The Secret to Keeping It Together: Why and How to Develop a Morning Routine

Institute Editorial Team 09/05/2022

We realize that not everyone on the planet is a lover of mornings. Whether you have to set an alarm each day and drag yourself out of bed, jump up at the break of dawn, or prefer staying up at night and sleeping through the mornings, everyone has their own routine. Or do they? Many people struggle with mornings to varying degrees; some wake each morning and handle it pretty well. But regardless of which type of person you are, a morning routine is important, whether that routine begins at 5 a.m. or 10 a.m. The Benefits of a Daily Morning Routine Your morning routine is the order in which you do the same basic tasks each morning. A routine might seem to give some…

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Categories: Wellness & Personal Growth

Tags: energy, health, morning routine, productivity, self-care, Stress Management, wellness

Institute Editorial Team

10 Ways to Give Yourself a Morning Energy Boost

Everyone has mornings when they can’t seem to hit snooze enough. That’s OK occasionally, but you might need to make some changes in your life if this is an everyday occurrence. Work these early-morning energy boosts into your routine to kickstart your day. 1. Get Into Routine A routine helps you recognize what time to get up. Your body is on a timer called a circadian clock that guides your energy flow. It follows the night and day cycle, but you alter it by changing your sleep routine. Allow yourself to get into a rhythm of waking up at the same time every day. You’re in control of your clock — it’ll listen to you and make rising easier. Maintain this routine on the weekends…

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Mia Barnes 03/31/2023

The Link Between Unfinished Tasks and Wellness

Dear Fellow Working Woman – I invite you to participate in a short survey. Please mentally check off any of the scenarios below that you have experienced: Before leaving for work you have already begun thinking about your to-do list for the day. And, of course…it’s a mile long.You arrive at work and your inbox greets you with an overwhelming amount of emails to manage, even after deleting the ones you can ignore. Thanks, inbox.It’s time to hunker down and work on one of your important projects. You are in the initial phase of working on it, and you are interrupted by one of the million commonly experienced concentration killers [co-workers “dropping in” to chat, desktop clutter calling your name to clean it up, your…

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Jessica Headley, Ph.D., LPCC-S 10/09/2020

How to care for yourself while taking care of others

Caregivers, this is for you. Even before the pandemic, more than 16% of the US population was providing unpaid care to an adult 18 years or older, including family members with Alzheimer’s or dementia. Women make up about 75% of those caregivers, and they put in the work while juggling jobs, children, and ongoing domestic-task overload. With nearly 23 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the US, caregivers are under additional pressure to care for and protect their loved ones. If you’re a caregiver, the stress may seem relentless, and you may be: having trouble sleepingunder/over-eatingself-medicating with alcohol or drugscanceling (or not even booking) your own doctors’ appointments That’s because when you’re a caregiver, caring for yourself tends to happen only after everyone else’s needs…

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Institute Editorial Team 01/24/2021

How to Prioritize Your Energy and Maintain Your Schedule

If you’re a woman who finds herself wishing for more hours in the day to get everything done that needs doing, you’re not alone. After all, women spend an average of 4.2 hours a day doing unpaid domestic work compared to 1.7 hours for men, according to the United Nations. It’s no wonder that so many ladies are looking for those elusive extra hours each day. While we can’t add hours to days, we can manage our energy. After all, life is often out of our control, and we must deal with unexpected circumstances at the drop of a hat. To prepare ourselves adequately for our days, both planned and unplanned, there are some things we can do to ensure we have the energy for…

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Institute Editorial Team 08/29/2022

How To Sleep Better Using Guided Meditation

Discover the benefits and develop a routine for guided meditation for sleep. Guided meditation for sleep is a specific type of meditation practice that can be used to help quiet your mind before you go to bed. Other practices, such as transcendental meditation, ask you to empty your mind or to only focus on a single mantra. Guided meditation is easier, especially for beginners, because you have another person talking you through the meditative process. This allows you to focus on what the guidance is saying rather than everything else running through your brain. There are many different styles of practice for guided meditation for sleep. Let’s explore some of the most popular ones below. Feel free to try different practices to find the best…

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Institute Editorial Team 02/02/2023

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