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I Dare You To Put Yourself First For One Month:

Posted by Healthy Living on Friday, June 6th, 2008

By Carole Fogarty

Strengthen Your Boundaries: Love yourself enough to say no to others’ demands on your time and energy. Step back & reassess the situation. A note from me this week over at Twitter

Monthly Feature: I Dare You to Do Something Different:

I am encouraging you and myself, for the entire month of June to put your whole entire beautiful self first. It’s not about ignoring your family members and friends nor becoming totally self absorbed.

It’s simply about making sure you are nurturing and rejuvenating yourself sufficiently on a physical, emotional and spiritual level. Be mindful you are not ignoring nor depleting your own energy reserves unwisely and unnecessarily.

Photo by: jillhugins

This months dare is a double dare and an opportunity to experience how absolutely amazing you would feel if you:

eat and drank well - you’d be nourished and hydrated
conscious of your breath - slowing down fast shallow breathing
quality rest - getting a balance between busy and calm, yin and yang
said no more often without feeling guilty - strong personal boundaries
released stress and worry often with regular simple rejuvenation tips
softened your thinking and refreshed your mind - back in your body
added more moments of joy and bliss - know what fills you up
restored your soul by listening to its soft guiding voice - meditate or journal
spent more time outside to revive your spirit and soul - get grounded

Get Your Groove Back By Rejuvenating You - I Double Dare You:

It’s all about energy in and and energy out:

This month I encourage you to observe just how much time you spend on giving energy out compared to receiving energy in. The ultimate goal of course is to add more and more moments of receiving energy in; so you feel full, whole and complete rather than half empty, drained and depleted.

A more balanced and equal exchange of energy in and out is what we are all aiming for to rejuvenate ourselves naturally.

Emotional upset drains you in an instant:

Personal rejuvenation is even more urgent if you have been exposed to a recent emotional upset. Emotional trauma is one of the quickest and easiest ways to deplete your energy reserves in an instant. It often comes without warning and turns your world upside down. The more intense or the longer the emotional upset continues the greater the focus needs to be on putting yourself first. It takes time and energy to re build your energy levels and internal strength again. Have patience and put yourself first more often.

You only have two choices:

1. Rejuvenate regularly

2. Deplete yourself with physical, emotional and mental exhaustion and then wait for the illness to arrive

Start Rejuvenating Now:

Simply put yourself first for the month by focusing on one or more of the above suggestions I have listed (just under the photo).

You may choose to put yourself first by frequently focusing on your breath. When your breathing is shallow and fast your thinking is hurried and fast. You talk fast, eat fast, drink fast, become anxious and work fast. It’s a classic symptom of stress.

By observing your breathe and becoming conscious of slower, deeper breathes you are sending quality, life giving oxygen into your body and brain. You greatly calm your mind and actions along with releasing stress and tension with each long slow exhale. All this and much more happens when you simply choose to put yourself first and focus on your breath.

For me personally I’m going to focus on strengthening my boundaries and releasing stress and worry more often. Sounds like a rejuvenation plan to me.

Now, go forth and rejuvenate.

Thanks for reading this article, Carole

Take the rejuvenation plunge and join me at one of my upcoming rejuvenation retreats or rejuvenation circle workshops. You know you want too.

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6 Responses to “I Dare You To Put Yourself First For One Month:”

Lighteningon 06 Jun 2008 at 5:20 pm 1

I made a good start today by making time to listen to that meditation CD (which has been so fabulous for me!!!).

I’ve just started putting aside some time on a Friday to reflect on the week and consider any changes I want to make to my life balance. Today I wrote down that I wanted to spend more time OFF the computer and OUTSIDE.

I like ALL of the suggestions.

I think I’ll also try to focus more on my breath.

Thanks for the inspiration and encouragement. I’m going to link to this post as part of my Smiley Saturday tomorrow.
Johon 06 Jun 2008 at 7:09 pm 2

I take up the challenge! It sounds like a worthy cause to me.
Claudiaon 07 Jun 2008 at 3:15 pm 3

This post was so helpful to me. It’s inspiring, comforting, and encouraging. I’ve been trying to work on rejuvenation, especially after a long, exhausting week that leaves me feeling depleted. And too often I neglect tending to my regenerative needs.

Thank you for the wonderful advice, and the warm, compassionate way you expressed it. I really feel like I can do it!
Tom Parkeron 07 Jun 2008 at 11:48 pm 4

I too accept the challenge. I already eat and drink quite well but this week I have finally (after months of saying I would) added green tea to my repetoire. I’ve also been doing a lot more running than I used to.
Healthy Livingon 08 Jun 2008 at 9:57 pm 5

Thanks everyone for your kind words and more importantly willingness to add a dash of rejuvenation back into your life. I know I most certainly need lots of it at the moment.

I can feel its going to be a fabulous month for all of us.

Go forth and rejuvenate.

Carole
Lennyon 08 Jun 2008 at 10:33 pm 6

This is just what I need. I’m going to focus on getting grounded, releasing stress and worry and finding things that bring me joy. Might need to work on my boundaries to make all this happen.
Anyway thanks for the prod to get me going.

cheers Lenny