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10 DAYS OF SELF-CARE - DAY 7: Nourish

Welcome to our Day 7 of our "10 days of self-care" & thank you for putting you first & joining us. Today, we are going to be exploring nutrition and finding out the importance of nutrition with an ostomy, as well as sharing some links to existing blog posts we have on food & drink.

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10 DAYS OF SELF-CARE - DAY 6: Journal

Welcome to our Day 6 of our "10 days of self-care" & thank you for putting you first & joining us. Today, we are going to put some time aside to rest and discover journaling which has been found to be a great form of self-care, and the benefits of journaling. We are sending you the warmest wishes for 2023! Let's keep getting  ourselves set up in the right way for the year. 

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10 DAYS OF SELF-CARE - DAY 5: Rest

Welcome to our Day 5, also New Years Day, of our "10 days of self-care" & thank you for putting you first & joining us. Today, we are going to put some time aside to rest and discover the importance of rest, although as I'm sure a lot of people will know reading this, often, we find out why rest is important when it's too late! 

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10 DAYS OF SELF-CARE - DAY 4 : Meditate

 Welcome to our Day 4, also New Years Eve, of our "10 days of self-care" & thank you for putting you first & joining us. Today, we are going to have a go at something we mentioned in our "Listen" post yesterday: Meditation. Our focus is to find out what meditation is, why meditation can be beneficial and to also try a 1-minute mini-meditation, focused on relieving stress. 

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10 DAYS OF SELF-CARE - DAY 3 : Listen

Welcome to our Day 3 of our "10 days of self-care" & thank you for putting you first & joining us. Today, our focus will be on giving our eyes a break within our technology-heavy world. Try to set 15 minutes a time to try one of the ideas below. With our focus being to give your eyes a break, this blog post isn't going to be a long one!

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10 DAYS OF SELF-CARE - DAY 2: Read

Welcome to our Day 2 of our "10 days of self-care" & thank you for putting you first & joining us. Today, put just 15 minutes aside (or more if you can) to get cosy, make a warm drink & embark on a new journey. Whether you're an avid reader or have needed a prompt to reach for a book again, we are going to share some of the benefits of reading.

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10 DAYS OF SELF-CARE - DAY 1: Breathe

Welcome to our "10 days of self-care" & thank you for putting you first & joining us. We recently told you about our 10 days of self-care, which we are now starting with Day 1, running up to (and including) Day 10 which will be Friday 6th January 2023. We hope you had a lovely Christmas and now, it's time for some you time every day for the rest of the year and to kick start your 2023.

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Christmas food with a stoma

With Christmas being so close (it's Christmas Day in just a few days), it can be a time of anxiety and apprehension if you have an ostomy, especially if you're new to the ostomy world & this is your first ostomy Christmas. Daily routines change & everything gets mixed up, you forget what day it is & can find the changes hard, especially trying to navigate them with a stoma.

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