Stress Busters

Moms sometime feel too stressed out. We are out of balance. We end up feeling depleted and bad. It is at these times that "Nurturing" plays an important role.

Nurture yourself. Nurture someone or something else. It makes us feel good.

Nurturing things to do

• Bring your loved one a cold drink on a hot day or a hot drink on a cold day.
• Send a card to a friend.
• Spend a day outdoors alone or with friends.
• Make your friend dinner for her birthday.
• When your friend calls in a crisis, be there to listen.
• Tell your sister how great you think she is.
• Turn on your favorite music while you cook dinner.
• Let somebody else cook your dinner.
• Plan to spend a day alone with each of your kids.
• Give or get a massage.
• Remind yourself that you are a wonderful person.
• Ask somebody else to tell you what your 5 best qualities are.
• Plan a celebration for your own birthday. :)
• Sit and do nothing and think about whatever comes into your mind.
• Paint a painting, tell a story, sing a song.
• Keep a journal of your life.
• Give your loved one something you know he or she wants/needs or would enjoy having.
• Talk to people and tell them your thoughts about life.
• Call all of your friends or family members and ask them how they are. Listen to them and really understand what they feel and think.

To be nurturing sometimes requires making hard choices. We have many competing demands on our time.

The library books well past the due date, stains on the carpet, dust sitting on the blinds, jammed printer, soap scum in bathtubs, unchecked letter box ......endless.

All these can wait. We need to be charged up. We women hold the chord of the rhythm of our family. Any thought clutter of our mind or imbalance can shake the harmony of our entire family.

Do cheer up, my fella young ladies.....