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- 10 ways to practice self love
  
  Posted at 7:00 pm by Holly, on March 14, 2018
  We all need to look after ourselves.
  
  I know some of you are thinking- ‘I don’t have time for that’….oh yes you do.
  
  I am pretty sure you can spare 5 minutes and devote it just to you.
  
  Here are 10 ways you can apply a bit of self-love and it will make you feel so much better afterwards
  1. Grab a pen and some paper and write down 5 things that make you happy – then read them back and feel that smile on your face and in your heart,
  2. Listen to your favourite song, even put it on repeat if you like, sing along or dance. Enjoy how it makes you feel.
  3. Prepare your favourite meal/ snack. Have a little feast, It won’t hurt every once in a while.
  4. Light a candle, one with a scent that makes you go mmm. Get all nostalgic. Don’t forget to blow it out once you’re done.
  5. Pamper yourself by applying a face mask or painting your nails. One deserves a pampering every once in a while
  6. Read some of your favourite quotes – Make a board on Pinterest and keep adding to it. In times of need, they can be powerful.
  7. Put on an outfit that you love, or a colour that makes you feel good, or your favourite PJs.
  8. Do a quick yoga session or just sit in peace and meditate. Don’t think of anything in particular. Just be in the now.
  9. Make yourself a hot chocolate or a yummy smoothie and just enjoy.
  10. Soak in the bath or have a nice long shower and just appreciate the me time.
  There you have it.
  
  Hope you will take some of these and apply them in your day/week. You deserve it.
  
  Allow yourself relaxation and above anything else Happiness.
  
  Til next time
  Posted in Confidence, Health, lifestyle, mental health, Personal, words of wisdom | 0 Comments | Tagged advice, Health, life, lifestyle, mental health, Personal, self love
- 10 Podcasts you need to listen to
  
  Posted at 7:49 pm by Holly, on March 6, 2018
  
  I over the last year or so have really enjoyed clicking on that purple icon, yes the one that some people think is one of the useless apps on iPhones. I think it really needs to be given more credit.
  
  I usually turn to it at the end of the night when I need to wind down… it’s the time when I find I am a bit more alert. Sounds silly but it wouldn’t sink in first thing I’d still be in a zombie state.
  
  Anyways…. I have 10 on my list – a nice round number to suggest so here goes.
  
  1. IS IT JUST ME
  
  This is Glamours podcast which includes one Celebrity on each episode. The topics they talk about absolutely allsorts nothing is ever off limits so if you don’t have an open mind don’t click. Its usually every Tuesday and today it’s Leona Lewis.
  
  2. HAPPY PLACE
  
  This is Fearne Cottons new podcast that only launched yesterday (5th March). She is going to be talking to familiar faces /voices in this case and find out where their happy place is and what their happiness in life. It was a double bill of Dawn French and then an episode also with Tom Daly. You won’t want to miss your Monday fix of Fearne ever again. I am a big fan of hers anyway so this is just fab.
  
  3 . THIS WEEK
  
  I have followed Sarah for ages on Youtube and I understand her surnames Rocksdale but on here she is under Sarah Ragsdale. She’s such an upbeat and positive person and it really comes across in her podcasts. She shares things like how to unwind after a stressful day, a fresh start and forgiveness amongst loads of other topics. She uploads her episodes on a Tuesday so go subscribe and also check out her youtube channel too.
  
  4. CTRL ALT DELETE
  
  You probably have seen Emma’s book online if not read it well she has a podcast too. I have only just recently just subscribed to her podcast and it looks like she used to do podcasts as far back as 2016 and is starting them back up again so I can’t say when her next one will be but her latest one was the end of February so keep your eyes peeled. They are full of discussions on things like failure, comparing yourself, not following a herd as shes put it.
  
  5. PUT YOURSELF FIRST
  
  Kat Horrocks is an online entrepreneur who empowers women and really keeps you in a positive mindset the whole time you are listening to her. I discovered her last year on youtube and when she announced in December she was doing a podcast I thought awesome so she is now in my library to catch up on as she does two podcasts one on a Monday and one on a Friday.
  
  6. FROM THE HEART
  
  Rachael better known as Yoga girl has had her podcast a whole year and I can’t believe I haven’t come across her sooner. Her podcasts are so inciteful as she reveals her take on the topic of the week and also has a guest in aswell to talk it through with. Its such an easy listening series and she uploads on a Friday. So if you are into more personal podcasts look no further.
  
