This little plate is a memento from an event I attended a few weeks ago. Guests were asked to select one of the many burlap sacks hanging on an intention tree — we picked the one we were most drawn to. Each hidden plate contained a different message. Mine could not be more fitting.
The words LIVE WELL are at the top of my mind as I celebrate my 40th birthday this month.
Easier said than done, especially if you have no interest in focussing to change anything. Let’s just be sometimes, right?!
Looking back on my previous live with intention posts, my words, themes and intentions have ranged from simplicity and happiness to balance, and most recently, embracing change and living in harmony.
With family and work responsibilities this past year, personal reflection took a back seat until now. After years of living in a revolving door of change, loving life with my partner and our blended family, and a recent promotion at work, I really would’t change a thing (except maybe a few wrinkles and grey hairs!). But that’s part of why it’s a good time to reassess values, goals, and life, generally.
I prefer themes or intentions to New Year’s resolutions and started thinking about positive changes to make in my life as the seasons changed last autumn… but it has taken me until now to pick a new theme or intention.
There are so many wonderful ways to use herbs during pregnancy. Aromatherapy is one of these ways and is simply defined as the use of essential oils for healing and health.
Anxiety is extremely prevalent in our society and affects all ages. This relaxing room spray can calm the nervous system and alleviate tension. It also leaves your space smelling clear and fresh.
I was stay at home mom for a few years until recently returning to work full time. The transition was a bit of an adjustment to say the least – and nothing had prepared me for the sheer exhaustion when I first went back! Things have definitely been getting easier as the weeks (and now months) go by. And my three boys, husband and I have found our own rhythm with the challenge of finding work-life balance and I can finally say that we are starting to get into a comfortable routine.
In the context of working and parenting, Angelina Jolie was once quoted as saying “I think if you love what you do, and the choice you’ve made in your life, somehow that drives you forward to enjoy it all. Even the chaos, even the exhaustion of it, and even when it seems out of balance.”
Here are the five most important things I’ve learned in the process of transitioning back to work and as a parent working out of the home.
According to this research review, adults require an average of 8.5 hours of sleep each night to report improvements in performance, alertness and mood.
Food, love, career, and mothers, the four major guilt groups.
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This quote pretty much sums it up perfectly. Something I was reminded of after missing the mommy and me tea hosted by my daughter’s kindergarten class last week while on a girls trip for a friend’s stagette.
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