy the food, the better for my mental health. This is why having a nutritious diet is important. We need to pay more attention to what we eat because, at the end of the day, we are what we eat. Staying hydrated by drinking enough water is also essential. I am always with a bottle of water, and that reminds me to keep drinking.

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Reduce Social Media

Social media is an excellent to stay connected and to stay in the loop of things. However, sometimes it can become draining, which is not great for mental health. So reducing the time you spend on social media apps would help reduce your overall screen time which your eyes would thank you for, and it would also help you stay focused on the here and now, your own life, which in the long run, helps care for your mind.

How do you care for your mind and mental health? Please drop your thoughts in the comments section, and let’s chat! Have a good one!

 

Five Fitness Tips

August 8, 2024 By in Lifestyle Tags: , , , , , , , 4 Comments

Physical activity is something I have been paying a lot more attention to for the last few years. I am not a gym person at all and I have never been. I once signed up for a gym membership many moons ago, and only went a handful of times. It was not my thing, and I prefer to work out in my own way, on my own time, so I have been busy being physically active in creative ways.

If you’re wondering how to stay physically active outside of the gym, here are a few fitness tips that may fit into your daily lifestyle.

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Five Fitness Tips
  • Work out in the morning at home

Working out in the morning at home is always a great way to start the day. It allows me to get my steps up, which is a good head start to hit 10K steps a day, and it also allows me to prepare for the day. I think working out in the morning at home is one of the most important fitness tips because you have no excuse.

  • Go for walks

I like to go for walks as often as possible, it is great for overall health and well-being, and it helps me smash my 10K steps challenge a day. If you are looking to be more physically active, a good way to start is to go for more walks.

  • Stay hydrated

Staying hydrated is also really important for overall health and I find it a lot easier to drink more water when I stay physically active, so this fitness tip is a win-win. The aim is always at least 8 glasses of water per day.

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  • Dancing

Dancing is another great way to stay fit and well. Moving the body is great for physical and mental health, plus you get to listen to lovely music as well. I find myself dancing every day these days, and I love it!

  • Balanced diet

Controlling your food portions and making sure you eat a balanced diet is super important. You don’t want to do all the fitness tips previously mentioned and waste it by not eating right. Having a balanced diet helps you stay fit and healthy. It also does wonders for your mental health.

What are your tried and tested fitness tips? Please sound off in the comments section below, let’s chat!

Thanks for stopping by. Have a good one.

 

 

Make taking care of your well-being a lifestyle

June 24, 2023 By in Health and Well-being Tags: , , , , , , 1 Comment

Well-being is something I am very passionate about and my passion has led me on a journey of learning with various experiences. A few months, I finished my undergraduate thesis and it is was mainly on well-being and how the impact of our personality traits and working conditions on it. My findings from the study was significant and it just confirmed my suspicions on well-being.

The importance of overall well-ness cannot be overemphasised. It is so important but yet it gets taken for granted so frequently until it is too late to turn back the hands of time.

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It can be tricky to pay attention to your well-being in such a busy loud world, but it is crucial to do so. The more you pay attention to your mental and physical health, the healthier you become. Staying on top of your well-being is a daily task. It is not a crash course and it is not something you can do for sometime and stop doing. Taking of your well-being is a lifestyle.

So how do you take care of your well-being and make it a lifestyle? Here is one way to go about doing just that –

Stay in the present

Staying in the present could be seen as staying grounded. Avoid making plans too far away in the future and avoid dwelling or ruminating on the past. The past is gone and the future is not here, all you have is the present moment so stay in the present. Focusing on the future too much could lead to anxiety, and dwelling on the past could cause depression, which would negatively affect your mental health.

It is okay to make plans but try as much as you can to stay fluid and attached to any rigid outcomes if you can and try not to plan too far into the future. So focusing on anything beyond a year into the future may be too far depending on what it is. Every case is different so personalise staying in the present to suit your needs and to fit the situation.

Get Help

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If you are struggling to cope and need to talk, the trained Shout Volunteers are available to chat day or night.

 

I will be writing more articles on health and well-being and sharing more well-ness tips over the next few weeks. So keep an eye for the posts if you are into well-being posts.

Also, please share tips on how you stay in the present in the comments section below. You never know who you are helping.

Take care and stay safe.

 

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