Shamelessly Me Blog
My Anxiety Journey
I'm pretty sure I have posted a version of this sometime before. But this week is Mental Health Awareness Week, and so I thought it was a good time to repost my anxiety journey. I hope it gives other sufferers ideas and hope. My Anxiety Journey The first memory I...
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Looking Up!
I was lucky enough to spend last weekend on a yoga retreat in Cornwall, run by my yoga teacher. I knew the yoga was going to be brilliant, because Tina is an awesome teacher and I love the way she teaches. Being able to practice yoga two or three times a day was a...
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Caring for yourself and the planet
Today (I'm writing this on 22nd April) is Earth Day, an annual event to help tackle the problems affecting the environment, the planet, Earth. If you have missed the increased media attention on the plastic pollution of the World's seas and the climate change issues,...
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7 year old yogi
Spring certainly feels like it has sprung. I'm writing this in the sunshine, albeit with a jumper or two on, but to feel the sun on my face is just lovely. Here's hoping that it lasts a little while longer. Yet again time has run away with me, I've been meaning to...
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2019 – The Year for Self-Care
It's not an official thing for this year to be a year for self-care but it is my resolution. To practice self-care and to share and encourage self-care. It fits in with everything that my business offers, and the more I believe in the power and importance of self-care...
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10 days of self-care. Day 10
Day 10 - the right ambience Creating a comforting and relaxing environment can be a nice way to promote your self care. For me when the children and the other half are away, when no one needs me, lighting the candles, burning my favourite essential oils, putting on my...
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10 days of self-care – Day 9.
Day 9 - Writing Free writing is a brilliant self-care practice. I love writing anyway, that’s half the reason that I blog. It’s a way of getting things out of your head on to paper. The only person who sees it is you so it doesn’t matter what you write or how you...
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10 days of self-care. Day 8
Day 8 - Being Outdoors Being stuck indoors all day can be pretty grim. So being outdoors seems another simple way to be kind to yourself and lift your mood. Fresh air is certainly good for the soul. Sea air is without doubt my favourite, definitely on a blustery day....
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10 days of self-care.
Day 7 - Mindfulness In this busy world we live in, we are often functioning on auto-pilot, rushing to the next thing. Mindfulness is a lovely way to slow everything down. I love this quote from Brené Brown “Joy comes to us in ordinary moments. We risk missing out when...
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