3 Things You Need to Know About Practicing Self-Love

3 Things You Need to Know About Practicing Self-Love | Self-love isn't easy but it's the true foundation of a healthy lifestyle. Let's talk about 3 common self-love struggles and how to move pasts them. Click through for the goodness. #healthylifestyle #selflove #practicingselflove

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Hello Lovelies:

Self-love is so important. I’m sure we can all agree on that! All the best things grow from self-love. And if you want to do anything for yourself and your health, self-love will always be my first suggestion. 

But that doesn’t mean that self-love is a simple thing. In fact, practicing self-love can sometimes be a bit complicated (for everyone).

Whether you’re just starting out on your self-love journey or you’re a self-love superstar, it’s totally normal to struggle. Self-love isn’t easy.

So how can you prepare for the hurdles that come with practicing self-love?

Here are 3 important things that you should know… Let’s dive in!

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5 Powerful Ways To Cope With Seasonal Affective Disorder

5 Powerful Ways To Cope With Seasonal Affective Disorder | Let's talk about Seasonal Affective Disorder symptoms and remedies and how we can prepare for and cope with winter depression or SAD. This post has some self-care tips that can help. Check it out. #seasonalaffectivedisoder #winterdepression #selfcare #mentalhealth

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Hello Lovelies:

Winter is a beautiful time of year. But for some, changes in the seasons can be really hard to navigate. Especially for those who experience Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

If the season has you feeling down, is affecting your sleep or draining your energy, you are absolutely not alone. 

Know that you deserve to feel well. And you also deserve to be able to reach out for help when you need it.

But how can we better support our mental health through SAD? What steps can we take to work towards feeling better?

Let’s talk about it! Because there are definitely things that you can do to help. Here’s everything you need to know about SAD, including 5 powerful ways to cope.

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Working On Awesome Lifestyle Changes? Avoid These 5 Mistakes

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Hello Love:

Are you working to change your lifestyle in some way? Or trying to incorporate new healthy habits?

You aren’t alone! The new year often has us working to make changes, many of which focus on our lifestyle.

But, more often than not, the changes you work so hard to create just don’t stick!

Is there a better way to approach healthy lifestyle changes?

Heck yes there is! And I invited the lovely Maryann Auger, certified personal trainer, wellness coach and group fitness instructor, to talk to us about it. She’s sharing 5 common reasons healthy lifestyle changes don’t work. Plus, she’ll show you how you can avoid those mistakes and create awesome new habits.

Ready to dive in? Let’s go! Take it away Maryann…

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Feeling New Year Stress? Here Are 4 Ways To Kick It’s Butt.

Feeling New Year Stress? Here Are 4 Ways To Kick It's Butt. | New Years resolutions might be fun, but they can also put us under a lot of pressure. As can the "new year new you" idea. If you're starting to feel some New Year stress, you aren't alone! Here are 4 important reminders that help with stress relief, support your mental health, and help you rock the year without all that pressure. Click through for the goodness. #stressrelief #selflove #selfloveactions #mentalhealth

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Hello love:

We’re halfway through January! How did that even happen so quickly?! It’s a new year baby, and I know you’re ready to rock it!

But a new year often comes with a lot of pressure! The desire to change, better yourself and achieve something. It can make January a very stressful month.

Resolutions alone can quickly create a lot of New Year stress. And, unfortunately, many of them fail within the first few months of the year. Which only hurts us more!

If you’re feeling the early year blues or any pressure to strive for giant changes, this is for you. Let’s take some of that pressure off, shall we?

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You Loved These 10 Health And Wellness Blog Posts The Most

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Hello Loves:

Somehow 2019 is almost behind us. While many of us are looking ahead towards all that awaits us in 2020, now is also the perfect time to take a moment to reflect.

Look back for a moment and appreciate all of your accomplishments, how far you’ve come and how much you’ve grown over the last 365 days.

It’s a lovely practice and something I try to remember to do on occasion. And I’ve decided to extend that act of reflecting towards this site as well.

I took a peek at my Google Analytics to see which posts you gave the most love to this year! Together we’ve talked so much about health, self-love and care, mental well-being, nutrition and so much more.

Let’s take a look back at everything we’ve learned together and talk about your 10 favourite health and wellness blog posts from this site in 2019.

Read to have some fun? Let’s do this!

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Hiya! I’m Sara

I’m a wellness writer, Graves Disease thriver and self-love advocate.

And I’m passionate about empowering you to prioritize self-care and love yourself fiercely.

Let’s have some fun!