Hello and welcome to the Mindfulkind podcast.

I'm your host, Rachel Cable, author of the Mindfulkind book, Mindfulness Teacher and blogger at

Rachelcable.com.

Each week, this podcast will bring meaningful tips, tools and strategies so you can manage stress

and live more mindfully in the modern world.

Hello and welcome to episode 233 of the Mindful Kind podcast. Thank you so much for tuning into this

episode and I hope that you're well and taking good care of yourself. 2020 has been a huge year so far and it really hasn't been easy for a lot of people.

If you're feeling sad, overwhelmed, stressed, angry, tired or lonely, I hope this episode gives

you some space to relax and hopefully learn something new that might

be helpful. I've been doing a lot of extra self-care lately to make sure that I can show up well

for my work with my clients, with this podcast, with my writing, and also so I can try to do the

best I can in my personal life. I thought I'd take some time to share a few of the

more unconventional ways I've been engaging in self-care lately, aside from the regular things

like prioritising sleep, practicing yoga, and spending quality time with my family. I won't necessarily

be doing these more unconventional self-care activities for the rest of my life,

but since the last six months have been particularly challenging and emotional, I've had to find

a few new ways to help myself feel supported. It's kind of like when you catch a cold,

you might drink more orange juice to get vitamin C and take a few days off

work to rest and take naps during the day. You step up your physical self-care to look after

your physical health. I feel like I've been stepping up my emotional self-care to look after my

emotional health. Okay, so self-care activity number one is reading a non-fiction book for 30 minutes each day

and taking notes.

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