My morning routine creates centeredness

Started Tuesday from a place of centeredness and power.

• Morning journaling practice
• Hike in nature
• 15-minute meditation
• Short but intense strength training
• A little bit of yoga
• Healthy protein shake

I don't have time to do ALL of these things EVERY day. But I do make an effort to do as many as I can as often as I can. Because I know what the practices are that have the biggest impact on me and I know how much they help me start my day from a place of centeredness and power.

I used to be pretty consistent with my morning routine. Then I got pulled into another level of deep self-reflection and inner healing work and I stopped doing some of the practices. In retrospect, that wasn't necessarily the best choice because some of the practices I quit were the very ones that could've been helpful in working through the hardest moments of healing....

But in the moment, I just didn't have the emotional energy to do it all so I let some of it fall away.

I didn't beat myself up about it (as I would have in the past). Instead I extended myself some grace and then once I felt my energy shifting, I started reintroducing the most helpful practices back into my day.

Key takeaways...

• know the self-care practices that work best for YOU
• listen to your body's needs and your energy levels above the judgmental voice about what you "should" be doing or doing more of
• be kind to yourself when you don't do "all the things"
• take a break when you need to
• start and stop as many times as you need to
• extend yourself compassion and grace, always