Category: Self Love
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Self Care 101: How to love and care for yourself
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere January can be very dreary and gloomy, especially if you’re somewhere that tends to rain or have grey skies like the UK! The sparkle of the holidays has worn off and it’s back to routine now and it can be rough. So let’s talk about what gets…
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Pandemic Lessons: Healing, loving, and getting to know yourself better
“Healing is the journey. The destination is yourself. The full recognition of all the different aspects of yourself – your joy, your sorrow, your pain, your pleasure – all lead you to the source of who you are. Only by having intimate contact with this source can you experience the fullness of your life. Only…
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My own personal grief
Right before lockdown in the UK started I was looking into therapy. I was trying to find someone that could help me deal with navigating the circumstances of being unable to have children. You see, it was Mother’s Day here in the UK in March and I was bombarded constantly with reminders of what I…
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Everything is awesome!
It’s serendipitous that my operation was when it was so that my recovery was during the last two months of a really crappy year. I’m one of those people that likes thinking of new years as new beginnings in a way, and this year is just so much more than that. Because my recovery has…
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Welcome 2018! (Also, 9 weeks post op!)
I think I can safely say all my goals for 2017 went straight out the window the moment I was diagnosed with cancer. That I finished the year cancer free and feeling better than I have in years is more than a great ending to a really crappy year. So what do I want to…
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The Day in Pictures
I’m thankful that I have some pretty amazing bosses and I have the flexibility to not only work 10-6 instead of 9-5 but that since the house move and my commute being tripled, I’m able to work from home one day a week. Usually I’m home on Tuesdays, unless I need to be home another…
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Self Care: Be good to yourself.
Everyone needs to take care of themselves. Some people may find it more difficult than others, some may not do it at all, and others, like me, learn the importance of it through their experiences. When I was younger and living on my own I used retail therapy as a form of self care. Buying…
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Vanity Wednesdays: Confidence
I think I’ve finally hit my stride. My early 20s were full of (somewhat) reckless abandon and not caring about what anyone thought about what I was doing or how I looked. I took that confidence for granted. My late 20s/early 30s were more sedate, especially in the confidence department. I didn’t care about what…
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Teaching and Learning: Patience
It’s important to take a step back sometimes. Back in January we booked a holiday for March, having not gone away since June last year it was much needed and we were both desperate for some time away to rest and relax somewhere warm after a stressful winter at work for both of us. Between…