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Focus on what you can control.
Respond not react.
Easy to say, hard to do.
End of week thread about health and well-being amidst COVID coming in an hour.
Will recap most important principles from this week. Topics include physical and mental health.
Follow here if interested.
Respond not react.
Easy to say, hard to do.
End of week thread about health and well-being amidst COVID coming in an hour.
Will recap most important principles from this week. Topics include physical and mental health.
Follow here if interested.
So here we go...first off, thanks to @ASlavitt. I got this idea from him. He does regular update threads on what is happening in the public health and policy world. They are great and informative. I thought I'd take a stab at doing the same for personal health and well-being 2/
Lots of people trying to take advantage of fear. Selling stuff. Ignore it!
BEST DIET for IMMUNITY: one that involves whole foods where calories consumed matches energy burned.
BEST EXERCISE program for IMMUNITY: one that involves regular movement with appropriate rest. 3/
BEST DIET for IMMUNITY: one that involves whole foods where calories consumed matches energy burned.
BEST EXERCISE program for IMMUNITY: one that involves regular movement with appropriate rest. 3/
Movement is so important for physical and mental health. Even just 20-30 min a few days a week. Don't need any equipment for below.
-Squats
-Push-ups
-Step-ups
-Lunges
-Planks
-Sit-ups
-Curls (full backpack)
-Jumping jacks
-Running in place
Hardest part is getting started. 4/
-Squats
-Push-ups
-Step-ups
-Lunges
-Planks
-Sit-ups
-Curls (full backpack)
-Jumping jacks
-Running in place
Hardest part is getting started. 4/
For physical activity, remember that you don't need to feel good to get going. You get going and THEN you feel good.
Schedule a time.
Have a place.
Prepare for resistance.
Eliminate digital distractions.
Lower the bar.
More @outsidemagazine. 5/ https://www.outsideonline.com/2411484/how-to-stay-active-healthy-during-pandemic
Schedule a time.
Have a place.
Prepare for resistance.
Eliminate digital distractions.
Lower the bar.
More @outsidemagazine. 5/ https://www.outsideonline.com/2411484/how-to-stay-active-healthy-during-pandemic
Shifting to mental health, I'm hearing from lots of people uncertainty about what they are feeling. Totally normal.
The more space you can create to hold more feelings, the better. This is really hard to do!
The key: WHATEVER you are feeling is okay 6/ https://thegrowtheq.com/emotional-flexibility-how-to-hold-everything-at-once/
The more space you can create to hold more feelings, the better. This is really hard to do!
The key: WHATEVER you are feeling is okay 6/ https://thegrowtheq.com/emotional-flexibility-how-to-hold-everything-at-once/
It's okay to be happy right now. You may be experiencing:
-Anniversary of sobriety
-Launch of big creative project
-Falling in love
-Birth of a baby
It's okay to be really sad right now:
-So much human suffering
-So many heroes stretched beyond the brink
You can be BOTH. 7/
-Anniversary of sobriety
-Launch of big creative project
-Falling in love
-Birth of a baby
It's okay to be really sad right now:
-So much human suffering
-So many heroes stretched beyond the brink
You can be BOTH. 7/
It's also important to keep in mind that thinking about, worrying about, despairing about, or being angry about something is NOT the same thing as taking productive action.
The former does nothing to change the situation (or your mood). The latter does both. 8/
The former does nothing to change the situation (or your mood). The latter does both. 8/
I've been trying to practice what I've come to call "hope grounded in reality."
@EmEsfahaniSmith calls it "tragic optimism."
Even when things seem utterly meaningless if you keep going (so hard to do) that feeling can, and usually does, change too. 9/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/opinion/coronavirus-mental-health.html
@EmEsfahaniSmith calls it "tragic optimism."
Even when things seem utterly meaningless if you keep going (so hard to do) that feeling can, and usually does, change too. 9/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/opinion/coronavirus-mental-health.html
It is much easier to practice tragic optimism when you aren't alone.
Being physically distant does not mean being socially isolated. Keep connecting digitally. No, it's not the same as being in-person, but it's what we've got.
We are all mirrors reflecting onto each other. 10/
Being physically distant does not mean being socially isolated. Keep connecting digitally. No, it's not the same as being in-person, but it's what we've got.
We are all mirrors reflecting onto each other. 10/
RE: working from home.
Lots of USE THIS TIME TO BE SUPER PRODUCTIVE, START NEW HOBBIES, AND ACCOMPLISH YOUR DREAMS going around.
Also lots of DON'T WORRY ABOUT DOING ANYTHING.
Truth: it's not either-or. Some days the former makes sense. Some days the latter.
Both okay. 11/
Lots of USE THIS TIME TO BE SUPER PRODUCTIVE, START NEW HOBBIES, AND ACCOMPLISH YOUR DREAMS going around.
Also lots of DON'T WORRY ABOUT DOING ANYTHING.
Truth: it's not either-or. Some days the former makes sense. Some days the latter.
Both okay. 11/
I'll end with what's been hardest for me: thinking about the many people dying alone. It is utterly heartbreaking. It is my personal despair challenge.
My therapist said it best: the best way to honor these people is to help when/where you can, and to LIVE your life NOW. 12/
My therapist said it best: the best way to honor these people is to help when/where you can, and to LIVE your life NOW. 12/
To summarize:
- #StayHome
-Ignore "immunity" pseudoscience
-Move body
-Remember: mood follows action—just get started
-Whatever you are feeling is okay
-Think/talk/worry not same as doing something
-Keep connecting
-Help if you can
-Be kind to self
-Be kind to others
(End)
- #StayHome
-Ignore "immunity" pseudoscience
-Move body
-Remember: mood follows action—just get started
-Whatever you are feeling is okay
-Think/talk/worry not same as doing something
-Keep connecting
-Help if you can
-Be kind to self
-Be kind to others
(End)
