Guided imagery for relaxation

Let's relax with some guided imagery

Imagine your favorite place. Mine is the beach.

Start with your eyes. Imagine all the colors and textures you see.

Visualize yourself touching something in that environment. Do you feel the grittiness of the sand beneath your toes?

Take in the scents around you. What does the ocean smell like? Do you smell a fire crackling in the distance?

Imagine what you hear. Are there children yelling at the tops of their lungs?

These are some of my favorite ways to to take care of myself at work:

I take a couple minutes to journal in between my clients. When I don't have a few minutes to spare, I acknowledge what I'm feeling. Recognizing these feelings takes the power out of it and helps me move onto the next client. During an uncomfortable conversation, I take eight slow breaths.

This is a post letting all of us know, me included, that whatever we're going through can bring us stress. Whether we're moving, adjusting to a new job, worrying about our finances, it's all real, and it's okay to feel what we're feeling.

Face it. We all need a break.