The Healthy Coping Skill Every Zodiac Should Use When They’re Stressed
No matter our daily lives, we all need healthy coping strategies to help our bodies regulate. Below is a list of helpful hints that can possibly help you take back healthy control. It’s important to remember that each suggestion may fit differently into your everyday life, so make sure you’re interpreting the suggestion in the way that is fair for you!
Aries
You have such a huge heart and are constantly making sure that you have plenty of love to go around. However, many times you can get in your own head, focusing on where things went wrong and how others can make it better vs. where you can go from here. When that happens, it’s harder for you to think before you act. Make sure that your healthy coping strategy includes checking in with your breathing. Many times when we are holding our bodies too tensely and we forget to allow the proper amount of air in. Make sure you’re filling your lungs and diaphragm when breathing in, because this can help your brain refocus and calm. Try counting to three when you inhale and to five when you exhale.
Taurus
It’s important to remember that you aren’t responsible for everyone’s feelings. You may have a really good way to do a lot of things, but not everyone will appreciate your words of wisdom, so make sure you use them wisely. While many people think you are laid back, you know that you’re constantly making sure that those you love are considered. Make sure to take some time out to play your favorite game and laugh. Laughter and entertainment are healthy ways for you to release your stress. If you don’t, we all know you can feel like a ticking time bomb. Not everything has to be all or nothing.
Gemini
Many people forget how incredibly hardworking Geminis are. When focused, they are one of the most hardworking signs in the zodiac. The problem that comes up, though, is when Geminis start to live for other people vs. themselves. Remember to check in with yourself. This can happen by just closing your eyes and taking in your surroundings. Bonus points if this can take place in the wilderness. You’re not great at sitting for long periods of time, so random check-ins with your own body, mind, and emotions can help to regulate your needs. Hopefully this will help to stop some resentful feelings from creeping in.
Cancer
Cancers are known for their nurturing abilities, but sometimes that can turn into martyrdom—especially when they aren’t setting time aside for themselves. It’s wonderful to keep your eye on the goals you set, but making time to consider what you need along the way will help you to prevent burnout. Physical movement of any type would help you ground and get back in your body so you can keep doing all the things. If physical movement is a challenge, make sure to connect with water. After all, so many count on you, so making sure you’re taking proper care of yourself helps you to take proper care of others.
Leo
You have a love/hate relationship with attention. It helps fuel you but can also exhaust you as well. While you are charged with helping others learn to shine their light and balance their ego, you don’t always have to be “on”. It’s important for you to remember to use your creativity to connect back into your own body. Writing in a journal, painting, or doing something musical can help you come back to your center. Usually when you’ve hit a self-deprecating spot or feel unbalanced it’s because your creative spirit feels smothered. Create something just for you. Not everything you do needs to be approved by everyone else. You’re fierce and talented by just being you.
Virgo
Just a reminder that practicing self-care doesn’t mean you aren’t being productive. You put a lot of stress on yourself to do all the things, but at the end of the day, this stress can rub off on others. When your need for control is used in unhealthy ways, it can strain relationships, including the one with yourself. To help counteract this and to get back to your healthy control, It’s important to include small tasks in your lists—and some that include self-care, such as “get dressed” and “do something nice for myself.” These things can help you to reach the success you’re wanting to while also making yourself a priority. Who doesn’t love being productive AND efficient? By placing yourself at the same level of importance as your tasks and goals, you can find more fulfillment and unlock even more achievements.
Libra
How many times does a horoscope or zodiac place emphasis on “balance” in your sign? If you had a nickel, right? It’s a lot to live up to, especially when you feel you always have to present the best of yourself to everyone. Here’s the important thing to remember: Finding balance doesn’t always mean being balanced. In order to find what a healthy balance is, don’t you need to understand what causes your scales to tip? Making sure that you’re not expecting perfection from yourself is incredibly important. A healthy coping strategy would be to scribble on paper. Get messy! Something that allows you to “color outside the box.” After all, only doing what may look good from the outside isn’t real balance. Your inner child and needs are just as important. Then you can continue to show the world that spontaneous fun can also be an important part of everyone finding balance.
Scorpio
My lovely Scorpio, how deep you are and how little respect you seem to get for being so. The ways you see the world are insightful and important. You are so wonderful at analyzing details and finding a way to drive a point home with intensity. No one will miss your boundaries, because when they are said, people listen. However, communicating your needs in healthy ways and tones can allow for more of them to be met. A good coping strategy to help you find your healthy tone would be to connect with animals. Even watching the bees outside and how they purposefully move is a good way to remind yourself that you are part of a larger picture. After all, a bee doesn’t sting unless it absolutely has to. How can your brilliant needs and ideas be heard if you hide them away? You have important things to do and say, so make sure your words flow more like a river vs. the rapids.
Sagittarius
You do best in life when you are doing things that feed your soul. As much of an adventurer as you are, you sometimes find it difficult to have an adventure in your daily life. It’s not always possible to get away constantly, to escape the pressures of the everyday world. That’s why it’s important to bring adventure into everything you do. Have things that you do just for fun. Add a new ritual or change in your routine to help balance the anxiety and stifling pressures. Walk home a different way. Try out that new thing you got but haven’t used yet. Check out a new coffee shop or make plans for a getaway at a later time. Having something to look forward to will help get you through the day.
Capricorn
“Life is what is happening when you’re planning life.” This is a phrase you know well because you’re planning life and doing the best you can to enjoy it. Sometimes it’s difficult for you to see things from other people’s points of view because you consider your point of view to be the most efficient. It’s important for you to tap into your quirky side that not many people know about. It’s important to not always be in control and allow yourself to explore your needs in a different way—which may include more balancing than you considered. Indulging in a change of roles in a romantic night with yourself or a partner, or creating an environment where you can feel powerful and sexy, is important to indulge in every now and then. Switch it up and take some healthy risks. There’s nothing wrong with duality, and your sign does it better than many others!
Aquarius
Many don’t understand your heart, and that is perfectly okay. You enjoy not being for everyone and know that everyone isn’t for you. Those you love and trust, you hold so close and do the best you can for them. However, when you make your existence solely about conforming to society and the needs of others, you tend to put your own needs to the side. In fact, you could possibly do this for so long that you find yourself completely neglecting the real you. You must have your own space and room to breathe to recharge. Catching this and making it part of your daily routine will help you teapot your emotions rather than shutting down for weeks at a time. Maintaining your coping strategy daily will help the larger crashes be easier to take on. Take a small walk and sit in a room by yourself for a bit. Take a bath with headphones on—anything to help you steal a couple moments of quiet to decompress. It’s self-care, not selfishness.
Pisces
I think we can all agree that when a Pisces sets boundaries, everyone is happier. No one wants to see their kind-hearted Pisces drained or sad. After all, you bring comfort and joy to so many people’s lives! Your empathy and detail-oriented personality is helpful but can also drain you completely. Pisceans can feel everyone and everything to the point of feeling like the world is caving in. Daydreaming and avoiding having to face your stress can help in the short-term, but these things can also create more stress and anxiety that will creep up on you. It’s important to make a realistic list of things you need to tackle. However, the biggest thing you can do to help yourself remain sane and to continue to help others is to ask for help. Avoiding issues may compound them, so reach out where you can. I know you want to be the one people can count on and you want to keep busy, but recognizing where you can let go may help you actually focus on things that support the best version of you. Lead by example.