self-improvement
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5 Ways to Understand Your Emotions
This week, I want to connect the theme of new beginnings with developing emotional literacy. Reflecting on my own personal growth journey, and centred upon understanding my emotions, I’m sharing 5 strategies for developing an understanding of emotions. With the… Continue reading
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5 Winter Wellness Tips for Aligning with the Season
This week, I’m sharing five tips for winter wellness: setting intentions, connecting with nature, embracing solitude, eating seasonal foods, and listening to the body’s needs. I hope you find some encouragement for engaging with reflection and personal growth during this… Continue reading
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Balancing Body Messages in the New Year
Balancing health goals in the New Year can be tough with all the pressure to change overnight. Instead of punishing regimes, try sustainable steps: approach weight loss with love, make gradual changes, and focus on long-term progress.. Remember, you only… Continue reading
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Tarot for the Month Ahead: Four-Card Spread
January is the perfect time for new beginnings. This simple 4-card tarot spread helps you set intentions for the month ahead, exploring themes, energies, and mindsets to embrace or leave behind. Tarot is a tool for reflection, so take a… Continue reading
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5 Reflective Writing Prompts for the New Year
Although it’s become a bit of a stereotype that we make resolutions in the New Year, it does seem like a natural moment to reflect and set intentions. Here are five prompts to help you get started with setting intentions… Continue reading
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Daily Prompt: Moments of Happiness
When are you most happy? There are a few things I could cover when talking about my own happiness. A big thing for me the past eighteen months or so has been finding happy moments in small things – I… Continue reading
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Cycles: A Short Poem for Winter
Just sharing a poem I did over me experimenting with some watercolours. Continue reading
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5 Small Ways to Express and Share Gratitude
As the festive season looms, it can often be difficult to remember to express gratitude for small things in our life. Through practical tips and personal stories, I offer suggestions on how you can try to express and share gratitude… Continue reading
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Winter Journal Prompts: 40 Questions to Ask Yourself
Winter is the perfect time to slow down and reflect. In this blog post, discover how journaling can be a powerful tool for self-discovery and growth. With practical tips and 40 thought-provoking prompts across 8 wellness areas, you’ll have everything… Continue reading
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Illuminating Your Shadow
Shadow work invites us to uncover and understand hidden parts of ourselves—the aspects we might normally avoid or suppress. With the deepening of autumn, we can use this quieter, reflective time to explore shadow work, nurturing self-acceptance and healing as… Continue reading
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Expressive Writing for Self-Discovery
Expressive writing is a powerful tool for self-discovery, offering a path to understand our emotions and thoughts without judgment. Through free-flowing words, we can tap into our inner voice, explore our experiences, and even find healing in the act of… Continue reading
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Moving Towards Happiness: Understanding Needs
In this post, I explore how I used psychological studies to understand how to make myself happier by understanding my needs. Continue reading
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Equinox Reflections
The autumn equinox has brought a close to a long period of self-reflection for me. I’ve made some decisions about my life and what I want to do and it’s now time to take action! Continue reading
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Why Mindfulness Matters
As I’ve ventured into my 30s, I’ve found my life has been punctuated with a sense of disconnection and dusted with a fine coating of perpetual stress. However, amidst the chaos, there lies a powerful tool for finding peace and… Continue reading
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The Power of Reflection
As we navigate our thirties, reflection becomes vital for self-discovery and growth. Through deliberate introspection, we gain perspective, cultivate self-awareness, and align our actions with our values. Embracing practices like journaling, meditation, or tarot can aid in this process. Ultimately,… Continue reading
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