An Introduction to Self-Care for Your Body
When we think of self-care, we often think of massages and pedicures. Those are fantastic but certainly not part of daily self-care. But some of the most important self-care activities are those that tend to the more mundane needs of the body: getting enough sleep, drinking lots of water, eating healthy food, and getting some exercise. When…
Introducing Self-Care for Your Mind-Part One
This post was updated on 17/04/19If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll know self-care is crucial to me and a huge part of my blog. It took me collapsing in a gym class and a doctor telling me I had exhaustion for me to slow down and rest. Now I have a passion…
Self-Love vs Self-Care
This post was updated on 20/03/19I’ve mentioned this before, I am passionate about promoting the importance and impact of daily self-care. I talk a lot about it on this blog and I have a Facebook group, Shine in Self-Care, with ideas, support and encouragement. There’s lot of exciting things to come as well by the…
Simple Holiday by the Sea, in Rock, Cornwall
I am currently spending the most glorious week in Rock, Cornwall. So much so I decided to change the subject of today’s post, so that I can tell you about this instead. Rock is a coastal fishing village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is opposite Padstow on the north-east bank of the River Camel estuary…
My way to wellbeing through daily greatness
It’s taken me a little while to write my Wellbeing Wednesday post. I felt “out of sorts” in July. Progress with wellbeing and fitness goals was slow. Can I blame the heat? Well partly, because it has increased my fatigue and thrown out our daily routine. July was a successful month in many other ways, but…
Enjoy Life’s Simple Pleasures
This is the final post in a series on How to Live Simply to Shine in Life. You can read the second post in the series here-Ten Tips for a Simple Home. This post will focus on enjoying life’s simple pleasures. I’m sure you’ve heard the expression Happiness is not a destination. It’s a way of life.…
Slowing Down to Enjoy Life More
Since deciding to live more simply, a huge part of what I am enjoying is slowing down to enjoy life more. I don’t overload my schedule, for example. I have lots in my diary to look forward to, but there is also white space in there. I don’t rush around and I generally feel more…
Ten Tips for a Simple Home
This post was updated on 31/05/18Do you enjoy your home? Look forward to coming home and being able to relax? Or is it something you dread? I love having a simple home. It is the way I like to describe my home now and something I still work on. So what do I mean by…
How I Plan and Reflect on my Self-Development, so I can Shine Bright
This post was updated on 18/11/18I’ve been doing a lot of self-development recently. It has always been something that I’ve enjoy doing, I just love learning. I am lucky enough to be able to dedicate more time to it now and it is really helping me to be happy and go out there and shine!…
