Using the Power of Rest for Building Inner Strength

Building inner strength doesn’t often come easy, and our experiences shape it in most cases. However, rest is a transformative and powerful way to ensure your inner resilience improves to help you overcome personal, social, and career challenges. However, every journey begins with a single step, and you just have to be strong enough to take it. From getting the mental rest you need to consider enhancing wellness with spirituality, here are some powerful suggestions.

Getting Enough Quality Sleep

You’ve probably heard that you need 7 to 9 hours of rest each night, and that’s true. But it’s also about the quality of the sleep you receive. Sleep is when your body and mind repair themselves, and it is vital for getting through something like drug and alcohol rehab when you need your inner resilience. While sleep is needed for physical repair, it is also beneficial for hormone regulation, which is a fundamental part of regaining your inner and outer strength after trauma.

Building Inner Strength with Mental Rest

The mind can get just as tired as the body. With so much coming at you on a daily basis, the brain needs a break from the relentlessness of the modern world. With so much information overload, from over 10,000 ads per day on average, you really do need a small disconnect:

• Make time for doing the things you enjoy, such as sports, video games, or dancing.
• Take short breaks throughout the day and take a nap in the afternoon if needed.
• Allow your mind to wander when resting to form new creative connections.

Alone Time and Reflection

Getting away from it all isn’t selfish, even if you have a family. In fact, neglecting yourself can be the worst thing you can do when you need genuine rest. Alone time can be as simple as a ten-minute break in the evening or booking yourself into a spa for the weekend. Whatever you need, ensure you take the time to rest the body and mind and reflect on what you are feeling. Some time alone, even in your bedroom with a candle, provides satisfying rest for tackling the day.

Active Rest with Gentle Movement

Some people consider rest just doing nothing, and that can help. However, some of us have restless minds, bodies, and spirits, and sitting on your butt doing nothing can be as bad as exhausting yourself. So what can you do? Active rest is the art of gentle movement. For example, you can gently soothe your mind and muscles with activities like walking in nature, tai chi, and yoga. Low-impact exercise is known to be restorative both physically and mentally.

Building Inner Strength with Emotional Rest

Emotions can be hard to handle for some people, and they can get the better of you. Anxiety, fear, and anger can be exhausting and will drain you. The importance of emotional wellness in addiction recovery cannot be understated, but it can be a bit of a challenge for some people.

Express emotions in a healthy way

Emotions can be hard to control and understand. However, some people find it useful to express them in various ways, such as talking it through or writing down how they feel.

Control exposure to manage emotions

You can be your own worst enemy when it comes to emotional imbalance. Exposing yourself to things you can’t handle won’t do you any good, so try to think it through beforehand.

Don’t be scared to seek support.

It’s understandable that you don’t want to be a burden to others, but people who care for you will be happy to help. If you are overwhelmed, talk to friends, family, and guidance experts.

We all have emotions, and we all deal with them in different ways. How you go about controlling emotions has a major impact on how you develop your inner resilience. Express them however you need to, limit your exposure to situations, and try to find support when you need it most.

Finding Creative Outlets

Expressing emotion and expelling negativity is hard to manage, especially when you are overwhelmed and very stressed. Creative outlets are well established as a good way of letting go of the things that drag you down and hold you back, and can even become a hobby. For example, some authors actually make money and build emotional strength through creative writing. Then there are the stereotypical tortured artists in art, music, and even fashion.

A Positive Social Circle

Something you might not notice is that the people around you impact your well-being. It is hard to admit, but even someone like your best friend might not have your best interests at heart. Distancing yourself from toxic influences is one of the hardest things to do. But you can begin to rebuild your life and inner resilience by getting away. This is hard, but it is made much easier by positive people who actually care for you and only want the best for you at the end of the day.

Building Inner Strength with Spiritual Rest

Allowing your body and mind to rest usually involves physical rest, like sleep, and having a relaxing day without stress. However, many people all over the world find inner strength to overcome some of the worst problems through spiritual rest, which can be a powerful motivator:

• Look for solace in your chosen religion if you follow a specific set of beliefs.
• Consider new age methods such as crystal healing, meditation, and yoga.
• Get involved with others and communities that share the same values and beliefs.

Setting Healthy Boundaries

Self-care is talked about a lot these days. However, many people who begin to weaken on the inside and make negative choices do so because they don’t recognize when they need to look after themselves. One of the easiest ways to begin the process of self-healing is to set aside time every day for doing something positive. From hobbies to talking on the phone with friends, there is a lot to self-care. But don’t be afraid to set the boundaries so you can begin to heal.

Summary

Getting the quality sleep you need will help you rest and build inner strength as a great first step on a wellness journey. It also helps to learn about your emotions and how to manage them. Throughout your personal wellness program, you will also need to set healthy boundaries.

 

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