Secrets of Self-care – Magick in the Mundane -Part 2 – Mental

Continuing September is Self-Care month

Mental Self-Care

Mental self-care can include any activity the stimulates your mind or your intellect. This can be doing things to declutter your mind like practicing mindfulness, and writing out your thoughts, it can also focus on reducing your stress levels and self-compassion. Just like its important to keep your body healthy and active its important to engage our minds. There is no wrong way to take care of your mental health, as long as it helps you relax and feel good!

Beyond stimulating activities, mental self-care also encompasses learning how to manage your thoughts, the setting of clear boundaries with friends, family or work, or even recognizing the need to reach out for professional help. Ultimately, mental self-care is about stimulating, nurturing and listening to your big, beautiful brain.

Health Coach Institute

When thinking about mental self-care consider:

• Are you making enough time for activities that mentally stimulate you?
  • Examples
    • Reading or Listening to audiobooks
    • Memorizing poems.
    • Puzzles
• What are you doing to help you maintain or improve your mental health?
  • Examples
    • Therapy
    • Taking care of yourself physically and emotionally

Magick in the Mundane

Magickal Mental Self-Care Examples

• Incorporating magic into your mental self-care can be as simple as choosing magickal reading and listening materials.
• It can also be meditations to organize your thoughts and help you focus
  • (this is my personal favorite focus mediation.)
• Simple spell work could include writing out things that bring you joy or make you grateful to add to your altar
• Another simple ritual is writing out worries or things that are bringing your stress and burn the paper to help you let go of them.