Category: * Self care and Growth *

5 Tips to Find Pockets of Calm this Christmas

Halfway through December, sitting surrounded by twinkling fairy lights, gifts under the tree, and festive tunes on the radio. It’s a busy month, life seems to speed up by 200%,...

November Journal Prompts

“The house was very quiet, and the fog—we are in November now—pressed against the windows like an excluded ghost.” E.M. Forster A little late sharing these, the first two weeks...

Journaling for Stress Relief: A Practice for Parents and Kids

Life can get stressful for both parents and kids. Between school, work, extracurricular activities, and family responsibilities, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Finding healthy ways to process stress is important...

October Journal Prompts

“Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves,We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!”― Humbert Wolfe Ah October! Do you love it?...

September Journal Prompts

A week into September already – I have been soaking up this sunshine, spending time outdoors, wild swimming and embracing the warmth before it leaves us. Already I can feel...

Creating space

Life is so full and busy, that often there is no room to think – no breathing space. I’ve been feeling the overwhelm lately. Trying to keep all the many...

Saying yes more

Last night, with the boys at their Dad’s, dinner for the me and the girls done, I got into my PJ’s and was sat on my bed reading. Planning an...

Why I practice gratitude daily {and a free printable}

Gratitude. it’s something that I have practised now consciously for years. When I started trying to turn my life around, to get on top of my depression and anxiety and...

30 little goals To make you healthier and happier this year

Spring is here. After the cold, dark days of winter, we’re slowly coming out of hibernation. It’s the perfect time to set some goals, to shake off the last traces...

5 tips to turn around a ‘down day’

We all have ‘those days’ – the ones when nothing seems to go right, when you are overwhelmed and overwrought, when you wake up with a serious case of the...

Winter Self Care Tips

The long, dark nights and freezing cold days of winter make me yearn to curl up in my bed and stay there until spring! If it wasn’t for the fact...

New Year Intentions

For years I’ve set a long list of goals each new year. Unfailingly, the only consistency is that I usually fail most of them. Looking back, my goals are often...

Welcoming 2023 {and my word of the year}

2023! I have big hopes for this year. Last year was not the year that I hoped for, there were times when I felt like it would be a year...

Trusting the process

“Trust the wait. Embrace the uncertainty. Enjoy the beauty of becoming. When nothing is certain, anything is possible.” Mandy Hale The last couple of weeks, it is as though a...

A lesson in letting go

After last week’s do-nothing day, I’d expected to get back to our usual hectic pace of life. We had a full calendar ahead and I was excited about days out,...