ITS time to bring back one of my favorite series, Support Sunday. I love anything that involves lifting others up, bringing people together, and taking about items, products that I would use myself, and that I want other people to know about because the companies are great Basic Invite is no exception. They have the cutest invites from Graduation, Birthday, to Thank you Cards. I can’t wait to use Basic Invite in October for my daughters Birthday!!! I hope you…
Top 5 tips to Controlling Your Mental Health! Author: Lindsey Pickett Instagram “Self-care is how you get your power back.” The first time I experienced a decline in my mental health was almost 2-1/2 years ago. I was going through a breakup, I wasn’t working and I felt everything was falling apart around me. I spent 2016 doing everything I could to get myself back up but, by the end, I was exhausted and I barely recall much…
What is Your Community Rooted In? You know that saying “Nothing brings you closer than hating the same things”? I used to think that was hilarious and so true. I would send it to my friends because that was totally us. It’s a funny tweet but an unhealthy and even toxic basis for a friendship. I realized not too long ago that friendships rooted in a mutual dislike or hatred of the same things or people would eventually…
How To Get Started at the Gym By Zoe Sinukoff Instagram: www.instagram.com/thecanadiancreative Summer is upon us, and that means we are all trying to get in shape for when we inevitably shed our layers and don our shorts and bikinis. If you hadn’t started your new years resolution to get fit back in January, I bet you sure are considering it now. However, the sun and warm weather can bring a mix of emotions, happiness for some, and stress for…
MOTIVATION = DISCIPLINE . CONSISTENCY. REST. LETTING GO OF THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS All the time I see people become exhausted and quit, or give up, or just stop doing the things they were doing to continue a good habit, to get a better career, to gain more education, to be a better person, to find a more fulfilled life. We constantly see things that tell you just stay motivated, just strive for motivation, just keep going bu the problem…
Author: Tracy Lackraj Instagram: www.instagram.com/sweat.slay.shine “Balance is not something you find, it’s something you create” – Jana Kingsford I love this quote. So many of us are living life on the go, ALL. THE. TIME. We never take a break. Whether it’s family, spouses, children, work – it just never seems to end. But the truth is, that type of lifestyle isn’t sustainable, nor is it a very healthy lifestyle. A healthy lifestyle has BALANCE. As a…
Social media: Find Rachael Below instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachaelruth_blog/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rachaelruthblog/ twitter: https://twitter.com/rach_berthiaume blog: http://rachaelruth.com/ My freshman year of college I was determined. I was entering a new chapter of my life and was living away from home for the first time. I had been a dancer my whole life and became interested in fitness my sophomore year of high school. When college came around I told myself I would try and eat healthy in order to not be a victim of the freshman 15.…
Author: Em Ducharme My website is www.zebrasuitcase.com My instagram is instagram.com/14daysof FIVE WAYS TO SELF-CARE WHEN YOU COULDN’T CARE LESS It’s easy to take care of ourselves when everything is smooth sailing. Work is going good, the finances are alright, the vacations are upcoming, the balance is there. The kids are healthy, the marriage is strong, the car is not breaking down… It’s easy. You take baths with salt and candles, you read books in bed, you make pancakes and…
By: Katie Hevesi IG: @fashioncoup www.thefashioncoup.com It almost seems ironic to me that I am writing about routines. Just a month ago I realized that my routine was not working for me, on any level. I was working full-time in a psychiatric hospital and doing the same routine as my co-workers. I had been doing it for about 6 months and it hit me hard that that routine was NOT for me. So fast-forward to now and I…
Author: Ashley Albers Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ashley_albers Its Okay Not To Be Okay Life is hard sometimes. Life seems unfair. Life seems impossible. How do we keep going when everything seems to fall apart? Breakups, heartbreak, loss, school, work, but life must go on despite what you’re going through. The best advice I received recently was “It’s okay not to be okay, but it’s not okay to stay that way.” I am not okay a lot of the time. However, I am choosing…
