Turia Pitt shares advice on coping in isolation

Turia Pitt has advised her fans to put down their phones as they face time in self isolation. 

Alongside a selfie, the 32-year-old wrote at length: ‘I don’t look at my phone.⠀ Because what happens when you look at that magic little rectangle, my friend?⠀  

‘Well, if you’re anything like me, you get sucked into a digital vortex of [mostly bad] news stories, emails and calendar notifications, Instagram stories, your Twitter feed.

‘And, all of a sudden, you’re either: a) very stressed and panicked about the state of the world, or;   

b) thinking about what everyone else is doing before you’ve even considered what you would like from your day, thank you very much, or; c) all of the above.⠀ 

‘So, tonight, before you go to bed, put your phone on the other side of the room.⠀

And when your alarm goes off in the morning, don’t let your fingers do their usual sexy rumba, dancing their way over to the notifications screen.⠀

‘Switch that alarm off, put your phone back down and give yourself five minutes to wake up first, okay?⠀Use that five minutes to make a coffee or have a shower or make your bed up all nice and neat.⠀ 

‘Not looking at my phone is the first step in my morning routine for a reason… It’s full of quick wins that help me wake up in a good mood, with energy, feeling grateful and inspired,’ she concluded. 

Turia suffered horrific burns to 64 per cent of her body when she got caught in a wildfire in Western Australia in 2011, during an ultramarathon. 

She welcomed her first son, Hakavai, with long-term partner Michael Hoskin in December 2017. 

The couple welcomed their second child, baby boy Rahiti, in February this year.

The pair got engaged in 2015, with Michael previously revealing he bought the diamond ring when Turia was in intensive care in 2011.