When you’re working from home, raising a family, and trying to protect yourself and your loved ones from COVID-19, it’s important to take some time out of your day to ease any stress or anxiety you’re feeling. From finding stress-relieving workouts and activities to simplifying dinnertime during the week to even looking to essential oils or CBD, this guide from psychotherapist Dr. Pamela Paul will help to alleviate some of your stress and anxiety during the pandemic.
Relax with Stress-Relieving Activities at Home
Dance, yoga and meditation can alleviate feelings of stress, calm our minds, and help us to feel happier and healthier overall.
- Start promoting mental health at home by designing the fitness studio in a spare room.
- Invest in a new device, fitness tracker or smartwatch to help stay accountable but to also see the real-time proof of all your amazing effort!
- Work to let go of expectations and perfectionism. It won’t happen overnight, but it can pave the way for authenticity and the freedom to allow God to take to control.
- If clutter is overwhelming you or your family with negativity, it’s time to clean from top to bottom and remove what no longer serves you.
Simplify Everyday Life with a Few Cooking Hacks
If you’ve been stressing about daily activities like cooking meals and grocery shopping, these resources can help to make your everyday life a whole lot easier.
- Plan your meals at the beginning of each week to avoid unnecessary trips to the grocery store.
- Invest in a top-rated slow cooker to spend less time cooking and preparing meals, and more time relaxing and unwinding.
- Prepare meals with basic items from your pantry when you’re running low on food and can’t get to the grocery store.
Relieve Stress and Anxiety with CBD and Essential Oils
Learn about some natural remedies that can help to alleviate your pandemic-induced stress and anxiety.
- Explore the benefits of cannabidiol and how CBD could help to ease some of your stress and anxiety. (Just be sure to clear it with your doctor first!)
- Relax and unwind with calming essential oils.
- Use your essential oils in a bath, diffuser or even for a room spray to enhance sleep.
Even as stay-at-home restrictions begin to loosen, your pandemic-induced worries, anxieties, and stressors are unlikely to disappear. However, activities and a few simple changes to your everyday routine can take some of the anxiety out of your week.
If you need an additional outlet and someone to talk to during these uncertain times, reach out to psychotherapist Dr. Pamela Paul. She offers individual and couples counseling.
Written by Justin Bennett