Welcome to Litsy!

1. I feel pretty decent today.
2. Reading, walking, journaling
3. Therapy, self-care, finding personal space
#mentalhealthmonday

#MentalHealthMonday

1. Okay. It‘s Monday for sure & I‘m tired but I‘m feeling mostly ready for the workshop I‘m teaching this week & no travels. I‘m also attending a Health & Wellness Conference on Thursday that I‘m excited about.💛

2. I have a sit in silence I practice every morning & I use the Calm app in the evening to wind down. I just purchased the tagged audiobook this weekend as I‘ve heard lots of good things.

3. Setting healthy ⬇️

Eclectic reading mode lately. Top left is quite good with solid evidence-based suggestions—not your typical self-help. Top right is another in my dystopian choices. Bottom left is IRL book group and just meh for me. Bottom right was excellent and disturbing, but nothing I haven‘t heard before.

p.s. May dip my toe in Litsy again … moving away from Meta and mega billionaires but missing community online

Finished up this audiobook during work today. I didn‘t do too many of the exercises but I loved the message the author conveyed and the tools provided to help you actually care for yourself. There was one part in particular that resonated with me - talking about how you‘re not entitled/deserving of help/charity/whatever because other people have it worse. I do that all the time. So yeah makes you self-aware about things and how to change it

There were some parts that I loved. Realizing that most things labeled as self- care is just more stuff to schedule or find time for when most people don‘t have extra time. I like the idea of pushing back on oppressive systems to enforce change because of course it benefits the larger system. Being more gentle with your self talk. I liked that she mentioned working with a parent that has a disabled child & the stress of it. I just wish there was

Oh Chrissy, what a wonderful self-care/housewarming/Christmas package!! 💖💖💖 Thank you!! Everything is so perfect, and hyggeligt and thoughtful. And the card is so beautiful - did you make that? So excited for everything!
♥️🎄❄️💙☃️🤍💖

*not pictured: 2 ornaments that bugga hung immediately 😉

my favorite book of the past few years made NPR‘s list too! sharing link in case anyone else wants to see their top picks! https://apps.npr.org/best-books/#view=covers&year=2023

I think this book is a helpful tool to start rebuilding a life that will NOT burn you out, although I wish it had gone into more detail about how to LIVE with the tools, instead of just starting with the tools, but maybe that will be in a second book. I also liked all of the exercises in the book, and will use those to help reshape my life (hopefully) so it‘s more happy.
3.5/5 an east to approach book, good for people with stress and burn out

My dear friend @Chrissyreadit sent me this lovely book because I‘ve been overdoing it lately 😅 my brain is picky post post-concussion syndrome 🧠 I get migraines if I do too much— thankfully I have great friends who remind me to relax 😎

This Book was incredibly well written. There is the acknowledgement that Self Care is currently used as a currency of capitalism and privilege with Systemic issues holding people back from actually meeting physical, social and emotional needs. I felt the power in the statement “work life balance is not possible” and suddenly felt a burden of guilt i hold for never maintaining a work life balance adequately. 👇

Very good