Self Care Positivity During Lockdown: a 3 Step Plan I'm not ok. How many of us allow ourselves to say this? To ourselves as well as others. This blog, as well as so many others, tends to focus on ways to help us feel ok, feel better. But it's also important to allow ourselves to
Recommendations Buddy Box Review: Send a Hug in a Box We all know how trying the last year has been and the importance of looking after yourself. So why not treat yourself or a friend to some love by sending a Buddy Box from the Blurt Foundation. There are lots of self care boxes out there to try. I'
Self Care Lockdown Blues & How to Beat it It's dark, it's cold and we're stuck inside! I don't know about anyone else, but some days I just feel a little bit bleugh! This time of year can be a difficult one, so how can we beat the lockdown blues? What
Self Care 3 Steps to Support Your Mental Wellbeing Whilst At Home Times are strange! Things are changing around us so quickly, and there is so much uncertainty. So how can you support your mental wellbeing whilst at home. Try out the three steps below. Set a Routine I have been quite luckily in that I am still going to work during
Self Care Goal Setting for Self Care in 3 Simple Steps I've always been someone that sets goals. 5 year goals, weekly goals, daily goals. But how can we use goal setting for our self care. My 5 year goals are divided into categories of work, personal, family and financial. Each of these are then divided into yearly steps,
Self Care Surround Yourself With Positivity One of the best things you can do for your wellness is surround yourself with positivity. There can be so much negativity in life, including things that affect our wellbeing without us even realising. Sometimes we need to put ourselves first and remove those things having a negative impact on
Self Care 5 Simple Steps To The Ideal Self Care Road Trip If self care is a struggle and you're feeling run down, there's nothing like a road trip to clear your head. Follow these simple steps and get away! Sometimes we can put off going away because we feel we don't have the time. When
Self Care Give Yourself Some Self Love This Easter. It's a long weekend and the sun is finally shining! Give yourself some self love – you deserve it! I don't know about anyone else, but I am finally starting to feel like winter is over! The sun has been shining, I've actually opened
Recommendations Tap Your Way To A Stress Free Day! Just over a week ago I stumbled across an interesting app. Although it's not been long I wanted to recommend it so you could make your own minds up about tapping! Around eight years ago I was seeing a counsellor who recommended I tried EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)
Interviews Interview With A Dancer - Dan Martin This is the first in a new series: Interview With a Dancer. Dancers and choreographers share their experiences with mental health and wellbeing within the industry. Dan Martin is a dancer and choreographer, based in the South West. When did you start dancing and what did it mean to you
Self Care Banish Those Monday Blues With These 3 Quick Steps It's that time of year where the miserable weather can seem to be dragging. But Spring is nearly here! So banish those Monday blues and get motivated with these three quick steps. I've writen a lot about looking after yourself through self care recently, but sometimes
Self Care Finding Out What Motivates You Some days it can be difficult to find any motivation. This time of year it is dark, cold and a little bit miserable! So finding out what motivates you can really help boost your work flow. There are lots of simple things that can boost motivation. The key is trying
Self Care 3 Easy Steps to Kick Start Your Self Care Routine For weeks now I have been posting about self care, whilst my self care routine slowly faded away to nothing. When things are piling up around us and we're feeling overwhelmed, our self care routine is the easiest thing to let slip. Over time this can really start
Self Care Coping With Change in 3 Simple Steps Things change all the time. Sometimes it's big things, and sometimes it's little things. Some of these changes we can control and some we just can't. Change causes anxiety and stress. It is our ability to deal with this stress that is significant and
Self Care 3 Simple Ways to Clear Your Mind and Refocus Sometimes in life our minds can get cluttered. I know from balancing a full time degree, voluntary work and being a single parent, that sometimes there just aren't enough hours in the week. My to-do list can get very long and overwhelming. So here are my three top
Self Care When Your Passion Becomes Your Profession: How to Keep the Spark Alive When your passion becomes your profession it can feel like an absolute dream. The dancing you've been practising since the age of three has finally become your career. However, the pressures around you can lead to your passion losing it's spark. So how can we nurture
Recommendations Journaling for Self Care: Declutter Your Mind If you have started on your self care journey but are still finding it difficult to fit in to your schedule regularly, then journaling might just be the thing for you. There are many benefits to adding this into your routine and you can do it anywhere at any time.