  7.ON YOUR JOURNEY
  
  Jamie Michelle started her podcast journey just over a month ago. she talks about how to have your healthiest, happiest best life and isn’t that what we all want? The length of her podcasts are about 15-20 mins so perfect if you are one of those people that don’t want to listen to an hour-long one then Jamie is your girl. Monday is when you can catch a new episode.
  
  8. THE ANXIETY PODCAST
  
  If like me you suffer from anxiety you would have looked on the web for all possibilities of coping mechanisms or cures. Tim Collins has nearly 3 years worth of episodes on his podcast of some tips on how to cope and manage your anxiety effectively. Whatever your anxiety dilemma there is an episode to help you. Make sure on a Wednesday you listen in and have a flick back at all his other available episodes.
  
  9. THE LAVENDAIRE LIFESTYLE
  
  This is a personal growth and lifestyle design podcast so if you are looking to improve any aspect of your life then Aileens spanking new podcast which launched this Sunday just gone will hopefully be of some help. She has a really lovely softly spoken voice and I adore her on Youtube so I will keep my fingers crossed for her success here.
  
  10. THE MINDFUL KIND
  
  I know not everyone understands mindfulness, but listening to one of Rachael Kables episodes on The Mindful Kind which are no longer than 10mins you will soon understand the concept of it, and how it can help you in everyday life. Her last episode was talking about mindful studying, so all you students out there may benefit from that one. Catch her episodes every Thursday.
  
  Thanks for reading and I hope that you will maybe listen in to one of the podcasts mentioned.
  
  If you have any recommendations feel free to comment below.
  
  Til next time…
  
  Posted in Confidence, Health, lifestyle, mental health, Personal, Positivity, words of wisdom | 8 Comments | Tagged advice, creativity, Health, inspiration, lifestyle, music, Personal, podcast, Positivity
- I need a little me time
  
  Posted at 9:15 pm by Holly, on March 2, 2018
  
  I have been meaning to have a little pampering for a few nights now. It has been one of those days that I felt a little anxious and needed a little wind-down.
  
  After tea I ran myself a nice bubble bath. I chose some Lavender Radox stress less bubbles and jumped on in.
  
  I put some acoustic music on my kindle and lit a candle. There’s something about acoustic music that takes my worries away.
  
  20 mins relaxation in the tub was so nice and much needed. The cleanse, tone and moisturise on my face topped off my little sesh.
  
  I’m in a warm onesie curled up in bed ready to settle down for the night.
  
  If you ever are having a bit of a rubbish day set aside half an hour or so to treat your body and mind.
  
  Thanks for reading
  
  Til next time…
  
  Posted in Beauty, Health, lifestyle, mental health, Personal | 0 Comments | Tagged Beauty, Health, life, lifestyle, music, Personal
- Don’t be so cruel
  
  Posted at 7:00 pm by Holly, on February 22, 2018
  
  A message to all people who think its ok to knock someone down just because they are different.
  
  Read the whole thing including the quotes too
  
  You should never be frowned upon for the colour of your skin, the shape of your body or the colour of your hair.
  
  This is a beauty spot and a cute little heart
  
  But people turn their noses up or turn their backs when they see less than ‘their idea of perfection such as a birthmark or freckles on the face.
  
  and should people be hated on for who they choose to love?
  
  Of course not…
  
  People all over the world decide they are going to be cruel to somebody behind their computer screens
  
  When in fact it’s exactly the same as saying it to somebody face to face..
  
  It still hurts the same.
  
  No, you should never hate yourself and no one should ever make you feel like that.
  
  Do not troll in person, and don’t troll online, this is the only troll you should ever see.
  
  Please feel free to share this post to make people aware.
  
  Much loves and thank you for reading xx
  
  Posted in Confidence, Equality, lifestyle, love, mental health, Personal, Positive thinking | 11 Comments | Tagged advice, inspiration, lifestyle, Personal, Positivity, Quotes, words of wisdom
- THIS IS MY STORY
  
  Posted at 10:30 am by Holly, on February 6, 2018
  
  What I am about to tell you happened a fair few years ago but I feel its important to get my story out there and the message to people suffering to know that you are not alone in this.
  
  So it all started when I was walking the route to work that I had walked many times before, that morning was like any other morning nothing had happened to start off what began as a horrendous ride through that part of my life.
  
  I got halfway to work and I felt this feeling I never experienced before,
  
  I was gasping for air, I wanted to scream but no words came out. I felt faint but I couldn’t keep still. I wanted to knock on a door and ask a help but I just couldn’t. Little did I know that this was the start of something really horrible.
  
  I had just suffered the worst panic attack I had ever had…at school I had a few but nothing like this one. I felt like the life I had built back up after my years of torment at school had come crashing down. I started getting crippling panic attacks on a daily basis and soon I was getting to the point where I couldn’t even step outside my front door, wherever I was would bring on a panic attack and I just hated what it was doing to me so I shut myself away.
  
