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Have you ever had one of those days where you felt like your mind and body are

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conspiring against you?

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You already don't feel well, and now your mind starts joining in on the party.

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You're starting to think, ugh, all these bad thoughts.

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Today, my friend, we're talking about this connection between the mind and the body.

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How, when we're not feeling our best, it can so easily affect our mental state.

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I promise you this, is that by the end of today's episode, you will discover

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five awesome tools to help you handle these difficult days.

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And that is all inside of today's episode, my friend. I look forward to seeing you inside.

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Welcome to episode 343.

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Yo, are you ready to flip the script on life? Because those bad days,

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they're just doors to better days. And that's exactly what we do here at Grit,

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Grace, and Inspiration.

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Your host, Kevin Lowe. He's been flipping the script on his own life,

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turning over 20 years of being completely blind into straight-up inspiration,

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motivation, and encouragement just for you.

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So, kick back, relax, and let me introduce you to your host, Kevin Lowe.

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I want to share with you the inspiration for today's topic.

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But before I do, I want you to understand that I'm talking about myself here,

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but I want you to think of yourself because what inspired today's episode is a couple of weeks ago,

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I had a few days where I wasn't doing real great.

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I was feeling off. There was some issues related to some of my medical issues.

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And what always happens is even though I know it's temporary,

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I can't help but find myself going into almost like a depressed state.

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I start thinking about all these things from the negative.

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From a guy who is all about the glass being half full, if not overflowing,

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I instead start seeing that glass is bone dry. I don't know if you can relate.

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Maybe it's a day you just wake up on the wrong side of the bed.

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It's an afternoon that just doesn't go right. And maybe you're just not feeling your best.

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You're sick that day. You're having to go to work when you don't want to.

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And you can't help but find that your mental state is impacted by how you are feeling physically.

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Ironically enough, I'm recording today's episode later than normal.

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Yes, my amazing editor, Angela, can testify the fact that I am a few days late

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because I had another one of these instances hit me when it was time to record today's episode.

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Yes, it's being inspired by what happened a few weeks ago, but now it just hit

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me again. Another similar situation.

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And like before, I didn't feel well. So then what happens? Well,

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then my mind starts getting in the way.

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But here's the thing is that I've had this happen enough that I've come up with

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some strategies, some tactics, some tools to help me get through it.

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And I wanted to share those with you today in the hopes that it can be a help to you.

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So when you find yourself in a situation like I'm talking about,

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when you're not feeling your best physically, your mental state is going down

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the drain, here's what I want you to do.

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First and foremost, I want you to listen to your body. I don't want you to push

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yourself beyond the limits.

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I want you to give yourself a break.

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If your body's telling you that you're tired, well, then maybe you need to sit

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down, take a little rest, take a little nap.

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I want you to listen to your body. Don't fight against it.

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Just be one with it. Number two, I want you to practice self-compassion.

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Yes, my friend, it is easy in these moments these days to beat ourselves up.

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We start talking bad about ourselves. We can't stand ourselves of why we feel

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like this, why we don't feel good.

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Why can't we be like, quote, everyone else?

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Instead, I want you to focus on giving yourself the grace to heal without judgment.

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It's okay that you're having this happen today. It's perfectly normal.

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I believe it's part of being a human.

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There's good days and there's bad days. My third little tool is to stay connected.

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I encourage you, even when you're feeling down and you don't feel like talking

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to anybody, I want you to reach out to somebody,

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Whether it's a close family member or a friend, somebody who's in your circle,

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somebody who knows you better than you know you, I want you to reach out to

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them. Send them a text message. Give them a call.

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Because even though you don't feel like talking to anybody right now,

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I promise it's going to help you.

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So, figure out who that person is, and you reach out to them.

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Don't try to get through these days alone.

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Now, my fourth little tip is what I'm going to call mindful movement.

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I'm not encouraging you to go out for a jog or to get on the elliptical machine

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and start pumping it out.

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No, you're not feeling good physically.

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You darn sure aren't feeling like doing anything mentally. And so instead,

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I encourage you just to do some meditation, some yoga, some gentle stretching,

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anything to start trying to move your body.

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Obviously, if you're sick, physically sick, give yourself the time to rest.

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All of these tactics, they play in with how you are feeling.

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So if you need the rest, I want you to take the time to rest.

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But if you're at that point where it's really more your mental state than anything

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else, well, this is so good for you. Get out and take a walk.

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It doesn't have to be far. You don't have to walk fast, but just get out and

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take a leisurely stroll.

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Anything to get you outside. Get your mind focused on things that aren't related to you in your life.

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And then my number five little tactic, a tool, whatever you want to call it.

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Is kind of goes right in line with the movement. It's your nutrition.

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Now, I get it. When we aren't feeling well, we're feeling depressed.

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I'm all about a pint of chunky monkey ice cream with a spoon just for you.

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But in reality, if it goes on for more than a day...

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We need to really start thinking about how can we really take care of ourselves.

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We need to start feeding ourselves the stuff that our body needs,

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getting good nutrition.

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Don't use this as a time to totally just ditch nutrition and go full in on junk

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food and getting drive-thrus.

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No, all that's going to do is end up making us feel worse.

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Not only is the food total crap, but we're going to end up, you know it,

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beating yourself up about what you just did.

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Why did I do that? Why do I always have to fall into this hole?

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You know exactly what I'm talking about.

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So instead, I encourage you to bust out some fruits and vegetables.

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Plan out a meal. Go to the grocery store. You can knock out two birds with one stone.

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Get you out and about. Plus picking up some good food for you to feed your body.

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You need good energy, especially when you're not feeling your best.

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Now, the biggest thing I want you to hear is that you're not alone.

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That I've been through this. I go through this.

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As somebody who has my own medical issues, well, I get it.

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And I go through this periodically. And I know it's temporary.

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And yet it still affects me.

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And I guarantee you that it affects you as well. And that's why you're listening to today's episode.

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So I want you to remember to give yourself a break, to please remind yourself

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that it's only temporary, that tomorrow is a new day, that you'll feel better

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tomorrow. You just have to get through today.

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And my hope is that at least one of these five tactics you can use to help make

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your day a little less horrible, to help you get through this day and so you

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can get back to living the life that you love to live.

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So to recap, to emphasize what I just said,

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The three biggest takeaways for today's episode was me wanting to be sure that

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you understood that you're not alone. You're not the only one.

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Number two, that these days don't last forever. But you will get through this,

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and tomorrow is a brand new day.

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And you will feel better soon enough.

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You know this. You've been through it before. You know that this is not forever. It's temporary.

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You know it. So just realize that it's going to be okay.

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And of course, number three takeaway is that hopefully one of the five strategies

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that have helped me can hopefully help you. If you need to hit rewind,

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listen to them again, well, then by all means do so.

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And hey, if anything else, if you would ever just love to have somebody to talk

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to, you don't ever hesitate to reach out to me. I know I'm just your podcast host.

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You don't know me. I don't know you. But you know what? It doesn't matter.

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I'm in your ears talking to you twice a week, every week. And so I would love to get to meet you.

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Inside of every episode's show notes, you will find a link.

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You can send me a voice message. You can also book a time for me and you to

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have a virtual coffee date.

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Whatever you want to do, the information is inside of today's show notes,

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as well as all over my website found at GritGraceInspiration.com.

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And with that, my friend, I hope today's episode helped you,

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encouraged you, inspired you, and maybe have you realizing that you're not the

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only one going through these hard times.

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Music.