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Yes, this is for you! If you've found that you're not in the best head space today, take a read through the following anxiety coping skills. I challenge you to do at least 3 of them right now, one after the other.

Everyone goes through stressful times, so it is of utmost importance that you cultivate a robust set of coping strategies to help build your resilience and reduce the negative impact of life's challenges. Healthy and helpful coping skills can be key to getting you through tough seasons, as they enable you to tolerate and minimise situations and emotions. Being able to manage our stress or anxiety better helps us feel empowered and stronger both physically and psychologically.

So, close your eyes, and let's give ourselves a little room to catch our breath...

Benefits of Eating Oats?

1. Helps lower cholesterol

2. Provides a filling fibre rich meal

3. Helps improve digestion

4. Increases immunity (naturally occurring polysaccharides found in oats and other protective foods, like mushrooms, are known to enhance immune function by fighting bacterial infection and lowering inflammation)

5. Have a low glycemic score in comparison to refined grains (this means they can prevent spikes and dips in energy)

6. Provide the body with trace minerals such as manganese and phosphorus

7. Provide a higher source of protein when compared to other grains

Let's talk stretching...

Stretching is a key component of any well rounded exercise routine. And yet, this vital element is often overlooked by many of us (myself included some days).

So, why is it important you ask?

Regular stretching helps increase your range of motion in the joints, improves blood circulation and posture and alleviates muscular tension throughout the body. In addition, it enhances your athletic performance and may reduce the risk of injury. A lack of stretching can limit your range of motion over time and make your muscles tight and shortened due to inflexibility (something I have personally suffered from and has caused my lower back to ache for months on end 🙄). This consequently makes your muscles weak 😱, increasing the risk for strains 😨, joint pain and muscle damage 😩

Did you know?

Our joints can lose up to 50% of their range of motion as we age, so stretching is not just important for athletes hoping to prevent tears, sprains or strains - we all need to be consistent with stretching during each stage in our lives!

In what areas of life could you personally find more balance if this was your lifestyle wheel? Complete balance is unattainable, but we can work towards harmony by allowing things to ebb and flow as they should, and allowing more time and energy to flow into areas that need "refuelling".

Just like meditation, colouring also allows us to switch off our brains from other thoughts and focus only on the moment - helping to alleviate free-floating anxiety.