Barbie's Guide to Life by Gina Meyers

 Barbie’s Guide To Life

What Might Barbie Do?

Lifestyle Choices

Here is a list in no particular order of things that promote health and wellness, incorporate a few into your daily routine and see how it goes.  

Go on a walk

Write a poem

Take up a hobby.

Write lyrics to a new song

Mindful breathing

Nature walking

Style a new outfit

Try a new exercise

Organize your closet

Try a new face mask.

Make a recipe.

Read a book. 

Bake a cake (gluten-free, low sugar)

Make a healthy smoothie

Be kind, kindness is FREE

Take a mental health day

Wear your pajamas all day.

Turn off your cell phone for an hour.

Take a power nap.

Try a new activity.

Organize your work space.

Take a cold shower.

Read a book.

Go to bed early. 

Try yoga.

Watch your favorite movie.

Listen to a guided meditation.

Cook yourself your favorite meal.

How about Chinese takeout as a treat?

Write in your gratitude journal.

Stretch.

Ideas for Healthy Thinking

Create a Dreamboard with pictures of your DREAM Life.

Make peace with the past.

Don’t worry about others opinions, beat to your own drummer.

Face your fears. (FEARS= False Evidence Appearing Real)

Visualize the life you want and take steps to make it happen.

Have an attitude of Gratitude.

Talk to a counselor or therapist if you need to work out emotional & mental health issues. 

Process the past with either a trusted friend or a trusted therapist.

Go out into nature and explore.

Pack a picnic lunch for your day excursion.

Take precautions, water, a flashlight, tennis shoes or hiking boots, cell phone and charger, backpack, change of clothes, a snack, bear spray, flea and tick spray, sunscreen, a hat, a sleeping bag, if going alone, tell someone where you are going, even telling Weird Barbie is okay. 

If driving yourself, make sure your car is fully charge or has a full tank of gas. 

Bring a trash bag and gloves and help clean up nature, forest.

Be in the moment, self-care is part of the experience of being outdoors. 

Barbie’s Questions to ponder:(jot  your thoughts and  ideas down) 

Biggest inspiration in my life is:

Most prized possession is:

I am learning today that:

What I need to let go of: 

If someone gifted me $15,000 what would I do with it?

What does your Barbie Dreamhouse look like?