Self-Care & Wellness
Your go-to space for simple, sustainable self-care ideas and wellness tips that actually fit into real life. From skincare routines to stress relief and little acts of kindness to yourself. This is all about looking after your mind and body without the pressure.
Self Care Isn’t Selfish - The First 6 Months Of Motherhood
If you were following me on Instagram before I took maternity leave, you’ll know that I used the phrase “self-care isn’t selfish” quite a lot - because it’s true! Taking proper care of yourself is vital (whether you’re a Mother or not). If you aren’t okay, then it’s impossible to show up as your best self in whatever capacity you need to.
Let’s Pamper Ourselves This Galentine’s Day
You know that I never need an excuse to give myself some extra self-care or a pamper. But if you do, what better excuse than Galentine’s Day?!
If you’ve never heard of Galentine’s Day, it’s a day to celebrate yourself, your friends and any other women in your life and show them some love. Galentine’s Day first started thanks to American sitcom Parks and Recreation.
There are so many ways you can celebrate Galentine’s, but obviously my go-to is to have a self-care pamper evening. Read on to hear some of my favourite products for a pamper day and some products I’d love to try!
My Love For The Body Shop
If you could see inside my bathroom drawers, you’d be convinced you were actually in The Body Shop…
I’ve been buying The Body Shop products for many many years as *spoiler, I bloody love them!!
If you’ve never heard of The Body Shop, it is a body care and makeup brand with a massive belief in ethically sourced and natural-based ingredients. They have an array of signature products & scents and often introduce new scents for different seasons.
10 Things To Do When You’re Feeling A Bit Shit
Your mental health is so important, always. But this is always highlighted even more so every World Mental Health Day (which is today).
It’s so easy to focus on mental health as just being the diagnosed conditions (e.g., depression, anxiety etc.). Obviously, it’s vital that you look after yourself if you do have these and speak to a health professional if you think that you might. But everyone has mental health, and everyone needs to look after theirs.
Self-Care Tips For When You Don’t Feel Like A Pamper
I’ve said this so many times before, but self-care isn’t just doing a face mask, having a bath & drinking a cup of tea (although I do love doing this). Sometimes the best form of self-care is doing those tasks that you keep putting off. You know that once you do them, you can stop worrying. But for whatever reason you just continue to put them off.
7 Affirmations For The New Year
How many times have you set yourself resolutions on the first week in January, only to have stopped doing them within a week? This then often leads you to feeling demotivated, negative, and like you’ve failed. By attempting to set yourself up for having a good year, it typically ends up ‘going bad’. This is where the mind shift of having affirmations for the new year is more positive.
How To Give Yourself Self-Care At Christmas
We often put so much pressure on ourselves at Christmas & New Year to go to all the parties & special events and see every single family member & friend. But it’s still so important to look after yourself at this time of year to avoid burnout.
How To Give Yourself Self-Care During Your Period
There are various reasons why we sometimes just need that extra bit of self-care. During your period is a great time do to it as your body is wanting to take it slow and to just get through it.
Realistically, we can’t take the whole week off every time we have a period (although sometimes I would love to). But that doesn’t mean that we have to sit and suffer while we go about our everyday lives.
4 Self-Discipline Tips For When You’re Lazy
At first glance at this blog post, you may find it a bit odd. Why, on a blog where I promote that it’s okay to be lazy, am I writing a post about how not to be? As much as I am all for being lazy and listening to your body more – sometimes, we just have shit to do.