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Wellness check-in......

12/7/2020

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How are you doing?  2020 has been an interesting year, wouldn't you agree?

I did something this year that I thought that I would never do.

I signed up for a group coaching membership.  Yep, I did.  The past few years have been difficult and I have really been struggling with trying to figure it all out.  So I had to try something.  And in my typical fashion I had to do something that was somewhat anonymous.  The group is big enough that you can attend and not be seen, but you get all of the teaching.  And this works perfectly for me, and I have been learning a lot.  I am so thankful that I put aside my preconceived ideals and make this investment in myself.  

What could have been a very difficult year - that continued to spiral downward, has become a year of healing that I am so thankful for.

​Are you taking time to invest in you?  It is really important that you do.  I carried some baggage around for far too long, and I wasn't taking care of my health - I just kind of let everything go.  This is not a good place to live your life.

Making active choices to live intentionally is where we all need to be.

I have made a variety of changes in my life and part of it includes the environment that I live in and how I start my day.  I am going to share a bit of that with you.
Something that I find that I can't live without is my diffuser.  I have a variety of different brands and sizes but I found this one from amazon and it is my favourite.  I fill it and add about 12 drops of essential oils and it will run for more than 12 hours and it is quiet enough that I have on while I sleep.

I am loving choosing to live a natural life!  Getting rid of the toxins in my house and finding healing in places I never thought to look.  If you want to learn more about my wellness journey please click here.
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I have been following Yoga with Adriene on YouTube for years.  I am not a big fan of public displays of exercise, I like the comfort of my own home.  I start my diffuser with a relaxing scent, play some relaxing music (which for me is jazz), lay down my yoga mat and spend 30 minutes relaxing and stretching.  It is an amazing way to start my day. 

​Now that I am working from home I have more time in the mornings because I no longer have the commute.  Yoga helps clear my mind, stretches out the muscles that ache from the night (which seem to be increasing year by year) and gets me motivated to take on my day!

Yoga for Writers is a favourite of mine.  I like the stretching with a little bit of core.
Do you make time to read?  

I used to read a lot.  But my library card has not seen a lot of action over the last few years.  This year I have had the opportunity to spend more time doing the things that I enjoy.  

I have been reading a lot on Kindle but this year I really felt like I needed to curl up in a chair with a blanket and hold a book.  So I ordered a few memoirs:
  • ​All the Pretty Things
  • Where the Crawdads sing
  • The Glass Castle
I have also started to really explore hygge.  Have you heard of it?  

I created a board on Pinterest, CLICK HERE to check it out.
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king the time to invest in my mental wellness has so important.  

I created the My Journey journal years ago and it keeps evolving and become something that is a huge part of my life.  It is my weekly check in with myself and has become a place where I can see my journey unfold and give myself more grace in my journey.

If you are interested in checking it out for yourself all you have to do it CLICK HERE to download your free journal.

2020 is year that I will always remember and I am thankful that I used this time as a positive experience.  It is so easy to get sucked into a negative environment - and it happens.  But you don't have to stay there.  You get to choose, I really hope that you will join me as we choose to end 2020 well.

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