Thank Yourself for Being the Wonderful YOU

With Thanksgiving and the Holiday Season quickly approaching, we hear more and more about Gratitude.

You may want to start a GRADITUDE journal.  I struggled with this concept at first, there were nights I sat for 30 minutes and could not come up with one thing I was grateful for that day.  As I continued with the practice, over time it became natural habit.  I practice this with my children, it’s a great conversation started, “What is new and good with you today?” Now I have an abundance of things I am grateful for each day.

I started with a small notebook, each day I would sit down and write three things, outcomes, or opportunities I am grateful for today.  If it works for you, pick three categories.  Some examples are work / career, family, money, accomplishment, food or exercise choices; the list is endless.  If there is a particular area of your life where you are struggling, make that one of your topics.  Keep it simple, once you start, it’s amazing how your gratitude list expands.  I selected 3 topics, something about myself, something about my family, and wildcard.

Journal entry example:

1.    I am grateful I prepared a healthy dinner for my family and they enjoyed it.
2.    I am grateful my children played nicely at the park.
3.    I am grateful taking a nice nature walk with my friend and all the children.

If you are still struggling to find gratitude in a particular area of your life, you may need show yourself compassion and release resentment.

If you are struggling with Negative Self Talk, the focus of your Gratitude Journal could be YOU!  If you are feeling unappreciated and overlooked, start celebrating YOU!!!  When you sit down to write in your Gratitude Journal, write about all the WONDERFULNESS about you.  All Acts of Kindness you expressed, how you showed up today, made a positive difference in life.

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Reconnect with Massage

Being unhappy with our bodies has serious, and sometimes lifelong, ramifications. Feelings of unworthiness our bodies and reconnect with ourselves. Massage can help us release physical and mental patterns of tension, enhancing our ability to experience our bodies (regardless of their shape and size) in a more positive way. Just as it facilitates our ability to relax, massage also encourages  and self-loathing can set up a lifetime of self-deprecating behaviors. What regularly scheduled massage allows us to do is “get back” into an awareness of the body, often allowing us to more clearly see and identify destructive behaviors, including overeating or purging.

Massage also creates a sense of nurturing that is especially powerful when it comes to poor body image. Accepting the nonjudgmental touch of a trained therapist goes a long way toward rebuilding an appreciation and respect for your own body. If we find acceptance for who we are and how we look, we are giving ourselves permission to live comfortably in the skin we have.

Call Diane Lauer at 610 334 3710 to schedule your appointment at A Center of Well Being, Douglassville, PA!

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