Mindful Living

What is mindful living? So much more than a mere catchphrase, discover what mindfulness is, what it’s not and how it can benefit you

  • Self-care #8 – watch a motivational TED Talk

    I love me a good motivational TED Talk.  Especially when I’m supposed to be studying, I feel like they fill up my time quite satisfactorily…

  • Self-care #7 – Light your favorite scented candle

    Self-care #7 – Light your favorite scented candle. But the question I have is, does lighting a candle really count as an act of self-care?

  • [Buy Yourself Flowers]

    Self-Care tip #11 – Buy Yourself Flowers

    Could this tip, buy yourself flowers, be any timelier, give that Miley Cyrus’s ‘Flowers‘ came out just a couple of weeks ago? I personally love this. (And also, what is the t that florists are doing great business right now? I hope they’re smashing it!) This is going to be a real quick post. Does buying yourself flowers count as self-care by actively promoting your own health and helps regulate…

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    Self-care Tip #10 – Walk In Nature

    A walk in nature. Well. I clearly should have read ahead in my self-care list. This week’s tip about going for a walk in nature is very similar to last weeks, exercise. The examples I wrote about last week were exercising in nature, particularly taking a walk at the end of the day. But being me, I wanted to know a little more about why being in nature is such…

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    Self-care Tip #9 – Exercise

    Now, this is an easy one. I don’t even need to look into whether exercise helps when you’re feeling bad, I can use my own experience. It positively, absolutely does. And as someone who ambivalent/hostile at the thought of exercise, it does pain me to admit. An intensely crappy, work was really long, I was stuck in traffic for nearly an hour which meant I was stuck in my own…

  • Self Care #6 – Deep Breathing

    Once again, I had written a whole post about my trip to the dentist and deep breathing, then realized that it was a few hundred words too long, and who really wants to hear about my trip to the dentist? (If you do, leave a comment! I would love to tell you!) Long story short – I hate dentists, but after 2 hours, 3 times the amount of anesthetic and…

  • Self-care #2 – Try Affirmations

    Affirmations… I have to admit, this one stumped me. (Stumped, and only on week 2! Far out, I am not off to a good start.) To Google I turned to discover what affirmations were, found the most popular affirmations, attempted them, felt ridiculous and gave up. ‘I am free of worry and regret’, ‘I am in love with myself and my body’ or ‘I wake up with motivation’. Like, ha! You…

  • Self-care #5 - Face mask

    Self-care #5 – Trying a face mask

    #5 on the self-care list, trying a face mask. But it does it really work as intentional self-care? I am torn in my opinion…

  • Detox Bath

    Self-care #4 – Take a Detox Bath

    Taking a detox bath was way more stressful than it has any right to be, at first at least. It soon got better

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