Wellness Letter: A Health Coach's Guide to Self Care
This week, PSC talked with Megan Sullivan (@mrs.megansullivan) about digestible self care practices and ways to implement them into our lives, as winter approaches. On top of being a working mom to three young boys, as a full-time real estate agent in Greenwich, CT, Megan is a graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and offers her services as a health coach through her wellness website inmomhealth.com. She also co-founded The Local Moms Network, a hyper-local platform for moms to access community resources and connections, which has quickly grown to serve more than 100 suburbs in 29 states across the country.
Without further ado, we'll hand this over to Megan.
Why Self Care
I never thought we would be in a world of isolation and crisis and then came Covid-19. Self-care has become an essential way to navigate this pandemic and remain as healthy as possible. Although it sounds indulgent, self-care is critical to our ability to show up for others and preserve mental health and well-being. More specifically, engaging in your own care:
Boosts Physical Health - Self-care is not just about your mental health. It’s also about caring for your physical self, by eating healthy, taking adequate sleep, caring about your hygiene, exercising regularly, etc.
Ways to Promote Self Care
ou love and trust about how you’re feeling to help you cope with stress and, in turn, deepen your friendships and strengthen your community. Write a letter to a friend, send a text, schedule a zoom cocktail party. Weekly Meal & Self Care Planning
I love planning for the week on Saturdays (I am a firm believer that the week starts on Sunday). By planning your week with workouts, meals, self-care you are able to carve out the time you need. I find that doing the work on a Saturday and starting the week on a Sunday is a great recipe. Below is what I print out weekly to keep me on track:
