the morning routine that is healing my nervous system (as a stressed girlie) — Transcript

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1. 0:00[Music]
2. 0:27I gorgeous.
3. 0:30[Music]
4. 0:36I've been wanting to film a video like
5. 0:38this in so long. I was going to sleep
6. 0:39last night and I was like, "Okay, it's
7. 0:40time. I need to just bring you along for
8. 0:42my morning routine because I have very,
9. 0:45what's the word I'm looking for?
10. 0:46Meticulously, purposefully curated a
11. 0:48morning routine that sets me up for a
12. 0:50good day. especially mostly what we're
13. 0:52focusing on today, designing a morning
14. 0:54routine that focuses specifically on
15. 0:55nervous system regulation and just like
16. 0:58trying to set myself up for the best day
17. 0:59because since getting this ordering and
18. 1:01seeing my stress levels, my body's
19. 1:03stress levels, not even my brain's
20. 1:05stress levels, my body's stress levels,
21. 1:07I was like, "Oh, really just propelled
22. 1:09me into this nervous system research and
23. 1:11wanting to learn so much about it and
24. 1:13trying to implement exercises and
25. 1:15certain things to teach my body that
26. 1:17it's calm because apparently the way
27. 1:18I've been living isn't promoting or
28. 1:20giving me a a calm nervous system and
29. 1:22that's what we want. So, I thought I
30. 1:24could just bring you along for
31. 1:25everything. It's not like anything
32. 1:27crazy, not things that are really hard
33. 1:28to do because I know myself and I won't
34. 1:30do them. Let's pop you here. I'm just
35. 1:32making myself fresh ginger tea.
36. 1:34Obviously, you don't have to make it
37. 1:35fresh cuz it can be a little
38. 1:36timeconuming. Probably pre pre-make it
39. 1:38as well and then just heat it up. I just
40. 1:40cut some fresh ginger, pop it in some
41. 1:42water, and then just like let it simmer
42. 1:43for 10 minutes to let it all steep. I've
43. 1:46been doing this every morning recently.
44. 1:48It's nice and warming. It's that ginger
45. 1:49kick. It feels like it's doing really
46. 1:51good things.
47. 1:54No, that's good. Let's take you outside.
48. 1:56Okay. Well, you can see the cloud
49. 1:57coverage that we've got. First thing I
50. 1:59do every single morning without a doubt,
51. 2:00like I will not I will not break this
52. 2:02for anything is open up the blinds and
53. 2:04see natural light. Tell my body gently
54. 2:06that it's that it's morning. Seeing
55. 2:07natural light and then if possible going
56. 2:09outside and just feeling the sunshine on
57. 2:11your face to set up my circadian rhythm
58. 2:13for the rest of the day, for the first
59. 2:1430 minutes of the day as well, I do not
60. 2:16touch my phone. It stays on charge and I
61. 2:17do not I do not touch it. Ideally more
62. 2:19but normally around 30 minutes is
63. 2:21realistic. And then yeah, as you saw,
64. 2:23I've just kind of like potted around by
65. 2:24opening up all the blinds, washing my
66. 2:26face, putting my SPF on, doing my tongue
67. 2:28scrape or brushing my teeth. Another
68. 2:29thing that I have been doing when I'm
69. 2:32brushing my teeth humming kind of like a
70. 2:33deep hum like a I feel silly doing it,
71. 2:37but like when you can feel it in your
72. 2:38chest, they're like, "Wait, I've got
73. 2:40stage fright. I'm like embarrassed to do
74. 2:42it on the internet, but you know, just
75. 2:43like a deep hum. I've been doing that
76. 2:44when I'm brushing my teeth." So, it's
77. 2:46like 2 minutes and I'll hum. And that's
78. 2:48apparently supposed to calm your vag
79. 2:50nerve, which is huge in nervous system
80. 2:52regulation. Apparently, once I was told
81. 2:54about it, I was like, "Hey, can't hurt
82. 2:56to try it." And then after you brush
83. 2:57your teeth, doing like 20 30 seconds of
84. 2:59goggling afterwards. Also is good for
85. 3:00your Vegas nerve. Then I'll make my
86. 3:01ginger tea and come outside and usually
87. 3:04the sun is out. So, I'll try and sit
88. 3:06here for like 10 15 minutes and just
89. 3:07like get a bit of sunshine and get get a
90. 3:09bit of vitamin D cuz it just puts me in
91. 3:11the best mood just sitting here and like
92. 3:12feeling the sun on my skin. I'm no
93. 3:13better than a plant. I'm watering myself
94. 3:15and getting sunshine. So, and then I
95. 3:18like to kind of sit in stillness for a
96. 3:19bit. I feel like I used to be like, "Oh
97. 3:21yeah, I won't go on my phone. I'll wake
98. 3:23up and see normal light, blah blah
99. 3:24blah." I would maybe play some music or
100. 3:26pop a YouTube video on as I'm making my
101. 3:28tea and kind of like pottering around
102. 3:30the house. And one thing that I've been
103. 3:31really trying to focus on the most is
104. 3:33doing one thing at a time. If I'm in the
105. 3:35kitchen making my tea, that is what I'm
106. 3:37doing. I'm not multitasking by listening
107. 3:40to something. Do you know what I mean?
