3 wellbeing strategies for when the world is pretty heavy.

There is irony in being a trauma-informed wellbeing consultant who stops practicing what they preach. That’s right. These past few days, I’ve neglected investing in my wellbeing the way that I usually do. And maybe something similar happened for you?

So, I’ve decided to be more intentional in my wellbeing this week.

I wanted to share the simple strategies I’ll be using that are backed by science, trauma-informed and absolutely free!

Self Compassion

Compassion fatigue occurs when we try and “fix the unfixable” or solve something out of our control and then beat ourselves up when we don’t succeed.

We don’t need to give up on feeling and being compassionate to resolve compassion fatigue, that won’t make us feel any better. We need to extend our compassionate practices towards ourselves, too. Talk to yourself like you would a good friend who is feeling the heaviness, engage in a self-compassion meditation, or talk to someone close to you about how you’re feeling.

For a whole bunch of free practices and resources on self compassion, check out: Self Compassion

Keep your routines

It’s common to get caught up, slow ourselves down, or even freeze when things are feeling heavy. We may even question why we are doing things for ourselves when others don’t even have access to safety. But, you feeling bad doesn’t make anyone else feel better.

It is important to prioritse things that make us feel well and allow us to show up for ourselves and for others.

Keep your healthy routines going.

Movement

It’s likely you’re stuck in your head a bit more right now. The events occuring can be beyond comprehension, so ironically, we spend time trying to comprehend them even more.

The best thing we can do is drop back in the body, even for a moment. Choose a physical activity that works best for you. It could be anywhere from high intensity training, swimming, yoga, boxing, walking, dancing, weight lifting- whatever.

Don’t think, go do it!

Reach out

I’m not a psychologist and I’m not offering therapy.

But, I’m happy to chat about wellbeing and ways we can best support each other right now.

megan@megancorcoran.com.au