Personal time meditation reflection.
Those are my essentials so that I can
just take care of my body and just
be a better steward to the community
and taking time to meditate too.
I have ballistic Dr to go to chiropractor.
I do all the kind of staging
and everything like that,
but I think a lot of times self care is
just about doing whatever works for you.
So true, and perhaps one of the best
ways to take care of ourselves is
to keep that stress levels down.
Am I right? Easier said than done though.
I mean, it is very hard to just
relax and here with tips on how
to do that is Taylor Reed from
vivacity care center in Spokane.
Thank you so much for joining us.
Absolutely thank you for having me.
Oh absolutely Taylor because we know that
this is such a huge issue to everyone.
Why is stress management though such an
important part of when it comes to self care?
Yeah, ultimately, stress management
comes down to just understanding
what stress is and how to notice
before our body is getting to
this stage of fight or flight.
How to respond so it's really,
really figuring out how our bodies
react to stress and what stress means
and helps with stress management.
That's so true. I've actually dealt
myself a panic attacks in the past.
Which is, he's stressed out
to the Max and that fight or
flight syndrome really kicks in,
and it's it's scary, so sometimes
it comes on without even a warning.
So how do we know when we're starting
to get to critical mass and we're
starting to get overstressed?
And what can we do to maybe walk it back?
Yeah,
truthfully there are some physical
short term effects of stress and
we think of heart palpitations.
Kind of breathing quickly.
Excessive sleeping social withdrawal,
things like that and even more
simply it can be just not
being present in the moment.
You know, not Finding Dory and
the things that we really do,
and you know, not treating others
who we you know love and care about
with the respect that they deserve.
So just being really self aware and
recognizing how you are treating
other people can be a really
way to kind of self reflect.
I love that I had a therapist once.
Tell me in regards to these
things that it's just a thought.
It can't hurt you,
but it is a hard concept to wrap your
mind around when you're you know,
right in the middle of it,
neck deep in stress.
So how can we still help ourselves
start feeling better when we notice a
change in our mood and and motivation?
And how do we change that when
we start feeling it go downhill.
Yeah, and these aren't
things that happen overnight,
and I think that's the biggest point
that I want to get across that.
This is a lifelong journey
and a lifelong battle.
But first, I like to try to think
of focus on what I can control.
I can control my words,
I can control my actions,
I can control of my thoughts,
I can control how I treat others.
That really helps me.
Uhm, just treat people respectfully,
especially when you're in these moments.
And it helps bring us down.
And another thing is,
you know adjusting your attitude,
taking, you know.
Deliberate thoughts and challenges and take,
you know, reframe into what type
of opportunities could I be.
You know,
posing with and what type of
things can I learn from this?
Physical activity is huge.
It has been a savior in my life and
a lot of my patients lives is just
getting outside breathing the fresh air.
You know, taking 5 deep breaths,
calming ourselves from the guide,
help.
Now that sounds so important.
I love that that term re framing.
I mean that is something we could
do in so many areas of our life
and it's so important sleep.
What role does sleep play
in stress management?
I know it's a huge part of it.
How are the two related though?
Now it's kind of this chicken in the egg,
right? We want to sleep so that
we're not stressed, but we can't
fall asleep 'cause we are strapped.
And so I think it kind of just depends
on how your body reacts to stress,
but ultimately sleep is our bodies reset.
It is our time to relax.
It was gonna start over.
It's how our body heals itself.
So figuring out how you can, you know,
set your life up for a positive sleep
weather that comes to sleep hygiene.
So doing some meditation and yoga.
Deep breathing.
Reading a book reflecting on.
You know,
doing a gratitude during flexing
on some positive things that have
happened during the day to help you
relax before you go to bed and then
ultimately that quality of sleep
at night can really determine your
attitude and ability to cope and adapt
to some stress during the next day.
So if we wake feeling rested,
we wait feeling recharged,
it's going to be a lot easier
to handle some of those things
that are thrown at our way.
I've seen scientific evidence of
this in my children. Yeah, I will.
You know it's funny at Speaking of
parents and moms and I feel like there's
a current with all of us parents.
I see out there sometimes of being
afraid to admit their stress.
Being afraid to admit any sort of
mental health condition because
of the stigma attached to this.
How important is it that we stop
that stigma that we talk about this
and say it's OK to be stressed?
You don't have to be perfect at everything,
right?
No, we don't have to be perfect. I'm a mom.
I have an 18 month old and a 3 1/2
year old and I asked for help so much.
Giving yourself permission.
Grace is the most important thing I think
as a mom of young kids and a mom of any
kids or any female male everybody out there.
We're in a weird world right now and we have
to rely on each other in different ways.
So finding your you know, your crew,
your how, how we're gonna get through this,
you know pandemic how are we going
to get through this together?
Because whatever thought your.
Whatever that's your feeling right now.
I can guarantee you're not the only one.
We're all in this together and
it's a really hard world.
Then you know,
just remembering that we're
all we're all here.
We've all dealing with stress in
different ways but just knowing
that your neighbors around
to ask for help. So much pilloried, ladies,
gentlemen, we appreciate you so much.
Thank you for those words of wisdom and
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