IT'S OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY
Learn how to give yourself love and grace during emotional lows with holistic trauma practitioner's 15-year experience. Discover how to be sweet and gentle to yourself, and how to cut cords that tie you to painful things using ancient Hawaiian practice of Ho'oponopono. Get ideas on how to take care of yourself during the tough times, such as having a good cry, going to yoga or kickboxing, taking a bubble bath, and treating yourself to healing things. Learn to forgive yourself or others, and release pain and energy that attaches you to it. Read on to let yourself not be okay, and experience growth and healing.
ALL THE FEELS
With society placing so much importance on output, there's a heightened pressure to be strong, and emotions can often be considered weakness, for men and women! We feel like we're expected to tough it out, push through it, and "leave it at the door". Well, sure, there's a time and a place for everything, but when do we actually allow ourselves to feel things without judgment?
SELF-CARE 101
Some of us may have never known what self-care looks like because we'd never seen it modeled for us. I know I didn't have a clear idea of what self-care looked like until recently. My mom, bless her heart, modeled the "Work, stress, struggle, guilt" cycle, and it took a LOT of work to rewire my brain, once I realized I was living that learned pattern. No matter the reasons for neglecting our self-care, here are some little ways to take better care of yourself.
SUCK IT, STRESS.
Burnout. We all know the feeling. Stress. Exhaustion. Overwhelm. Whether you're a SAHM, a work-from home mom, a career gal, or an entrepreneur, there is SO much focus on productivity in our society, that it leaves big shoes to fill.