The end of daylight savings time puts me on edge, as if the sieve of our lives has been sucked away. To counteract it, I've started a personal empowerment program to look the autumnal dimness square in the eye. Part of it involves a power walk through the woods. In hopes of finding inspiration for the final chapter of my upcoming book, I came up with this:
Trees - sentries of Nature, oxygen masks of man
Okay, so with a heart rate of 140 bpm, I thought it sounded good, but since it has nothing to do with anything, let's go on with the empowerment program itself:
As a SAD sufferer who lives near Munich, Germany, I have designed an empowerment program to get me through the winter months (and to help me finish my next book, The Power of Slow, by deadline!).
Bavaria is cold -- I mean really cold in the winter time. So come October, I have to get savvy about my self-care routine. My personal empowerment program includes:
--BlueMax light that simulates sunlight
--regular exercise routine (subsidized by my health care provider – I just LOVE Germany’s health care system)
--increased vitamin intake
--regular walks outside (despite the cold, the elements keep you tough, and grateful for the indoors once you reach them!)
--hot herbal tea in front of the fire (winter is, after all, the season of lights)
-scrapbooking – there is nothing like pictures of your summer vacation to remind you the sun does shine elsewhere
A lot of European spas have saunas, steam rooms and indoor pools to keep people warm throughout the winter. My gym has an entire wellness area, the very reason I am a member. Do you have a personal empowerment program? If yes, what is it?
