Posts in Self Care
Who Will Sit In The Front Row?

Consider this: If you could look into the future and see the people sitting in the front row at your funeral - 

Who do you think they will be?  

Who are the ones who have truly mattered in your life - the ones who have stood by you, loved you and shared in your most meaningful moments?

Now ask yourself; are you valuing and appreciating those people enough right now?

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Exhausterwhelmulated - It's All Too Much

I recently came across the word “exhausterwhelmulated” - a mash-up of exhausted, overwhelmed and overstimulated - and I thought, Yes, that’s  how so many people are feeling right now.

I totally get it. That was me once. (But not anymore.)

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Midlife as An Invitation to Freedom & Fulfilment

Midlife is often viewed through the lens of a crisis - a divorce, empty nest, loss of a loved one - and can often feel like a time of loss and disorientation as we confront our mortality.

However this period can also be a profound invitation to freedom and fulfilment, offering us the opportunity to ask deep existential questions; Who Am I? Who Am I Becoming? What Really MATTERS to Me?

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Consistent Self Care versus Emergency Self Care

I see it time and time again , women that have pushed themselves to the brink. Most of these women's lives have come to a screeching halt because they are exhausted, sick and disconnected from themselves and their own needs.

I liken it to an energetic pendulum that swings from one extreme to another, kind of like feast or famine - one month full of energy and productivity and the next month heading towards exhaustion, overwhelm and burn-out. It is usually dramatic and unexpected.

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