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I Used to Get SAD.
About a decade ago, I realized I was repeatedly getting stuck in a downward spiral that started late October. As the days got shorter, I spent less time active and outside. I’d start to feel more irritable, hypersensitive, and low energy. I’d want to sleep more, but I was going to bed later in the evening and oversleeping in the morning. With my corporate job where I had to be at my desk by 9AM, sleeping in just meant skipping exercise, followed by sitting behind a desk during the shortened daylight hours. And so, the cycle started. Letting one pillar of my health foundations slip caused a domino effect in the others. But I didn’t have the energy to stop it.
Slowing Down: 5 Steps to Stay Balanced this Fall
September is a month of “back-to-school” energy. Whether you’re in school, have kids in school, or just have to drive the roads in the mornings, I’m sure you’ve noticed that the hecticness of Fall has begun. Somehow the lazy, more relaxed energy of summer is boxed up on Labor Day (interesting name for this turn of events) and we collectively put our heads down, and get into gear for Fall. Using my 5 steps to staying balanced: Awareness, Pause, Give to yourself, Absorb the Good, and Ask for Support, you can make the transition into this faced paced season more smoothly.
3 Tips for Taming Tough Transitions
I’m finally emerging from a big transition and it feels exciting, alive, and a little scary too. Why are transitions so tough? I think it’s because as we move towards a new version of ourselves, we must say goodbye and let go of an older version. There’s a lot of fear that comes with that. Fear of the unknown, fear of failure, and even ironically, fear of success.
3 Steps to Self-Compassion
What’s the difference between taking time alone to recharge, and isolation? When does solitary, unstructured time feel like self-care and how do I let that luxury slip into feelings of loneliness? I’m learning it’s about how I use that precious time. When I compare what I’m doing, to what I imagine everyone else is doing, I start feeling lonely. Comparing mind is my Saboteur’s (inner critic) favorite game. Using the three key components to practicing self-compassion, and shifting my focus to self-care makes all the difference…
Welcome to my new site!
I am thrilled to launch this new website and blog for Kelsey Lowitz Integrative Health. Many of you know me from coaching with Move, Grow, Know! Transformational Coaching. Others may know of me from the clinic at the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College. Still others might remember me from teaching a yoga class. However we’ve met or engaged with each other in the past, I’m happy to announce that as of May 1, 2015, I will be combining my practices under one integrative health practice, Kelsey Lowitz Integrative Health. Pleas read on for more details of my new practice!