Self-Nurture

Whilst there are lots of positive aspects of social media such as connection, being inspired and feeling in touch, there are some negatives that we need to be mindful of that can have an impact on our daily mental health. Endless passive scrolling can lead us to feel that we’ve taken valuable time away from […]

“I’m ugly” I’m not good enough.” “I could never do that. I am not smart enough, clever enough, confident enough, skinny enough…” “What would other people think or say?” Have you ever caught yourself saying these things to yourself? Maybe you wanted to try something new, sign up for a course, apply to a job, […]

For many mothers, self-care feels something like a cruel joke – a practice left only for those with ample amounts of time or extra money to invest in a massage or facial. Self-care often goes overlooked or reserved for rare moments when no one needs your attention. Still, after the day is over and little […]

I get this question all the time: “How do I create better boundaries?” Clients who come to me are searching for strategies and systems that they can implement to ditch the overwhelm of all the to-do’s and commitments that are on their plate. They want to waste less time, become better at time management, and […]

In the midst of work, school, family, and relationships, it can be hard to remember exactly where we fit into our own lives. We can often become so occupied with everything and everyone else, that we sometimes forget to find joy in life’s simplest pleasures.  However, our lives are so much more than what we […]

Do you ever find yourself struggling to be present and more in the moment? Instead, you get stuck in your head overthinking things, living in a place of worry and uncertainty? Do you sometimes find yourself living life on ‘auto-pilot’, moving through the motions, yet never really knowing where you want to go next?   Do […]

We each have an internal world that nobody else can see or understand.  It can be an incredibly powerful and magical place to be and yet very few of us takes the time, to nurture our internal world and to explore it, to cultivate it and to make sense of it.  When you go into […]

It’s no secret that our friends help to determine the direction and quality of our lives. Almost everyone would immediately agree with that statement and there’e plenty of science to ground this powerful idea. The problem is that very few people actually act on that knowledge. Crippled by fear of judgment, it’s often very easy […]

For many people, Christmas is a time where families and old friends can come together, where childhood memories are filled with warmth and joy. Some may not have seen each other for a long time, whilst others are welcoming in new members to their ever growing families. For others, memories of Christmas may not be […]

  Earlier this year I shared why self-care is essential for parents in another post for My Self-Love Supply, “Why Parents Can’t Afford to Skip Self-Care.” In short, if we neglect our needs for too long we enter a cycle of burnout, which leads to more irritability, exhaustion and resentment. But when we intentionally turn […]