Quote of the Day ✨

Today’s quote comes from my browsing on pinterest while I make my Glimmers board: I love this quote, not only because of the cute picture it is laid on, but also because I feel like romanticizing your life can be seen as cringey, but is truly the foundation of joy. In the past, I haveContinue reading “Quote of the Day ✨”

Something you should know…

What’s something you believe everyone should know. You are worthy of good things. You are smart in your own way. You are caring and compassionate. Your opinion matters. You are capable. You are deserving of love. You are strong. You are important. You make a difference to someone. You are enough. You matter. 🩷

Glimmers – bringing small moments of joy to our conscious

When people think of therapy, I feel like a lot of people imagine talking to someone and then feeling like their life is sorted out and fixed. As an occupational therapist, I get this a lot, where clients and their families expect immediate change from just working with or talking to me for a fewContinue reading “Glimmers – bringing small moments of joy to our conscious”

Self care in the little routines

Self-care is the intentional practice of taking actions to preserve, enhance, and prioritize one’s physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. It involves recognizing one’s own needs and actively engaging in behaviors that promote health, relaxation, and overall quality of life. Self-care encompasses a wide range of activities, from basic hygiene practices to more intentional actsContinue reading “Self care in the little routines”

Day 10 of my self care challenge: social downtime

Today is the “last day” of my self care challenge, but hopefully I can continue my intentional self care moving forward! It’s been a great reminder of how many intentional choices I can make to be kind to myself and take care of myself, and something I think I should repeat in the future asContinue reading “Day 10 of my self care challenge: social downtime”

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”

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”