![]() And without a doubt my mental health as well. Well hooray! Not only has sobriety saved my liver, but my new ‘naval gazing’ ways is also improving my physical health. He’s a big advocate of reflection or what he calls ‘time in’… he actually goes so far as to say “The willingness to look inward can significantly affect our physical health”. I watched this great clip of Daniel Siegel on Sunday morning (see what I’m like nowadays!), he is so clever & fascinating but also very relatable and easy to follow. Or if nothing else it just lets me know that being a human is really difficult and we’re all in the same bloody boat! gives me food for thought, techniques I can try, approaches I can take. It makes me more mindful of my moods and my habits. Feeding my brain with different opinions, attitudes, experiences & techniques actually works to help keep me calm and happy as I move about my life. Ok so this is rather ridiculous and I’m not sure if I’m going to get through all of them but it shows you the turnaround in my reading habits & interests since I got sober.īut the truth is that this shit works. Check out the pile that is currently on my bedside table… I’ve gone a bit crazy at the library lately thanks to many great recommendations from Living Sober members, and I’ve been loaned some great books recently as well. (I also watch a lot of Reality TV, read trashy magazines & cookbooks, dance to cheesy pop tunes and gossip about mundane matters regularly – I’m fairly well-rounded I like to think!) I am now the queen of naval gazing – I love it! I’m lapping up as many self-help books as I can get, listening to as many podcasts and TED talks as I can, talking to people about real emotional stuff whenever it’s appropriate, reflecting on my own feelings often, pausing and ‘checking in’ with myself regularly…if this is naval gazing then consider me a convert. “People who always look inward are boring” (I’d say). Oh how scornful I used to be about naval gazing! “Naval gazing is for sissies” (I’d say).
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