Life Is Work - Ep 67 - Self Care Check In

Co-hosts, Producers:

Danielle Stenger 
Cameron Navarro, LMSW 

Mel’s Mindful Minute: 37:30

Melanie Wilmoth Navarro, LMSW, RYT, TSTSY-F

Owner, Lead Facilitator - Whole Moon Wellness

wholemoonwellness@gmail.com

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Music:

Intro - Nostalgiaholic, by Picnic Lightning

MMM Transitions - Sur, by Picnic Lightning

Outro - Pa’lante, by Hurray for the Riff Raff

Self Care Check In

• RESULT: To check in on our resolutions, goals, and discuss how we’re creating ways to prioritize ourselves.
• Camnecdote
  • Areas of Life activity keeping in my bag all year

Protein - Main Event - Topic d’jour

• Self Care Check In
  • Halfway through the year (almost!)
    • In US, the July 4th holiday is a good way to mark halfway through the year
  • Common Pitfalls
    • We’ve been swept away by schedules
    • We were derailed by imperfect progress
      • perfection/productivity
        • “Im not perfect right away so it must not be for me”
      • Mindfulness app “streak” example
  • Creating space to prioritize ourselves
    • Every day is a new opportunity!
      • Reframing/mindset shift
      • “We can always begin again” (Sharon Salzberg)
        • Mindfulness - tendency to catch myself getting very overwhelmed by my emotions and needing to pull back to observe them, instead of “oh i messed up!” a core part of the practice is just returning to your center. Coming back again is key to growth, awareness, and trying anything new
        • Black is King, Beyonce - you can always return home to yourself
    • Mindfulness & resolution episode resources
      • NVC observation - what’s actually happening
      • Try not to jump to judgement
      • Dan example - “Try to reduce the gap between your values and your actions.” - Miriame Kaba
        • Identifty - what are my values? What are my commitments to those values?
        • Commitment + Practice = Capacity
      • If we notice (observe) that we are not committed, the response should be curiosity - why am I not committed?
        • Is this the “right” goal for me at this time in my context?
      • If we notice we do not have capacity, the response is compassion - we are human and can only do so much!
        • Start anew with the proecss
      • Ongoing practice, you can always return home to yourself, always return to your values and reassess. Lifelong discipline
• Adaptive self care
  • Prioritizing ourselves throughout the day
    • Ex: Movement break, outside time, process with a friend, relax your shoulders! 3 deep breaths
  • How do you want to use 5 minutes?
• Check in with your support systems
  • How can we support each other?
  • What do we need?

Mel’s Mindful Minute: 37:30

• Body Scan

We Are Always Students

• Selfcarefully by Grace Obuchowicz
• Burnout by Amelia Nagoski and Emily Nagoski
• Headspace on Netflix
• Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawaab

Sharing is Self-Caring

• Self-care
  • What do you need right now?
• Community-care
  • Have I checked in with my loved ones recently?
• Systems-care
  • How are your environments (i.e. office, schedule, city, etc) supporting or inhibiting your goals?

Reach Out!

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