Self-care

Emotional self care is one of the most overlooked areas of self-care, but it is one of the most important. For years the focus has been primarily on our physical health or our physical self-care, but our emotional self-care deserves its time in the spotlight too. Our emotions affect every single aspect of our lives, […]

When I teach other people about mindfulness I tend to get a lot of blank stares.   Although the topic of mindfulness has become even more popular over the last few years, I find many people still don’t actually understand what it means. Those few who do know what it means often only think of it

Mindfulness quotes are a great reminder of the benefits of living in the present. Being mindful is a great tool when it comes to self-care and self-love.   Mindfulness can help to reduce stress,  improve our anxiety, and improve our physical health. Below I am going to share my favorite quotes about mindfulness to help inspire you.

The topics of self-care and self-love have gotten extremely important since the pandemic, and their popularity is only continuing to increase. These are both topics that I think are so important, and have been needed for an extremely long time. And that isn’t just because I blog extensively about both of them. However, I often

Laughter is often the universal sign of happiness. It is used to bring people together all over the world. It is also an important part of emotional self-care. That must mean laughing is good for you, right? Research has shown that laughter has many positive and healthy benefits. It helps to reduce stress, boost our

Feeling your feelings can sound so silly, can’t it? The old me would have said “I would actually like advice to help me stop feeling my feelings, and to maybe turn down the intensity a notch or two, thank you!” I have always been emotional, and sensitive, and I have always cared way too much

How many times have other people told you that they think you need to be more grateful in life? Or maybe you have heard how vital expressing gratitude can be for our happiness, but you just don’t know where to start. Maybe you also struggle with seeing the positive in life in times of great

I’m sure you have heard people talking about gratitude and how important it can be for increasing our happiness, but did you know that it can also strengthen our immune systems and make us more optimistic as well? Gratitude is all about being thankful for the things that we receive in this life. If you

Expressing gratitude isn’t easy if you aren’t used to it. So many of us are so focused on what is happening in the chaos of our daily lives, that we often forget to take time to be mindful and appreciate the good things we have going on in our lives. I know I used to

Even though feelings make life more exciting, many of us have trouble expressing our feelings at all, or in healthy ways. It can be so easy to get caught up in our own feelings when we don’t know how to express them adequately, and this can lead to so many other problems in our lives

Learning how to express your emotions in a healthy way is a necessary part of taking care of yourselves and our emotional self-care. But it can be easier said than done. When we don’t learn how to express our emotions in a healthy way, we can either bottle them up to the point we don’t

Self care is a great way to take care of ourselves and our own well-being. However, not many of us may prioritize our mental health in the same way that we do our physical health. This could be a large reason why the number of people struggling with mental illness seems to be increasing daily.