The other day, early in the morning, as I was thinking about things before I got up, I was feeling a bit sorry for myself for various reasons. And I caught myself pre-meditating which kind of cookies/treats I was going to eat that day. Of course, I know I go to food for comfort, but I think also, to provide myself with love or attempt to heal emotional wounds. (I know I'm getting a bit deep on you guys, here...) But sugary foods are not healing or necessarily loving. So I tried to correct my thinking a bit by making a list of things that ARE healing & loving.
When you need emotional healing:
- Prayer and spiritual experiences are healing.
- Physical rest is healing.
- Actual balanced nutrition is healing.
- Movement is healing.
- Creative expression is healing.
- Cleanliness is healing.
- Progress reports aid healing.
- Touch & massage are healing.
- Talking, crying, emoting are healing when it doesn't hurt others.
- Boundaries are healing.
- Schedules and routines can be healing.
- Pushing yourself a little more each day can be healing.
- Gratitude is healing.
- Learning & education can be healing.
- Breathing is healing.
- Reducing negative thinking can be like tylenol.
- Service to others can reduce emotional swelling (being puffed up with ego) like ibuprofin.
- Pamper yourself.
- Get your physical needs met.
- Allow rest, work and play.
- Beautify your environment.
- Daily devotionals to borrow love from God, if you don't have any for yourself.
- Don't say mean things to yourself!
- Say nice things to yourself... affirmations: I am a good person. I have worth. My body is a miracle of science. There are so many beautiful things about me.
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3 comments:
Hi Natalie!
I agree with you - I think that in order to heal/love yourself you do need to pamper yourself. I also think that a lot of women have asomewhat misguided view of what it means to "pamper" themselves.
Of course, it's different for everyone, but I always thought that I was taking great care to pamper myself by getting a massage, or taking a nice long bubble bath, or treating myself to a decadent dessert, but a good friend told me that pampering yourself is doing what you love and what makes you feel good about yourself, like all of the things you listed, ie: balanced nutrition, love etc.
It really makes you think about the important things in life! Thanks for the great post.
Hi Natalie!
I agree with you - I think that in order to heal/love yourself you do need to pamper yourself. I also think that a lot of women have asomewhat misguided view of what it means to "pamper" themselves.
Of course, it's different for everyone, but I always thought that I was taking great care to pamper myself by getting a massage, or taking a nice long bubble bath, or treating myself to a decadent dessert, but a good friend told me that pampering yourself is doing what you love and what makes you feel good about yourself, like all of the things you listed, ie: balanced nutrition, love etc.
It really makes you think about the important things in life! Thanks for the great post.
What a great list! There are SO many better ways to heal that to eat sugary foods and then feel bad about it--thanks for compiling some of them.
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