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self care

  • Making A Change Is HARD | Give Yourself A Break

    A lot of the posts I publish on this blog are written in ‘high’ moments – as in, the times when I am feeling good about myself, motivation about my ideas and plans, or perhaps after some form of success. While I do feel like I get good content out of these moments, I also Read more

  • Stop Overwhelming Yourself! | A Call To Myself and Other Perfectionists

    Despite what the name suggests, as a perfectionist I find that I spend most of time being concerned with whether I’m doing something right, rather than doing it perfectly. I look for advice for all sorts of things, which is why I’m so obsessed with self-help and self-development. I like to see how other people Read more

  • My Current Healing Ritual | To Cultivate Thoughts, Ideas and Realisations

    Now is the perfect opportunity to work on yourself and I’m currently going through a process of healing. While there is a lot of work that’s going on in the background, and so many things that I still need to learn, I thought I’d share a ritual that’s been working for me. This is a Read more

  • Opening Up The Soul… At The Cost Of The Body?

    I’ve recently been exploring spirituality and intuition, and I have to say that I’m really happy to be on this journey right now. After spending time reading self-help books, listening to podcasts and following other people’s advice I’ve started to notice patterns within myself. The more I learn about myself, the more open I’m feeling Read more

  • Five Small Things That Feel Luxury |#StayHomeStaySafe

    With all the things that are going on in the world right now, we could all do with a little extra self-care. I’ve spoken about self-care a lot on this blog, and for once I’m actually going to be talking about the little and luxurious things that you can do to make yourself feel better. Read more

  • Rituals That Are Keeping Me Sane Right Now | #StayHome

    So many things have changed due to the current situation. I think we’re all experiencing an increase in low mood and feelings that we’d rather not deal with, which makes things even harder. As I’ve mentioned a lot on this blog, I’m someone who spends a lot of time at home generally but even I’m Read more

  • How Do You Treat Yourself When You’re Overwhelmed? | Stress & Self-Care

    As I mentioned in a recent post, my life is going pretty well at the moment. I’m filling my time with fulfilling work, blossoming friendships, and trying new things in order to replace my previous habits. Things are by no means perfect in my life, let me get that clear, but they are going pretty Read more

  • 3 Ideas For Self-Care This Week

    Self-care is by no means an innovative topic in the blogosphere – including this website – but it does appear to have changed a little bit. Since the first introduction to social media, self-care has changed it’s definition slightly as we, the audience, started questioning what it actually means. At the beginning, you’d be forgiven Read more

  • Planning The Perfect Day | Personal Self – Care

    I’ve talked about self-care a lot on this blog because it genuinely is a topic that means so much to me. Only a few years ago we didn’t even have a sufficient term for being kind to ourselves, which made talking about this topic pretty tricky. Thanks to other wonderful bloggers, influencers and social media Read more

  • How Quitting My Job Saved My Mental Health #1| The Back Story

    I’ve been trying to write this post for weeks now. It was something I thought about even before I handed my notice in, but the words have just failed me. As I explained in one of my latest posts (read here) I recently quit my part – time, customer service job due to mental health Read more

  • Am I A Failure? | A Quarter-Life Crisis / Mental Health Chat

    It’s been such a long time since I’ve even thought about writing, let alone had any kind of motivation to open this site up again, that I’m not quite sure what to do now. Actually, I tell a lie. I’ve thought about writing every single day, but berated myself for not being able to and Read more

  • Never Been Heartbroken…? | Love + Life Lessons

    What a statement, eh?! Imagine never feeling heartbroken. I don’t think there’s a person alive right now who hasn’t felt this feeling at least once. My first true heartbreak was probably when the pop-sensation band Steps split up in the early noughties, and this pain continued as every band I loved through my childhood took Read more

  • The Vital Self – Care You Might Forget

    When scrolling through social media, you might be under the impression that #selfcare is all about expensive bath products, face masks and a bit of relaxation. Something kind of superficial that you do for yourself when you’re having a tough day. And although these are wonderful acts of kindness that you should definitely treat yourself Read more