Self-Compassion: Be Your Own Best Friend
Incorporate self-compassion as a part of your overall self care practice. Doing so will help you reduce expectations and judgements of yourself. Continue reading Self-Compassion: Be Your Own Best Friend
Category: Developing
You have been trying self care regularly for a bit and need to dive deeper and get more tools.
Play Dress-Up: Clothes Impact Your Mood & Attitude
As children we all enjoyed playing dress-up. Now as adults, we tend to not put much thought into it. But, how we choose to dress ourselves says a lot about us. Continue reading Play Dress-Up: Clothes Impact Your Mood & Attitude
Scents: Using Smells to Create a Shift in Perception
Scent is a powerful sense. It impacts how we perceive our environments, how we interact with others, how we enjoy the food we eat, and it can aid memory recall. Continue reading Scents: Using Smells to Create a Shift in Perception
Accomplishments
When we look at our daily self care practice, one of the tools we need to incorporate is recognizing our own accomplishments. Recognizing wins in your daily life helps develop a healthy sense of self, it motivates you to continue on your journey, and boosts your overall well-being. Continue reading Accomplishments
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) is a simple exercise to help reduce anxiety and tension in the body. By tensing and relaxing muscles, you can experience health benefits that contribute to your self care. Continue reading Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Affirmations
People either love or hate affirmations. The act of engaging in positive statements, can be challenging at first. Knowing how to properly use them can lead to a positive change in behaviour and more importantly your mindset. Continue reading Affirmations
Finding Your Happy Place
A happy place is where we can retreat to go away from the stress of our day-to-day routine, its purpose is to help reduce anxiety and find calm. It differs for each person, but we all need one. Continue reading Finding Your Happy Place
Purpose of a Vision Board in Self Care
Vision boards are a great daily visual reminder of the goals we are trying to achieve or the priorities we need to focus on in our self care journey. They typically look like a collage of images, drawings, objects, and single words or quotes. Continue reading Purpose of a Vision Board in Self Care
Moving Past Perfectionism
Perfectionism can lead you to master skills and meet your goals, but at what price? The psychological effect can be detrimental to ones well-being. It is not a good trait to have. Continue reading Moving Past Perfectionism
Mindfulness
If you struggle with mindfulness, you are not alone. All of us do at some point, but learning how to do it can be easier than you think. You just need to learn a little bit more about it. Continue reading Mindfulness