Wellness through Self Care Bingo

While attending to the outside world - whether it is taking care of the needs of your family, your friends, your boss or your patients and clients, you are consistently activating your sympathetic nervous system - which is like the accelerator in your car. Inserting pockets of slow driving, cruise control or coming to a complete stop is a way to prevent your car from overheating. 

To contrast against this constant sympathetic nervous system activity, we need to consciously activate our parasympathetic nervous system throughout the day by inserting tiny pockets of self care activities. Artist and therapist Alyse Ruriani created this wonderful tool called Self Care Bingo: https://alyseruriani.com/collections/all/products/self-care-bingo-download (also available on her instagram page). 

Self care can be the anchor you hold onto in order to stop yourself from getting swept away by the crises life throws at you. 

Other resources mentioned in episode: 

The Checklist Manifesto, by Dr. Atul Gawande 

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