Self Care In A Cup Of Tea

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While growing up, whenever I was stressed or having a bad day, my mother would always tell me to make myself a hot cup of tea and get down to whatever it is that I needed to focus on.  While my self care techniques are sometimes more elaborate than a simple cup of tea, the notion of taking time to do something for yourself, to recontrol your attitude and your environment is a very powerful one.

There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea. – Bernard Paul Heroux

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How do you take control of a tough situation?  How do you de-stress of re-focus on your life at hand?  What methods of self care do you use?

With the holidays at hand, we are looking for self care techniques and ideas to help balance out of stress of the season and to share with our readers.  Email us your ideas and methods at info(at)lacunaloft(dot)com or comment below!

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Learning To Trust Yourself Again

Learning to trust myself again after having cancer was hard for me.  I didn’t enjoy needing to worry about self-care when taking care of myself hadn’t felt so complicated and time consuming before my diagnosis.  After feeling under the weather and run down for so long, I approached each slower than usual day with distrust and dislike.

Am I sure I feel under the weather? What if I’m just being lazy? What if I always feel like this from now on?

I learned though, that if I ignored my under the weather feelings, I woke up the next day with a fever.  If I took the day off, I woke up the next day feeling better.  To read more about how I learned to tend to myself and to trust myself again, go to the rest of the post on I Had Cancer’s blog!

 

Steps To Reduce Stress As A Caregiver

I recently read a great article about reducing stress as a caregiver.  In the post, the author discusses, among other things, the importance of learning to channel your stress (since caregiving is an immensely stressful occupation)  and talking to your patient/loved one about what they are wanting out of your care.  

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