Looking at yourself: Tips for a mindful everyday life
In this "different" time, it is important to take good care of yourself and look after your own defences. What can you do to feel better and more comfortable?
The psychoanalyst, management consultant and management coach Klaus Geisslmayr is convinced that people themselves can actively contribute to strengthening their mental resilience:
"Strengthen your resilience (resistance) with concrete steps to better deal with existential fears and also cope well mentally with the crisis. This way you remain capable of action and create the right conditions for your mental flexibility and future success."
Here are 10 tips to strengthen your mental defences - here's how to activate them:
Actively get in touch with other people
Whether by phone, online or by post, social relationships strengthen even from a distance. Get creative: drinking coffee together via Skype or sending photo postcards to relatives can help through the "Corontaine".
Structure your day
Create a clear daily routine with sufficient breaks. Structures and routines reliably guide us through uncertain times.
In tranquillity lies strength
Take time for yourself. Consciously allow yourself moments of "doing nothing".
Take good care of your body
A short walk in the fresh air often works wonders. Also use the output restrictions for a more conscious diet.
Strengthen your self-esteem
Be nice to yourself! Now is the ideal time to become your own best friend.
Make your workspace, your room as comfortable as possible
Get inspiration for the design of your "home office".
Discover a meaning in the crisis
What good could she possibly have in her?
Improvise, stay curious
The human capacity for improvisation has proved essential in recent weeks.
Get involved in your environment
Support others. Get in touch with neighbourhood networks or make a notice for the stairwell to help other residents through the crisis (a template is available from the Red Cross, for example).
Develop plans for the time after
Take a look into the future and use the time for creative vision boards, bucket lists or lifelines.
If you need support along the way - the EAP team is always happy to help!
