Working full time, raising the kids, preparing dinner and even balancing a social life can make for a stressful environment for any mother. Walking, reading and even listening to music can mean the difference between feeling exasperated by life’s daily grind. For a full-time mom, these small steps can boost energy levels, help with your mood and stave off any feelings of depression and guilt.
Read
Your job may require you to exert hours of mental energy and a good book can help you unwind after a long, arduous day. Find something you like. Relax your mind. Captivate your life inside the story lines and characters you meet. Reading will not only calm your mind, but teach you information you may have not known before.
If you find yourself back in school attending accredited online colleges, pleasure reading will help you to unwind. A pleasure read will give you a nice break and make for a funny, entertaining source that will cultivate your mind and inspire new ideas.
Exercise
Ask your husband to watch the kids. Ready your gym bag and hit the treadmill. Not only is exercise great for your body, a nice workout also helps reduce stress and boost confidence. Working out often helps you feel better about yourself, providing your body with the essential advantages it needs to stay healthy.
Just 30 minutes a day for four days a week can be enough to help you relax, stay happy and help you feel good about your body. Plus, your husband will also enjoy the extra tone in muscle and slimmer physique that your daily workouts help you obtain.
Listen to Music
Sometimes, you have one of those awful days you wish you can forget. Those days where you boss yells at you for no apparent reason or where you wind up hearing nonstop bickering between coworkers. After a rough day, throw on some headphones, turn up the volume and listen your favorite artist to help quell any negative emotions that may be brewing.
Lie Down
Find somewhere to lie down, close your eyes and relax. A simple form of meditation, just lying back on your favorite sofa could be enough to help you unwind from a long, grueling day at the office. When you do decide to lie down, close your eyes and just relax and think about nothing. That’s right, do not think about anything. Forget your problems and just relax.
Sources
Yahoo (2007)
She Knows (2012)
it has been a while since i have curled up with one of my books + it has been ages since i rendezvouz with my ipod! since the little man + i got sick, i am in dire need of rest + relaxation. hopefully i can do that before this month ends!
thanks for sharing this mommy! ^_^
I really need some time to relax, but I think having a massage is no. 1 on my list.
I hope my mom or nanay does it too. Cause she’s really got to do work. Sad but true. 🙁
I guess being a mom is the hardest profession so relaxing is a well deserved.
Will advise my mom to do the same! 😀
Being a mom is a hard work. They need some time to relax to be an efficient and effective mom. These are the best way to realx mind and body for moms. Thanks for sharing.
i agree with all of the above listed. i think we should add spa and shopping? 🙂
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These are great points. I’m sure being a mother can be really tasking yet fulfilling. Although I’m not a mother yet, I think it also applies to everyone — to also make time for relaxation. The body does need to rejuvenate regularly. 🙂
just wondering why “shopping” is not on the list? 😀
it’s my wife’s no.1 relaxation tip, i’m sure.
mom or nanay have to many work but pde pa rin naman mag relax
agree, as a mom u should set some time for yourself to do things u love…kahit one hour a day lng 😉
Everyone needs to relax every once in a while. It’s a no-brainer. 😀
I am a stay at home mom but I can do all of it everyday. sobrang relax pa nga at pahinga. but you are right ,every mom has to take time for herself. iwan muna mga kids ke hubby and go to the gym, go shopping alone or see some friends.
exercise is the best not only for stress release we can also be healthy and fit
listening to music makes all my stress go away. lalo na pag mga slow rnb 🙂
Great list here. Well, at least you can do like a couple of those simultaneously. E.g. doing your routine exercise while a suitable music is being played.
i wish i can just lie down and read my favorite book again, time, time, i need some time.
I’ll share this with friends who have children. They’ll surely appreciate this post.
Oops, I used the wrong account:
“I’ll share this with friends who have children. They’ll surely appreciate this post.”
I wish I could relax through reading. Currently I am so busy with being full time mom, WAHM and putting extra time in blogging.
I’ll share this to my mommy-friends. I agree! Moms should still have time to relax/enjoy because being mom is a hard and yet rewarding job. 🙂
These aren’t only helpful to moms. Dads can use them as well.
This is a nice tip for all the nanay out there. It’s time to relax. 🙂
Motherhood is not an easy task.
Actually, it’s the most difficult,
most stressful task in the world
yet at the end of the day… I realized that
it’s the most rewarding. BLOGGING is
a way to get my mind back to my senses.