  The anxiety/panic attacks were taking over me, my personality, my appetite and my sleep. I was unknown to myself spiralling into depression. Something I had never experienced. A month or so went by and I really couldn’t take much more of the way I felt or didn’t feel. I was so scared one night that I begged my parents to let me sleep on the floor in their room. I didn’t want to be alone. The truth was I hadn’t slept for a week, I was having thoughts of how I could end this sorry life I thought I had. After voicing it to my parents they took me to the out of hours minor injuries as it was on a Sunday the stupid doctor there said to my parents what do you want me to do about it? if she wants to end it she will. The bloke really didn’t give a shit and at that point nor did i.
  
  Mum and Dad were off to work that Monday and I said to them out of desperation of how I was feeling that I may not be here when you get home tonight please don’t go. There and then I knew I didn’t want to die, I wanted help, medical help from the professionals….and that is what I had.
  
  With intensive outpatient therapy, medication and monitoring I began to see the happier side of things. There was a positive in every day and I wasn’t the only one who ever felt like this…there were millions that had some of the exact thoughts, feelings and fears.
  
  Since then I have had a few times where I had a blip and had to go back on some antidepressants. My body has been through a lot if you follow my blog you’ll know. The last time I was on them was just after having my big bladder op, it was a lot to adapt to and I just felt so alone in it. But I am a much stronger now and have learnt to take each day as it comes and never be afraid to ask for help.
  
  There are mental health awareness days/weeks but in reality those living with a mental illness sometimes don’t get a break for years at a time…like my anxiety its been half of my life so the awareness of any mental health issue should always be made aware of so more people understand and are there as a helping hand.
  
  I could write a book on this but I think I will stop here and I hope its given you an incite of my story of how a mental illness affected me.
  
  Here are a few quotes I thought I would add in here to anyone who is struggling or needs that bit of comfort.
  
  Much loves and thanks for reading xxx
  
  Posted in Chronic illness, mental health, Personal, Quotes | 9 Comments | Tagged anxiety, depresion, Health, life, lifestyle, mental health, mental illness, Personal
- Happy The Journal – My First Impression
  
  Posted at 2:00 pm by Holly, on January 8, 2018
  
  I am so over the moon with this fabulous journal I had for Christmas from my brother…
  
  The bro did good. More like his girlfriend did.
  
  So if you haven’t seen or heard of it before it is one of Fearne Cottons creations that she has put together of positive thinking in a journal type way. It is really quite clever and different. I haven’t seen one like it before.
  
  I thought I would give you a first impression of what I think of it and a peek inside of it too.
  
  This is my first page…It gives you a whole page to write down your wishes for the year ahead but instead of putting ‘I want’, you write it as if it has actually has happened so in mine you can see my positive points. I came up with 10. It took me about half an hour to wrack my brains to come up with some good ones.
  
  Throughout the journal you will see these quotes which are not only positive but powerful too. I always get that instant boost when I read a good quote.
  
  Heres an idea if you don’t always have your book to hand you could copy the quotes down into the notes section on your phone and when you need that bit of positivity you have it right there.
  
  Skipping to February – Each month has a theme and you probably can guess from the prompts above that Feb is Love. Even if you aren’t in a relationship they are still relatable as most of this book is pointed towards self-love and improving your life.
  
  At the end of each day you will have a face with no mouth… here you can put how your mood was on that day and then when you flip back through its a reminder of how you felt on that day.
  
  As you can see the pages are a bright array of pastel colours but unfortunately its a cold and miserable day with little sunlight so I just had to adjust mine to look semi-decent.
  
  You can buy this Journal in pretty much every bookstore there is worldwide. It’s also kind to your purse too just over a tenner and has so many pages of content its well worth spending your pennies on.
  
  If you like writing/journaling and a bit of self-development then this is going to be just the book for you.
  
  Thanks for stopping by
  
  Until next time…
  
  Posted in mental health, Personal, Positive thinking, Positivity, Quotes, review, writing | 4 Comments | Tagged books, journaling, mental health, Personal, Positivity, Quotes
- Give me a few days
  
  Posted at 9:30 pm by Holly, on January 4, 2018
  
  Happy 2018 everyone,
  
  I hope you all are having a fab one so far.
  
  I am just writing a post to let you know that I haven’t been feeling too great for about a week. Had major earache on Christmas Day and a few days after. I then have had a couple of really bad days with my paralysis in my legs and along with Mother Nature and PMS you can imagine I just want normality.
  
