Source: lifestyle_motivation_doctor

👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏽 “I’ll be there for you!
(When the rain starts to pour)
I’ll be there for you
(Like I’ve been there before)
I’ll be there for you
(‘Cause you’re there for me too)”

💕It’s a song we probably all know. It’s lyrics we can all relate to. It’s a situation where we have all been in.

👯‍♀️After explaining in my first post about motivational hormones, in my second post about a step to step guide to motivate yourself, now I feel it’s time to stress how important it is to motivate others.

🎄This year, life has been challenging for so many of us! Loneliness, furlough, lack of seeing family and friends, COVID weight, indifference, … Just a few words that we heard a lot this year. One word demotivates more than the other. In the end it becomes a chain of feeling demotivated.

📝 So how can be there for each other?

🏘 The three basis components of interaction is: verbal, non verbal and tone of voice. This year, the non verbal component has been lacking greatly. So communication is the key 🔑

☎️ Phone or video call your friends instead of texting.

📝Send postcards or letters instead of emails and texts (if possible).

🏘 Do you know your neighbours? Leave a little present or have a longer chat when you bump into them.

👨🏻‍🦳 Have an older relative who is alone? Talk to him or her! You’d be surprised how much they have to tell you and probably how much cooler your life experience is than yours!

⛺️ Homeless people! Be kind! Ask how you can help & whether you can contact anyone for them?

💰 If you have a bit of spare cash, donate to a charity. There are so many volunteers working around the clock. They’d be grateful for you support!

🧚🏼 Or work for a charity yourself over the holiday period. With the time you’d usually spend travelling & now being stuck at home, I’m sure there is some time to spare?

🩺 Your colleagues: Don’t forget them. Don’t assume they are fine just because they say “I’m ok” . Smile and offer help!

📲 I know social media is friend and frenemy. But I’d still like to signpost you to some Media and Websites that might be useful (will follow as hashtags)

🌟The best way to motivate others is to show kindness 🌟