Health: Essential Skills for Managing Adult ADD - Part 1: Practicing Excellent Self-Care

Essential Skills for Managing Adult ADD - Part 1: Practicing Excellent Self-Care

Written by ADD Coach Jennifer Koretsky

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Mental Care: The Most Important Part By now you may be thinking that while all of repparttar

above aspects of self-care seem like common sense, they are a lot easier said than done. This is absolutely true for most people with ADD. When you live life feeling chronically overwhelmed, it's very difficult to find repparttar 115341

time to put these ideas into action. Here's what you can do to set yourself up for success: take time out. Schedule in "down time" every single day to help keep your batteries charged. Retreat from repparttar 115342

chaos of daily life and allow yourself time to relax - alone. Even if you spend only five minutes a day meditating, walking, or just sitting quietly, it will allow you to slow your thoughts and will help you center yourself. Then, when you feel centered, take it a step further and express yourself! Write, paint, sing, talk to your plants, or do whatever it is that allows you to express your feelings and emotions! Keeping your feelings and emotions bottled will weigh you down. Finding healthy ways of self-expression will help free your mind and allow you to spend more energy focusing on repparttar 115343

other aspects of self-care. When you practice excellent self-care, you allow yourself to function at an optimal level. When you operate on an optimal level, you'll find yourself less overwhelmed, and more prepared to deal with your ADD challenges, as well as repparttar 115344

stresses of every day life. Excellent self-care is an essential skill for adult ADD management.

Jennifer Koretsky is an ADD Coach who helps people create peace through ADD management. She partners with clients to increase self-awareness and positivity while finding systems for managing challenges. Jennifer offers private and group coaching, teleclasses, and a free e-newsletter. For more information, please visit http://www.ADDmanagement.com

Can You See Clearly Now?

Written by Lady Camelot

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By that time, we are mentally, emotionally and spiritually drained. Our bodies are on repparttar brink of mechanical meltdown yet we continue to push ourselves without refueling our whole senses.

Here are some tips to finding clarity in your life:

* When we become upset, our blood pressure skyrockets. How do we bring that blood pressure back within normal range? STOP. Breathe. I don't mean simply to "breathe" - take a deep, full inhalation. Let repparttar 115339 breath fill your entire body from head to toe. Imagine it traveling to repparttar 115340 soles of your feet. Hold it there for a few seconds. Now let it go. Exhale. This breathing technique can be repeated several times until we feel our bodies level.

* Take an aromatic bath before you go to bed. Okay, it doesn't have to be a fancy, French imported aromatic oil - even bubble bath or a pleasant-smelling shampoo will do just fine. Make your bathwater as hot as you can take it (unless medical reasons prevent it). Now, lock your door and put a "Do Not Disturb" sign on it. (A yellow sticky-note will suffice.) Lay back in your bubbling water for at least an hour. Let your fingers and toes turn to prunes. Close your eyes and lean your head back against repparttar 115341 tub, or if you'd like, use a bath pillow to support your neck. Either way - don't let repparttar 115342 outside world in your private sauna. This is your personal time and you deserve it.

* If you're too busy for homemade luxury baths, or if repparttar 115343 breathing hasn't calmed your nerves; put on some music. Find your favorite Bach, Beach Boys or even Johnny Nash song that tickles your fancy. Nowadays, you can even play selected music midis on your pc while at work. The point is, find repparttar 115344 song that sets your wheels in motion, or repparttar 115345 tune that relaxes you repparttar 115346 most. This is something many of us can do while we're working, driving or preparing a meal.

Okay, if all else fails, play repparttar 115347 Johnny Nash song. It's a guaranteed winner. Meanwhile, find clarity in your life by making time for yourself. Human beings need emotional escape from time to time. Since we all live by routine, incorporate one or all of repparttar 115348 above tips into your life and your body will thank you. Just some thoughts...

LadyCamelot is repparttar 115349 Public Relations' Director for www.holisticjunction.com Email Lady at ladycamelot@holisticjunction.com

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Lady Camelot currently serves as the Public Relations' Director for www.holisticjunction.com Email her at ladycamelot@holisticjunction.com

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