  Give me a few days and I’ll have some awesome blog posts for you. I’ll make sure they are worth the wait.
  
  Much love and I hope you understand 😘
  
  Posted in Chronic illness, Health, lifestyle, mental health, Personal | 5 Comments | Tagged Chronic illness, Health, lifestyle, mental health, Personal
- TO MY FOLLOWERS
  
  Posted at 1:22 pm by Holly, on December 19, 2017
  
  As the days pass and the new year is nearly upon us
  
  I wanted to ask you my followers, my loyal readers a few questions so I could work on it for the upcoming months ahead.
  
  What posts of mine do you enjoy reading the most?
  
  What would you like to see more of on here?
  
  What made you subscribe to me?
  
  I want to make this blog as fun and informative as I possibly can. I love to write but sometimes like in most things you have a mental block and need a little advice to get you going again.
  
  I would be so happy if you could leave your thoughts in the comments
  
  Much love as always….
  
  Posted in Confidence, lifestyle, mental health, Personal, Positivity, social media | 0 Comments | Tagged advice, inspiration, lifestyle, Personal
- 5 SELF HELP BOOKS TO START OFF YOUR NEW YEAR POSITIVELY
  
  Posted at 2:58 pm by Holly, on December 14, 2017
  
  Self-help books aren’t for everyone but I am definitely one that loves a bit of guidance and because this year for me has been a bit crappy I am going into next year with a positive mind and positive outlook on things.
  
  These 5 books are going to be my holy grails and I will be using them daily. In the past I haven’t been much of a bookworm but things change.
  
  LITTLE BOOK OF CONFIDENCE BY SUSAN JEFFERS
  
  I bought this book a couple of years ago and when sorting out my book box there it was at the bottom. Its no bigger than a pack of cards so no matter how small your bag is you can easily fit it in there for when you need that boost of confidence.
  
  A THOUSAND PATHS TO MINDFULNESS BY LIZ DEAN
  
  My friend was telling me about mindfulness back along and i thought she was talking a load of twoddle and she gave me this book to keep and said you wont want to leave home without it. So when i went into hospital one of the activities other than therapy was mindfulness and i got to learn what its all about. It really helps the stress levels and focusing on the here and now.
  
  START WHERE YOU ARE BY MEERA LEE PATEL
  
  I started this about a year ago and then put it to one side and didn’t follow on with it but now i’m in the right head space i have put it with my books to work on this year coming. It has allsorts of questions about you as a person on whats important to you and where you want to be. I think its fab and look forward to completing it.
  
  DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE BY MEGAN KAYE
  
  This one is quite new to me but i have had a flip through it and done a few of the quizzes. It is full of things to do in there to discover the real you. I believe i got this from Amazon or maybe it was The Works. Either way i highly reccommend buying one.
  
  365 DAYS OF POSITIVE THINKING BY JENNY KELLETT
  
  I just downloaded this book onto my kindle and it was free so that was the added extra. I have decided that I will start it on Jan 1st as it has a page a day for the whole year. There isn’t much on each page but just enough to give you enough positivity and pause for thought. I’m really looking forward to putting this one into my daily routine.
  
  Let me know if you have any Self-help books that you think would be worth reading.
  
  Til next time…
  
  Posted in Confidence, Health, lifestyle, mental health, Personal, Positive thinking, Positivity | 0 Comments | Tagged advice, books, Confidence, lifestyle, mindfulness, Personal, Positive thinking, Positivity
- NEW THINGS COMING TO MY BLOG
  
  Posted at 10:59 am by Holly, on December 1, 2017
  I want to add a few things to my blog and I hope you’ll love it too. Since being ill I’ve looked at life in a totally different light. It’s made me think a lot more positively. I also want to be able to help people too. I have always been that kind of person – after having a bad time with bullying at school I went into youth work and counselling for a few years and it gave me so much joy to see others smile after feeling low.
  
  So I wanted to add these things to my blog on top of the topics I already have.
  - Improving mental health
  - Mindfulness
  - Self care
  - Weight loss journey
  - Positive thinking
  - Health updates
  I also am going to start a YouTube channel in the new year. I will leave the link here if you want to follow then as soon as my first video comes out you won’t miss it.
  
  MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL
  
  – All I’m going to say that is going to be like nobody else’s –
  
  Just a short update, oh and Happy 1st of December…
  
  let Christmas festivities officially begin.
  
  Until next time
  Posted in Health, lifestyle, mental health, Personal, Positive thinking | 8 Comments | Tagged advice, Chronic illness, lifestyle, mental health, Personal, Positivity, self care
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