How do you make your health a priority?

I take an antidepressant and it’s greatly helped me. But there’s a lot of stigma within the spiritual world of healing with prescription medications and I’ve been shamed by people who claim to be spiritual gurus. I’ve noticed there’s a lot of spiritual elitism. The notion that my spirituality is correct, and if you don’t subscribe to it, then you’re lesser than. But there was a couple of months during the pandemic where I physically couldn’t get up and my antidepressant has helped me live a more normal life.

What helps to manage your stress?

I have anxiety, so sensory things are really important to me, especially baths, because there’s something about sitting in a bathtub that really is good if you have sensory overload. It kind of resets your body. I meditate in the bath, I light candles and incense, and I’ll even do tarot cards, so it’s a very spiritual, relaxing place for me.

“Because of quarantine, I’ve been very sedentary, a lot of sitting, not a lot of moving.”

I became very weak. I used to be an athlete, so this was very weird feeling for me. I started seeing a trainer once a month to help me get into a routine and I’m starting to feel like my brain is clearer and stronger.