By Dr. Donna L. Hamilton, MD

 

Self-Care Tips

 

Don’t wait until you have a health scare to make your self-care a priority. Instead, choose to make focus on  your health and well-being now.

If you’re not sure what to do our how to get started to take better care of yourself, take a look at this list to get a few ideas. Pick one or two things that resonate well with you and go for it.  Make your health a priority. You deserve it!

Choose to do things that promote health

  • Eating well
  • Exercising
  • Have healthy relationships
  • Schedule your routine health check-ups

 

Avoid things that create health challenges:

  • Toxic habits like smoking, distracted driving, and lack of sleep, etc.
  • Toxic relationships
  • Negative mental chatter

 

Buy Self-Care tools…and use them!

  • Books
  • Music
  • Oils
  • Lotions
  • Candles
  • Bubble bath

 

Have relaxing rituals

  • Baths
  • Meditation
  • Taking quiet walks
  • Stretching in the morning
  • Reading before bed
  • Journaling

 

The Ultimate Health and Wellness Guide Donna Hamilton, MD has a mission to help everyone live the healthy, satisfying lives they’re meant to lead. A dynamic holistic wellness speaker, Dr. Hamilton passionately teaches what being healthy really means and how to do it in a way that fits your unique needs. Her easy, practical tips assist you with assessing the entire wellness landscape and appropriately planning your personal wellness journey. Her workbook Wellness Your Way combines evidence based counseling and coaching skills with her primary care medicine wisdom to assist readers on this journey. For more information or to book Dr. Hamilton for speaking engagements visit www.DonnaHamiltonMD.com

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