Tips for Life with Social Distancing
With the current reality of social distancing, quarantine, and isolation, it is easy to neglect all aspects of health and lose a sense of normalcy. Patients have been asking for resources to stay active, maintain a routine, and live a fulfilling life under these stressful circumstances. Because of this, I’ve listed some resources below to help guide the mind, body, and spirit to sustain a productive life with social distancing.
PIH publishes new health and wellness resources daily from different scopes of practice.
Partners in Health (PIH) is a multidisciplinary organization whose mission is to provide affordable, quality healthcare and resources to underserved populations.
In these uncertain times, people are spending most of their day inside their own homes. This monotony can be challenging, especially to those who already struggle with mental health. PIH has published the article 10 Mental Health Tips for Coronavirus Social Distancing to help those struggling with the times.
Click the hyperlink above to read more, but listed below are their 10 tips.
1) Social distancing does not mean emotional distancing; use technology to connect widely;
2) Clear routines and schedule, seven days a week, at home—don’t go overboard;
3) Exercise and physical activity, daily if possible;
4) Learning and intellectual engagement—books, reading, limited internet;
5) Positive family time—working to counter negativity;
6) Alone time, outside if possible, but inside too; but remember, don’t isolate;
7) Focused meditation and relaxation;
8) Remember the things that you really enjoy doing, that you can do in this situation, and find a way to do them;
9) Limit exposure to TV and internet news; choose small windows and then find ways to cleanse yourself of it;
10) Bathe daily, if possible, to reinforce the feeling of cleanliness.
EdX offers courses as broad as Microeconomics & Business to specific topics like Creating a Digital Culture Heritage Community.
If you’re looking for different ways to mentally stimulate or intellectually engage, edX is a Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology created online learning platform that offers over 2500 FREE courses from more than 140 different institutions.
Participating institutions include:
Boston University
Stanford University
Georgetown University
Columbia University
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California, Berkeley
University of British Columbia
Stemming from a magazine subscription, SELF has branched out to all forms of social media and web platforms to improve accessibility for their clientele.
In a time where all gyms and fitness studios are closed, there is more and more information released every day involving at-home workouts. There are a plethora of options, both paid and complimentary, to the point that deciding can be overwhelming.
SELF is a wellness brand that pushes people to “feel better” by means of inclusivity, accuracy, and empathy, particularly through fitness and health. The brand recently published a resource titled The 12 Best At-Home Workouts You Can Do Without Any Equipment.
A free app available on the App Store and Google Play, Libby brings the library to your mobile device.
One of the most recommended ways to stay intellectually engaged is to finally pick up those books that have been sitting untouched on your bookshelf. But what if you don’t have a bookshelf? Or what if you would rather listen to an audiobook?
Libby, a FREE app by Rakuten OverDrive, allows you to sign in to multiple libraries with one or more cards to borrow digital books and audiobooks.
It does work like a physical library in that you have to request holds, extend loans, etc.
Within minutes you, you can have the app downloaded with new rentals in your bank!
A mainstay in American publishing, the Times has been very active and churning out new information regarding this COVID-19 pandemic.
Everyone should be familiar with the New York Times, at least in the United States. The Times publishes articles daily on a myriad of subjects. Hyperlinked below are two articles to support both physical and mental health.
This publishing is friendly for everyone - old and young, overweight or fit, etc. It is geared towards calming the mind and strengthening the body.
This article walks you through a crash course on how to meditate, specifically to reduce stress, increase calmness and clarity, while promoting happiness.
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