LLT #199- Family Caregivers! Make Time for YOU: Exercise! 🚶🏽🏃🏽♀️👟 : How? When? Where? Why?
#exerciseismedicine #familycaregiver #caregiverslife #selfcareroutine #agelessliving #healthylifestyle #oxygen #stressrelief #timewithfriends #americanheartassociation
Hello Fellow Family Caregivers!
Yessss! I'm post-workout- sweat etc,( don't judge! lol!)
Why oh why with ALL you have to do am I even daring to bring up exercise for Family Caregivers?
Seriously?
YES- SERIOUSLY: Hear me out:
Here are 5 main benefits for us ALL! Even if you can do just intervals of 5 minutes a day!
1/ 🌞Exposure to natural sunlight boosts vitamin D levels, promoting bone health and immune function.
2/🚶🏽🏃🏽♀️👟Outdoor activities open up lung function, and enhance cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, and balance, reducing YOUR risk of frailty, falls (Caregiving -related injury) and chronic conditions such as hypertension and heart disease. You are STRONGER and FITTER!
3/🧘🏽Exercising fosters mental well-being, reduces stress, depression and anxiety (💃🏽) improves mood, and enhances cognitive function, even reducing the risk of dementia later in life ; and who can say NO to THAT!?🙏🏽💯👵🏽🌞
4/ Even if you can just Zoom INDOORS for exercise with friends🫂🫂🫂🫂- you maintain your social connection - true friends are a blessing and GOOD for HEART, MIND and BODY.
5/ Probably the best of all- your SLEEP is better- more restful, with a clear mind, also knowing you did something your body will thank you for!
Sweet dreams!😴
Good vibes!
From my heart to yours💗
Dr. Lana
(Disclaimer: this is not meant to dictate medical information; please see full advice from your medical doctor)
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I always look forward to meeting Fellow Family Caregivers- we gotta stick together!💯
Lana's Little Things Day #133- Codependency Hooks! Caution! ⚠️🪝💗🪝
#codependency #caregiverslife #relationships #stayfocused #healthyboundaries #newyear2024 #lanaslittlethings
Hi friends!
Codependency! 🪝💗🪝
The "hooks" can be disheartening and cause you to lose who you are in the process of being the one "who fixes", the one who "is always there to help".🤔(in any relationship).
In the context of elderly parent and family caregiver relationships, codependency occurs when the caregiver's sense of purpose and self-worth becomes overly reliant on meeting the parent's/spouses' needs, often at the expense of their own well-being.
⚠️🪝💗🪝Don't lose who you are!🙏🏽
What to do?
Set boundaries in love and kindness🚧💗
Seek support from others (yes, ask for help!)
Make self-care your priority!
Encourage the parent's/spouse's independence where possible- let them take "agency and accountability wherever possible.
The result? A healthier and more balanced relationship dynamic.
Yes , Yes?👍🏽😊
From my heart to yours always!💗
21-day Challenge: Thrive into 2024!🎉"Tip 2: "Reframe The Past, How?"(LLL Day#103)
#changeyourmindset #changeyourlife #thrive #regret #freedom #caregiverslife #lanaslittlethings
Hi Caregiving Families and friends!💖🙋🏽♀️
“Thrive Into 2024!”
Tip 2: Do you feel stressed and regret because of a past event with the person in your care? Do you wish you could have handled things better? We all have regrets, but staying in a negative place for too long is never healthy. So, how can you change the "frame" of a past negative event so that you can continue to move forward with joy?
This is your place and time for your daily "pick me up"!🫂🤗
Every day from December 21st 2023, until January 10th 2024, join me as we dive into 1 quick “thrive tip” to help you get through these busy, hectic last days of 2023 and enter 2024 feeling "like a boss"!🔅🙏👍💯💖💃🏽💥💥
From my heart to yours!💗
