Self-Care Sunday: Take a Deep Breath! 

When’s the last time you took a moment, paused what you were doing and took a deep breath?  Think about it…been a minute, huh? Exactly!  We all know life gets hectic and we don’t really take the time to just sit around and take a couple deep breaths and relax.  Well, today is the day…

Self-Care Sunday: Rest 

In honor of Mother’s Day, I chose a self care technique that all mothers across America should be practicing at some point today: REST! Lol. Rest is probably in the top tier of self care tips, because without the proper rest, it’s like continuing to drive without putting gas in a car.  Most times, we work…

Self-Care Sunday Highlight: Meditation

This week, I am going to give you all a quick self-care tip that I have come to love in the recent weeks: meditation. First of all, we all lead busy and demanding lives.  We are being pulled and twisted and turned in so many different directions, that sometimes we leave little to no time…

Loving Yourself Gets Hard, and That’s Ok.

Today, I was faced with an emotion that I haven’t felt in a long time;  I wasn’t happy with myself.  I was having a pretty bad day and beating myself up about it.  I hadn’t felt this way in a long time; in fact, I had been in surprisingly great spirits lately about a number…

5 Energy Shifting Techniques

If you have followed me, then you know that I have been making concerted efforts to balance my self-care and making it the top priority.  I was listening to a podcasts, and the topic of energy shifting was discussed.  I gave myself a little homework/reflective thinking assignment to think of 5 things that I use…

Hello August…3 Ways to Make this Month Better Than the Last

Hello August!! Good to see you! Needless to say, I haven’t been in the best of moods, and it’s been very difficult maintaining my optimistic and positive attitude.  Oddly enough, I felt motivated to try to think of 3 ways to make this month better than the last month that I had (because if you…

#Yoga4Growth

So, in my quest for a newer, more flexible me, I have began a #Yoga4Growth challenge for February.  So far, I’m on day 5, and have gotten through my first week of yoga!! I am really enjoying it and it gives me some time to myself to unwind and meditate after a long day. I plan…

The Value in Self-Care

Lately I have been really trying to keep up with my level of self-care.   I was having a conversation with a friend, who told me that I really need to try to do more of it (or do it at all because I don’t).  I thought about it and she is right, I don’t…