108. 3:41Like watching something in the
109. 3:42background. I've been trying my best to
110. 3:44just do one thing at a time cuz I often
111. 3:46feel quite overwhelmed and I think often
112. 3:48what is doing that to me the most is
113. 3:49because I'm trying to do like five
114. 3:50things at once and so I've just been
115. 3:52trying to focus on the task the thing
116. 3:54that I'm doing. Good morning.
117. 3:57You're so cute. Yeah, I'll normally come
118. 3:59outside, sit in the sun. I've got my
119. 4:02gratefuls journal. This one's just the
120. 4:045minute journal. So it has a few
121. 4:05prompts. It says I'm grateful for what
122. 4:07would make today great. Daily
123. 4:08affirmation. Oh my gosh, the sun. See,
124. 4:10this is why I normally sit that way.
125. 4:11Then I'm not squinting. Should I move?
126. 4:13I'm going to move cuz I'm just going to
127. 4:15be closing my eyes. But yeah, I'll
128. 4:16normally just sit out here and breathe.
129. 4:18Just like some big deep breaths in, big
130. 4:20deep breaths out. I'll also do some EFT
131. 4:22tapping. I'll start here and then I'll
132. 4:24go here, here, here, and then on top of
133. 4:27my head here. Feels so silly doing it.
134. 4:31And then on my chest as well. And I'll
135. 4:33just like go around in those motions.
136. 4:35I'll just keep repeating that whilst
137. 4:37doing some deep breathing. like big deep
138. 4:39breaths in really like fill up the belly
139. 4:41and then exhale everything out. I try
140. 4:43and exhale for longer than What is
141. 4:46Harvey chewing? Harvey was the squeaky
142. 4:49bit of plastic from his toy. But yeah,
143. 4:51exhaling for more than I'm inhaling.
144. 4:53Apparently also your heart rate rises as
145. 4:55you inhale and then lowers as you
146. 4:57exhale. So a deep breath in and then a
147. 4:59really long exhale out is really good.
148. 5:01So yeah, I'll usually just sit here for
149. 5:0210 to 15 minutes and do my breathing.
150. 5:05just kind of like have a moment of
151. 5:07stillness in the morning. Sets you up
152. 5:09for a good point. Whatever kind of day
153. 5:10you're having, I'll also sometimes,
154. 5:12which it's one of those things like it's
155. 5:14not embarrassing when you're doing it
156. 5:15yourself, but when someone's around you
157. 5:18or when you're filming it, it becomes
158. 5:19embarrassing. But I will also just sit
159. 5:21here with my eyes closed breathing and I
160. 5:23will tell myself I'm safe. Um cuz
161. 5:26apparently my body doesn't believe it.
162. 5:27Doing butterfly taps or the little
163. 5:29sequence that I was showing before and
164. 5:31I'll just breathe and I'll just say I'm
165. 5:33safe. I am safe. I am safe body. I am
166. 5:38safe. Just as a bit of an affirmation
167. 5:40and just to try and re reiterate to my
168. 5:42body that it is safe and that we are
169. 5:44starting the day from a safe
170. 5:47calm
171. 5:48kind of place. Apparently our cortisol
172. 5:50is the highest in the morning as well.
