Hey gorgeous,

Welcome to the second day of the blog series “15 tips on how you can implement self love into your life”

Here’s a refresher on yesterday’s acts of self love:

1)       Start your day with a glass of warm lemon water

2)       Go for a walk and repeat affirmations and

3)       Make a cup of herbal tea, ignore the domestic duties and put your feet up for 10 mins OR do the yoga pose Viparita Karani which is laying on your back with your legs against a wall.

How did you go today?

Did you manage to squeeze one act of self love into your day! How did it feel? I’m so excited for you!

Today it’s all about getting creative and nourishing your soul. We’ll start off with these AWESOME activities!!

1)       Paint your toenails or get a pedicure! The end result is some ROCKIN’ toenails and whenever you look at those glamorous nails you will have a big SMILE ear to ear and feel like a million bucks J

2)       Read a nourishing book/novel or dive into a self-help workbook like Leonie Dawson’s “2015 Create your Amazing year” or Danielle Laporte “The Desire Map” or read something inspirational like Gabrielle Bernstein “Miracles Now- 108 life-changing tools for less stress, more flow and finding your true purpose”. Working on your core desires is an act of SELF LOVE!!! Whenever I do any of these even if it’s for an hour I literally feel like I have been on a holiday and feel refreshed!

3)       Get creative – Implement your core desires onto your very own VISION/MANIFESTATION board and see your desires and wishes come to fruition! OR get in touch with your inner child and colour in, do mandalas, draw, do arty crafty stuff, scrapbook/create a photo album old school style for family and friends for Christmas/Birthdays! Getting your creative juices flowing helps your life flow and eases stress!

My intention  for this blog is to be REAL, HONEST and AUTHENTIC which is why I am sharing with you some of the challenges I face as a mum of four children.

In today’s society it’s fake, pretence, and dishonest especially online. Everyone thinks everyone else has this “PERFECT” life, well I call bullshit (excuse the french) and say let’s keep this real and be honest with each other, so we can all relate to each other and support one another.

Being a mum is one of THE hardest jobs on the planet and there is enough pressure on us mums let alone feeling like we need to strive for perfection.

My wish is that this blog inspires you to be your authentic self and to know that you have got support and you are not alone!

Today Master 1 was having one of those moments and it’s always when I’m cooking dinner, that “witching” hour ugh it drives me crazy….You know what I mean?

Well here I am trying to cook dinner one of Quirky cooking’s all in one meals in the Thermomix and he was crying and whinging and all he wanted was me, It was the worst time as I couldn’t focus my attention on him at this present moment and I could feel my stress levels increasing and blurted out “Ok baby PLEASE STOP” in a raised voice, he just sat on the kitchen floor balling his eyes out and I instantly felt a pang of guilt, so I picked him up and gave him big cuddles and kisses and asked my eldest to look after him.

It was in that moment of frustration that I thought “What is he feeling to be acting like this” he must be trying to communicate something to me and I wasn’t listening!

The reason he was crying was he heard the Thermomix and thought I was juicing which he helps me with everyday and all he wanted to do was to help me make a juice {awwwww} how cute is he, so mama’s next time I will STOP, BREATHE and attend to him and tap into my mother’s intuition and LISTEN!

God bless his little cotton socks hehe!!!!

Tomorrow we are halfway there so don’t forget to tune in and I’ll talk to you then!

Love & Gratitude

Phoebe xx