April is Stress Management Month

April is stress awareness month! Stress is the silent killer and the root of all diseases. Our primary focus should be on our health and holistic well-being.

Here are some things to help manage stress:

- Do a daily body scan: Check in with yourself and evaluate how you feel physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Seek help if you're experiencing any discomfort, chronic fatigue, depression, or anxiety.

- Take preventive care measures: Schedule regular check-ups to check your health. Get blood panels done to check for hypertension, autoimmune disease, diabetes, cancer, and other illnesses.

- Move your body: Engage in physical activities such as walking, dancing, stretching, weightlifting, yoga, or any other exercise you enjoy. Moving your body can significantly help reduce stress.

- Rest: Rest is not a luxury but a necessity. It helps your body recover from the daily wear and tear of life. Make sure you get enough rest to function at your best.

- Let go of hurt and pain: Holding onto pain and suffering can lead to unnecessary stress and shorten our lives. Try to let go of negative emotions and focus on the positive.

- Set boundaries: We can't do everything for everyone and remain healthy. Learn to say no and refer people to therapy if needed. Prioritize your own health and well-being.

- Take your PTO and sick leave: Be bold and take time off when needed. Overworking yourself will only lead to exhaustion and burnout.

 

Mental Health Monday: Survival of the Fittest

Day 4 of the Holistic FLYness Challenge: Restoration

Day 4: Restoration

Affirmation: I love myself enough to do what I need to do to thrive and rest.

Activity: Give yourself permission to restore your mind, body, and spirit. You have been worrying too much, anxious, fearful, and on edge. Please take a break today and indulge in radical self care. Create that homemade spa day, take that restorative yoga class on YouTube, lay in your pajamas all day, give yourself a comedic relief and just relax.

Introspective Questions: How many hours of sleep do you get nightly? Do you take naps/break throughout the day? What restorative coping mechanisms do you need to implement during this stressful time?

Inner Peace Is The New Success!

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Stress Kills!!! Keep Your Stress In Check Before It Check You!

Stress is actually the underlying issue for most health issues such as strokes and heart attacks. Stress kills. Stress weakens the immune and cardiovascular systems. Stress offsets mental health issues that manifest into physical health issues. We have to start identifying the stressful people, events, and things and start removing them from our life. Stop living a luxurious and unstable life trying to keep up with other working-class poor people. 

Let’s keep it 💯 if you aren’t connected to wealth, struggling to pay bills despite having a decent income, and you are one check or incident away from homelessness...you are working-class poor. If you are Black living in America with limited resources, no reparations, dealing with wealth, health, and sociopolitical inequality, NOW is the time to start reassessing success, aspirations, pooling our resources together, living intergenerational, and living a simple and stable but full life. 

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