✨ Reduce stimulation before bed, choosing calm instead of urgency.

Your body needs to know it’s safe and it's time to unwind. How will you support yours tonight?

#Sleep

If you want to enjoy a more nourishing sleep, it's wise to signal *safety* to your nervous system.
✨ Keep a consistent bedtime to honour natural sleep cycles.
✨ Create rituals that cue relaxation: soft lighting, cool room, deep breaths, gentle movement. 🧵

So, when you go to bed at night, full of cortisol, stressed out from your day, and mentally preparing for the following day, your body does what it needs to protect you: it prevents you from having a deep, long, restful sleep. 🧵

Other people are likely to need different tidiness standards to feel the wellbeing benefits. So whether you're a clean freak or a joyous mess-maker creating a sense of tidiness - however that looks to you - is a wonderful act of self-care!

#orderliness

Simplicity soothes and stillness is a natural (and powerful) state of being. What can you clear from your environment today?

#Stillness

🤍 Drive in silence: no radio, no phone.
🤍 Eat meals away from screens and loud distractions.
🤍 Take a quiet walk in nature, letting your senses absorb the stillness.
🤍 Turn all notifications off or (if that's too challenging) change your notification sounds to something natural, like birdsong. 🧵

So, next time you have a moment of non-activity, instead of picking up your phone or flicking on the TV, let your thoughts drift. No pressure, just curiosity. In the uncomfortable meandering of your mind, you never know what important insights might emerge. 💡

#Stillness

💚 It takes work and reflection to truly forgive, and it's not something you can expect of yourself or force on others
💚 #Forgiveness activates the brain to enhance empathy and perspective-taking - helping us see the 'bigger picture'

Is there something you can forgive today for your own wellbeing?

💚 It can be a circular process which requires multiple instances of 'forgiving'
💚 It doesn't mean you won't feel anger, disappointment, or pain - these are natural emotions that are important to feel and process
💚 It can be used alongside discernment: Can you trust that person again? 🧵

To work with your natural momentum, try this: Ease into stillness like you are slowing decelarating a whirlpool of energy. Gradually, replace stimulation with softer activities, consciously slow down the tempo of your day. Trust your body will settle and, over time, #stillness will feel like home.

Think of your momentum like a whirlpool in a swimming pool. When you stop suddenly your built-up busyness keeps pushing against you. The result? You *feel* the pressure of your whirlpool of momentum - it feels discomforting, angsty, restless ... or you give into the pressure and keep working. 🧵

#Rest isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. And when we embrace life’s natural moments of stillness, we open the door to deeper peace, stronger resilience, and a happier, healthier way of being. If you'd like to reconnect with a healthier pace of life, leave a 💚 in the comments to feed the algorithm.

This month, I'm exploring the profound benefits of slowing down:
🌿 Why stillness is essential for clarity and emotional balance.
🌿 How simple practices can reset your nervous system.
🌿 The link between rest and creativity, focus, and overall health. 🧵

🌿 Remember you have incredible agency; trust that you have the power to shape your future. Even small steps will reinforce your ability to create change.

Hope isn’t about ignoring challenges; it’s about knowing you can navigate them. What small action can you take today to reactivate hope?

#Hope

🌿 Hope thrives when we have something meaningful to work toward. Choose goals that inspire you, no matter how small. Progress fuels belief.

🌿 There’s always more than one way toward an outcome. If one approach isn’t working, explore alternative pathways. Flexibility strengthens resilience. 2/3

✨ What would happen if I embraced this change instead of resisting it?

Change doesn’t demand answers, it simply asks that you acknowledge where you are. 💚

#PersonalGrowth