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The Ultimate 30 Day Mental Health Awareness Challenge
We have missed you all so much! We decided that between the tornado hitting our town and the coronavirus that it would be best to take a little break from blogging. Today starts mental health awareness month and we decided that it would be a perfect time to touch base with everyone. We have put together The Ultimate Mental Health Awareness Month Challenge. Every day this month we have an activity for you to complete. Each day we will be going onto our IG story and showing you our completed activity for the day. When you complete the activity, be sure to tag us and use the hashtag…
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How To Make Self Care a Part of Your New Years Resolutions
I know..I know…every year starts off the same right? New year..new you..then more than likely you’ll settle into a new routine for a few months but it never seems to stick. I’ve been there and done that…a lot. You want to be the best version of yourself and you hit the ground running with all your resolutions and the excitement to change. Then around 2 or 3 months later, you’re burned out and don’t want to do anything anymore. Have you ever thought about why that is? It’s because you don’t include things you love doing. You just look up the best-looking regimen for whatever your resolution is and you…
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6 Fool Proof Ways To Effectively Distance Yourself from Someone for Your Own Well-Being
Distancing yourself with someone, especially if it’s a family member, is no easy feat. I mean, you’re creating distance with someone in your life that potentially meant a great deal to you at one time or another. It’s obviously something that you need to put a great deal of time thinking about before making definite decision. A while back my family was going through some stuff and some pretty hardcore lines were being drawn. Things were said that can’t be taken back, and lies were told that can’t be untold. My sister and I had just lost our father, and we’re being put in an unrealistic position of choosing between…
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10 Self Care Activities That You Can Do in 10 Minutes or Less
Fitting self care into your busy schedule can seem dang near impossible. Some days it seems that we have no time at all to spare! That’s why we have come up with 10 self care activities that you can complete in 10 minutes or less! Meditate A lesson on the Headspace app is 10 minutes long and I always feel better after each lesson! Meditating is always a good idea. It’s super calming and helps you clear your mind. Download Aloe Bud Aloe Bud is an all-in-one, self-care pocket companion. It gently brings awareness to self-care activities, using encouraging push notifications, rather than guilt or shame. This…
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How To Self Care as a Caregiver
Practicing self care as a caregiver is really important. It will help you keep from getting super stressed and rundown. My sister and I were caregivers for my dad when he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2012. I was also a caregiver for my aunt and uncle when they were diagnosed with lung cancer pretty much at the same time. We regularly forgot to self care and it really took its toll. Neither of us knew the signs of caregiver stress so we just thought that it was par for the course when caring for a loved one. I want to help my fellow caregivers in recognizing the signs…
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Self Care Ideas to Help With Anxiety and Depression
Self caring when you’re suffering from anxiety or depression can seem impossible. Sometimes even getting out of the bed in the mornings can seem like a big deal. We wanted to share some of our self care ideas that will help you out when you just can’t seem to do anything else. First, know that mental illnesses are never your fault. They can take a far bigger toll than anyone else will ever know. So if you can do nothing else, please take care of yourself! It might seem small or inconsequential at the time, but it really does make a world of difference! Take a Few Deep…
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14 Apps to Help You Take Your Self Care Routine to the Next Level
If you’re anything like me, I tend to forget about self care. I know that it’s super important and I should definitely make time for it but sometimes it just falls to the wayside. I’ve actually downloaded and tested these apps and they have definitely helped me as far as keeping my self care routine on point! Calm I’ve been using calm for about a year now and I love it. Most of the content on this app does require a subscription, but they do have free videos everyday that you can listen to. My favorite are the ones to go to sleep to! Aloe Bud Aloe…
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How to Develop a Self Care Routine that You’ll Actually Stick With
Developing a self care routine can feel impossible because it seems like we’re so busy all of the time. Self care is so important to your health that making time for it is a must! We have come up with the best way to help you incorporate a self care routine into your schedule (even if you only have 10-20 extra minutes a day). Hold Yourself Accountable Holding yourself accountable is the most important step in making sure that you schedule in some self care activities during your day. If you’re terrible at holding yourself to things, then have a friend hold you accountable for making sure you have…
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Toxic Positivity
It’s our 1 year anniversary! We can’t believe that we have been writing for a whole year now. This past year has been pretty good for Courtney and I. We got to go on an amazing 2 week adventure together in Europe and we are in the midst of planning our Spring Break trip and another trip back to Europe next summer! We have learned a ton about blogging through the blogging community and through trials and errors of our own. It’s been a pretty great ride altogether and we wouldn’t want to be doing anything else! All that aside though…we want to talk to you guys about toxic…
