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Self-Care Tips for the Anxious Mama (Guest Post)

Natasha shares her top self-care tips for mums who live with anxiety.

Mental Health

April 7th: No Housework Day

If any of you needed an excuse to take a break, here it is!

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Getting Cosy

Cosiness is one of the best feelings. But how can we achieve it?

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5 New Habits

We often see people talking about habits they want to drop, but I rarely see people talking about habits they want to pick up.

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Scent-sational: My Favourite Scents

I'm very sensitive to scents (I'm scent-sitive, if you will... ahem) and I find a lot of comfort and enjoyment in certain scents.

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My Favourite ASMRtists

I first discovered ASMR by accident. I can't even remember how I came across it, but I'd never heard of it before. I decided to watch a few videos and immediately I was hooked.

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10 Low Energy Self-Care Mood-Boosters

Self-care is often something that we intend to do, but when we're exhausted, we can feel like it's just too much effort to include in our day.

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50 Things That Make Me Happy

A list of 50 things that make me happy - are any of yours on the list?

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My Easy Skincare Routine

Often, when we think of skincare, we imagine having to use dozens of expensive products in long, convoluted routines that are just too difficult to maintain and take energy that we just don't have.

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My Top 10 Relaxation Techniques

Taking time to relax is a crucial part of self-care. I used to feel guilty about relaxing, convincing myself that my worth was intrinsically linked to my productivity.

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31 Days of Self-Care

The term "self-care" is thrown around pretty freely nowadays, but I have well and truly jumped on that bandwagon, and I have no regrets.

Mental Health

Define the Emotion

One of the struggles of living with mental illness is that after a while, our emotions can become kind of fuzzy. We're not really sure what we're feeling, we just know it feels like shit.

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Winter Self-Care

Self-care is important all year round, but I think especially during Winter when things get dark and a bit grim, it's even more crucial to make sure we are taking care of ourselves.

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Connection: Stepping Outside the Bubble

Modern life can often leave us feeling like we don't "fit in"; like we're operating from within a bubble and the rest of the world is just happening around us: we are detached and alone. Sometimes, we prefer it that way. At least it's safe here...

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5 Things People with BPD Need To Hear

People with Borderline Personality Disorder are often bombarded with false representations and accusations about our character, all of which destroy our self-esteem and hinder our recovery.

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Self-Care Tips for the Anxious Mama (Guest Post)

Reasons Why I Like Myself

April 7th: No Housework Day

Getting Cosy

Scent-sational: My Favourite Scents

My Favourite ASMRtists

My Easy Skincare Routine

My Top 10 Relaxation Techniques

Define the Emotion

Winter Self-Care

Connection: Stepping Outside the Bubble