JUMP UP AND GIVE ME ZEN
How to find zen when the world as we know it is falling away?
Do you ever find yourself feeling like youâre on a hamster wheel? Just running, running, running but feeling like youâre getting nowhere at all??
Are you in constant tension in your solar plexus, with a feeling of suffocation most days?
In a society that is obsessed with pushing more and more, it is easy to get caught up in a life of constantly chasing goals and not even recognising where we are at right now and how much we have truly achieved. Trust me! I am very guilty of this more than I would like to admit.
Not that long ago I was in a place where so many horrible âthingsâ were happening âto meâ. I couldnât even see past the forest and understand that what was happening was happening for me (more on that later). This time in my life really made me strip back the s%&* and dig deep into how I could find inner peace within ME.
Now with COVID-19 stripping back all our strength and courage these tools have become my f...
ARE YOU EATING YOUR EMOTIONS??
Do you sometimes find yourself making an excuse to be âdriving pastâ your favourite take away shop just so you can grab a snack to stifle your building anxiety?
Is the pantry your best friend when youâre feeling down, upset or lonely?
Do you like to reward yourself with food when you feel you âdeserveâ a treat?
Do you feel powerless or out of control around food?
Sounds like you are eating your emotions instead of dealing with them!
Finding comfort in food is such a common tool that we use so that we don't have to deal with our emotions, otherwise known as emotional eating.
WHAT IS EMOTIONAL EATING ANYWAY?
Emotional eating is mindlessly eating food in the hope it will make you feel better. It is eating regardless of whether we feel hungry or not. When we experience negative emotions it can often feel like there is a void inside of us and so quickly want to fill this void to no longer feel the discomfort.
This is where food comes in.Â
WHY FOOD?
Food can create this false feeli...
SEARCHING FOR HAPPY â WHY DO WE WOMEN CONTINUE TO PUT OURSELVES LAST?
I DONâT HAVE THE TIMEâŚI NEED TO GET FITTERâŚIâM TOO FAT TO START!
Are you telling yourself stories so you donât have to get started??
Iâve certainly come across some very well thought out excuses as to WHY women will NOT invest in themselves, be that time or money.Â
Through my many years as a Womenâs Health Expert, I have found the greatest road block to women taking care of their health is not wanting to make time for themselves. Yes, thatâs right I said âwantingâ, it may be on a subconscious level but when you say no to self care, YOU are making the choice to NOT put your own health first.âŚâŚ.
The top 5 excuses I regularly hear as to why women wonât put themselves first are:
- I donât have TIME
- Iâm not fit enough
- My kids come first, they need me
- I donât have enough money right now
- I feel guilty doing anything for me (check out last weekâs blog on Mummy Guilt here)
So many women are searching for happiness and fall into the trap of thinking that if all of 'your people'
...MUM GUILT UNCOVERED
Nobody tells us when we give birth we take on a whole new level of guiltâŚthe âMummy Guiltâ
You know about mum guilt right? Feeling sick in the stomach or 'bad' for taking time for yourself? Feeling like your kids are not getting enough or 'as much' as others? Feeling that you'll never be enough...oh yeah, that's mum guilt!
Studies have shown that a staggering 78% of mums feel guilty for actions they have taken while âmummingâ,  with 68% saying this occurred once or twice a day. The majority of mums attribute ânot spending enough time with the kidsâ as the main cause. Other causes include ânot trying enough activities with the kidsâ and ânot being able to afford enoughâ.
Mummy Guilt is real. It is something all us mums have inside us and while we can channel the guilt for good (more on that later), if not channeled it has the ability to cripple us!
But where does it come from and WHY is it so prevalent amongst so many mums?
Think about the questions you get asked on a daily
...BURNOUT â AN EPIDEMIC TO MODERN SOCIETY
If constant stress has you feeling lost, overwhelmed, completely exhausted and like you can never meet the constant demands of your life...you may be dealing with burnout! Â
Burnout is a state of extreme emotional, physical and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress that has never been addressed.Â
COVID has brought so many different forms of emotion to so many of us and burnout is at the forefront of this!
Burnout is actually considered an epidemic in our current world. Surrounded by devices and never being able to switch off is making it more and more difficult for anyone to live in the moment and walk away from constant âbusynessâ!
For meâŚ.COVID caused my lingering burnout to slap me in the face!!!!
For so many years I felt it building, ignored the signs and instead, like most busy people, I kept pushing myself onwards. Constantly pushing myself to be this person I felt I had to be in order to be successful in all areas of my life. BUT what was actually ...