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Golden Milk + Evening Routines
The way you begin your day is so important, but you know what’s also important? How you end your days. Routines + rituals are the important anchors that guide us throughout our day. Often times when we think of a routine, a morning ritual can easily come to mind. This is because we have been taught over + over how important a morning routine is. How we start our day essentially is the forecast of how our day will go. But routines don’t just start + stop with morning time. Routines Nighttime routines have proven to be just as vital as the morning time. How we prepare ourselves for bed…
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Energetic Currency: How are you spending it?
Did you know that your Energy is a form of currency? Currency in its simplest definition is a means of exchange, trading one thing for another. This exchange can include time, service, product or even an exchange of energy. Energy isn’t just “vibes”, gut feelings or intuitions. Our overall energy is a reflection of where we spend our time + efforts. As we continue to ease into 2021, now is the perfect time to reflect and evaluate how we’ve spent our energy over the last few months. Evaluation + Reflection Let’s face it, energy has the ability to be influenced and manipulated by factors outside of self. It can be intensified or depleted, so…
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Responsibility of Self Care
Happy Monday! Is it just me, or did January “officially” start for you today too😫😫? I don’t know about you but not only did last week fly by but it is a complete blur as if it never happened🥴. Lately I’ve been taking steps to incorporate more time to read each day + so far it has been pretty good. It has been very nostalgic because I use to be a very avid reader until the last few months. There is something pretty special about dabbling back into old hobbies that bring on happiness🥰. I recently read a quote that said, “Learn to enjoy taking care of yourself. Because it…
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5 Immune System Boosters
By now you know I love🥰 a good reminder to dig a little deeper when it comes to self-care + pouring back into the proverbial cup all while being the best versions of ourselves. I was reminded the other day that self-care is very much maintenance of the self. The same way we “tune” up our spaces at home by cleaning up or taking our cars to the mechanic for that routine oil change. Self-care and wellbeing isn’t just an action you do when something is wrong but it is all about those tiny steps we take in-between. Self-care + maintenance is making sure we are taking the steps that…
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3 Self Care Tips to Help Manage Stress
By now we all know that stress is something that we do NOT want, and is something we should avoid whenever possible. Continuous stress can cause issues within the body like high blood pressure, sleep inconsistencies, heart disease + if left untreated can compromise a healthy immune system. This is important right now as we continue to take steps to build our bodies immune system to fight against infection and disease. It is really in our best interest to take the steps necessary to decrease stress when we can. Now while there isn’t a way to eliminate all stress because it is a part of life, there are things…
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Whats Eating You? Gut Health
During this time of year we start talking all things’ health; mental health, physical health, spiritual health and so forth. There may even be a conversation or two about changing the way we eat by removing or adding somethings to our everyday diet. Now while this particular conversation may come with a little bit of uneasiness depending on your relationship with food there is some significant importance surrounding gut health. Essentially gut health is how well our insides, bacteria + enzymes function in the digestive tract. This is a big deal because if food isn’t broken down properly, then the nutrients we need can not be absorbed in the blood…
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Permission to Celebrate 2021
Seems like it has been 100 years since the last time we were ringing in a New Year and yet it was just 365 days ago. This time last year I made a conscious decision to “Opt Out” of New Years and all the vision boards, goal mapping and “this gon’ be my year“, mentality. Truth be told, I was tired lol and I was being “called” to make space in my life to begin living outside of just checking things off of a list. What I didn’t know then, that I can clearly see now is I already knew what I needed for this upcoming season in my life,…
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Are your Routines Anchored in Intention?
Do you practice rituals my friend? Or have routines you like to follow? If you don’t you may be leaving an extremely powerful tool on the table. Studies have shown correlation in reduced stress +/or burnout in people who follow routines. There is no secret that following a routine or ritual requires a level of intention especially when done on a regular bases. Routines and rituals can be very important for various reasons depending on who you ask🤪. From levels of spirituality, ways to cope with grief, loss, anxiety or even in some cases to boost confidence, rituals + routines are here to stay. The beauty behind rituals and routines…
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An Invitation to Take Inventory
The last 3 days have been all about Gratitude (over on my IG feed) + if you are a part of the 4 Days of Gratitude newsletter series! In this short time, Ive learned 1 important thing. The easiest way to tap into inner joy is through gratitude. Something as simple as finding gratefulness in the small every day moments can cultivate an environment of abundance and presence. It is very easy to get caught up in all the things happening around us as we continue to maneuver life in this “new” normal. Things may not look how we may have pictured they would look this time last year…
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Refilling our Cups for $Free99
One of the biggest myths about self-care is, it has to cost a lot of money. If you have been rocking with me for a little bit then you already know that I am a HUGE fan of self-care. Self-care in its simplest form is doing those things that help refill your mental, emotional, spiritual and sometimes physical cups. As we continue to enter into the holiday season, you may be looking for some additional ways to add a little more self-care into your days without breaking the bank. Here are a few ideas that touch on each of those areas of our cups. Practicing Self Care for FREE…
