MOMENT 35: How to Take Care of Yourself When You’re Running on Empty | Kris Carr
Sep 30, 2024
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Kris Carr, a wellness expert and bestselling author, shares her down-to-earth approach to self-care for overwhelmed individuals. She explains how lowering your standards can relieve pressure and why you're more like a houseplant than you realize. Kris introduces 'turtle power' as a life-changing concept and discusses a flexible diet to manage stress. Finally, she advocates tucking yourself in like a toddler at night to cultivate lasting calm and reminds us that even small self-care steps can lead to significant wellness improvements.
Lowering your standards and focusing on small, consistent self-care improvements can significantly enhance overall well-being during tough times.
Incorporating the five pillars of wellness, including mindful eating and sleep hygiene, fosters resilience and supports long-term health.
Deep dives
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Five Pillars of Self-Care
The importance of self-care is emphasized through the framework of the five pillars of wellness, which includes mindful attention to eating, drinking, thinking, resting, and renewing. Instead of striving for perfection, individuals are encouraged to lower their standards and focus on consistent, small improvements that contribute to overall well-being. For example, hydration is highlighted as a crucial starting point, with the suggestion to aim for basic goals like drinking more water each day. By incorporating these pillars into daily life, individuals can establish sustainable habits that enhance their resilience during challenging times.
Mindfulness in Daily Practices
Practicing mindfulness across the pillars of wellness ensures individuals remain aware of their choices and impacts on health and happiness. For instance, adopting an anti-inflammatory diet does not mean giving up favorite foods, but rather adding nutrient-dense options to meals, such as incorporating smoothies packed with fruits and vegetables. Similarly, enhancing sleep hygiene is highlighted as essential for optimal functioning, emphasizing the need for consistent bedtime routines similar to those of small children. This cumulative approach fosters a balanced lifestyle, promoting gradual improvements and reinforcing the idea that small, consistent actions lead to significant long-term benefits.
Feeling overwhelmed and struggling to keep up with your self-care?
You’re not alone.
In this moment, wellness expert and bestselling author Kris Carr shares her simple, pared back approach to self-care for those times when life feels hard and you’re just trying to survive.
Press play to discover: why lowering your standards might be the best thing you can do, how you're more like a houseplant than you think, the life-changing concept of ‘turtle power,’ the flexible diet that helps manage stress, and why tucking yourself in like a toddler at night could be the key to lasting calm.
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