Self-Care Ideas for the New Year Planning to make yourself more of a priority in the new year? If “YES!” is your answer, you need to learn as much as you can about self-care. It basically involves any activity that you enjoy doing that helps you in at least one area of your wellbeing. This article is full of ...
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Self-Care Hobbies: 22 Soothing Things You Can Do At Home
Hobbies that you can do at home are such an excellent way to engage in self-care. As an introvert, I am a big homebody. While I'm not saying that being stuck at home in recent times has ticked all my boxes, it has certainly grown my appreciation for slow, simple hobbies as an act of self-care. For the first time in ...
Stuck At Home? Here Are 13 Ways To Make Quarantine A Little Less Crappy
If you're anything like me, you're currently stuck at home in some version of self-isolation or quarantine. It's not exactly the most inspiring way of living. We love our homes, and they're a safe-haven... but right now, those walls are probably feeling a lot closer than usual. The feeling of being horrifically ...
Joyful Movement (AKA What To Do If You HATE Exercise)
Have you heard about joyful movement? Because it's kind of changing my life. So this is me: I'm a 30-something mum of two kids, and I am not into exercise. I am not into exercise at all. The idea of committing the suggested 30 minutes a day - to do something I hate - is absolutely absurd when I have so much going on ...
These Are The Essential Oils You NEED To Take On Vacation
What are the best essential oils for travel? If you love your oils like I do, you probably just want to stuff every last one of them in the nooks and crannies of your suitcase! Buuuut we all know that's not super practical. Anyone who has traveled at all knows that when it comes to packing for a trip, less is ...
What on earth are oils?! (How to start using essential oils!)
I first found out about Essential Oils through a friend over Instagram. She was posting about oils and I was confused. What the heck are oils?? I had no idea, but I have to admit, I immediately judged. “That’s soooo strange”, I thought to myself. Like, hippie-strange. But I continued to follow her (in that ...
7 Warning Signs That You’re In Burn-Out And Urgently Need Self Care
I am willing to bet that every human on the planet has experienced burn-out multiple times in their lives. Decades ago, people lived more simple, quiet lives. But today's mindset seems to be that if you're not running yourself flat, you're not busy enough. Busy-ness is everyone's normal; it's a state we are all well ...
Essential Oils Gift Ideas: 9 Creative Ways To Give The Gift Of Oils
Are you dying to share the joy of oils with basically everyone you love, but don't know where to start? These essential oils gift ideas are exactly what you need! Giving the gift of essential oils isn't generally a matter of plopping a bottle of oil in someone's hand and calling it a day. A lot of people love the ...
So You’ve Bought An Essential Oils Starter Kit… Now What!?
Are you an essential oils newbie? Have you signed up for an essential oils starter kit, and are now wondering what on earth you're going to do with the small fortune's worth of oils that have landed on your door step? If you're overwhelmed by your new essential oils, don't worry. I was once in your ...
Want To Sleep Better? This Effortless Night Routine Is A Game-Changer
Question: do you want to know how to sleep better? Follow-up question: have you tried a night routine? FACT: We're in an age in which people are sleeping their worst sleeps throughout history. Insomnia is on the rise; our brains just won't shut off the way we need them to when the lights go out. And we know ...
7 Simple But Powerful Tips for Self Care at Christmas Time
Have you considered the importance of self care at Christmas time? Christmas is a crazy time of year. But I didn't need to tell you that. You're probably already looking ahead at the holiday season with that annual mix of giddiness for all the fun things in your calendar, and dread over, well, all the things in your ...
How to Self Care (what is – and what isn’t – proper self care)
Self care is really having its moment right now, isn't it? And so it should be. Mental health issues seem to be on the rise. People are leading the busiest, most complex lives that have ever been lived (and are subsequently burning out). Our world is saturated with craziness and we're fully immersed in it, whether ...