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Seven Soul-Nurturing Suggestions for Busy Women
by Cheryl Lynn Simpson
Looking for some ways to feed your soul in the midst of all you do?
Try one or more of these great ideas!
1.) Body Work/Movement: Tai Chi, massage, Feldenkrais, Reflexology …
there are tons of modalities which contribute to healing in soulful
ways. Try one today!
2.) Connections with Others: Support networks/groups, accountability
groups, on-line chats/boards, spiritual direction, soul mates and soul
friends all offer you healthy interconnections if these relationships
help you maintain a fluid balance while you protect and defend your
interpersonal boundaries.
3.) Daily Rituals: Setting quiet time aside for your soul daily both
refreshes and empowers you. Experiment with meditation and
visualizations. Journal your thoughts, feelings, blessings and
conversations with your soul. Discover aromatherapy. Use music to affect
your mood, energy and creative output. Take a self-discovery walk, a
luxurious bath or a nurturing nap. Make time and space for personal
expression every day.
4.) Create Mini-Retreats: When you go on a retreat you create conscious
cocooning space in your life, which allows you to nurture your woolyworm
nature into the butterfly you know you are supposed to be. Set aside
time in your lunch hour for things that enliven you. Every few weeks
take off 2-4 hours if you can, just to spend with your soul. Try to
attend a weekend retreat seasonally if possible. Retreat time need not
be complex - it can be as simple as making homemade bread or simmering
soup just for you.
5.) Express Your Natural Creative Heritage: From cooking to music to
writing to crafts, there are hundreds of ways to express your creativity
daily. Here are a few new ways to think about: Play daydreaming games
with yourself to discover who you long to be. Scrapbook your dreams,
your work life or your dialogue with your soul. Journal your night
dreams, then draw or write poems about the images you dreamt. Learn
about feng shui, the Chinese art of placement, which teaches you how to
create a soulful atmosphere in your home or workplace. Experiment with
expressive arts, which involve artistic, fun techniques for relating
with your own unconscious through metaphors. Make an inner child play
date with yourself weekly to keep life from becoming too serious and
foreboding.
6.) Dialogue With Yourself and With Your Higher Power (whatever you
conceive It to be): Take classes or read self-help books which enable
you to identify, explore and live out your life’s purpose. Write your
spiritual autobiography. Try new ways to pray. Find a spiritual
director. Journal your personal conversations with your Higher Power.
7.) Create a Personal Wellness Calendar: All of the great ideas above
will fail to serve you unless and until they become firm, scheduled
habits in your life. So create a personal wellness calendar to enable
you to do just that.
Schedule the elements above that you choose to begin experimenting with,
remembering that it generally takes 21 days to establish a new habit.
Set firm boundaries around these activities to protect them while you
learn to integrate them into your life. Try incorporating no more than
10 new habits into your life at any one time.
Consciously downshift at key points throughout your day and week and use
the activities above to help you do so. Be flexible in your scheduling
and your thinking - it is your soul that matters, not your planner!
About the author:
Cheryl Lynch Simpson is a Spiritual Director and Solutions Coach who
helps women discover and create the life they've always wanted to live.
Cheryl is the author of more than 30 print/Internet articles and the
founder of Coaching Solutions for Women, a coaching website that
showcases and produces career, business, and life coaching solutions to
help today's busy women balance work with the rest of their lives.
For a complimentary copy of her latest e-book, Ten-Minute Stress Zappers
For Women Service Business Owners, visit
http://www.coachingsolutionsforwomen.com.
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