How Castor Oil Has Helped Me

My story: This all started a few months back where I started to get pain in my lower right side and thought it was appendicitis, at the time I was still waiting for my ultrasound to check things out. I was on the search of ways to help reduce the inflammation diet wise but also …

10 Daily affirmations for self-love and acceptance challenge

Will you join me on a 30 day challenge for self-love and acceptance? I decided to do this for myself because I know I need it and would like to share with all of you 🙂 I've heard that whatever you think about you start to become/believe that about yourself. So what if you told …

“Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?”

These words have echoed in my mind now for weeks since I've attended a woman's conference. I took a look back on my childhood, I grew up with a supportive, loving home and would say I had a good childhood. I remember being friendly, going up to people (with my parents supervision) saying hi, complimenting …

“The Struggle is Real”

You may have heard of the story about the boy who brought home a caterpillar and watched it form into a cocoon and when the boy saw that the butterfly was struggling to come out the boy was concerned so he used scissors to make the hole bigger not realizing that the struggle the butterfly …

One year later: Flight 624; A letter on journey and hope

One year ago today I was on Air Canada's flight 624 that crash landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  One year later I'm still as thankful as I was that day. I could've very easily let myself live in fear from that moment and never heal but I didn't. I love to travel and I didn't …

The Start of Something Beautiful

The start of something beautiful A friend of mine recently reminded me that: "God already knows the outcome of our lives, He wants us to focus on the journey." These words have been resonating in my heart. We need to put our trust in that and believe that as long as we are giving each …

5 Ways to Reduce Anxiety

Anxiety is a feeling that is hard to control sometimes. I want to share with you 5 ways that have help me reduce anxiety whenever I'm feeling anxious.  1. Recognize the anxiety- I know for myself whenever I start to feel anxious, I first recognize the feeling. You know your body best; for me when …

Reflect

Last week I cut out social media for the week to focus on myself and reflect on where I'm at right now and the things I need and want in my life. I learned a lot even just within that week. Sometimes we can get so busy with life we forget to stop and reflect …

Unplugged

I'm really excited about this challenge. Usually I would dread something like this because who really wants to stay off media for week and miss out what's going on in the social media world??? Lately I've noticed something about myself. I don't believe media is a bad thing. It's nice to stay connected with friends …

This is MY fight song

I love Monday and Tuesday's evenings because I dedicate those nights for myself. I believe it's important to have "you time" it allows you the opportunity to start your week feeling refreshed and more clear minded.  I recently bought a t-shirt with lyrics on it from one of my recent favorite, inspiring songs. "This is …