Personal Development & Self-Care for living a healthy lifestyle
Sometimes you are called to slow down and listen to the internal messages, the ones
from your heart, body & mind.
Too often though, you can become externally focused, consuming more & more of ‘other’ dialogues, drowning out your own.
And as you do this you begin to shift away from your core, disconnecting from the source within and, over time, forget the importance of nurturing your needs…
All at once it feels as if the world is going into meltdown. And the questions being thrown around range from ‘Are we all being driven into panic mode by media?’ or ‘Is this virus really sending us into lockdown’?
Once upon a time, I wanted to be a superwoman. I wanted to have all the answers, I wanted to be seen to be able to do everything and I wanted to be perfect
But then reality hit me, and it hit me hard! I didn’t have all the answers; trying to do everything was taking me to planet stress and burn out and as for being perfect… what the hell is that?!
So, what did I do? I started taking care of me and redesigned what Superwoman means to me because I meet lots of superwomen and they are not the sum of everything they do for everyone else whilst their health deteriorates. They are women to be valued, loved & honoured…
It only takes one poorly phrased comment on someone’s weight (‘don’t eat so much, you’re putting on weight’, etc) to affect their self-image and feelings around food for years to come. A number of studies carried out have captured the impact of unhelpful language when referring to weight, in particular, that of the parent’s to their daughters. In one retrospective…
Knowing I’d be spending the best part of May travelling I had to reconsider my fitness plan. Determined not to get out of my routine I spent time pre-trip carrying out online searches for ‘on the go’ fitness programmes. Imagine my surprise to see such a growing choice! What I love most about these online platforms is the…
Being Your Best You 