173. 5:52So the most we can do in the morning to
174. 5:54keep that low the better. And then I
175. 5:56also do my gratefuls as well. So I'm
176. 5:57going to sit out here, feel the sunshine
177. 5:59on my skin, do my tapping, my breathing,
178. 6:02my affirmations, my gratefuls. It sounds
179. 6:05silly, but at first I found it not
180. 6:07challenging, but I found it just like,
181. 6:08oh, just get this done. Just get it done
182. 6:10so I can like get along with my day. But
183. 6:11now I love doing it. Like I sit out here
184. 6:13and I'm just like I don't want it to end
185. 6:14cuz it's just like the most me time and
186. 6:16like filling my own cup. The quote of
187. 6:18the day because every single day you get
188. 6:20like a little quote from someone at the
189. 6:21top of the page. And today's is in a
190. 6:23gentle way you can shake the world.
191. 6:26[Music]
192. 6:41Time to get out of my PJs.
193. 6:44[Music]
194. 6:50I washed my hair last night and then
195. 6:52went straight to bed and it is looking
196. 6:54good. I'm going to walk the boys now.
197. 6:55Not only for them, obviously they love
198. 6:57it, but sematic exercises wise, walking
199. 6:59is incredible for just like clearing
200. 7:01everything, getting everything moving.
201. 7:02So, and walking is just one of my
202. 7:04favorite things in the world. Honestly,
203. 7:05I don't think I've ever been in a bad
204. 7:06mood after a walk. I need some
205. 7:09deodorant. I showed this in a vlog a
206. 7:10couple of weeks ago. Wild Now does roll
207. 7:12on deodorants. This is obviously the
208. 7:14cutest bee case in the world, but they
209. 7:16did recently send me a new I think these
210. 7:17are limited edition cases. This is the
211. 7:19original refillable cases that you've
212. 7:21probably seen before. These are the roll
213. 7:23on. Most bathroom products I feel like
214. 7:25that we use are throwaway products. So
215. 7:27you use them once and then you throw
216. 7:28them out. And so Wild's main mission is
217. 7:30to create products that disrupt that
218. 7:32throwaway culture of single-use things.
219. 7:34You get your refills. This is my new
220. 7:35scent. It is wildflower bloom which
221. 7:37feels perfect for spring. This is the
222. 7:39coconut and vanilla which is just like
223. 7:41so good. Like who doesn't want to smell
224. 7:42like coconut and vanilla? I also didn't
225. 7:44explain. This is what you get as the
226. 7:45refill. And that is completely
227. 7:46compostable. And each refill saves 30 g
228. 7:50of plastic as At the end of the day,
229. 7:51everything we put on our skin is going
230. 7:52into our body. So, I just like to be
231. 7:54very aware of what I'm putting on my
232. 7:56skin, specifically my underarms as well.
233. 7:58It's all very connected. There's no
234. 7:59aluminium salts, there's no parabens,
235. 8:01vegan and cruelty-free, and they're also
236. 8:02suitable for sensitive skin. They do
237. 8:04have specific sensitive skin ones, but
238. 8:06I've never had any problems. Oh my gosh,
239. 8:08that smells so good. I feel like
240. 8:09probably most people's resistance with
241. 8:12natural deodorants is that they don't
242. 8:13want to smell, which is really valid.
243. 8:15But these are actually scientifically
244. 8:16proven to last for 24 hours. I'll pop a
245. 8:18little QR code that you can scan that
246. 8:19will take you straight there. But I do
247. 8:20also have a discount code always. It's
248. 8:22just so familiar. I'll pop everything in
249. 8:23description box and like link it all if
250. 8:25you're interested in trying it out. But
251. 8:26huge fan of Wild and the fact that
252. 8:28they're doing rollons. Big move. Anyway,
253. 8:31I am going to take the boys for a walk.
254. 8:33We normally go for like 20 minutes.
255. 8:34Nothing crazy, but it just gets them
256. 8:35outside and it gets me outside. So, it's
257. 8:38a win for everyone.
