I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, self-care is not a fad, a nice to do or some luxury activity only for those ‘who can’. It is a fundamental element of our healthcare. When we navigate life without self-care, we can pretty much expect low energy, burnout and potentially longer impacting ill health.
The Power of Belonging: A Beacon For Midlife Women
Why Does Belonging Matter?
For midlife women, the quest for belonging is more than a search for camaraderie; it’s a deep yearning for connection and understanding in a world that often overlooks their needs and aspirations.
Is Life Tuning You Out?
In the hustle and bustle of daily life, finding moments of stillness and silence has become a rare luxury. As a self-care advocate, I understand the pivotal role these moments play in building inner connection. Let’s delve into why embracing stillness and silence is a potent practice for enhancing well-being.
Are You Ready To Push These 5 Barriers To Self-Care Away?
In the hustle of life, many of us women find ourselves caught in a cycle of neglecting our own well-being. Well it’s time to break free from the barriers that hinder self-care and embrace a transformative journey towards prioritising your health and happiness.
Prioritizing Self-Care: A Vital Investment in Your Wellbeing
Self-care is often seen as selfish and, even, undeserved, as if taking time to nurture your health is a low requirement as you run from pillar to post to take care of everyone else’s needs.
The truth is, when you fail to prioritise your wellbeing, your wellbeing fails, eventually, to prioritise you!
Are You Scheduling Time For Self-Care?
As you prepare your daily or weekly to do list or planner, where are the pockets of time scheduled for your self-care?
Take A Tip From Nature – Be Like A Tree…
In a world that is constantly encouraging you to do more, to keep your foot on the pedal as if accelerating through life gets you everything you want, make the decision to do the opposite (from time to time
7 Steps To Replenishing Self Each Day!
Sometimes our healthcare can feel overwhelming. What is the most important thing? How often do you need to do it? What happens if you do? What happens if you don’t?
Eat Live Wellness, Emma-Louise Follows
It’s hard not to get overwhelmed by the amount of ‘wellness’ advice that comes our way these days. When there’s too much information it sometimes becomes paralysing and then we don’t implement anything at all.
Women Dying Over Failure To Prioritise Wellbeing.
Women are dying because they are failing to prioritise their wellbeing, a self-care coach has warned.
No Value, No Worth…
No Value, No Worth…
Sadly, these are words I have heard too many times in my coaching practice, not always formatted in these exact words, yet leading to the same meaning, “I have no value” or “I don’t see my value.”
Centre Stage, Sharing Stories
Each month in the Permission To Thrive Community we host a Centre Stage event. In this space we welcome members and guests to be in the spotlight and shine. It is a delicious opportunity to meet the wonderful women in our community, to find out more about their lives, their work and how they wish…
It’s All About The Journey…
It’s All About The Journey – Whether your desired destination is near or far, the steps you take along the way are the things that shape you, that develop you and empower you to keep going.
How Can We Role Model Self-Care To Our Children?
We all have the same 24-hours per day to work with, but we don’t all have the same responsibilities. So how do we fulfill each of the roles we have whilst ensuring our self-care is intact?
3 Reasons Why Self-Care Will Make You More Productive!
One of the most common themes when I speak to my clients about the importance of self-care is that “Yes it would be nice but who has time for such luxuries!”. For some “mysterious” reason it is widely believed that a woman that invests time in herself is a privileged woman of leisure and while this might be the case when self-care is directly associated with spa days and sipping Mimosas in the grounds of your club house, it is a huge misconception.
How Are You Viewing Life?
Your interpretation of life is built on your very personal mind map of the world, your experiences, your beliefs (as well as those others have given you), your influencers, your values and often, on how you are feeling in any given moment. Add to that the human inclination to think the worst (flight/flight) and is it any wonder we get stuck, feel unhappy, disconnected?
What Are Your Takeaways From 2020?
I love to step back at the end of each year and pull out the highlights, the events, people, and creative outlets that have made the year worth it, no matter how difficult it has been. A time to reflect…
Are You Brave Enough To Take The Journey Of Self-Discovery?
“Give yourself permission to live a big life. Step into who you are meant to be. Stop playing small, you’re meant for greater things”
Who Has Helped You Shape Your Life?
Yvonne Bignall’s parents were among those who left their family and homes to travel thousands of miles for opportunities abroad.
Today the successful businesswoman from Radstock, who has written a best-seller and offered training courses world-wide, credits her parents for instilling resilience and an entrepreneurial spirit.
The award-winning women’s health advocate and self-care coach said: “I think my parents were entrepreneurial as they left the life they knew behind and were driven to succeed abroad.
Can Guilt & Resentment Shatter Your Self-Care?
When I wrote my first published book, Suck It Up or Change, it was an opportunity to shed some of the baggage I had been carrying; the guilt, the resentment, even some hate. As you may already know, emotions tend to reflect back onto us so you can imagine how I felt about myself feeling all these negative emotions about others & life itself. And that’s how the 7F Principles I now live by came to transform how I chose to live my life.
When Will You Begin?
When will you begin because it’s impossible to finish what you don’t start?
It all begins with one step… There comes a moment in time when you must accept that getting into action is the only thing that will get you over the starting line. No amount of positive thinking, dreaming, hoping and wishing can materialise into something meaningful without you doing something.
What Are You Doing To Upgrade Your Life?
The 2.0 upgrade to living is available to YOU – are you ready to seize it by creating a healthy mindset, building your confidence, and developing abundant self-care habits? That is the question!
3 Ways To Increase Your Self-Care Beyond Nutrition & Fitness
3 Ways To Increase Your Self-Care Beyond Nutrition & Fitness
Practicing self-care through better nutrition & fitness is great, however, it’s not the be all and end all. To live optimally you must adopt the mindset, habits and outlook that serve your higher self. You must tune your senses into those things that develop you, that increase your level of self-care and that underline why you must be a priority in your life. Good health, after all, is all encompassing.
Here are 3 ways to check in with your current level of self-care and to make necessary changes to elevate it:
Is Self-Care Transformative?
Right out of the gate I would say yes… but then you would expect me to as a Self-care Coach!
The truth is, I embed self-care principles in all areas of my personal life and my work, whether I am leading Nordic Walking classes, Personal Training clients, Nutrition Coaching or Mindset Coaching; every single one of these avenues lead to increased self-care and that leads my clients to making healthier life decisions that transform their experience of life (over time).
And what makes my work worthwhile is when I get to share my client’s stories because it is their experience and outcomes that remind me how important this work is. So here is one such story:
Are You Self-Care Ready For Crisis?
I’m a bit of a fan of New Amsterdam, the hospital drama on Amazon. There is something captivating about the interactions between staff members, hospital patients and the hierarchy. And I love the diversity of the team, each with their own unique strengths, imperfections and outlooks.
Having recently watched the last episode of series 2, there was an interesting interaction around the topic of self-care.
Are You Sick Of Living Half A Life?
Are you sick of living half a life?
What happens on the day you wake up and decide you’re sick of living half a life? You’re fed up with constantly running out of energy and losing momentum when going for your goals and quite frankly, you’re just plain tired of feeling worn out, exhausted and dissatisfied with life (possibly because you have been nurturing everyone else’s needs over your own).
Something’s got to give!
Being Your Best You 