Wow, this is a tough Blog to put out there 2 weeks before Xmas! ( bless me 🫣)
I fully understand the enormity of a busy life, and to add Xmas into the mix seems almost an impossible task! how can we find the space to create any peace?
The truth is it’s something we all need to learn to find otherwise we seem to be left with the consequences of lack of peace, exhaustion, sleep deprivation, mood swings, inability to concentrate, over or under-eating, anxiety, and even depression (to name but a few!)
The reality is, as well as being unhappy ourselves it has a knock-on effect to those around us.
What we really want to achieve at this time of year is a relaxing, fun, calm connection with family and friends yet what many of us experience is an overload of stress!
How can we address this is your question? To be honest, it may seem an unachievable goal, so let’s break it done into bite-sized actions that can help you enormously to create a bit more peace in your life for now and ongoing.
1.write a list of the most important things you would like to improve
2. Do one thing each day for self-care
3. Make a small amount of time to get into nature to think about how you can make the changes
4. Start with a small action and start to build on it
5. Remember if nothing changes nothing will improve
6.Take responsibility for creating some peaceful moments, as no one can do it for you
What’s amazing is once we start to put these actions in place we automatically start to get the benefits of a more peaceful life, when we make time for ourselves first EVERYONE will benefit! Why, because when I’m feeling more peaceful it has a massive knock-on on effect to those around us.
We are great at suggesting to our kids, family, work colleagues, and friends to take care of themselves better so we clearly know the importance of it.
Perhaps now is the time to do it for yourself, if you really want a healthier, happier more peaceful xmas you must start with some self-care, it’s the best gift you will ever give yourself this and every xmas.