Four Ways to Discover Your Best You

Creating Balance

With all that we have to manage on a daily basis, how do we find time to invest in ourselves? I’m not talking about being the best advocate, caregiver, or mom that we can be for our precious children. But how can we be our best version of ourselves in all areas of our lives–in our physical health, our mental health, our faith, and our relationships? It can feel daunting. But becoming our best selves doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, it can simple. Taking a couple of minutes during your day to do these simple practices can help you discover your best you.

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Ideally, we could take a couple of hours out of our day to spend time investing in ourselves. But in the reality of our caregiving days, that just usually isn’t possible. Taking a vacation day can feel like a fantasy or a dream. That’s why we have to incorporate pouring into our health throughout the day in little bits. In my upcoming posts we will go in-depth in each of these four areas of your life: Intimate Faith, New Perspective, Quality Physical and Mental Health, and Healthy Relationships.

Intimate Faith

Once we begin to nurture our spiritual connection with God in deeper and deeper ways, every area of our lives will become more meaningful and healthier. God is the center of every area of our lives. But how can we spend time alone with God during our stressful caregiving days?

And more–what if we’re struggling in our faith? Grief, disappointment, bitterness, even anger. How could God be good and allow our family to go through this? Our children to suffer? I’ve gone through this dark journey, myself. We will work through this together in future posts.

In my next post, I will guide you in simple ways that you can connect with God and experience his presence, strength, and help in the midst of your busy responsibilities.

We will look at simple ways to engage in prayer, reading Scripture, worshiping, and releasing our worries and anxieties to God throughout our day. I believe that these practices will begin to help you experience more peace, joy, and renewed strength.

Cultivating health in each of the other three areas flows from a healthy relationship with God. All four areas of our lives are connected.

New Perspective

Our days can be so intense and sometimes emotionally painful that it can be difficult to step back and look at our circumstances from a new perspective. The events can be serious and emotions so strong that it can feel like there’s not another way to look at our situations.

In future posts, we will explore ways to cultivate joy in the midst of heartache, nurture acceptance, practice gratitude, find humor, and live in the moment.

Quality Health

Our mental health is directly linked to our physical health. Oftentimes, our health suffers as we fight for our children’s lives. Research shows that special needs parents are at increased risk for decline in physical and mental health.

We have to be proactive even more so than other parents.

In this post you will learn simple ways to invest in your physical and mental health right in the middle of your stressful day.

We have to do what we have to do to take care of ourselves.

Healthy Relationships

Research shows that healthy relationships with family, friends, other special needs parents, and significant others greatly determines the health of special needs parents.

But we can feel so isolated, and it can feel impossible to connect with others.

When is there time? When our children are chronically ill or in the hospital? All the appointments? The exhaustion? But relationships and connection are critical. We will look at simple ways that we can invest in healthy relationships with others.

Join me on this journey of discovering your best you in my next posts.

What’s one way you invest in your health throughout the day?

Share and help other moms in the comments.

Blessings,

Kristin

Kristin Faith Evan, MA, MS, LMSW

Kristin is an author, a speaker, a mental health therapist, and a special needs mom. Her greatest passion is walking with others on their journey to deeper faith and emotional healing. As a Licensed Masters Social Worker and with her Masters in Christian Education, she has served in youth, camping, and retreat ministries and is experienced in Christian counseling, couples and family therapy, substance abuse treatment, and crisis counseling. Kristin lives with her husband, Todd, and their two children in the Nashville, TN area. When she is not enjoying life with her family, writing or working with clients, you can find Kristin training for triathlons, reading, or simply being out in nature. Visit her author website at www.KristinFaithEvans.com