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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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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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Self-Care on the Daily
To celebrate International Self-Care Day, I’ll be posting a series of positive messages that I created to hopefully inspire you to do something nice for yourself once in a while! You’re worth it! Sincerely, Cass McD.
Posted in Gratitude, Health and Wellness, selfcare
Tagged bossgirl, confidence, empowerment, female empowerment, grateful, Gratitude, healthy lifestyle, healthy living, inspiration, mind and body, mindfulness, motivation, positive mindset, positivity, self confidence, self-esteem, selfawareness, selfcare, selfdevelopment, selfimprovement, selflove, spirituality, wellbeing, wellness
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Self-care Day: Solo Ste. Anne’s Spa Day
I have created this beautiful garden where many people will come to be healed” – prophecy given to Ste. Anne’s by Jay Rawlings “You went to the spa by yourself?” This was the reaction I got from a couple people … Continue reading
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Tagged bosslady, comfort zone, courageous, emotional wellbeing, empowerment, feel the fear, female empowerment, female selflove, girlpower, happiness, healing, healthy lifestyle, healthy living, healthyliving, inspiration, international selfcare day, lean in, meditaton, mental health, mental wellbeing, mental wellness, mind and body, mind body and spirit, mindfulness, peace and serenity, peace of mind, personal, personal care, personal growth, positive mindset, positivity, relaxation, restful, self development, self healing, self improvement, selfcare, selfcare advice, selfcare day, selfcare tips, selfcareday, selfimprovement, selflove, serenity, solo spa day, solo travel, spa, spa day, spirituality, stepoutsideyourcomfortzone, tranquility, travel, treatyourself, wellbeing, wellness, wellness tips, womens health, yoga, zen
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How migraine headaches impacted my life and what you should know
Migraine and Headache Awareness June was National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month, and I was happy to be able to share my migraine journey as a part of the #MoreThanAMigraine campaign to help raise awareness. My Story: The Migraine Struggle … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, headache, health, healthy, healthy lifestyle, healthy living, healthylifestyle, inspiration, lifestyle, migraine, migraine awareness, migraine headache, migraine headache symptoms, migraine reduction, migraine symptoms, migraine treatment, migraine triggers, pain, pain management, selfcare, wellness
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My Morning Routine: How I Start the Day Mellowed Out
Part of Recovering from Burnout How I start my day has changed considerably when I was forced to cope with chronic pain that left me unable to sit or walk for months. Then I suffered from burnout which left me … Continue reading
Posted in Health and Wellness, lifestyle, Work It, Work Life
Tagged burnout, calm, daily habits, daily routine, health, healthy lifestyle, healthy living, healthy practice, healthyliving, inspiration, lifestyle, mediation, mental health, mindfulness, morning, morning rituals, morning routine, mornings, motivation, peaceful, routine, selfcare, success, tips, wake up, wellness
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Gratitude Attitude: Getting Uncomfortable to Find Happiness
VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE and intentionally getting uncomfortable is the secret to really kicking that spice up a notch! This approach to life is what’s kept me, in many ways, out of the clutches of prolonged periods of depression. It’s been … Continue reading
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Tagged adventurous, advice, blogger, brave, comfort zone, comfortzone, confidence, courageous, depression, fearless, feeling blue, Gratitude, happiness, happy, healthy, healthy lifestyle, healthy living, inspiration, intentionallyliving, joy, life lessons, lifestyle, lifestyle blogger, living with intention, lovelife, melancholy, mental health, mindfulness, selfcare, selflove, tips, wellness
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