12 Healthy Self-Care Morning Habits that changed my life (+ PDF Download)

Hey guys, I'm Action Jacqueline and welcome to my YouTube channel and welcome back if you have been here already. I am so excited to reveal this video because I have really taken some time to cultivate this morning routine for myself and these are healthy habits that consistently make my days better because days turn into weeks, weeks turn into months, months turn into years, years turn into a lifetime. So these small little changes and habits that you can begin to cultivate in your morning which affects your entire day can seriously make a big impact in your life. So let's get started in going through my morning routine. I'm going to have all of these tips down in a PDF download for you so check the description box below to download your own. Alright, so the first tip that I have, the first healthy habit that I have for the morning is to not get on your phone immediately and I can't say that I am perfect at this yet. I am definitely still working on this. Definitely keep your phone away from you. Maybe you can just use it as an alarm or you keep it on airplane mode to make sure that you don't have all of the alerts and the dings in coming your way because each alert and every little ding, it sets off your dopamine and it's just too much for our brains to handle first thing in the morning. Healthy habit number two is to drink a full glass of water as soon as you wake up. This helps your metabolism, it helps to flush toxins out of the body, it helps your digestion track, it helps you to not be constipated. I know a lot of people have that issue and it really, really helps everything. And one way to help entice yourself to drink the entire glass is to just put a drop of lemon essential oil and it just gives it that nice flavor, it changes it up a little bit, it gives your taste buds something to look forward to. I like to have it right by my bed so I actually put that water there the night before. Healthy habit number three is to open up your blinds right away and get the sunshine on your face. That is so important. This will help your circadian rhythm which helps your sleep, it helps your body know when is the morning and when is the night and it's your body's natural way of regulating your hormones and it's just a really nice moment that I like to have. Healthy habit number four is to do a few light stretches. This is for you to get into your body. So much of our lives we feel very separated and disconnected from our bodies and this is a great way for you to close your eyes for just a few moments and get into your body and just notice what's going on with it today. And everyday it's going to feel a little bit different and that's totally normal and totally fine. I also have another video if you'd like a more extensive series of stretches that you can do in your bed. It's really nice to be able to get in touch with your body and to feel energized and awake so go ahead and check that out. I'll make sure to link that below. Healthy habit number five is meditation. So there are so many different forms of meditation. I'm sure you've heard all different kinds. One that I like to do right in the morning is to wake my senses up. So having your eyes closed, breathing deeply and just notice touch. What are you feeling on your skin right now? Where are your toes? How are you feeling in your body? How do the clothes feel on your skin? The second is what are you smelling? What does it smell like in your area? Third is you can open up your eyes and maybe look at the sun and say what are you seeing right now? The fourth is taste. Maybe you have the water, maybe you can still taste the lingering of the lemon. And then the fifth is what do you hear? So just awakening our senses and becoming in touch with all sides of ourselves. Healthy habit number six is to put essential oils on in your diffuser. I love essential oils. I have become so obsessed with them. So I have lavender, I have peace and calming, I have envision, I have transformation, I have joy. There's such an array of feelings that you can invoke in yourself. It really can shift your entire day. So pick your favorite and diffuse that. And I'll leave a link below if you're interested in learning more about essential oils because definitely if you have not gotten into it yet I can help you and I absolutely love it. So check that out in the description box below as well. Healthy habit number seven is journaling. What I like to do is have a series of questions and this will be in your PDF download so make sure that you download that. And I like to really get in touch with what's going on inside of my head. We've done a lot of sensory awakening, a lot of energy lifting and this really helps me to focus my day into positivity, cultivating a habit of slowing down for just a few moments, writing and really getting in touch with who you are and your needs and your wants and what your thoughts are can completely help you understand the world around you, clarify your thoughts, focus on what you want in your life and help you create the life of your dreams. Healthy habit number eight is the self affirmations voice recording. So this is a new thing that I incorporated and I first wrote down all of the ways of being that I want to feel about myself. So anything that you want to incorporate, I have to say love my body, I love my life, I'm happy, any type of feelings or ways of being that you want to cultivate and become. Maybe you're not necessarily feel like you're there yet, maybe you don't fully believe it yet, but that's what the affirmations do. It's every single day, again, first thing in the morning and it just helps to prime your brain into believing that every single day. So what I did is I wrote them all down first and then I recorded myself into that voice memo that you have in your phone and then I just listened to that. It's really powerful to have it in your own voice and to just know that you are always your own best friend and always make yourself feel better at any moment. Healthy habit number nine is make the bed right away. Immediately you'll feel productive, so it's just a nice quick win to have in the morning. Plus it feels amazing to have a nice clean made bed for the day. Especially me, I work from home, so if I come back into my room and my bed's not made, I feel like my day is a disaster. So just go ahead and give yourself that quick win. Healthy habit number ten is to brush your teeth, but with a Action Jacqueline twist. So my sister is a dentist, so she got me the Sonicare toothbrush and the very first time I did it, you guys probably know, it's two minutes long. When you're just standing there brushing your teeth, again, I'm a very impatient person and so a lot of my yoga and meditation has taught me to be patient and to slow down. But it doesn't mean that I still like to multitask and take action when I can. So during those two minutes, I like to do my releves and sometimes I even do leg lifts. But it's a full two minutes of me just lifting my heels up and down and this totally works my legs, my hamstrings, my booty and it feels really good and I'm brushing my teeth and I'm just feeling more energized and I just love that I do this morning and night. So in my head, I'm thinking, okay, that's four minutes of leg releves that I get to do every single day and I just feel like once I'm done, I feel like my booty is nice and lifted and I just feel all perky for the day. Healthy habit number eleven is my antioxidant superpower, ninja. I love this because it gives me a natural boost of energy and since I have it first thing in the morning, it goes straight into my body and I feel really good and this is just so, so powerfully nutrient dense and really, really beneficial to my body. Healthy habit number twelve is to work out. So with my new app, I love this because it really does give you the option to do whatever your body is craving that day. So you can do a stretching video, you can do a workout bar, hit something more intense like cardio, pick whatever works for you. I really encourage you to create a nice workout space in your house and get moving before the day comes at you and just feel really, really good for your day. Alright, so those are all of my healthy habits for the morning and I really encourage you to begin to adopting just one at a time. Definitely don't try to do all twelve on one day. You're going to feel like it's just too much. So just begin to adopt one at a time day by day and you'll notice your life just gets easier, it gets better, happier, fuller and I just can't wait to hear from you and hear how you begin to incorporate these habits into your life. So don't forget to check out the PDF, download this and then check out all the other resources that I have for you here. Alright, I will see you next time.