Happy thankful Thursday! How have you been doing with adding gratitude practice to your daily life? Has it been easy or difficult. I know for myself, it has been difficult to add in gratitude consistently. This is despite knowing the importance of adding in gratitude practice. Today, the challenge is to look back over the
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Happy thankful Thursday! I hope that you were able to complete last weeks challenge, however if you were not successful at completing this everyday, the journey started and now it is about continuing to work on it. Remember that as we add gratitude practice into our lives we tend to have a more positive outlook
As we enter the fall season, we begin to see the many holidays that are quickly approaching. As we embark on entering the holiday season it is good to prepare ourselves mentally for what is the come ahead. It is good to begin to establish healthy self-care routines before we get into the swing of
Happy Sunday! I hope today is finding you well. I know some are struggling a bit today as those who live in areas with Daylight Savings Time lost an hour of sleep last night. Hopefully you gave yourself some compassion or time to rest. Today as we take some time to focus on self-care, there
The journey to better self-care starts with one step. Often times people are overwhelmed by trying to change multiple things at one time to have better self-care. They tell themselves that they will start exercising everyday, and take a hot bath, and start many parts of what everyone had told them is the most important
First let me start by saying Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope that your day is going well. I know for many people this day can be difficult. For some it reminds them of failed relationships, or a number of other things. So today, the focus of our self-care Sunday is self-love. How do you love
Having been in the field of mental health and social work for many years, one thing I have noticed is how quickly eating habits go out the window when there is stress. These are people trained in how to deal with people, what healthy coping skills are and how to keep themselves from burning out.
Sleep is one of the most important parts of self-care and it is also one of the most neglected areas. Often times sleep is one of those things that we sacrifice first instead of prioritizing it. We often forget how important sleep is for every part of our body. I don’t know about you but
Sometimes self-care looks like unplugging from the virtual world a bit and being fully present in what is going on around you. Last weekend was a bit crazy for me in more ways than one and it was a weekend with many emotions at the same times for different reasons. Typically MLK weekend is when
Happy Sunday! I don’t know about you but Sunday is the day I typically use to prepare myself for the next week. I try and meal prep, plan my workouts and any other things that may occur in the week ahead. In the midst of that, I try and also make time for self-care. Some