This week Philippe and I chat about the evolution of the #selfcare trend and how it is important to have a purpose or intention in mind when practicing self-care if you want to reaps the benefits.

I started seeing this quote pop up on Instagram a lot lately: Take Your Pleasure Seriously. I later found out that this is a quote from Charles Eames, the famous architect, furniture and industrial designer behind The Eames Chair. No, this week is not a deep dive into 1950's iconic furniture, instead my friend Meaghan and I discuss the kind of pleasure that you might seek as a form of self-care.

Sometimes you just don't feel like laughing. Maybe you are tired, stretched too thin. This week Philippe and I acknowledge that laughing isn't always easy but it is necessary for mental resilience and self-care.

Philippe is back on this week's episode to chat with me about ways to practice self-care...as a couple! If like me you are following social media accounts and media platforms that post about self-care you may have noticed that the focus is squarely on the "self" aspect - me time, all by myself please! This week we chat about how practicing self-care alongside a loved one can be beneficial for your "self" as well as your relationship.

My friend Caroline is back this week for an episode about ways to take care of yourself when you are '#Girlbossing it' (ahem, in case you didn't know Girlboss is a registered trademark of Girlboss Media Inc., see girlboss.com 😉). We talk about waking up at 5 am (ewww), not answering client emails at 11 pm, Napleisure and the meaning of 'break activities'.

Do you feel like your days are full of tasks, big and small, and you are just racing from one task to the next almost on auto pilot? This week I chat with my husband, Philippe, about the need to stop and ask yourself "What do you ACTUALLY need right now?". It might not be the thing you thought you should be doing, it could be that you need to create a bit of space to reset or to surround yourself with loved ones so you feel in the moment and less in your head.

I know this is a podcast about SELF-care, but this week my friend Ruth and I discussed how giving OTHERS grace can be a form of taking care of yourself. By responding with kindness and curiosity when dealing with 'difficult' people instead of meeting them with judgment, frustration or anger you may actually be able to impact your own mental health and wellbeing in a profoundly positive way. This week's pod is really building on last week's episode about extending ourselves compassion...so the...

This week my friend Caroline joined me to discuss the topic of Self-Compassion. When things don't go as planned, when our to-do list remains unfinished, when we stumble on our words in a presentation or we lose our tempers after a long day, how do we speak to ourselves about what happened? Do we berate ourselves for failing or do we offer ourselves compassion? Why is it so natural to be compassionate with others but so easy to be hard on ourselves?

Week 4 - Let's meditate! Have you ever tried group meditation? This week my friend Trish and I attended a really cool introduction to meditation session hosted by Loversland and The Quiet Co. I discovered that unlike my previous meditation attempts at home on my own, time during group meditation seems to just fly by!

Week 3, let's try meal prep! If it doesn't sound relaxing to you to spend part of your Self-Care Sunday making meals for the week, you are not alone. I am going to be honest: just thinking about doing this practice has been stressing me out! But if I think about the benefits: save money, save stress of scrambling to make something during the week, save on packaging/waste and add in the fact that apparently trying out a new recipe is a chance to be creative and as such is actually a form of...

Week 2! In this episode I chat with my friend Carly about something we share - a Passion Project. Carly, our friend Inga and I have been in a 'band' together since early 2011. We meet up every few Saturdays to laugh, drink wine and play covers on our fruit-themed ukuleles 🥝🍍🍉. We record these nights and post the videos to a YouTube channel called The Fruity Ukuladies if you are curious! This is our passion project because it is something we work at but that we find so much joy in that even...

It's the first Self-Care Sunday of 2019! So excited to kick off the #52selfcaresundays project with this podcast episode all about ways to set yourself an awesome Bedtime Routine. Thanks to my guest and close friend, Melissa (@wine.girlboss) for coming over to chat about this important topic. For the article referenced in the episode check out My Domaine magazine's article The Nightly Routines of 19 Successful Women (https://www.mydomaine.com/nightly-routines-of-successful-women)