Splendid Self-Care Blog

The full moon shines a light on what is holding you back from achieving your goals.

The trick is to do practices to stay grounded a few days before, during, and after, to ride the wave of the full moon energy.

When you learn how to embrace the full moon energy, it’s a beautiful time to tap into deep creativity.

(Case in point: you’ll notice I usually publish a bunch of blog posts around a full moon 😆).

Wanna know how I take care of myself during this full supermoon lunar eclipse collective conscious craziness?

Here are 5 podcasts episodes for a better you that are guaranteed to shift your perspective and help bring you closer to joy.

Pop the champagne and breathe a sigh of relief because 2020 is FINALLY over! We may have bid adieu to the best-worst year, but we’re about to welcome in a universally loathed tradition: New Year’s resolutions.

HEY! You look like the kind of person that needs a self-care checklist.

Am I right?

You being someone who survived 2020?

Well, you’re in luck!

I’ve lost and gained hundreds of pounds throughout my life, and am currently 50 pounds lower than my highest weight.

(I hesitate to say that I’ve lost 50 pounds, because I didn’t lose them; I turned some of them into muscle, some of them into sweat, some of them into breathe. My weight fluctuates 5 pounds in a day, so the concept of losing a finite amount of weight is a moot point).

More impressive to me is that, by learning how to communicate effectively with my body, I fell madly in love with it, and it became easier to make decisions to support that relationship.

Y’all, can I just say it? 2020 has been fucking INTENSE.

Amid global suffering, life has drastically changed for many of us. The everyday stress we were once dealing with has now been elevated. The uncertainty that has always existed in the world has been magnified x 1000.

How do you even deal??

Do you identify and deal with it right away, the stress, the anger, the frustration?

Or do you compartmentalize?

I used to compartmentalize my stress...until it led to

• burnout

• poor mental health

• extreme fatigue

• panic attacks

• depression all the other wonderful symptoms that come along with it.

This was no way to live. I had to actively work with myself to calm myself down.

Right now you may feel like you have a brick on your chest, but I want you to remember to…

This morning, I went to go to my meditation practice...and I was attacked by a case of the But Firsts.

....but first, I needed to take the dog out.

....but first, I got caught up in some emails.

....but first, a neighbor wanted to have a chat.

And before I knew it, it was time for my first client.

ACK!

Have this happened to you?

Meditation is easy for NO ONE!

Returning to work post-Covid-19 shutdown? Here's how to avoid burnout

Are your wrists or hands hurting?

Here, do this. Two minutes! It’ll help INSTANTLY.

Don’t fight for your marriage.

Dance for it. Love for it. Fuck for it.

This is all about learning how to have a hard time, with grace, with growth, with love 💛

What you’re experiencing is called yearning.

What you’re experiencing is called yearning.

It’s draining.

Not good or bad.

But it’s distracting and draining and usually doesn’t serve.

Anxiety is a human condition. We really like to worry about all the stuff that isn’t happening right now! It’s part of the challenge of being human: evolving to remain present with what is instead of worrying about what isn’t.

Here’s how to snap yourself out of it:

I have not worn deodorant or anti-perspirant for many years, but it wasn’t until the wonderful sprouts sellers at my local farmers market clued me into fenugreek that I (and perhaps those closest to me) truly started enjoying my deodorant-free lifestyle.

You can only care for others as well as you care for yourself.