Self-care expert and Mama Glow founder Latham Thomas shares how to build inner strength with simple daily practices.
Youll practice how to protect your nervous system and anticipate your needs.
Or do your commitments frequently feel like obligations, not choices?
Your task today: Practice saying no.
That might sound simple, but many of us struggle quite a bit with that one little syllable.
Thats a perfect recipe for overcommitment, burnout, and even resentment.
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Lets check in with each other in a few weeks.
This is a behavioral muscle worth flexing.
This isnt about getting more things done; its about getting therightthings done and focusing your attention.
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Ask yourself what you need in the moment, and decide accordingly.
Allow the experience you are having to be worthy of your full attention and presence.
Edit your social feeds, turn off alerts.
Forget about your Facebook or IG status and check the status within.
Tune all the digital chatter out of your life for one day per week.
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Phone-fasting includes not using iPads, computers, video games, and other electronics.
Take that time to turn inward; be with yourself or with family.
I promise, you will love being unreachable once you get used to it!
Day 19: Set up a sleep ritual
How we start and end our day matters.
It can determine our mood, and at night, even shape our dreams.
Before you go to bed tonight, try a calming ritual.
The choice is yours, but rituals performed before bed make space for much-needed mindfulness.
Slowness allows us to tune into ourselves and become reflective.
That leads to a good nights sleep and more inner peace overall.
What ways can you work to maximize your sleep ritual?
Check out Arianna Huffingtons book,The Sleep Revolution, to deepen your understanding of the importance of sleep.
Some of us believe we are destined to be alone, or we will never have financial security.
Lets check in with your capacity to receive.
Youraurais an energetic mirror of your physical body.
The aura carries an accumulation of thoughts, ideas, beliefs, emotions, and intentions.
Throughout the day, you accumulate energy from the people and places you have encountered.
Cleanse your aura the same way you do your body: with a bath.
Run a warm bath, adding in a handful ofsea salt.
Sea salt is used for spiritual cleansing.
Salt also has a detoxifying quality that draws out impurities in the energy carried in our bodies and cells.
Consider adding 20 drops of essential oil to the bath if youd like.
After the salt bath, anoint yourself with a richbody oilorbutter.
With firm and intentional touch, rub the oil into your skin, self-massaging your entire body.
Self-massage increases circulation, soothes the nervous system, and affirms the body through loving touch.
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