Try An Appreciation Exercise
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It's Day 2 of the Cultivate Gratitude challenge!
Appreciation and gratitude start from within. But with the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it’s easy to get distracted. Taking a few moments for an appreciation exercise can help settle the mind and promote a gracious attitude for the rest of the day.
Try this heart-centered exercise:
- Focus on your heart. Turn your attention to your heartbeat. Breathe a little deeper than normal, in for 5 or 6 seconds and out 5 or 6 seconds.
- Heart breathing: Imagine breathing through your heart. Picture yourself slowly breathing in and out through your heart area.
- Heart feeling: Trigger a positive feeling as you maintain your heart focus and breathing. Recall a time you felt good inside, and take a moment to re-experience the feeling.
The goal is to end the exercise with a sense of calm, contentment, and positivity. How did doing the appreciation exercise feel? Share with us in the discussion on our challenge update thread here, in our private Facebook group, or on Twitter, or Instagram. Tag us with #healthynurse!
Learn more ways to calm the mind and find a sense of peace with our beginner’s guide to meditation and use the app Headspace Plus to find guided exercises for meditation and mindfulness, sleepcasts, and more. All HNHN member are eligible for free access for one year. Sign up here!
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Learn more about wellbeing initiatives at HNHN partner organizations!
In Tawam Hospital, a SEHA healthcare facility, their nursing well-being committee held a facility-wide activity dubbed the #LovingMe Challenge. Nurses created collages of 9 pictures showing how they take care of their own health and wellness.
“We received more than 100 submissions which were shared in the hospital nursing governance meetings,” said Nelson Bautista, Clinical Nurse Educator at Tawam Hospital. “We also saw positive feedback from the nurses. Many said this activity inspired them to look after their health better, especially after being motivated by their colleagues’ collages.” From SEHA Nursing Staff Health And Well-being, Abu Dhabi Health Service Co.
Read more here.
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12/07/2021 2:36pm CST
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