Anxiety and depression have ricocheted over the past two years due to the global pandemic, economic hardship and unprovoked international warfare. Massive shifts will occur in your own overall mood when you firmly establish a healthy sleep routine and sensible morning eating habits.
- Sleep: To function efficiently and for daily self-healing, a solid, stable sleep routine. is needed. Your rise-and-shine time must be the same each day. Sadly, you cannot ‘catch up” on your sleep. Waking up at a regular time daily can rectify many aspects of your perceived anxiety and depression. First-hand proof of this is evident in happy, playful children who sleep and eat on a regular schedule. If their schedule is off, children tend to become more irritable and unmanageable. Adults operate in much the same way! Your bodily system, which balances your positive and negative emotions is tied to your circadian rhythm.
- Breakfast: Set the tone for balanced hormones and psychological wellness with a healthy breakfast each day. For instance, if you drink coffee and eat carbohydrates, you can send our body into a blood sugar spike. You will then suffer the big crash afterwards, which is why you reach for the next coffee and sugar donuts around 10 a.m. This impacts your mood greatly. Indeed, the body cannot be reset again until you have your next night’s sleep. This does not bode well for the rest of the day once this pattern sets in. Breakfast should be eaten soon after rising and it needs to contain healthy fats and quality protein to slow down your digestion. Sugars and simple carbs digest too quickly and cause the blood sugar spike and subsequent dip. Reach out for support in balancing these two critical areas of your life. Anxiety and depression are positively affected by just these two things!