Seasonal Shifts in Wellbeing

I think definitely in autumn with the days getting shorter and darker and the weather not being as nice I do find myself maybe a bit less proactive and less wanting to go out and socialize with people and wanting to just stay at home and cocoon myself in warmth. I think that's probably my biggest challenge that I don't really get out as much. I connect with people in different ways I think depending on the season. Like we've already spoken about in summer I go out and I get to do exercise outside and I meet people outside and I think in autumn I look at more online connections or building connections in different ways. I think an online community would be a great way to meet people who are similar to me. I think healthcare professionals can support people in a variety of different ways over different seasons, particularly autumn and winter in ways that we haven't yet explored, particularly in our day-to-day life, social prescribing rather than when we have a condition or illness that needs support from healthcare professionals, it would be nice to get them involved before we have that healthcare health condition to prevent, so looking at preventative measures rather than prescriptive measures. I utilise my freezer quite a lot. I take the seasonal produce that might have been in season or locally grown and I meal prep and I freeze it for days that I don't really want to do anything, I already have that food pre-made so I don't have to worry. A message of motivation for self-care? I think it would be to treat yourself like you would treat a friend, because you would never treat a friend the way you're probably treating your own body.