This profession has a long standing heritage of self-abuse. We have super long, busy days and have historically not taken time for eating, bathroom breaks, or even a 5 minute breather to recenter. It is, unfortunately, sometimes considered a weakness to want those things for ourselves.
I have been acutely aware lately of how much my mood is affected by how well I have eaten that day. And I don’t mean, was it all organic, limited ingredient foods necessarily. I mean, even just eating 3 meals and some snacks during the day! That is the way I tend to show my stress first – I don’t eat, or I eat junk food and sweets. I can see how much the way I fuel my body is directly related to my ability to stay centered, focused and emotionally balanced.
We all have those ways we sabotage ourselves such as abusing food, sweets, alcohol, exercise, sleep. What is your self-sabotage pattern? I encourage you to notice what you do to your body when you are stressed or worried. See the pattern and commit, just for that day, to change it. It doesn’t need to be a commitment for the rest of your life, just start with today. Then I challenge you to do the same thing the next day. And… you see where I am going with this!!
So, take a few minutes and acknowledge the ways you don’t support yourself and take one small step to be better one day at a time. That’s how a habit starts, a commitment to do better one day at a time.
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