Below are 7 tips on how to Stay Safe and healthy during the months ahead as the community reopens again.
As restrictions ease be mindful to stay safe and healthy and keep up to date with your local regulations.
Be aware of your environment and keep good practises in check as our local community reopens.
The outbreak of Coronavirus has impacted our lives in so many ways.
It is completely normal to feel overwhelmed, anxious and stressed. We have all encouraged our community to stay at home to flatten the curve.
Staying Safe and Healthy with Social Distancing
Social distancing and strict hygiene practice are reinforced to help combat the spread of COVID-19.
While it’s crucial to practice social distancing and self-isolation, it may result in social loneliness as face-to-face interaction has been restricted.
We are social beings; therefore, loneliness and sadness can occur as a result.
It’s more important now than ever to take care of your mental health and wellbeing in challenging times like these.
Here are 7 Tips to Staying Safe and Healthy during COVID9
1.Have a healthy and balanced diet
Keeping a healthy diet may help boost your immune system to help fight COVID-19 and it is getting colder and is the Flu season
Include lots of fruits and vegetables, healthy fats, whole grain and healthy protein in your daily diet.
Don’t forget to keep yourself hydrated throughout the day and avoid taking in too much caffeine from coffee or black tea.
Try some new herbal teas or get back into some of your old favourites there are many to choose from today.
Peppermint tea can help with digestion, chamomile tea to you sleep better to name a couple.
2. Stay Active for Healthy Bodies
Staying active can be as simple as taking a short walk around your backyard, gardening, cleaning your home environment, knitting and cooking.
Keep your body flexible by stretching or doing yoga first thing in the morning when you wake up.
Having a daily routine is important to keep you stay active, strong and healthy during self-isolation.
Jump onto YouTube and do some exercises or sign up to online gym classes Les Mills has excellent choices and variety.
3.Mindfulness to Stay Safe and Healthy
Being mindful in what you do and pay attention to the present moment will help cultivate your sense of being.
The practice of mindfulness has been proven to help overcome anxiety, stress and loneliness.
You can incorporate mindfulness into everything you do by taking the time to eat your meals without any distraction, sit down properly to eat and enjoy your foods.
Breathe slowly and extend your breaths on exhalation can help calm your parasympathetic nervous system and cultivate a sense of inner peace.
Notice how you breathe a bit faster when you’re nervous. Try to slow your breath down and count your breath from one to five to calm your mind.
When your emotions are rising, and getting out of control, acknowledge them without reaction.
Express your feelings through journaling, painting, or talking to others if you need help.
4. Stay Safe and Healthy by Avoiding Misinformation with Media.
Being exposed to constant anxiety induced stories convinces us that there is something to panic about.
Keep in touch with reliable sources of information and stay away from rumours.
The more we read and hear about COVID19 the more we are raising our stress levels and need to keep it at a minimum just enough to be informed and how it may affect you and your family
Although it might be tempting to keep informed, or difficult to escape, limiting your exposure to media news and social media with help.
5. Keep yourself entertained
Keeping yourself busy and entertained during COVID-19 is very important.
Listening to music, watching your favourite shows on Netflix, playing online puzzles.
Subscribing to YouTube tutorials and learning a new skill are some ideas you can try.
6. Stick to a Schedule.
Give what your doing your undivided attention a schedule your social media time or coffee breaks to stay productive especially when working from home.
Instead of taking a handful of tasks and cramming them all into an eight-hour day, come up with some realistic deadlines.
Practice concentration by turning off all distractions and committing your attention to a single task, start off with small timeframes, maybe 5 minutes per day.
If a task is taking longer than usual take a break from it and comeback to it more refreshed by moving onto the next task a hand to keep moving.
7.Quality Sleep to Stay Safe and Healthy
The general rule is at least 7 hours of quality unbroken sleep.
This is not the case for everybody it is worthwhile monitoring what works well for yourself and how you function on a certain amount of sleep.
They say that the amount of sleep we need depends on our age and in general adults should aim at least 7 hours per nights.
As we know this is not always the case as we live a 24 / 7 lifestyle and have a lot of shift workers so it is important for us to have a place where we can use as a sanctuary.
For good quality sleep and invest in a good mattress and block out curtains or blinds and fresh air.
Philippa Hunt is a Woman on a Mission.
WiseGirls Money Academy was created after working as a qualified Financial Adviser for many years and deciding it was time to assist women who desired to learn and develop the self-empowerment to understand their emotional relationship with money, the skills and knowledge to save and invest. They wanted to learn how to create their own financial future and become financially capable.
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