It's hard to live through any transition but Menopause is a real Trickster! Follow these tips to smooth out the rocky ride.
1. Sleep
when you’re tired and don’t feel guilty. Banish guilt. Take naps.
2. Do one
thing at a time and breathe: Your brain
can only focus on one thing at a time, so stop, take a few deep centering
breaths and reconnect to the parasympathetic nervous system. Feel each
out-breath grow longer than the in-breath. This brings you into deeper
resonance with the rhythms of your body, slows your heart rate and allows your
mind to unhook from anxiety or worry.
3. Say NO more
often; release perfectionism. Learn to say,
I have enough, I do enough, I am enough. — Sark
4. Get away
– time alone is the #1 thing most mid-life women crave.
5. Discover
the power of doing nothing. Rest, hot baths, alone time, retreats,
mini-retreats in your home – lower anxiety and regenerate energy.
6. Listen
to your inner Bitch Goddess – don’t stuff your anger, and don’t dump it on
others. Write it in your journal. Rock your anger like a crying baby.
7. Cultivate
your own IGS (inner guidance system) by listening to your body’s needs for
healthy food, rest, exercise, connection with others. Be Present.
8. Mothering
Ourselves: stop stretching yourself too thin. MAKE A LIST of things you can do
for yourself. If you want to feel cherished and appreciated, start by
cherishing and appreciating yourself. Speak up and ask for what you need. For
example, write yourself a prescription for rest if you are tired.
9. Fifty is
Feisty. Change your mindset. Find the 10 best things about menopause. Celebrate
being 50+. These are the best years!
10.
Creativity:
find what you love and do it. Use Journaling or SoulCollage® to discover where
you are now, what your heart desires, get into Flow. Take some down time to
rediscover what makes your heart sing. Do something just for the fun of it. Your
joy is waiting for you!
first published on MindBodyGreen under 10 Ways to Celebrate Aging at http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-6335/10-Ways-to-Celebrate-Aging.html
first published on MindBodyGreen under 10 Ways to Celebrate Aging at http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-6335/10-Ways-to-Celebrate-Aging.html
Jennifer
Boire, MA, www.jenniferboire.com, author of The
Tao of Turning Fifty, What Every Woman in Her Forties Needs to Know, Follow Musemother
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"None of us needs
instruction in how to recognize what our heart is saying. We do need guidance,
however, on how to have the courage to follow those feelings, since they will
force us to change our lives in any case. But consider the consequences of not
listening to the heart's guidance: depression, confusion, and the wretched
feeling that we are not on our life's true path, but viewing it from a
distance." — Caroline
Myss
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