02/07/2024
Have you ever read a children's book with themes that apply to your own life? I know there are plenty, but none have hit so close to home as The Good Egg by Jory John.
It is a story about an egg that is always striving for perfection while its fellow eggs are “bad”. The good egg feels pressure to be perfect and take care of the other eggs in the carton. This causes the good egg to crack. In order to heal these cracks the good egg leaves the carton and practices self-care by taking walks, meditating, and journaling. These simple acts of self-care help the good egg become whole again.
This really resonated with me as a woman and a mom. Our society has placed a premium on women being able to do it all. But at what cost?
Women often focus on the needs of everyone else around them, usually not making time for themselves at all. It’s easy to get lost in the mentality of “I have to do it all”. The pursuit of perfection is self-sabotaging and a major cause of stress, overwhelm, and burn-out.
We need to stop chasing the illusion of perfection and doing it all. If you want to live a healthy and fulfilling life you have to let go of the mindset that doing less makes you “bad”.
It's critical to take care of yourself to heal your internal cracks and bruises in order to show up for others. So spend some time reading a book, taking a walk, journaling, reuniting with a friend...whatever it is you need to feel whole.
What can you do for yourself this week to help heal some of your cracks?
Tag someone who can benefit from a little self-care.
06/19/2022
You are our love, our strength, our hopes and dreams! We are so lucky that you are ours! Happy Father’s Day!
03/23/2021
What energy are you putting out?
Good vibes only goes both ways.
Have you ever asked yourself what vibe you are putting out there?
Energy attracts like energy and if you put an energy of lack you will be surrounded by scarcity.
Conversely if you put out an energy of abundance you will get everything you need.
When you are positive, you attract those who are positive.
When you vibrate on a higher level you attract other high-vibration humans like yourself.
The opposite is true as well, when you put out negative energy you will attract more negativity.
If you’re constantly thinking things like, “I am not good enough” or “everything is terrible” this mindset will continue to affect the circumstances in your life.
When you change your mindset and tell yourself a different story. One of positivity and abundance, your circumstances and life will shift and you will be graced with everything you want.
What story are you telling yourself?
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03/18/2021
My ray of ☀️ on a 🌧 day!
What’s your favorite season?
I love Spring and Summer.
I love spending time outside and can’t wait for everyday to be warm enough to do that.
Living in the North East the amount of time we spend indoors starts to feel claustrophobic after a while.
Especially during Covid when we are unable to participate in the indoor activities we enjoy.
There is no doubt my mood is influenced by the weather. Going for walks even when it’s cold gives me life. I’m so much happier when it’s sunny.
These are some of the things I love about the warmer months:
🌸 Flowers blooming
🏖 Beach days
👗 Cute bright outfits
🍹 Fun drinks outside
🍔 Barbecues
🛹 Kids playing outside
What do you love about your favorite season?
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03/18/2021
Who else is exhausted all day and wide awake at night?
Not a morning person by any means. I have always been more of a night owl.
But motherhood takes it to another level. I am so tired all day from not getting enough sleep, but instead of going to bed when the kids go to bed all my energy comes flooding in as soon as the sun goes down.
My brain is telling my body it's time to go to sleep, but all of my thoughts, plans, and creative juices start flowing as soon as my head hits the pillow.
Night time is the only time of the day when I am truly alone without any interruptions and it's my opportunity to have ME time.
But staying up late and having broken sleep doesn't set me up for a successful next day.
When I finally settle down to asleep the baby wakes me up to nurse.
After I wake up to feed the baby I often wind up creating to-do lists or checking things off in the middle of the night. Once I get going it's hard to stop.
I'm sure broken sleep will continue to be in my future until my baby gets older but in the meantime I want to implement some new middle of the night strategies so I'm using those precious hours to rest instead of work.
What are some strategies you implement to decompress at night or to get back to sleep after being woken up?
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