MY CONVERSATION WITH A SPIDER
MY CONVERSATION WITH A SPIDER Positive Aura Vibrations Speaks Louder Than Words Did you know that Costa Rica is home to more than…
Category: The Triad: Body – Mind – Soul
Content covers the Triad: Body, Mind, Soul
NEW YEAR – New Goals 2022
NEW YEAR – New Goals 2022 Taking Time to Reflect On my 2021 Accomplishments & Setting my 2022 Goals! How many of you…
MY BIGGEST NEMESIS: SELF – SABOTAGE
MY BIGGEST NEMESIS: SELF-SABOTAGE Fear & Self-Doubt: My constant Battle with Me Sorry I haven’t posted in a few weeks. I’ve been in…
TOP 25 GIFTS FOR SELF-CARE & WELLNESS
TOP 25 GIFTS FOR SELF-CARE & WELLNESS With the holidays just around the corner, I’ve been thinking about where I’m at in my…
GUIDED MEDITATION
If you haven’t tried to meditate and have been thinking about it….DO IT! The act of meditation cost you nothing but a little time. And the benefits of meditating are priceles
How I Get My Female Groove On
How I Get My Female Groove On My Self-Care Music Playlist Let’s be honest ladies. We all have our favorite go-to music that…
My Spiritual Journey
I’ve always considered myself a spiritual person. For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a relationship with a Higher Power, whether it be God, Jesus Christ, or a Power greater than me. Growing up in a relatively small town, I lived a sheltered life. My spiritual foundation was wrapped around Christianity. I wasn’t exposed to a lot of things, including other religions, until later when I was in my mid-twenties, in college and out on my own. In this blog I’m going to share my spiritual journey. I want to stress that this is MY journey and MY experience. What I have found to work for me, might not work for others and vice versa. My hope is that you read with an open heart and open mind.
The Birth Of The Ash Tree Home
I am not an expert in Self-Care. I’m simply a middle-aged, overly stressed, highly anxious, frustrated, at times extremely intense woman, desperately seeking a way to eliminate decades of poor life choices and health habits. This blog was not, I repeat WAS NOT created to portray myself as an expert. If you’re seeking a self-care expert or information on how to properly engage in Self-Care, there are thousands of “experts” on the internet. Trust me, I’ve looked.
HOW I’M OVERCOMING MY INSECURITIES
I have always been a “bigger” girl. As a kid, it was called being “big boned”. As a baby I was so fat my rolls had rolls. Thank goodness my mom had me by c-section. Otherwise, I think I could have really hurt her! I always felt like a was just average. Not just in my physical appearance, but also intellectually. I never felt like a was a “smart person”. Sure, I had common sense, but I never felt like I was intellectually smart. As a society, we put so much pressure on ourselves. We set unrealistic expectations. At times, these expectations can become overwhelming and detrimental to our wellbeing. In this blog post, I want to share some examples of how I felt at certain times in my life, how I dealt with them and how I’m dealing with it now.
WHY AM I DOING THIS?
I don’t think I fully recovered from Covid for several months. I started to gain more weight and reached the heaviest I’ve ever been. I was and am considered obese. My blood pressure was up, so was my cholesterol. My body was giving me those warning signs again. My Dr told me I had some choices to make. Go on medication or make serious lifestyle changes. If I didn’t do something immediately, I could have a heart attack or stoke within a year. Yup! That scared me! Hello Costa Rica!