7 Tips for Self-Care in Uncertain Times

What can you do to take care of yourself in times of high stress and anxiety?

For today’s article, I’ll share with you seven tips for self-care, especially in times of uncertainty.

Whenever your experience a great amount of stress, your body goes into a stress response of fight-or-flight.

Fight-or-flight is totally appropriate for those moments that you need to act quickly if you’re finding yourself in a dangerous situation.

Over longer time periods, however, your body is not meant to sustain these stress responses.

It’s important that you do something to address chronic or longer-term stress. Otherwise, you’re compromising your immune system, as well as negatively affecting your emotional and mental health.

Here are seven tips that you can do to take care of yourself, especially in times of uncertainty.

1) Sleep. Make sure that you are getting enough sleep. That means going to bed at certain times and establishing a routine and rhythm to your sleep.

2) Rest. Rest isn’t only limited to the nighttime, but also throughout the day. See if you could build in time for naps, or just ways to reboot your mind…