Say Hello to Your Personal "Woosah Plan"
A great part of my role as senior consultant involves motivation! To give gentle but direct reminders and encouragement to hard working professionals. Individuals like yourself, and groups who represent varies workplace sectors (education, business, career readiness-development and more). Many are leaders in their profession. I fully suggest that everyone embrace their total healthy! That is to live one’s personal ‘intentional best life & lifestyle.’ Therefore, its important to not neglect your emotional wellness. Emotional wellness and caring what and how you feed your emotional healthy, is critical as it relates to strengthening the overall physical, mental you. For many, emotional strength includes spirituality - peace within. The premise of emotional balance supports good overall health should be kept at ‘full awareness’. Recognizing sometime attention and time is divided between a host of responsibilities daily. Be mindful that it doesn’t become an easy excuse not to do necessary maintenance to feed your emotional appetite. Devote regular time to release…rejuvenate…replenish.
As it is important to safe-guard and strengthen your professional structure - its ‘ even more important to build up, or pamper even, your mental, emotional health & welfare. Nobody else will do it…its on YOU! As you experience what is going on in the world today, blatant… like splash right in your face - you probably feel there was no time for duck-down. No time to prepare when possible. When reality finally settles in that what’s happening actually is - you may ask yourself this question. Can I handle it? Immediately your response might sound like ‘ I guess so, or don’t have any choice, and don’t want to think about it.’ Hey, I get it if you feel given a choice, to simply bypass negative events that want to pounce heavy on us. You say, nah, I’ll pass! I definitely concurred with that response. Perhaps your outlook right now mirrors a roller coaster ride waiting for someone else to say when the ride ends. Furthermore, stories taken from a play book depicting new norms. However, things have certainly changed and uncertainty is featured in an ongoing drama. A drama with twist and turns…like the roller coaster ride that seem endless. Life for many may appear turned upside down, especially within the last seven month of 2020.
While several professionals have returned to work - whether back to a brick & mortar site, or working remote - it may cause for dancing in-out dual roles. Roles such as teacher, co-teacher-parent, school principal, tutor, grandparent or other participating in the dual role dance. Nevertheless, stress can shadow, or worst, consume energy to the point of burn-out. Folks who are home and unemployed, or under employed may experience low energy, sometimes depression. These feeling aren’t exclusive to professionals, and other workers at home in ‘waiting’ status. It’s inclusive of steady working individuals as well. Emotional deterioration don’t care about who you are. It just is what it is, and does what it does, deteriorate. Once you disregard or neglect to create, activate and strengthen your personal emotional care plan, be aware of what can turn out to be detrimental health side effects.
What if your money gets way off-track, and you work desperately to manage on a ‘jelly budget?’ Plus, other resources counted on is strained. That’s not a matter many of us want to entertain, nor actually have to deal with. Making good choices is paramount, especially during emotionally stress charged times. The outlook on unemployment rate in the U.S September 2020, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a decline to 7.9 percent. Whether working consistently, or full-time outside the home, does not indicate all is well. It does not nullify exceptional number of Americans are struggling to find emotional balance relief outlets. Here is where having your ‘personal woosah plan’ takes precedence.
What is a ‘personal woosah plan?’ But first, say hello to it! Welcome it into your necessary overall good health space. Be open to how it can benefit you long term and in every aspect of your living. Woosah, refers to time-out, taking a breath, getting to a point of clarity - calm & slowing down. Chilling out so to speak. It takes courage and introspectiveness to look closely at yourself, think about what changes are needed. What is it that gives you more than just surface satisfaction, but genuine engagement, peace, a sense of pleasure - correctness? It may take some honest sole searching. However, if you do not while navigating through tough times, breaking points are more likely.. For me, a personal woosah plan includes basking in artistic splendor - sketching & painting on canvas. Understand, that waking up a talent that laid dormant since childhood was enlightening - pleasurable. I find time to paint now. Not because I’m completing a responsibility task, but…I’m responding to a personal need that fulfill emotional calmness, released through art. A new passion that I recognize beneficial and contributes to individual emotional happy! This works for me! Its up to you to identify and chart the course for your ‘personal woosah plan.’ It will help aid in placing life’s certain issues, change, uncertainty into perspective, where it belongs. More than likely you have the personal power to do so. If not, seek mental or physical health care professionals assistance, whenever problems weigh too heavy on you.
Avoid giving way to a mind-set that echoes ‘you’re alone, or whoa is me.’ Try hard not to venture toward unproductive deep-end thinking. A mind-set that suggest if you acknowledge your emotional upset, you somehow highlight maybe there’s no exit. Improving your emotional balance and creating a ‘woosah plan’ can pinpoint choice rejuvenation opportunities, and/or unveil hidden talents! Balance is about embracing what really matters, inclusive of relationships! Balance and emotional healthiness also entwine managing change effectively & making space for you to breath - without interruption, gasp or pretentious behavior.. WOOSAH!!
Draw, paint, sketch, scrap books
Take short walks
Look out the window at nature
Sing, dance, enjoy music, read a good book
Take a soothing bath or soak your feet (if recommended)
Get creative with food
Blow bubbles…Yep, try it…you’ll love it!
Get a massage if comfortable/safe - better yet, purchase affordable portable massage chair for home.
Take in great scenery - beautiful lakes, streaming water, changing colors of Fall, nature.
Listen to soothing sounds of ocean, rainfall, nature calls
Plant a small garden
Sew, design
Crafting, baking
Go into your quiet space - listen to SILENCE!
Watch a heart felt movie, or enjoy media that highlights travel to different beautiful part of the world.
Maybe, its time to get serious about staging homes - if that’s something you really desire to do.
Take a short nap to refresh when appropriate.
Simple stretches periodically throughout the day, and relax slow deep breathing exercise
Aromatherapy may have benefits if use in accordance with medical recommendations. If considering aromatherapy consult your doctor first concerning risk and benefits.
Have stress balls handy to give a little squeeze when needed.
Article by: Eartha L DeYampert, Senior Consulting,
E L DeYampert Child Care Brand Consulting LLC