258. 8:44[Music]
259. 9:07Something that's always stayed very
260. 9:09consistent with me is that I'm a
261. 9:10breakfast girl. It's a huge part of my
262. 9:13morning and I always try and eat within
263. 9:15roughly 60 minutes of waking. Sometimes
264. 9:17it's earlier, sometimes it's a bit
265. 9:18later, but roughly I love to eat within
266. 9:2060 minutes of waking. I've noticed such
267. 9:22a change in my skin, just how my body
268. 9:25feels really. I feel like I don't feel
269. 9:26as like uh like I just the best way I
270. 9:28can describe is that it feels like it's
271. 9:30grounding my body for the day. If I
272. 9:31don't have breakfast,
273. 9:33I'm a mess. I like I can't focus on
274. 9:35anything. My current breakfast fixation
275. 9:37that I've been having for the last few
276. 9:39weeks, I went off my pancake, which is
277. 9:41huge news if you've been around here for
278. 9:42a while. One day I just ate it and I was
279. 9:44like, "Something's different." And it it
280. 9:46wasn't different. It was just me. But
281. 9:47recently, I've just been quite lazy with
282. 9:49breakfast. I've just been doing boiled
283. 9:51eggs and then I do a little yogurt pure
284. 9:53berry yogurt bowl kind of thing cuz I
285. 9:55always want a little bit of savory and a
286. 9:56little bit of sweet. And this has just
287. 9:57kind of been like getting that done for
288. 9:59me recently. But I also like to get 30 g
289. 10:01roughly of protein in my breakfast. So
290. 10:04I'll do eggs, three eggs, or I'll do two
291. 10:06eggs with a bit of protein powder in my
292. 10:09little yogurt bowl. While they're
293. 10:10boiling, I make my own cuz I like the
294. 10:13cheese seeds to sit for a bit and really
295. 10:14like soak up. This is another thing that
296. 10:16I have to work on it every single day
297. 10:17because every single day I want to put a
298. 10:19YouTube video up or listen to something
299. 10:21whilst I'm making breakfast. I just got
300. 10:22in such a habit of always laying
301. 10:24something and never just doing one thing
302. 10:26at a time. So, this is another example
303. 10:27of doing one thing at a time. I'm just
304. 10:29making my breakfast. I can think about
305. 10:31everything that I need to do today and
306. 10:33just like feel things and not constantly
307. 10:35kind of be distracting myself with
308. 10:37something so that I'm not actually
309. 10:39feeling my emotions because one of the
310. 10:40biggest things for me, you can't talk
311. 10:42yourself into a better nervous system is
312. 10:44feeling it. You can't conceptualize it.
313. 10:46You, you know, you can't try and like
314. 10:48logic your way out of it, which is what
315. 10:49I often try and do. You can't try and
316. 10:51outsmart it. Like you actually just have
317. 10:53to do the work and it actually takes so
318. 10:55much time. Like it's something that I'm
319. 10:57never going to just be like done. And
320. 10:58like now I can stop doing all of my
321. 11:00little things and exercises because I'm
322. 11:02I'm all good now. I feel like it's
323. 11:03constantly something I'm going to have
324. 11:04to work on cuz I just feel like the
325. 11:06world that we live in is almost quite
326. 11:07disregulating. So it's trying to kind of
327. 11:10like design a life or kind of trying to
328. 11:12tailor your life as much as possible to
329. 11:14support your nervous system. Whether
330. 11:15that's stopping certain things. I used
331. 11:17to work out on an empty stomach all the
332. 11:19time and that is just something I can't
333. 11:20do anymore. And I feel like after a
334. 11:22while of doing it, you learn what your
335. 11:23body actually reacts well to and you
336. 11:26actually feel a difference with certain
337. 11:27things. I'm not making my yoga ball and
338. 11:29these are these are boiling. I need to I
339. 11:30really try to logic my way out of it. If
340. 11:34I just think this, if I just think this,
341. 11:35but it's the body and like actually
342. 11:37getting into the body. Feel like I'm
343. 11:38doing an awful job at explaining it, but
344. 11:40I feel like it's just kind of like a
345. 11:41constant thing that I will always work
346. 11:43on because it's just getting your body
347. 11:45into that state of actually feeling safe
348. 11:48and not your brain. Like it's easy
349. 11:49enough to distract yourself or yeah, try
350. 11:52and logic your way out of it, but
351. 11:53unfortunately that is not how it works.
