Listen to your body

Listening to our bodies.

Welcome to Tea Time Tuesday where each week I will be talking about some life related things, mental health, personal development and much more.

Today's topic is ignoring our bodies when they are trying to tell us something.

In the west we were taught to ignore our bodies needs, tired? Get that coffee and run with this to do list, because there is STILL so much to do.

But actually on a long run it's really bad idea, if we won't take care of our bodies, it will eventually shut down and MAKE us rest.

Few days ago it was 21:00 after a long day with toddler, cleaning, cooking & part time work in retail i put my son to sleep. I was really tired and I just wanted to sleep but my to do list was still in the back of my head... Instead of going to bed, I make myself a cup of tea, grabbed a pack of biscuits and went to finish my to do list. Of course after the sugar I could still continue like that till 1am, and couldn't fall asleep from the blue light till about 2. Next day I was tired, grumpy, had horrible headache and stomach ache, to do list was still there, my body decided it will let me get rest if I won't do it myself. There, another day, another lesson. I got it body... Thanks.

See, I am still guilty of this even now, even if I am trying to live mindfully with self love and self compassion daily. It did start in childhood when we were told by adults that we are not sad, tired or angry even when we were. Listening to our bodies that we ignored for so many years won't get easy overnight, make sure to check in with yourself often and give your body what it needs, to do list will always be there, we will always want to do more and more, no matter how much we will actually complete. The point is to love yourself unconditionally and treat yourself with respect, as you would everyone else. I must admit, I often get angry at my body for wanting rest, because there is always more to do each day. And this is a thing I am trying to learn every single day, that it's Ok to slow down, its OK not to finish everything, it's OK just to be. Take care !