Use Your Senses To Feel Better with These Simple Ideas

Sight, touch, smell, sound, and taste.

Tapping into your senses can be incredibly therapeutic when going through tough times. By slowing down and being mindful, we gain a better capacity for managing stress during infertility or when dealing with a chronic condition like MS. Here are some effortless ways to put this into practice:

Sight

• Open TikTok on your phone and type “nature” or “cozy” and let the beauty relax you.

• Open YouTube on your TV and search for “fireplace jazz”. Zone out to a lovely scene.

• Watch the flickering flame of a candle.

• Go outside to the closest natural place; a park, forest, or lake, and just sit and watch nature.

Touch

• Make tea or hot chocolate. Feel the warmth of the mug in your hands, as you swallow, and the steam on your face. Stir the tea with a spoon to do something with your hands.

• Wrap yourself up in a cozy blanket.

• Cuddle with your partner and feel their skin against yours. Or cuddle with your pet!

Smell

• Light a scented candle.

• Got that hot tea? Lean in and inhale the herbs.

• Cook or bake something, filling your home with the aroma of something delicious.

• When outside in nature, breathe in your surroundings; flowers, trees, grass, and water.

Taste

• Cook or order a comforting meal.

• Savor a piece of chocolate.

• Drink some fruit juice, a smoothie, or eat a piece of fruit.

• Chew a piece of gum or suck on a hard candy.

Sound:

• Listen to the relaxing jazz or flickering fire from your YouTube fireplace scene.

• Play some chill music on your phone or record player.

• Listen to the podcast of someone with a soothing voice.

• Nature again! Listen to the sound of a river, waterfall, birds chirping, or leaves rustling.

• Sometimes the sound of silence is the best thing.