352. 11:55I've just put chia seeds and psy into my
353. 11:58bowl. And then I'll put a bit of water
354. 11:59or milk in with that just to kind of
355. 12:00like soak it all up. This is where I
356. 12:02normally put protein powder in, but I'm
357. 12:04out of my protein powder.
358. 12:08I'm out of raspberries. It's actually so
359. 12:10sad. Look how sad this looks. And then
360. 12:12instead of just eating my true Brazil
361. 12:13nuts, wo, I have been crushing it up as
362. 12:15a little bit of a crunch.
363. 12:18[Music]
364. 12:25[Music]
365. 12:43[Music]
366. 12:49[Music]
367. 12:57[Music]
368. 13:05This is the best color of the day. I ran
369. 13:07out of my M. No, not yesterday. The day
370. 13:10before. So, I literally couldn't have
371. 13:13one. It was really sad. So, I ordered
372. 13:16one for myself straight away. My dad
373. 13:18texted me and he was like, "Have you are
374. 13:19you out?" And I was like, "Yes." It's
375. 13:20nothing like a fresh packet. Look at
376. 13:23that.
377. 13:25I'm so excited cuz I know when yesterday
378. 13:27I feel like this is like I don't know.
379. 13:28I've looked forward to this for so long.
380. 13:29The daily question of what what cup am I
381. 13:32going today? Cuz it does change the
382. 13:33whole experience. I think I'm going to
383. 13:35go to this one. My little bees. So glad
384. 13:37that gym workout is done. It wasn't even
385. 13:39bad. It wasn't a bad workout, but I was
386. 13:40just like not feeling bad. I just didn't
387. 13:42want to do it. I also do not by any
388. 13:44means do a workout every single day. I
389. 13:46feel like I do one maybe three times a
390. 13:48week and that's like tops at the moment.
391. 13:50I'll always walk. Sorry, this is going
392. 13:52to get loud. Always go for my walks, but
393. 13:54in terms of
394. 13:56working out definitely try and strength
395. 13:58train
396. 13:59I want to say three times a week.
397. 14:01Sometimes I'm really good and I do like
398. 14:02four and sometimes I do zero or one. But
399. 14:05it's just something I'm like I'm not
400. 14:06trying to be hard on hard about myself
401. 14:08on. I also very much train with my
402. 14:10cycle. So I'm currently in my follicular
403. 14:11phase. I might train a little bit harder
404. 14:13or push myself a little bit more in that
405. 14:15phase and then more so in the ludal I'll
406. 14:18do things like Pilates or just more
407. 14:20walking and just kind of like trying to
408. 14:22work with work with my body. I will say
409. 14:24cuz I had a coffee yesterday and I was
410. 14:27so I just felt really jittery afterwards
411. 14:30and I forgot how I used to feel like
412. 14:32that more times than not with drinking
413. 14:34coffee and I just I just feel like I'm
414. 14:35so used to not feeling like that because
415. 14:36of drinking matcha now that yeah I
416. 14:38forgot how big of a difference the
417. 14:40switch made to how I felt for the rest
418. 14:42of the day. Even though I still love
419. 14:43coffee, I still do. I do love it. The
420. 14:45way that this makes me feel compared to
421. 14:46it is astronomical. You ready?
422. 14:52Yeah.
423. 14:54Mhm. Oh, I missed this. I'm not joking
424. 14:56when I say that this is one of my
425. 14:58favorite parts of my morning. Okay, and
426. 15:00that pretty much wraps up. Whoa. Pretty
427. 15:02much wraps up my morning routine. I
428. 15:04normally just sit down and start my
429. 15:06to-do list. Usually just on my laptop.
