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Ways I Ground Myself

 Ways I Ground Myself


During the past year and a half, I have been working towards healing from past trauma and healing my inner child. I never really knew how to relax and ground myself. My wonderful therapist at the Mindset 2 Wellness Spa has taught me some techniques, EMDR therapy and how to meditate. Finding ways to ground myself did not come easy. It took some trial and error, and I ended up finding ways without really trying.

Journaling has provided me the opportunity for positive self-talk and ways to identify negative thoughts and behaviors. It has allowed me a way to vent. Sometimes I look up journaling prompts on Pinterest for myself or for my blog. My therapist has done guided journaling with me as well. I would kind of like to teach creative writing classes some day.

Meditation was very difficult for me. I struggled to relax my thoughts. I have been successful with guided meditation. I use podcast and youtube to look up guided meditation for a variety of things such as anxiety, sleep and inner child healing work. One guided meditation I have used is https://www.pacesconnection.com/g/sonoma-county-aces-connection/fileSendAction/fcType/0/fcOid/478274755608055719/filePointer/478556595885548365/fodoid/478556595885548356/Safe%20Place%20Imagery%20Script.pdf

Art Therapy I tried it for the first time this week, I signed up for a five week inner child workshop using art therapy and my first class was amazing. It was really relaxing and I felt so good when I left. During the first session we used watercolors to draw a childhood memory. I drew the lake. I had a lot of resonating moments during the class. 

My FAVORITE way to ground myself is to read. I haven't been able to read as much as I would like to so I began listening to audio books. I like to listen to them when I’m driving, taking a shower, and right before I fall asleep. Anytime I am alone, I am playing a book on my phone. The app I use is Everand. This app has books, audio books, podcasts and magazines. I believe it's about $8 a month. It has saved me a lot of money because I don’t have to buy as many books now. The app has a really good selection.

Quote I am living by:

“The practice of staying present will heal you. Obsessing about how the future will turn out creates anxiety. Replaying broken scenarios from the past causes anger and sadness. Stay here in this moment” - S. Mcnutt


Books I have been reading:

Twisted Book Series: Twisted Love, Twisted Games, Twisted Hate and Twisted Lies - Ana Huang

The Choice - Nicholas Sparks

The Summer I Turned Pretty - Jenny Han, Gabrielle Stanton



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