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Day 9 of my self care challenge: long days and screen time

It is day 9 of 10 days of self care and you best believe I won’t be stopping here! I won’t be blogging about it every day but it feels like I’ve really started shifting perspective about intentional self care and self compassion. Today I wanted to share something that I feel is a bigContinue reading “Day 9 of my self care challenge: long days and screen time”

Day 8 of my self care challenge: short and sweet

Today was my first day back to work since I started my 10 day self care challenge , and like I had anticipated, it was a busy day! There wasn’t as much chaos as I would have thought, but I definitely was mentally tired after the day! It took me a while to relax myContinue reading “Day 8 of my self care challenge: short and sweet”

Day 7 of my self care challenge: back to basics

It’s Sunday! My favourite day for self care as I feel like I can really make a difference in my week by actively choosing activities to prepare myself for my week. I just recently realized the power of saving my Sunday for me. I try my best not to plan much for Sundays so thatContinue reading “Day 7 of my self care challenge: back to basics”

Day 6 of my Self care challenge: practicing self regulation and self compassion

If you’ve been following along my self care challenge, or if you’re new to this post, 6 days ago I decided to challenge myself to 10 days of self care activities. The hope was to care for myself in this transition between programs at work, and to get into routines of self care…. But it’sContinue reading “Day 6 of my Self care challenge: practicing self regulation and self compassion”

Day 5 of my Self care challenge: completing passion projects

Five days ago I was inspired to challenge myself to 10 days of self care, with the hopes to start setting myself up for a good pattern of self care for the new school year. I really just intended to share it in blog posts to normalize self care looking different than fancy spa activities.Continue reading “Day 5 of my Self care challenge: completing passion projects”

Day 4 of my self care challenge: productivity CAN be self care

Today is my fourth day of trying to focus on self care! It’s been quite the roller coaster of three days to be honest because of emotions and reflection, but today was a good one. Like I planned yesterday, it was a quiet indoor day today, with taking the dogs out every once in aContinue reading “Day 4 of my self care challenge: productivity CAN be self care”

Autism Parenting Summit – FREE resource

This is going to be a shorter blog post than usual, as I just wanted to share a couple resources that I have come across recently that I think are super beneficial for parents with autistic children! Of course, if you usually read my blog coming from more of a professional side where you areContinue reading “Autism Parenting Summit – FREE resource”

Day 3 of my self care challenge

Today’s self care post comes from a different space. Yesterday’s post above was about working through challenges to do nice things; my neon green manicure is still bringing me so much joy today 🙂 Today’s overall theme was giving myself grace. This morning I woke up and needed extra time than I had planned toContinue reading “Day 3 of my self care challenge”