Just like that we are on week tree. I am not going to lie, it has been a real struggle this week. I have inundated myself with studying, running after a Toddler and I also have a huge opportunity with my business (check out the my shop link to see what I get up to). So I have been just flat out and my life has been go-go-go. I have also been experiencing some sleep regression with my toddler. So the time I usually get to practice some self-care has been quite compromised recently. None the less I gave it my absolute best shot. If you wanted to see what I got up to the last two weeks click here and here. If you have no idea what I am talking about click here to have a read.
Day 15: Happiness was today's word. I did this meditation here which is one of my all time favourites. It is straight to the point and so different from any others that I have ever done. If you don't like swearing I wouldn't do it but for those of you that don't mind, behold the most perfect meditation. Day 16: The word today is "favourite". There are two things I love doing at this time of year... Baking and hot cross buns. They are one of my absolute favourite foods so I made some delicious buns, lathered them with delicious Vegan butter and sat on the couch eating far too many than I would like to admit while my little one was asleep. Day 17: Fire. Today I finished my complaint letters to the hospital that I birthed at in 2017. Since then I have had on-going issues with birth trauma and PTSD and am finally seeing progress. The fire was alive within me today while I finished those last few sentences, put them in and envelope and went to the post office to send them off. The fire inside me burst after that and I felt so strong. After so long feeling powerless, I was the one in control.
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Honestly I feel like everytime I try to challenge myself my Toddler decides to challenge me too. So doing a whole month of attempting 5 minutes at the very least of self care each day is actually really difficult. If you have no idea what I am talking about read my blog posts here and here about what the self-care April challenge is.
Much like I did last week I thought I would share this weeks prompts with a little explaination of what I did in order to give myself the self-care that I bloody deserve. Day 8: So today's word is "Challenge". I feel like every day is a challenge at the moment with my beautiful little Toddler but of course that isn't exactly the self-care side of things. When I thought of these words it was more just the first word that came into my head at that time and would it work for self-care... So in all honesty I had to think about this one! Instead of climbing up Mt Nichol like planned (as I said... Toddler) I decided to do some Salute to the Sun Yoga flows. I LOVEEEEE this Yoga flow and due to some c-section related issues (yep, 15 months on) I always find this flow challenging but also uplifting and my body thanks me afterwards. Here is my favourite Sun Salutations video if you wanted to check it out or get your body moving! Day 9: Day nine is "Ground". I wrote a blog post all about this word and "grounding" or Earthing as some people call it so head over here to read it. I love grounding myself and honestly find it to be one of the easiest ways to give myself the love that I need. It's so simple, so easy and does not cost a thing. Getting out in nature, feeling the Earth connect with your body and enjoying the sun on your face is just a beautiful thing. I decided that I would almost have diary inputs for this month with my self-care April Challenge. If you haven't read a little about it then head HERE so that you can see what I am talking about.
Anyway, we have just finished the first week! How are you all going? Are you taking a small snippet out of your hectic days to just sit and be? Below is what I have done this last week with the word prompts. |
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