Life. One Breath at a Time.
Big hugs, dear gentle reader, and how are you today?
I hope you and your loved ones are well.
Some good news.
On Friday, I was a guest on Jamie Greenwood’s Instagram Live Video Series “The Path Home.”
It was my first ever Instagram live video!
Jamie is a Woman’s Life Coach, and we had so much fun.
[Read more…] about Self-Care Practices How to Put Yourself First (without feeling guilty!)
Taking care of yourself is key to feeling good and living a full life.
A life that fuels you and enables you to have the energy to do the things which matter most to you.
However, poor health, social conditioning and being people pleasers, drain your energy and prevent you flourishing and feeling your best.
It’s not your fault.
It is just the way life is.
Remember… [Read more…] about Spiritual Self-Love – Taking Care Of Yourself
Welcome gentle soul to today’s blog, a self-love poem for the courage to restore hope and peace to troubled hearts.
As you know, we are on this journey from feeling overwhelmed, worn out and running on empty to learning to love ourselves, to be happy and proud of who we are, and to find peace in stressful situations.
Hands up, it ain’t easy.
I live in that tee-shirt.
The spiritual path is full of twists and turns.
Roadblocks and obstacles come in the form of divorce, loss of loved ones, redundancies and frayed tempers.
Yet, when we can “Return Home” to our core, to the quiet, still space inside, we recognise the challenge as a blessing; an opportunity to lean into a sense of gratitude, smile at our shortcoming and know all is well. [Read more…] about Self-Love Poem for Courage It is Time
Bless you Dear Friends and welcome to today’s post where I offer you 3 Simple Self-Love Practices You Can Use Today To Love Yourself More:
These three self-love practices are:
reading spiritual quotes and affirmations,
prayer
meditation.
If you are a regular reader of my posts, you’ll know my theme, Surrender to Love, looks at easy ways to explore and practice becoming more self-loving as you put your needs for stress-relief, inner peace and calm higher on your agenda.
As super-busy working women, you recognise and appreciate the value of more-me-time and self-love yet putting that into practice is daunting, especially if you have spent years, like most super-busy women, putting your family’s wants, needs and desires and work commitments in front of your own wishes.
And there is nothing wrong with that.
In fact, your desire to provide a safe, loving and secure home for your family is part of your [Read more…] about 3 Simple Self-Love Practices You Can Use Today To Love Yourself More
Do you feel like you’re always rushing around, caring for others and doing things for everyone else – but have no time for yourself? If so, today’s post, 5 Quick Reasons Why You Should Try Meditation Now! is just for you!
How many times have you laid awake – stressed-out as you mentally go over what happened at work?
Or have you ever woken up, frazzled and frantic as you gaze at the clock and realise you have overslept! and there is no way, you will complete the report you took home to work on, and get to work on time?
Maybe, you are anxious and concerned how your daughter is getting on at college, you want to call her yet don’t want to get in her way!
I know from personal experience how “bad news” can quickly turn your world upside down!
Stuff happens.
Life gets in the way of your best-laid plans and ambitions.
Priorities change overnight and you either sink or swim.
No matter how much you try to control a situation and force things to happen, sometimes the only thing you can do is to “go with the flow”, give your best and hope things turn out for the best.
[Read more…] about 5 Quick Reasons Why You Should Try Meditation Now!
In today’s post, I share a simple self-care routine you can use to relieve stress and overwhelm so you feel better better and enjoy the rest of your day.
Be honest. Much as you enjoy life have you ever woken up, feeling jaded, tired and desperate to spend a little longer in bed?
Your body aches and you don’t have the energy to wake up and get up?
You lie in bed, dreaming of taking -time out yet in the back of your mind you know you have to get up.
You wish you could stay all day snuggled deeper into your duvet.
Maybe your eyes feel puffy, your nose bunged up, shoulders ache and you feel bloated and heavy.
Perhaps your body is screaming out for you to stop, unwind and rest yet, you can’t take time off work because you have too much to do.
So you ignore your aches and pains and carry on.
If this sounds like you, it’s definitely time to take a self-care break,
Go ahead, read the following seven self-care activities, pick a couple and make a commitment that you’ll schedule time in your diary to fit them in as part of your self-care routine. [Read more…] about Simple Self-Care Routine For Busy Women To Relieve Stress And Overwhelm and Feel Better
