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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Allow your vulnerability – it’s a strength…allow your tears to fall and your heart to shine – it’s the best way we can connect as humans and feel less alone </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Allow yourself to ‘turn up whole’ and trust that it’s all part of the process. This also means acknowledging that it’s okay to have ‘dark’ thoughts and uncomfortable emotions</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Breathe - It’s normal to feel that you have no stability when you are going through such a process of immense change, but it will settle down and get easier to manage </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Find a safe environment eg. with a therapist or in a group, to help you work through trauma when it arises to be healed. Releasing your emotions; verbally, physically and in any other way necessary is vital</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Focus on your self care - Getting physical exercise / being in nature / eating wholesome food and getting plenty of sleep is important. Initially, some prescribed medications may be necessary to help you manage your life</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Avoid stimulants (alcohol / drugs / caffeine / processed foods, especially sugar) </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join a support group – this can be an online forum / it helps not to isolate yourself. Try to find at least one person you trust where you can openly talk about your experiences without fear of being judged</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reduce stress wherever possible; both at home and work </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reduce spiritual practices, as this can make your experience more intense</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen to calming or uplifting music, and also listening to the sounds of nature can be helpful</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Relationships - spend time with supportive people, and distance yourself from ones that feel stressful</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative self expression is helpful when you find talking difficult, eg. drawing, painting, poetry, music, drumming, sculpture, singing</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you are already taking prescribed medication, it is not advisable to reduce or stop this without clinical guidance</span></li>
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