Fifty Ways to Treat Yourself Kindly – Midtown Sacramento Counselor

Take 3 to 5 daily to promote good feelings.

1. Listen to music	26. Stretch
2. Take your vitamins	27. Shop for greeting cards
3. Play with your pet	28. Have some tea
4. Buy a silly magazine	29. Get out of town!
5. Get a massage	30. Read the funnies
6. Run through the streets	31. Text your nieces, nephews, cousins
7. Take a yoga class	32. Take a nap
8. Garden	33. Meditate, Pray
9. Change your sheets	34. Call an old friend
10. Take a tub	35. Drink water
11. Take a walk	36. Paint your toes
12. Get a simple manicure	37. Take up an instrument
13. Listen to guided imagery	38. Sit on the porch
14. Play with a child	39. Light the candles
15. Read for fun	40. Bring coffee to a friend
16. Take ten full breaths	41. Whistle
17. Cook something healthy	42. Blow bubbles
18. Wander over to a neighbors’	43. Shop the thrift stores
19. See a good movie	44. Build something
20. Eat something fun, like Jello	45. Look through the scrap books
21. Sing	46. Take pictures
22. Clean out a drawer	47. Climb a tree
23. Bake a pie	48. Run through the sprinklers
24. Write a thank you letter	49. Have a backyard picnic
25. Make blanket tents	50. Drink warm coco

In this moment now, extend kindness toward yourself.

Sharon Skelton, MFT www.midtown-counselor.com