Balance

Design and Maintain a Balanced Routine

Incorporate Relaxation/Stillness Practices:

  • Create daily routines or rituals that allow you time for rest, mindfulness, meditation, and long slow exhale breathing.

Consider how you will engage in the 7 types of rest:

  • Physical Rest

  • Mental Rest

  • Emotional Rest

  • Sensory Rest

  • Creative Rest

  • Social Rest

  • Spiritual Rest

Prioritize Sleep:

  • Make your bedroom a sanctuary with your kind of comfortable bedding, blackout curtains, and calming scents and music that slows your heart rate.

Stay Active:

  • Regular physical activity boosts mood and reduces stress.

Schedule Joy:

  • Make time for hobbies, creative pursuits, or activities that make you happy-that allow you to create something new, original meaningful and unique to you.

Establish Mental Health Anchors

Surround Yourself with Encouragement:

  • Place motivational quotes or affirmations where you’ll see them often.

Journal Regularly:

  • Use journaling to process emotions and focus on gratitude.

Practice Mindfulness:

  • Engage in activities like yoga or meditation or exercise to stay present and grounded.

Carefully select your counselor or therapist:  

  • Working with your protector and recovery advisors select the treatment and counselor that best fits what you are needing to use for therapeutic healing from your trauma exposures.

Join Support Groups:

  • Connect with others who understand your experiences to feel less alone and more empowered to engage in deeper survivorship. Join support groups or online communities to connect with others facing similar challenges.

Bring Nature Closer

Spend Time Outdoors:

  • Go for walks or rides in the park, especially in forest areas where you can do “forest bathing”, hike mountain trails that afford you greater uninterrupted vision when you are at the top of the mountain , or simply pick you sanctuary nature spot and sit outside to empty what you no longer need  and recharge.

Decorate with Greenery:

  • Indoor plants can improve air quality and create a sense of calm and allow you to be a caretaker at your own pace.

Prioritize Self-Compassion

Be Kind to Yourself:

  • Understand that healing takes time, and setbacks are part of the process. Avoid self-criticism if you miss a day or struggle to maintain consistency. Directing your compassion inwards allows you to access your humor and curiosity and will support you in reaching out to you Protector and other selected people who believe in you and your journey to healthy new habits.

Reward Progress:

  • Celebrate small wins… small steps forward in building your healing routines that will reinforce your successful behaviors.