Episode Description Join Erica Diamond for a profound and inspiring conversation with Sophie Grégoire Trudeau,…
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Last week I had the chance to interview Dr. Chris Lee – neuroscientist and mental…
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A bunch of you have reached out asking me to host a Facebook or Instagram live for community support. There are a lot of people in quarantine right now who are feeling frightened and alone.
I put a call out and you voted for Instagram live. I will be doing a live group video chat every day this week at 12pm EST at @EricaDiamond on Instagram where we can all connect, and help each other overcome feelings of isolation or fear or lack of connectedness. I look forward to seeing you there daily, Monday-Friday at 12pm.
Happy Self Care Sunday!
Here is my Sunday night checklist. If you can commit to a minimum of 4 tonight, that’s really wonderful.
Please let me know how it goes for you either in a comment below or via email.
In this episode, I chat with Julie Elsdon, mom, wife and recovered alcoholic. As a Certified Professional Recovery and Life Coach, Julie takes us back to where her addiction all started at age 19. She shares what to do if you are showing signs of abusing alcohol, and how to get help.
We go deep in this episode. You don’t want to miss this episode!
Happy International Self-Care Day!
And I couldn’t think of a better day to discuss mindfulness than on this day. After all, mindfulness (a form of meditation), is indeed a form self-care.
Mindfulness has almost become THE word of 2019. But what is it, and does it work?
Well it does, and as a yoga instructor and life coach, this morning I shared some mindfulness exercises you can teach your children to help them feel calm when they feel stressed or anxious. What we teach our kids now, become their tools for life.
Simply put, mindfulness is bringing your awareness and breath and attention to the present moment and your surroundings, allowing thoughts to come and pass without judgement.
What would make a difference inside you?
The Practice:
Grow Inner Strengths.
Why?
I’ve hiked a lot and have often had to depend on what was in my pack. Inner strengths are the supplies you’ve got in your pack as you make your way down the twisting and often hard road of life. They include a positive mood, common sense, integrity, inner peace, determination, and a warm heart. Researchers have identified other strengths as well, such as self-compassion, secure attachment, emotional intelligence, learned optimism, the relaxation response, self-esteem, distress tolerance, self-regulation, resilience, and executive functions. I’m using the word strength broadly to include positive feelings such as calm, contentment, and caring, as well as skills, useful perspectives and inclinations, and embodied qualities such as vitality or relaxation. Unlike fleeting mental states, inner strengths are stable traits, an enduring source of well-being, wise and effective action, and contributions to others.