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Signs of Burnout and What To Do About It
I want to talk about a hot topic. Burnout (you see what I did there?). If you’ve heard the term burnout but aren’t sure what it is or think you might be experiencing some of the symptoms, I encourage you to read … Continue reading
7 Simple Tips to Help You Start Your Morning Off Right
There is this viral video where a little boy is seen walking merrily down a street, a bounce in his step and waving as he starts shouting, very enthusiastically, “Good morning! Good morning! Good morning!” at passersby. Have you seen … Continue reading
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Tagged habits, healthy habits, healthy lifestyle, healthy living, lifestyletips, midlife, midlife lifestyle, mindful living, mindfulness, morning habits, morning rituals, morning routine, mornings, positivity, selfcare, selfcare advice, selfcare routine, selfcare tips, slow living, slowing down, womenover40
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5 Ways to Protect Your Peace During the Holidays
I know the holiday season is in full swing for most of us what with Diwali, Hanukkah, Thanksgiving, Kwanzaa, Christmas, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve, or other important holidays we celebrate this time of the year. For some of us, it’s … Continue reading
Embracing New Holiday Traditions: 4 Lessons Learned
It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” as the song goes. There’s an energy in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Airports are busy with people flying home for the holidays, … Continue reading
7 Tips for Organizing Your Space More Mindfully
Getting your space organized with intention It’s been just over a year of life in pandemic lockdown and I don’t know about you, but finding the motivation to do anything has been, well, rough. So, what does one do when … Continue reading
Posted in Health and Wellness, In My Closet, lifestyle, selfcare
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5 Easy Ways to Cultivate Gratitude in Your Daily Life
5 Simple Ways to Practice Gratitude Daily Continue reading
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Tagged #mindfulliving, agingwell, black women, blackwomenshealth, grateful, Gratitude, healthy lifestyle, mindful, mindfulness, mindset, over40, protectyourpeace, selfcare, selfcare tips, selfimprovement, women's health, womenshealth
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My Experience with Fibroids & 7 Things I Learned as a Black Woman
I decided to write this post because this topic has come up in conversation lately. It caused me to reflect on my own experience with uterine fibroids and wondered what, if anything was different about the experience about this particular … Continue reading
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Tagged africanamericanwomen, black women, blackblogger, blackcanadianwomen, blackwoman, blackwomen, blackwomenshealth, blackwomenwhoblog, caribbeanwomen, fibroids, health, Health and Wellness, healthandwellness, healthy lifestyle, healthy living, healthyliving, lifestyle, torontoblogger, torontolifestyleblogger, uterine fibroids, womenofcolour, womenshealth
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5 Tips to Make Journaling a Part of Your Healthy Lifestyle
My attempts at journaling started in eighth grade. We used these exercise books that we would cover the front with doddles of flowers and hearts and fill the pages with poems, song lyrics and fun nonsense. Then, there was the … Continue reading
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Tagged #mindfulliving, black women, blackblogger, blackwoman, Health and Wellness, healthy lifestyle, healthy living, healthyliving, how to journal, intentionallyliving, journal, journaling, journaling tips, journalling tips, living with intention, mental wellness, mindfulness, positive mindset, self development, self healing, self improvement, selfcare, selfcare tips, selfimprovement, wellbeing, wellness, wellness journey, wellness tips, woman health, writing
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3 Things I’ve Learned from doing 10 Minutes of Daily Meditation
Finding Meditation to Deal with Burn-Out Yoga and meditation, two practices that I thought were reserved for seniors, hipster moms and hippies. But then again, when I was in my 20s and 30s I thought 40 was really old. Ha! … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, habits, Health and Wellness, healthy habit, healthy lifestyle, healthy living, inspiration, lifestyle, meditate, meditation, meditation practice, midlife, mindfulness, morning ritual, morning routine, motivation, positive mindset, selfcare, selfcare tips, selflove, women, women over 40, womenover40
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