Island Wellness Diaries: Managing wellness in uncertain times

It’s no doubt that our tolerance for uncertainty has been tested a lot over this last year. It’s been full of starts, stops, changed plans and last minute decisions. And for most of us, this increased uncertainty and lack of control has taken a toll on our overall wellness. In this blog, I share my top tips for managing your wellness through uncertain times and the practical tools you can use right now to increase your wellness today.

The biggest factor that may have impacted your wellness recently is increased anxiety. It is more important now than ever that when we feel that anxiety swelling in our chest that we have tools in place to manage it and calm those feelings as quickly as possible.

As a place to start, it’s important to understand that anxiety and fear are natural states for our minds to be in. And in regular situations they actually have some benefits to us. However, in these unprecedented times it can be increasingly difficult to minimise anxiety and fear when the world seems to be telling us to do the opposite.

First of all we need to have some empathy for ourselves and our emotions and understand that this is simply how our minds work. If we try and force ourselves not to be anxious, it’s simply going to push back more. But if we can sit back and realise this is just how our brain works, we have a much better chance of remaining calm.

When we are feeling affected by uncertainty, it’s important that we find ways to pause. Taking a moment to bring your rational mind back online can be as simple as taking a couple deep conscious breaths to instantly calm down our nervous system and hit pause straight away.

Try it now – breathe in for 6, exhale for 6. As slowly as and deeply as you possibly can. Doesn’t that feel better already?

However, not all of us will enjoy breathing exercises. If breathing evokes more anxiety for you, here are some options that may be a better method for you. If you have access to the outdoors or windows, it can be really beneficial to simply look outside a window. Take a few seconds and look at a tree or nature to calm your nervous system instantly. Or if you can, get outside and sit in nature for a few moments, and try to turn your phone off (or better yet, don’t take it with you).

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