Weekend Plus Desk :
If you think of health as simply swapping apples for cookies or getting a flu shot, you’re only seeing part of the picture. Complete wellness means maintaining balance in body, mind and spirit – which is not always easy to do if you’re the kind of person who puts themselves last in line for TLC.
“As women, we tend to take on more than we can chew,” says Elizabeth Trattner, an integrative health expert in Miami, Florida.
“No one wrote the handbook on how much should women juggle.” Take control of your well-being and care for yourself with these wellness tips.
Care for mind
Focus on the positive: The next time you feel self-defeating about your to-do list or a stressful work situation, try to see things in a positive light. Hard as it may be, give yourself a ‘this too shall pass’ pep talk, then think about something fun.
“By focusing on pleasant experiences, we generally have a better outcome,” says Kim Chronister, a wellness expert and psychologist in Los Angeles. “Olympic athletes take ten minutes to engage in positive thinking, so we should, too.”
Make it work by: allowing yourself to acknowledge your negative thoughts. Then let them simply float away and replace them with happier messages. Take a vacation – in your head: If you find it hard to break a stressed-out mood, try this. Let your thoughts linger on an upcoming vacation and then sketch out what you’re going to do — without ever leaving your desk.
“What this does is to help you set aside your current worries and replace them with something fun that’s on the horizon,” says Chronister.
Make it work by: adding music to the mix. If you’re dreaming of a weekend by the shore, put your earbuds in and tune in to your summer favourites. Contd on Page 2
If you think of health as simply swapping apples for cookies or getting a flu shot, you’re only seeing part of the picture. Complete wellness means maintaining balance in body, mind and spirit – which is not always easy to do if you’re the kind of person who puts themselves last in line for TLC.
“As women, we tend to take on more than we can chew,” says Elizabeth Trattner, an integrative health expert in Miami, Florida.
“No one wrote the handbook on how much should women juggle.” Take control of your well-being and care for yourself with these wellness tips.
Care for mind
Focus on the positive: The next time you feel self-defeating about your to-do list or a stressful work situation, try to see things in a positive light. Hard as it may be, give yourself a ‘this too shall pass’ pep talk, then think about something fun.
“By focusing on pleasant experiences, we generally have a better outcome,” says Kim Chronister, a wellness expert and psychologist in Los Angeles. “Olympic athletes take ten minutes to engage in positive thinking, so we should, too.”
Make it work by: allowing yourself to acknowledge your negative thoughts. Then let them simply float away and replace them with happier messages. Take a vacation – in your head: If you find it hard to break a stressed-out mood, try this. Let your thoughts linger on an upcoming vacation and then sketch out what you’re going to do — without ever leaving your desk.
“What this does is to help you set aside your current worries and replace them with something fun that’s on the horizon,” says Chronister.
Make it work by: adding music to the mix. If you’re dreaming of a weekend by the shore, put your earbuds in and tune in to your summer favourites. Contd on Page 2
