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Wellness Tips from The Self-Care Daily™

Posted by: Derrick Shirley on April 2, 2012 8:00 am

Tip #28: Fun with your Signature

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Write your name with your non-dominant hand.

If you are right-handed, use your left. If you are left-handed use your right. If you are ambidextrous, use your toes (or just use your toes anyway). It may be hard to read, but you’ll love the laugh you’ll get just trying. Have fun and sign away!

When your spirit is up, you are up.

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Wellness Tips from The Self-Care Daily™

Posted by: Derrick Shirley on March 13, 2012 9:58 am

Tip #26: Try Some Potato Peel Push Ups

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If it is your turn to cook tonight, do some exercises in the kitchen while you prepare the food.

Try some deep knee bends, various stretches or yoga poses, counter push ups or dips, or do lunges as you walk around the kitchen from the fridge to the stove to the sink.

If you really get into it, create some of your own new exercises and/or pair them with your preparation activities such as, “Potato Peel Push Ups” (after every potato peeled, you do one push up), or “Dish Washin’ Deep Knee Bends” (after you wash a plate or glass, you do one deep knee bend). There are no limits to your imagination so have some exercise fun while you are in the kitchen.

As you are cooking healthy, you can be thinking healthy and squeezing in a little exercise.

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Wellness Tips from The Self-Care Daily™

Posted by: Derrick Shirley on February 8, 2012 11:39 am

Tip #78: Feel the power of your freedom.

You are free to choose and follow any path in your life and/or your career. Make choices that support, and are aligned with your goals. If you are unclear of your life or career path, set time aside to review or renew it, or ask for help if needed.

Be grateful for your freedom to choose and exercise it.

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“Wellness Tips from The Self-Care Daily™.”

Posted by: Derrick Shirley on January 20, 2012 8:00 am

Wellness Tip #37: Vacation Planning for Health

Be heart led rather than head led when planning your next vacation.

Do you have a dream vacation spot or activity? Is there some place you have always wanted to visit or some thing you have always wanted to do or try? Let your deepest yearnings and passions guide you and influence your choices and activities. Let your “down time” fill you up physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.

Do some internet research or call your travel agent to get more information. You might find your dreams are not as far away as you once thought.

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“Wellness Tips from The Self-Care Daily™.”

Posted by: Derrick Shirley on January 9, 2012 12:25 pm

Tip #1: WRITE TO LIVE

As this is the first official self-care tip of 2012, I will share with you one closest to my heart. It remains the most powerful instrument of personal change and transformation in my life, business and weight loss (I lost over 180 lbs) to date:

Personal Writing.

Even if its just a few lines about how you are feeling, try to do some journaling today and everyday. I cannot even begin to tell you how powerful this is and doing this earlier in the day brings the greatest benefits.

Write a letter to yourself, write about your work, or just empty your mind. Write about something funny and watch your mood shift with each word. If you are concerned that someone might read your writing, write on loose-leaf paper, tear it up when finished and destroy it. In this self-care activity, the process is more important than the content.

Make the time to connect with you. You are worth it!

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*The views expressed by our authors are personal opinions and do not necessarily reflect the views of the CCPA