If your stress is job-related, you can also try these tips. If you’re struggling with emotional eating or just want to create an arsenal of coping skills that you can instantly use, you can also make an inspiration box. Tip: These are several of my favorite coping tips from Therese’s new book, The Pocket Therapist, which might help.Consider the tough parts of the week, and try to process them, using healthy ways to cope. Stress can greatly impact how you view your body, how you eat and how well you take care of yourself. What did I struggle with ? This can be relate to your body image or how things are going in general.
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Also, here’s a laugh-out-loud post from Elizabeth Patch on surviving the holidays.Ħ.
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Therese writes, “…human beings can heal (at least partially!) from a host of different illnesses if they learn how to laugh.” I think humor can heal body image, too, because, like reading something joyful, it puts life into perspective. In fact, according to Therese Borchard of Beyond Blue, it heals in these nine ways. What made me laugh or smile? Humor heals.
Have I read something inspiring, uplifting or joyful? Reading positive words is important to our overall well-being. Tip: For ideas on how to improve your body image this week, check out the posts on body-image boosters.Ĥ.You might throw away a magazine that makes you feel bad or choose a “ blankie” that boosts your body image. You might strive to listen to your body’s internal cues - such as eating when you’re hungry or walking instead of running when you’re exhausted - or find a physical activity that you genuinely enjoy. What’s one way I will improve my body image this week ? Remember this doesn’t have to be a big goal, just a concrete one. Sunny of Healthy Girl regularly talks about little victories, which she writes are “the small (yet important) steps, moments, thoughts that eventually pave the way to big changes and recovery.” So consider what your victory was and acknowledge it.ģ. Tip: It’s great to celebrate these “victories,” no matter how small they might seem.
This past week, w hat’s one thing I did to improve my body image or to lead a healthier life ? Some examples might be: journaling your feelings instead of bottling them up, saying “thank you” to a compliment (instead of denying it and having I-don’t-deserve-it thoughts), eating when you were hungry, not feeling guilty for enjoying a meal, telling someone how you felt. Just practice looking at yourself and smiling.Ģ. Think about what features you got from mom and dad.Or, next time, just smile at yourself - that’s it. Think about one of your favorite features (or a “neutral” feature that you can’t find fault with). Tip: If looking in the mirror is a negative experience, think about saying something positive instead, whether you believe it 100 percent or not.Accepting and respecting what you see changes everything! Rejecting and criticizing what you see in the mirror changes nothing.
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