What can you do when you don't quite feel a spring in your step?

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What can you do when you don't quite feel a spring in your step?

We last spoke about Curiosity as a Superpower.

We ended with mentioning the September Gratitude Challenge.

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Enough with the chit chat.

Close your eyes and get comfortable

Breathe slowly though your nose - 3…2…1…

Breathe slowly out your mouth - 3 …2 …1 …

Repeat 4 times

Open your eyes

Wiggle your fingers

Wiggle your toes

Stretch up high and give yourself a big hug.

What can you do when you don’t quite feel a spring in your step? 

You know the feeling when everything is going along OK.

But you just don’t have a spring in your step.

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere

Dreading the thought of winter

And our friends in the Southern Hemisphere waiting for spring

Take a moment to Pause

Reflect

• Are you simply all tapped out?

• Just feeling blah?

• Bored?

• Feeling stuck?

Let’s do a short exercise:

Grab a pen and paper and some sort of container.

• Realign

Now that you have released some of the negative energy in your body.

What is one thing you can do for yourself today?

• Perhaps watch a familiar comedy and have a good belly laugh!

• Think about how you can change one thing in your routine. Changing something in our routine takes our brain off autopilot. This will give you a boost.

• Rise and move forward

• Acknowledge that these feelings are normal but you do not have to focus on them. You can go through the above steps and commit to doing things differently.

• Use a mantra - write a sentence that you can repeat a few times - each time you lose the spring in your step. For example: ‘I feel energized! I am ready to face the day!!”

• For those of us heading into fall - remember that spring and summer will come again.

• Resolve to get outdoors, do some exercises or connect more with family and friends so you don’t become a hermit.

• If you have S.A.D. (Seasonal Affected Disorder) invest in a light lamp and use it regularly.

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Wrap

• Remember to be kind to yourselves.

• Sometimes you just need to hangout on the couch.

• If you feel that you need to explore more: please see below in the Resource Section - I have a link to

  Kat Nieh
  publication. She has a Soul Wellness Checkup for you to complete.

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Resources:

Kat Nieh -

Continual struggles are your soul’s cry for help