For the month of February, VFit Studio trainers took to our special free Facebook Monthly challenge group and shared daily self care tips to help spread the love and dive into a focus on personal wellness. The collection of self care tips covers a wide variety of simple, easy to implement ways you can infuse more self love and positivity into your day. You do not need to block out an hour a day to get in more me time, as you will read on, our trainer team is VERY creative with ways to get in more time alone and find more beauty in the every day.
Your Daily Tips for Self Care
- Treat yourself. Who knows what want and need more than you? No one. You are the expert in this department. Don’t be shy and treat yourself to something you want. From a new exercise top to maybe your fav bottle of wine. Give yourself a treat just for being you and enjoy it. – Maria
- Sneak in some me time by hiding in your car. Take extra time for you, wherever you can find it. If hiding in your car or bathroom is the way to do it, go for it! You can take this extra time to check emails, meditate, or just take a pause in the day before you head back inside to your home. – Shari
- Own your weirdness. Do you have an innate NEED to have all counters cleaned up before you can focus at home? If so, own it and take that 10 minutes to clean them off before you start you day so you can focus. Or maybe you gotta have your day written out or you feel frazzled. Own it – take that time to write out your list and feel good the rest of the day you did what fills your cup and gets you going. – Christine
- Extra ZZZs. Once a week, plan a day to get in extra sleep. Make it a date with yourself, go to bed early and get that extra rest for your mind, body, and spirit. You’ll wake up feeling refreshed and energized. – Janelle
- Listen to your favorite song. Turn it up and dance and sing your heart out! – Bridget
- Time outs aren’t just for kids in trouble! Give yourself a personal time out. Hide in the bathroom, garage, backyard and breathe – Lindsay M
- Instead of berating yourself and using unhelpful, negative self talk, flip the script and use kind words & self compassion. You’ll get closer to your goals by giving yourself grace – Lauren
- Share the love. Take a moment in your day and tell someone you care about how much you love them today. Sharing your love and acknowledging those you care about is a special way to make sure they feel the love and know how appreciated they are by you. – Maria
- Take recovery time for yourself. Whether it’s an epsom salt bath or foam rolling to extra stretching before bed, do what you can to focus on recovery time every day. – Shari
- Reduce screen time and put limits on it for yourself. Work on being present. There’s many ways to do this, you can use an app that helps block out your screen time for set parts of the day or work to be conscientious with when you are on your personal screen. Work to be present – be where your feet are. – Christine
- We give so much to our careers and jobs, its mentally and physically healthy to take a day off work when needed– and unplug to renew and refresh. – Janelle
- Give yourself credit. It’s easy to focus on the negative. Take some time to look yourself in the mirror and congratulate yourself on accomplishments or thank yourself for things you’ve achieved. – Bridget
- Change self judgement to curiosity. Observe your thoughts, notice when you judge yourself or others. Meditation is a great way to practice this! – Lindsay M
- Get rid of clothes that don’t fit – they can produce negative thoughts and a constant reminder of not feeling good in your skin. Wear things that are comfortable & that you feel good in! – Lauren
- Practice the art of forgiveness and let things go that no longer serve you. Storing negative energy drains your body and divides your attention. Focus on what matters and let that grudge go. – Maria
- Don’t deprive yourself. Eat the chocolate! If we always deprive ourselves we will end up binging. – Shari
- Acknowledge taking a break from your routine and give yourself grace. The world will NOT fall apart if you step back for a few minutes, hours, or even a day or two. Ask for help, step away, and come back refreshed and ready to focus on what you are working on. – Christine
- Celebrate YOURSELF on your BIRTHDAY by doing what you LOVE – allows permission to embrace that you were uniquely and wonderfully made, their is only one of you in this world, celebrate your aging. – Janelle
- Limit things that you may see that bring you no joy. Remove negativity from your day to day. – Bridget
- Journaling to know yourself. Sit quiet, breathe, listen and journal your thoughts. – Lindsay M
- We are all made uniquely – all shapes and sizes. Instead of looking at unrealistic body ideals, read books and fill your social media feed with body diversity & acceptance. Appreciate your uniqueness…we are not meant to be the same! – Lauren
- 7 pillars of wellness check in. Use VFit’s 7 pillars of wellness and do a mental check in with where you are at with all the pillars to dial in your present moment. Find a pillar that could use some love? Focus on that pillar today and one positive action you can do to change the script. – Maria
- Tune into your breath. Simply take 5 minutes and just breathe. This meditation practice will get you tuned into the present moment and fill you with light and a clear head. – Shari
- Go outside in the sun and soak up the goodness, or sit by sunny window. A dose of vitamin D is a mood booster and calms the mind. – Christine
- When is the last time you did your routine health check ups? You are important, a valuable human and just like we take our kids, we too need to be scheduling preventative appointments. – Janelle
- Stop focusing on glass as being half full or empty, focus on the fact that ‘the glass’ is always refillable. – Bridget
- Take pause and collect your thoughts about the week ahead and schedule out your week, reflect, and work on goal setting. – Lindsay M
- Spiral up. When you are feeling down, what is ONE THING you can do to feel better in that moment? It can be small.. drink water, take a deep breath, step outside, or reach out to a friend. Stop that downward spiral in its tracks! – Lauren
Try a tip today from the above and share in the comments how you felt afterwards! Do you have any tips you’d like to share? We’d love to hear from you.
I need to print these out and put them on my bathroom mirror and office — just as a reminder
thanks,
So glad you like them! We loved putting these together for the month ❤️