The Restored & Empowered Blog
Learnings, teachings, tips & tricks from Alexandra Louise, LCSW, for you to refer to during difficult times, stressful workdays and moments when you need a little extra encouragement.
Elevate Well-being: Sprinkle Mini-Movement Sessions into Your Daily Routine for Mind-Body Benefits
A “mini-movement session” is a focused time period of 10-15 minutes where you prioritize moving your body to reach optimal results for mental wellness, brain optimization, and physical health.
How exactly does it work to benefit you? Okay, grab your favorite tea/coffee/pre-workout and focus in on the 5 mental health benefits and 2 bonus benefits of adding mini-movement sessions into your life. Get ready to feel informed and excited to move!
Is it Sadness or Depression?
Depression also is something experienced not only in thoughts but in the body. Maybe it feels like your daily activities take three times as much energy and time to complete or like you no longer have the energy to even begin to take care of yourself like you used to. You might stop exercising and showering regularly. Sleeping might become difficult, even though you are constantly feeling exhausted. You might find yourself with a lack of motivation to complete work tasks or go to social events. As depression worsens, you might even find yourself wishing you were no longer alive or preparing how to end your own life.
Depression can feel like a dark hole that you cannot find your way out of and often, suicidal ideation eventually shows its ugly head. Why do people want to die? Often because they are unsure how to keep living and in the midst of the negative thoughts and overwhelm, they have difficulty moving to problem solve through it to the place where there is hope.
Has this been you? Or maybe its someone you love that is going through severe depression? There is good news—there is hope and there is healing available.
There is a way out that does not end in death.