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You know how much I love to talk about, encourage, and even participate in self-care. You know that, right?

Well if you’re new to my blog the one thing you should know about me is that I LOVE self-care! I am such a huge advocate for it and I strongly believe that everyone should be participating in it every single day. There are so many reasons why we all should be engaging in self-care on a daily basis.

Some of those reasons include:

1. It promotes a healthy relationship with ourselves
2. It increases our confidence and self-esteem
3. It helps in creating healthy boundaries with others
4. It promotes an overall greater well-being
5. It helps you be more energetic throughout the day

These are just a few reasons why you should be doing self-care on a daily basis. Of course, this list could be a lot longer, but that’s not what today’s post is about. Instead I want to introduce you to some ways that you can engage in self-care with a friend, a family member, or anybody in your life who could use a little bit of self-loving as well.

Often times when we think of self-care, we think of the alone time that we all so desperately crave. While this is a great way, and honestly my favorite way, to engage in self-care, that’s not the only way to do it effectively. Believe it or not you can hang out with your friends and family doing fun things while still taking the time to engage in self-care.

Curious to know more? Then check out the amazing list below with 20 self-care activities that you can do with a friend! [Read more…]

Bad days. We all have them and unfortunately no matter how positive or optimistic you may be, they are unavoidable. Over the past couple of years, I have come to a realization about something…most of us don’t know how to properly deal with our bad days.

If you’re anything like I use to be, when you’re having a bad day you probably allow it to turn into a negative ripple effect that may result in you having a bad couple of days, a bad week, or maybe even longer than what it really should be.

Here’s the thing. Bad days are bound to happen every once in a while, no matter how well things may be going for us. What we fail to realize in the moment is that a bad day is just one day.

That’s it.

It’s just one day.

And that one day does not define the rest of our lives. So, we shouldn’t allow that one bad day to create a negative ripple effect that lasts for a period of time. Instead, we should acknowledge that today isn’t our day, take things as a sign of changes that we may or may not need to make in our lives, and just strive to have a much better day the following day.

Easier said than done trust me I know! But as someone who has had many bad days, and many negative ripple effects as a result of one bad day, I’ve picked up some tips to help me bounce back from a bad day. These tips not only help get me through the day, but they also help me set the intention of having a much better day the following day.

I’m talking putting that negative ripple effect to a stop immediately!

Today I’m going to share with you a few of my favorite tips that help me bounce back when I’m having a bad day. I hope you enjoy! [Read more…]

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It’s not easy practicing mindfulness. This is because to really practice mindfulness you have to allow yourself to be present and nonjudgmental on a moment to moment basis. In order to achieve this, you have to adopt some very mindful habits, which in themselves can be hard to maintain.

It sounds pretty simple but it’s not. If it were everyone would practice mindfulness consistently.

So how do we practice mindfulness? What does it mean to be mindful? Maybe you’re wondering, as the title suggests, what are some consistent habits of mindful people?

If any of these questions popped into your mind you are in the right place. While I’m no expert on what it means to be mindful, I do consider myself to be a mindful person. I’m not perfect but I do my best to practice it every day. I have also made a habit of developing some of the most important habits of mindful people to help me practice mindfulness consistently.

If you want in on this whole mindfulness movement then I’m your girl. Today I’m going to share with you 12 habits of mindful people that you should consider adopting today.

But first, what is mindfulness? [Read more…]