Konstantina Mahlia: Self Respect Is Self Care

KONSTANTINA SHARES  HER PERSONAL HEALTH CARE REGIMEN

Near and dear to my daily routine are my self care habits, and that’s what I wanted to share.

Fashion is an important form of self expression and self care: my way of expressing “me myself and I.”

Nutrition. I don't abuse any substances and eat clean, natural, healthy foods,. I believe that self harm and addictions are buried in childhood and the level of dysfunction in our core families and what we’ve grown up with.

Self care is learning to take care of your self, because life will throw you road blocks and even atomic bombs that can destroy us if we allow then to, but if you have given your self the tools to reconstruct ourselves form the harm to rebuild our brain to support the function of our minds and our mind drives and controls everything we do.

We are born with trauma. Inherited and acquired trauma affect our well being physiologically as well as emotionally and mentally.

DR CAROLINE. LEAF, NEUROSCIENTIST has a system she's implemented on her app, NEUROCYCLE which gives you the tools to rebuild your brain with mental exercises. Its a game changer. thank god for her 38 years of study and work and how she has distilled that into a teachable tool, which I use daily to keep myself on track.

Nicole La Pere, THE HOLISTIC PSYCHOLOGIST, gives you an autodidactic system you can use with daily posts to identify your patterns and behaviors, because until you do, you are on a hampster wheel With your mental well being.

Do try and find a good cognitively trained therapist, one who has specialized in trauma and personality disorders. There are a lot of free treatment centers that are excellent, believe it or not, so hunt one down in your area if that something you think you need and cant afford.

Breathwork. Breathwork literally sends self soothing chemicals into the brain that travel all the way down the vagus nerve into the digestive system. This is what Navy Seals use to stay calm in the death or survival mode. This is why digestive issues so often/ almost always, are companions to emotional and mental issues.

Breathwork - Regulate the Nervous System with Your Body’s Natural Resource

Breathwork, otherwise known as the sanskrit term ‘Pranayama’ literally translates as breath control, and we should think of it simply as that. While its origins come from Eastern yogic practices like yoga and Buddhism, by now, it’s very likely you, or your friend, or your friend's friend has tried some form of breath-work to much acclaim. That’s because the breath is arguably the most vital and effective (and free) tool essentially everyone has available to intervene on our body’s system. We breathe about 20,000 times per day, without giving it much thought, except when perhaps we become nervous, or tense, and the breath noticeably accelerates. That’s because breathing is directly tied to our emotions, stress response and feelings of relaxation. That means controlling our breath can help to control our emotions and immune system as well. There’s a sea of techniques available, but slowing your breathing down to 5-6 second inhales and exhales, (known as Resonance Breathing) actually helps regulate our emotions and the body’s ability to heal. Plus, you can do it at a dinner, at work or on transport without anyone noticing. Or, perhaps you have heard of Wim Hof or circular breathing, which is a repeated process of 15-30 fluid deep breaths in and out, then holding the breath out for 60 seconds on the exhale. This works the body’s adrenaline.