Benefits of Planning Ahead to Stay Emotionally Balanced

Have you ever been a situation that quickly shook your emotional balance?

Did you look back and think "if only I had handled that differently"?

There are so many times I have thought this! We are only human right? 

I am thankful for making time for self care every day so I can catch a view of perspective for times like these.

I would think to myself...

"How could I have handled it differently"?

"What triggered me to react the way I did anyways"?

"What did I learn from this"?

"What can I do different next time"?

"What can I do to prepare myself to handle my emotions better next time"?

Yes! EMOTIONAL BALANCE... that is what we are after.

The more balanced we can stay, the more we can teach our kids to be balanced. We can literally hand all sorts of coping tools to our children by modeling for them.

So what can we do to prepare?

Have a go to tool to use at the first sign you notice your emotions becoming unbalanced. This can be things like -

• Taking a five minute time out to do some deep breathing with your favorite grounding essential oil or blend.  (Ex: Frankincense (Boswellia carteri), Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia), Roman Chamomile (Anthemis nobilis), Vetiver (Vetiveria zizanoides))
• Taking a fifteen minute walk to recoup your thoughts and plan for a better reaction or how to solve the problem.
• Simply saying "right now I cannot respond as I need a moment to think". This takes the pressure off of us to respond so quickly, which can be calming on its own.
• Applying your grounding essential oil blend to your wrists and tense shoulders. You are working to calm the muscles now and still inhaling the aroma which can cause your body to make a more positive reaction in about twenty seconds! Yes, twenty seconds!
• Take a ten minute stretch session. This helps to ease tense and stressed muscles while we think through our thoughts. Diffuse your e.o.'s prior if you have time to amp the ability to gain clarity or a sense of calm.
• Use a nasal inhaler. If you are in a public place and unable to diffuse your calming or uplifting blend to fill the air all around you, create this blend in a nasal inhaler. Take your five minute time out and deep breathe. 

First breath... you breathe in slowly and breathe out slowly.  Relax your shoulders.

Second breath... as you breathe in say "I am safe. I am grounded. I will be okay."

Third breath... blow out the negative feeling as far as your lungs will slowly send the air and as you breathe fresh air back in, SMILE and say I GOT THIS!"

Healthy, Well, & Balanced Wishes for you and your sweet kiddos! 💌 Jamie

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