50 Resilience Tips for YOU
/Hello Dear Friends,
Here is a little gift! Print this out. Put them someplace you can see. Try for three a day. 1 to 15 minute of time. Lean towards what brings you joy or peace or energy.
Pause, close your eyes or soften your gaze. Breathe in and out. Feel where the breath is moving in your body. Keep bringing your attention to your breath.
Shake it out. Stand up. Shake your arms, shake both legs, shake your head, shake your hips, shake your shoulder, shake it out.
Breathe in a favorite scent. A plant. An herb. An essential oil. A favorite food. A piece of fresh fruit. A tree.
Gaze at something you love to look at. Look out your window. Focus on a photo or image. A color on the wall. Grass. A crack in the sidewalk. Pause and take in the beauty.
Reach out to a friend and say something loving or supportive.
Celebrate the small stuff. You got out of bed. You ate a vegetable. You dressed a child. You were patient in a moment of difficulty.
Ask for help. Asking is a gift in both directions. It’s not about the outcome. It’s about outgrowing our individualized mindsets. Asking extends care.
Play with a child. Offer childcare to someone in need. Practice wonder with them.
Move your body to your favorite music. Or move it any way you like. MOVE!!!
Create ceremonies or rituals around your meals, or waking and sleeping, that help you remember we are interconnected. A simple poem, blessing, pause, candle or song.
Pause and check in with yourself every time you go to the bathroom. Acknowledge what is true for you in the moment. How you feel. What you are thinking. Notice what comes from acknowledging...
Send a note of encouragement. Be someone else's cheerleader.
Give something you don’t use away to someone who needs it.
Cultivate Reverence. It leads to resilience.
Put boundaries on your technology. Take tech breaks. Turn your phone on airplane mode or shut it off.
Tend a plant. Offer a plant to someone who has less green in their life.
Write down ten things you are grateful for. Take a moment to really lean into one of those. Pause to feel the gratitude in your whole body.
Tuck or plan 10 minutes of creative time. Alone or together. Share it.
Attention is an act of devotion. Pause and ask yourself---where am I putting my attention? Make it worthwhile. Move it if necessary.
Bring food to your local shelter.
Close your eyes. Cup them with your palms. Let them relax into that space.
Lie in a grassy spot or sand or soil or lean against a tree. Feel the earth rise up to greet you.
Laugh out loud. For no reason at all. This is super helpful for so many reasons!
Reach out and get to know your neighbors. Offer support.
Take three positive actions a day to take care of someone or something outside of your private or work life.
Offer a hug. Get a hug. Hug yourself. Rub your legs, arms.
Offer time or energy or support to a local nonprofit.
Give money to a new cause that matters to you. Every little bit helps.
Hold hands with someone. Or give yourself a hand massage.
Send a note of appreciation or acknowledgement to someone.
Write down something that delighted you today. Savor it.
Hum together or by yourself. You can hum your favorite song or simply hum.
Receive something without needing to give something back. Practice that.
Touch or taste or smell or listen or observe or interact with something that Delights You!
LIft your shoulders up towards your ears and let them drop. Do for one minute.
Do a two minute meditation.
Grow and tend a garden. A small herb garden inside.
Rock your body. Rock a baby. Rock with a friend. Side to side or forward and back.
If you own a rental think about lowering the rent and support local efforts to create rent control.. Equity helps resilience.
Stand up. Breathe all the way to your feet. Through your feet and into the floor or earth. Imagine your breath moving all the way out the top of your head. Explore your connection to earth and sky.
Pause and notice your self talk. Say three helpful things to yourself. I’ve got this. I was patient. I offered help.
Start a ritual of thanking everything that supports you. The air you breathe. The water you drink. The plants that feed you. The rain and wind, and insects...you got this.
Support local. Cut down on Amazon and other mail order things. See if you can find it local. Eat local.
Sing out loud. Sing along with a favorite song. Memorize one. Just do it.
Connect to Awe. Recall a time you felt it. Look at a photo or image that reminds you of it. Do something that brings it forth.
Comfort someone else who needs it more than you do.
I love you. I am sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. (repeat this)
Extend resilience to your community. Sharing the care.
Put your hand on your heart. Feel its beating. Thank it. Breathe in and out from that space and bring in all the gifts you have in your life.The color, scent, sounds, smells and texture of your gratitude. Breathe those in and out.
Love,
Carol
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Remember we are in this together! You are amazing, and you can make a difference.