Come As You Are

“I want to live, not just survive,” is a sentiment that resonates. Most of us believe this requires big, scary, drastic action. It doesn’t. Small shifts are all that’s required to start changing your brain chemistry and finding the magic in the day to day. Deliberately adding one or more of the below practices is enough to begin creating new neural pathways, which lead to a new mindset.

Go barefoot. 👣

Eat cake when you want cake. 🍰

Say no without further defense or qualification. ✋

Say yes enthusiastically to something you are afraid to try. ✅

Watch the sun rise.🌞

Leave your hair wet and let it do what it does. 🪮

Put on headphones to go shopping, listen to music or a new podcast. 🎧

Take a nap outside on a sunny, windy day. 😴

Read or watch something for fun. 📚

Set your phone down and walk away from it. 📱

Walk. Swim. Stretch. Move. Not for exercise, just because it feels good. 🌊

Pick your outfit based on what you like and makes you feel good. 👚

Say what you think. 🧠

Sit somewhere comfortable or pretty. Just sit there. 🤫

Breathe. In, out. Just breathe. 💨

Just show up. As you are. 🖤🖤🖤