LLT #199- Family Caregivers! Make Time for YOU: Exercise! 🚶🏽🏃🏽♀️👟 : How? When? Where? Why?
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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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Overwhelmed? Let's connect: 📧lana@lanaannemd.com
For more insights and connect for a FREE face-to-Face 15 minute Zoom call, and a place where we can connect as physicians on my website:
If you're a Family Caregiver at your wit's end, needing a different perspective, set up your free 15-minute coaching call-also by email -lana@lanaannemd.com - or on lanaslittlethings.com.
I always look forward to meeting Fellow Family Caregivers- we gotta stick together!💯
#worldmentalhealthday2024 #mentalhealthawareness #burnout #anxiety 🤯💚
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthsupport #friendship #selfcareroutine #workplaceculture
WHAT IS (Good) MENTAL HEALTH?
WHO defines this as: Mental health is a state of mental well-being that
enables people to cope with the stresses of life
realize their abilities
learn well and work well and
contribute to their community.
It has intrinsic and instrumental value and is integral to our well-being.
BUTTT...........
The intensity of life's challenges has increased exponentially and has taken a toll on us all:
🤯💚our minds and hearts,
🤯💚 affecting our sleep- too much; too little
🤯💚 destabilizing our emotions
🤯💚creating conflict in our relationships and
🤯💚causing a surge in unhealthy coping mechanisms- substance abuse, social isolation, and withdrawal.
This affects not only our home, but notably our place of work.
Thus the WHO theme for 2024 is :“Mental Health at Work"🤯💚🏢
Key Messages:
💚The need for a supportive environment
💚Poor working conditions and insecure jobs worsen mental health, increase stress and reduce work productivity
💚Barriers to employment exist because of many factors such as ageism and other forms of discrimination, again limiting job availability and stability.
💚The need for companies and employers to increase productivity and work quality
💚💚💚💚SELF CARE may sound like a stuck record, but without good mental health, there can be no other.
Water, Play, Pause, Family time, Boundaries and Goal setting are all ways to improve our Mental Health, improve family life and reduce BURNOUT!
What works for you? Give a shout out- help a friend; let us know!
You Got This!!!💘🎯We Got This!🎯💘🫱🏽🫲🏾!
From my heart to yours💗💚
Dr. Lana
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Overwhelmed? Let's connect: 📧lana@lanaannemd.com
For more insights and connect for a FREE face-to-Face 15 minute Zoom call, and a place where we can connect as physicians on my website:
lanaslittlethings.com
If you're a Family Caregiver at your wit's end, needing a different perspective, set up your free 15-minute coaching call-also by email -lana@lanaannemd.com - or on lanaslittlethings.com.
I always look forward to meeting Fellow Family Caregivers- we gotta stick together!💯
