Check-In Jan. 18-20, 2019
Hello 50plus community, another weekend coming up!
Some of us will take the chance of sleeping a little longer zzzzz, some have trouble falling asleep 😒
What about sharing your personal experiences about
What mindfulness activity helps you to sleep better?
Ill start with the first one. Lets see how many helpful information we can gather.
1. Positive self talk – I feel so relaxed / tired
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Regarding sleep, cannot wake up and stay awake. Told my dr yesterday. Might be getting some help soon. It is in the pipeline.
@Chickadee123
It must be rough to get through the day, sorry . Glad to hear about getting help, hope everything will get fine soon.
@amiablePeace77
This weekend I am trying out my therapist CES Oasis Pro to see if I would like to purchase one. You can find out more info at www.mindalive.com if anyone is interested in reading more about it.
@DanaMH
Hi Dana, thanks for sharing. I bookmarked the site and will read later.
@amiablePeace77 thanks for this weekend checkin
What about sharing your personal experiences about Positive self talk I love to tell myself things to inspire me "You are doing the best you can under the circumstances." "What did I do right?" "Whatever they say cannot possibly encompass who I am."
What mindfulness activity helps you to sleep better? I like to read an inspirational or spiritual chapter before I go to bed. Gets my mind thinking in the right direction.
@soulsings
What did I do right - I believe that is a great question to direct our focus on something positive about us and boosts self-esteem too.
I can see that taking care of your spiritual needs, particularly before bedtime, gives you peace and allows you to sleep better.
Taking hormones helps me to sleep at night. As for other activities—reading and replying to 7 Cups.
@Zengrl sounds good. My sister takes Melatonin and that helps her. I usually do Tai Chi, read, and meditate and that helps me sleep.
@Zengrl
There are lots of things we can do to help sleep but sometimes the body just needs a different help, like e.g. melatonin.
I am glad, hormones help you and using the other tools is a good idea too.
I have to work overtime today. I slept well last night, I have been sleeping well almost every night. I have not yet tried mindfullness exercises, but it sounds like a good idea. They do seem to relax me.
@Offmytrack sorry you have to work overtime. Hope it helps at the end of the week.
Here are a bunch of mindfulness videos if you care to take a listen. https://www.7cups.com/forum/MindfulnessSupportCommunity_106/ResourceLibrary_1062/
Thank you for caring and sharing. @soulsings
@Offmytrack
Working overtime can be hard for the body, so mindfulness exercises would be a great idea to help to destress. I would love to hear how it goes.