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6. Meditate/Pray
Cultivating the self-nurturing practice
of meditation and prayer can be deeply
supportive to your healing process.
Meditation intentionally connects you to
your breath and body, and supports you in
decreasing stress, pain, and overwhelm.
Prayer connects you to a source greater
than yourself and supports you in feeling
loved, protected, and deeply cared for. As
Paramahansa Yogananda wrote, “Meditation
is like giving a hug to ourselves, getting in
touch with that awesome reality in us. While
meditating we feel a deep sense of intimacy
with God, a love that is inexplicable.” Choose
to nurture yourself with meditation and
prayer each day.
7. Acknowledge What
is Going Well and
Strengthen Your
Gratitude Practice.
One way we can cultivate resilience which
is so needed in the healing process, is to
acknowledge what is going well and what we
are grateful for in our lives. Choosing to focus
on what is going well will prime our brain for
the positive and uplift our mood. Recognizing
what we are grateful for changes our brain
chemistry and neural pathways and is nurturing
and healing. Sam Owen reminds us, “How we
care for ourselves gives our brain messages
that shape our self-worth so we must care for
Recognizing what
we are grateful for
changes our brain
chemistry and neural
pathways and is
nurturing and healing.
Wilson Schaef’s wisdom and stretch out of
your comfort zone and ask for help. You will
bless yourself and the other person with this
act of self-nurturing.
ourselves in every way, every day.” Choose to
acknowledge what is going well and what you
are grateful for along your healing journey.
May you find ways to weave these empowering
self-nurturing practices into your day and
experience the healing effects as you nurture
peace in the world from the inside out!
Sending you so much peace, love and
gratitude,
Kelley
Kelley Grimes, MSW - Kelley is a counselor,
speaker, internationally bestselling author,
Aspire Magazine expert columnist, and
self-nurturing expert. She is passionate
about empowering overwhelmed and
exhausted individuals to live with more
peace, joy and meaning through the practice of self-nurturing.
Kelley also provides professional and leadership
development to organizations dedicated
to making the world a better place. She is
married to an artist, has two empowered
daughters, and loves singing with a small women’s group. Learn
more at www.CultivatingPeaceandJoy.com and download your free
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