Dear readers,

I am delighted to connect with you , in the beautiful month of September. Hope you have had a neat week, doing the things that give you meaning and joy. I have tried my best to develop a routine at the gym and I call this as a work in progress. Part of the inspiration for today’s post is from Dr.Peter Attia’s – wealth of information- a book called Outlive .

The intention of today’s post is to elaborate on ways that we can keep our balance and calm working towards better wellness

Feelings are impacted by a number of variables such as the events in the day , thoughts , memories, and also depends on the level of wellness that we feel in out body.

Feelings can also be impacted by what we eat – what we do and how we respond to the people , reminders and events that come by our way

Feelind are emotional -fluid , subjective, transient- go north or south depending on the occurrences of any given day. They have the potential to leave us tired , lost and overwhelmed .

Learning to manage our feelings can be done consciously . However it is not the case when things become too overwhelming.

An ideal way of managing feelings comes when we set a large window of calm or space and call it rightfully ours.

It is about making a regular habit of being in that space that feels safe – where we feel strong, true and well

About knowing ourselves really well – what we really like and what we want to get out from our day to day living

“The journey is not so much about becoming anything – maybe its about unbecoming everything that isn’t really you so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.”- Paulo Coelho

It is about working on activities that facilitate calm

1. Including some form of excercise every single day

2. Being informed that movement invites feelings of wellness

3. Maintaining a healthy diet

4. Accessing professional support to navigate through tricky thoughts and feelings

5. Having good sleep hygiene

6. Being informed that feelings influence thoughts and thoughts influence actions

7. Setting an intention for each day –

8. Having an awareness that exercise, creativity and intent – help in managing feelings

9. Having a routine

10. Making music a part of your routine

11. Choosing 2-3 values for example kindness, integrity and respect and using those values in all of your actions that you take up for the day

12. Being extra kind to self

13. And when low feelings creep up – do abrief check in and ask yourself – if those feelings serve a ourpose

14. Having a chosen number of people you trust and be choosy on who you invite into your safe space

15. Embracing acceptance

16. Knowing your strengths

17. Being unafraid of of what feels challenging

18. Asking for help

19. Taking up a hobby- reading , walking , pets, art

20. Taking small steps of courage

21. Being mindful that when you choose to live by your values – it is easier to keep moving head …,

Values stay with us

Values serve as an anchor

Values serve a Purpose

Values lead us to a life of contentment , Offer meaning and Help us move forward

Keeping the focus

On greater good

” Nothing beats kindness- it sits beyond all things “- Charlie Mackesy

Much love 💚