Hey, it’s Elijah Goldstein, have you ever wondered what are some simple things you can implement in the morning, that’s not going to take a whole lot of your time, that can start you off on the right foot to feeling more grounded, present, and resilient during the day?

So here are three things that have been enormously helpful to me and enormously helpful to a lot of people I’ve worked with. And they’re very simple. And so here they are.

So the first thing you want to do is, when you wake up in the morning, you want to make sure that your body is hydrated, it has gone throughout the whole night, typically without drinking, and so make sure you just at least give yourself a glass of water before you hit that tea or coffee. Or sometimes people like to put a glass of water with some lemon in there to help clear out their system a little bit more. Try that out, practice it, play with it, and see what a difference it can make in your morning also helps kind of wake you up a little bit.

The second thing, create some presence in your morning. So how do you do that? Something called the mindful checking, really simple. Again, checking with your body, noticing if there’s any tension or holding anywhere, and right from the get go see if you can allow it to soften. Or maybe you need to do a gentle stretch, you don’t even have need to do a huge stretch routine in the morning. It’s just where’s the tension are holding in the body, my body. And can I allow that to stretch, you also might want to check in and see how you’re feeling emotionally, your emotions influence the way you perceive things and take them in. So if you’re feeling really tired, or you’re feeling frustrated or annoyed, just notice how that might influence the way you perceive the moments that follow. So this gets us to the third thing.

The third thing is see if you can start the day by priming your mind for good. What does that mean? When we’re in a better place, we tend to be more resilient during the stressors of the day. And so one way of doing that just kind of a hack for it is to think back on your history and think back onto a memory that you can be still so grateful or appreciative for like for example, for me, it could be something like a coffee I shared with my dad. Or it could be a smile that someone gave to me or it could be something bigger, like the moment my first son was born or that I that I proposed to my wife that that moment. Um, so because something small to something big. But if I reflect on the memory and allow myself to feel it in my body, I tend to feel more uplifted, it’s really interesting how that can happen.

So again, here’s three things. So first thing being to drink that glass of water, pay attention to your body take care of your body right from the get go. That hydration. The second thing being to do a mindful check and notice where the tension or holding is in your body allowed to soften or gently open it with a gentle stretch. And the third thing is priming your mind for good thinking have a memory or two or three and allowing your body to feel it allow the cells of your body to kind of drink in that. That sense of appreciative awareness. And also, that’ll set you up to be more resilient during the day in the face of the inevitable stressors.

Also, just a couple other things that that might be helpful. You know, if you’re driving to work, just pay attention to what the moment you’re stopping or commuting to work. And when you’re stopping is another opportunity to do those mindful check ins. And I’m also going to add in a a meditation here for you in case you want to integrate that into your morning if that’s something that’s interesting to you or not. Okay, I hope that was really helpful. I look forward to being with you another time. Just bring this into your life, experiment with it and just see what you notice. Okay, bye for now..