I am so excited to introduce you to our newest guest blogger, Heather Shafer.
Heather is an Authentic Living Coach.
Heather is an Authentic Living Coach.
Hey Beautiful Souls!
I am happy to be here sharing with you on this lovely site!
How are you supporting (and I mean by actions and practices, not money!) yourself right now? Are you finding it hard to answer? What about if I asked you how you are supporting others right now? I bet you would have a much easier time coming up with responses, right?!
In order to show up and be our best selves in any area of our lives, we need to give ourselves some support. This support can come in a variety of ways (some of them being signing up for that class, creating a bit of a schedule for our days, clearing space for what we really love and are inspired by -physically or mentally).
For today, though, let’s explore Self and Soul Care as a way to support ourselves. Ultimately, only you can decide what really nourishes your body, mind, and soul. However, I would love to share some ideas to get you started.
Self-Care:
1) Engage in your Self-Care "Basics." Get plenty of water (your body will often signal when you are not getting near enough). Eat nourishing food and move your body a little!
2) Dive a little deeper with self-care. Take a little extra time for body and face care (lotion, essential oils, dry brushing etc..)
3) Create space to savor the little pleasures you really enjoy. (Reading a book or magazine, sipping a cup of tea, lighting a candle).
Soul Care:
1) Journal. It does not have to be complicated, heart pouring out all the time long entries. There is no wrong way to do this. Create a list or a brain dump, or respond to the following prompts:
- Right now I need…
- I am feeling…
- I would love to…
Capture bits of what is present in your heart and life right now.
2) Create. Self Expression of some kind is a beautiful part of having a Soul Care Practice. My favorites happen to be visual journaling (you need very few supplies - a journal, glue stick, a pen, and a few magazines). Look for images and words that inspire you and glue them down. I also like snapping pictures with my phone of the everyday sacred (your cup of tea, details of the ones you love, bits of beauty - even in the chaos).
3) Creating Soul Notes. Start noticing what little tugs and cravings are coming up for you. Write them down in your journal or on a post-it. Create a space to gather these notes which are clues, requests, and messages from your soul.
4) Connect to something or someone that really inspires you and feeds your soul. Maybe it's in a book, a video, blog post. Maybe it's in a song. Maybe it's in a place of worship or in nature.
What does Self and Soul Care look and feel like to you? What will you create space for to do so?
Here is to living Inspired, Creative and Empowered
Heather
Heather Shafer // Toliveinspired
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