Summer is here at last and the school holidays have arrived!  How long does it take you to letthe stress of medical work drift away with the ebb and flow of the tide? As you relax in the sunshine can you let yourself really enjoy your days away from it all. Really nurture yourself. Not just  your body as you eat good nutricious foods and exercise more each day, but also give your mind a holiday too by reading a novel or two. Your spirit needs nurturing too at this time. Enjoy the countryside, appreciate your surroundings wherever you are.

Imagine you are a small child and be playful, laugh and have fun.  And when it’s time to return to your day to day life, you’ll be able to recall those lovely moments whenever  you are fed up with work, when a patient complains or your heart sinks when ‘you know who’ comes into the room.

Just take a second or two and re-connect with the joyful holiday feeling and let the stress just wash out of you with your breath. Take the ‘essence’ of your holiday back home with you and use a ‘drop or two’ just by closing your eyes for a moment and remembering your holiday.