Do you feel like you need a vacation? Taking a vacation once, even twice a year just isn’t cutting it anymore? I’m right there with you. Busy schedules, long work hours and high personal expectations take their toll on your physical and mental health. Unless you learn how to re-energize daily it’s likely that you will become more irritable and short tempered, compromise your immunity and decrease your energy.

One of our most serious needs in life is pure rest. We need to have fun and be refreshed. If it’s difficult for you to picture taking a few days off in the near future, learning how to rest in between longer vacations will help you remain sain.

We all want to feel energetic so we can be productive at work and enjoy life. None of us want to experience the negative side effects of overworking so let’s combat them before they take their toll. For those of you who have already crashed and burned due to exhaustion, keep reading so you can get back up and prepare before next time hits.

It takes guts to disconnect and distance yourself from the overwhelming needs out there. Though, with practice we can all learn to seize and capture moments of rest on a daily basis. I call them refresh-(mo)-ments.

• Planning an impromptu suprise for my husband or friends.

• Making myself a sweet coffee and sitting down with a good book.

• Picking blackberries in the heat of the summer.

These are a few examples of refresh-(mo)-ments that work for me.

What would your example of a Refresh-(mo)-ment be? Try to think of five ways to make you laugh or drop your shoulders.  Before you collapse due to never leaving your workplace, seize the moment and go have some fun. Your family, clients and co-workers will thank you for it!

Share this with someone else who needs to rest and please do leave your idea of a great Refresh-(mo)-ment below!

Talk soon!

Amy

Amy Englemark is a Self Care Expert, unique-like a breath of fresh air in a stressed out, overworked society. She is passionate about showing healthcare professionals, doctors and nurses in particular, why staying healthy is vital to long term resiliency.  As a dynamic, sought-after speaker, writer and founder of Amy Englemark Coaching, Amy passionately guides her clients to develop and maintain guilt free self care practices so they can enjoy more energy and time as well as provide the best care to their patients.  Amy has influenced the transformation of lifestyles by empowering individuals to take responsibility and leadership for their own health and happiness.