430. 15:08One of the biggest things I've been
431. 15:09trying to rewire is constantly being so
432. 15:11busy or kind of like wanting to be so
433. 15:13busy all the time being like, I have so
434. 15:15much to do. I have so much to do. Like I
435. 15:16really try and come into my day being
436. 15:17like, all right, what are the top three
437. 15:19things? And then if there's more, then I
438. 15:20can just focus on them after I've done
439. 15:21the first three. But I feel like I would
440. 15:23write down like 20 plus to-do list and
441. 15:25then be like I have so much on. I have
442. 15:26so much to do. Really just trying to
443. 15:28like not make my identity being busy for
444. 15:30so long. And even morning routines in
445. 15:32general, I feel like it was such a thing
446. 15:33a few years ago to be like hustle, you
447. 15:35know, be up at sunrise and like getting
448. 15:37so many things done, which obviously
449. 15:39it's a season. And obviously things work
450. 15:42work differently for different people,
451. 15:43but I think for me that was not doing
452. 15:45anything good. I don't need to do that.
453. 15:46I will now always prioritize sleep and
454. 15:49taking even if it's 5 10 minutes out of
455. 15:51my day just to have stillness. I also
456. 15:53saw something on TikTok a couple days
457. 15:54ago which I really liked and it was if
458. 15:56you feel like you know things like
459. 15:57journaling and trying to logic your way
460. 15:59out of it is doing nothing. Things that
461. 16:01can actually get you into your body and
462. 16:03just more so out of your brain and into
463. 16:05your body is when you go on a walk every
464. 16:07single person that you pass on your walk
465. 16:08try and think of a really nice thing
466. 16:10about them. So whether that was they
467. 16:12have a really nice smile or they walk
468. 16:14really confidently or their style is
469. 16:16nice like they're wearing a nice outfit
470. 16:17or something. I think he was saying
471. 16:18something along the lines of like it's
472. 16:20rewiring yourself to not see every
473. 16:23single person as some sort of a threat.
474. 16:24I don't know. I just saw it and I was
475. 16:25like I really like that. Also something
476. 16:27I was taught was to have three anchors
477. 16:29in your day. So in the morning whether
478. 16:31that's doing your breathing or sematic
479. 16:32exercises or like shaking out your body
480. 16:34and like literally like getting into
481. 16:36your body visibly shaking it all out
482. 16:37saying affirmations that kind of thing
483. 16:39doing three times a day. So, in the
484. 16:40morning, midday to almost like recenter
485. 16:42yourself and then at the end of the day
486. 16:44as well. Sometimes I don't even feel my
487. 16:45body and then I'll check. I didn't have
488. 16:47to really check my sleep score last
489. 16:49night. What was it? It's loading. 91.
490. 16:53Nice. Sometimes I check the app and I
491. 16:54can see that my stress has like gone up
492. 16:56and then after I've done just some
493. 16:58breathing or got up and just kind of
494. 17:00like had a second, I'll see it drop
495. 17:01down. Anyway, that is pretty much my
496. 17:03morning routine that is very simple but
497. 17:05has practices in it to hopefully work on
498. 17:07my nervous system and just keeping it at
499. 17:09a place where it's not stressed out all
500. 17:11the time. But if you do have any any
501. 17:13more tips, I'm always I always want to
502. 17:15know that. Learning about the nervous
503. 17:16system is really something I've only
504. 17:18kind of gotten into in the last year
505. 17:20maybe. And I'm so glad I started to
506. 17:22learn about it because it's so
507. 17:23interesting and I didn't even realize
508. 17:24how much of a heightened state that I
509. 17:26was living at or in. And I feel like so
510. 17:28many people are and it's hard. It's hard
511. 17:30not to in the world we live in. Anyway,
512. 17:31it feels weird to just end the video
513. 17:32here because normally when I'm filming,
514. 17:33I film for a week or at least a day. But
515. 17:35I really hope you enjoyed watching. I
516. 17:37love talking about all of this stuff so
517. 17:39much. So, I hope it was somewhat
518. 17:40interesting. I really want to do my
519. 17:41night routine as well. It's been pivotal
520. 17:43in improving my sleep. So, I'll
521. 17:45definitely post that one soon, too.
522. 17:46Anyway, I need to stop talking because
523. 17:47this isn't a vlog. But, I hope you
524. 17:48enjoyed and I will see you next week.