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Lana Nahawi Shares Simple Self Care Exercises For Everyday

Lana Nahawi is an advocate for female empowerment and embodiment and has made it her purpose to help other women to express themselves, develop as people, and discover their strengths and themselves in a calm and safe environment. She does away with labels such as “Super Mom” or “Girl Boss,” as she finds they are restricting and only portray a singular aspect of our, otherwise, multi-faceted existences. Nahawi calls for women to reconnect with ourselves, to look inwards and discover our power by simply being ourselves.

The Dubai based Palestinian Embodiment Coach discovered her true calling when she had faced obstacles in life including a corporate career, divorce, being a single parent and dealing with the stresses of a burnout, and faced them head on by looking within and finding her power. She refers to this phase in her life as her “Hero’s Journey,” and has established an exceptional program to help women who have faced similar obstacles in life.

“Personal Empowerment is a continuous dance and interplay between the internal and the external,” says Nahawi. “In order to have agency, express ourselves authentically and contribute to the world, we need to commune with our inner truth and reality first!” AboutHer.com connected with Lana, who has so kindly written this very important self-care practice and her words of wisdom with us to help us empower ourselves and reconnect with who we really are. You will need a notebook, a pen, and a quiet and safe space.

“Below I share a few concepts and questions that I reflect on myself and share with my coaching clients. I suggest you grab a warm drink, find a cozy nook to park yourself in, blanket if necessary, and a beautiful journal to write in as you reflect on the following prompts. It’s important to breathe, close your eyes and feel your body’s sensations as you respond, so that you drop down and away from relying on just your mind for the answers. Zoom in on the way that you’re feeling as a clue to what’s true to you.

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Honesty- Meet Yourself Where You Are At!

Awareness is the first pillar that leads us towards a deeper understanding of who we are and what we desire. We need to dive deep before we set out in a direction, and without this step we can easily get swept away into unconscious, uninspired and automated living.

Let’s start with making a small assessment to illuminate the general state of where you’re at:

a) What are you feeling generally? A sense of vitality and joy, or malaise and laziness? Purpose or purposelessness, or out of control and lost? Relaxed or burned out etc. Write anything relevant to your current state.

b) What are the actions contributing to the way that you’re currently feeling, be it positive or negative.

c) What is your current reality and capacity? Physical, mental, emotional, energetic, financial, structural etc. You can answer these questions broadly, or choose one aspect of your life (relationship, work, parenting, fitness, finance, health, spiritual etc.).

You may also respond to them specifically with your current sense of empowerment in mind. The next step is to take just one aspect that you can dedicate attention to, first on the emotional level and then on the level of action. For example, I feel that my energy is directed in multiple places, leaving me burned out rather than fueled. What I need is a slower pace and the chance to luxuriate and feel present with those I love, and that which fulfills me.

There are multiple strategies that I can take from here, solely after I’ve identified that I’m feeling burned out, what’s driving the burn out, (why I’m pushing and trying so hard), and what my heart and body prefer instead.

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