Authentic Hearts

✨️Life, Injuries & A change of routine ✨️

6 weeks ago I might have taken my walking a little too far lol.
That inner competitive part just wanted to do more, but my body yelped loudly NO❗️

😢Gingerly walking 15min instead of 1hr has been tough & surfaced fears of a different kind.

My body was still waking at 5am looking forward to the feeling of success.
Actually, I was hooked on it.
So I had to switch things up, but it hasn't been easy and I had a few insights along the way.

✨️My morning walk = success.

I'd become dependent.
“I can only feel successful/good if I do this one thing…”
Just like those who can't start their day without a good coffee.

It was time to bring in other healthy habits to maintain a morning routine - with the new found awareness to keep mixing it up.
📚 Reading 10min
✨ Morning ️Affirmations & Gratitude
🚶‍♀️A light walk

🎊Success

What an awesome break away with loads of great memories, food and a few to many Bailey's slushies. 🥴
You know your body has adapted beautifully to the maintenance phase of HP when you jump on the scales and they haven't moved. Super stoked 🙌

But I'm definitely ready to get back into the rest of my routine.
My walking in the caravan takes a lot more commitment, with only 5 steps forward & 5 steps back. 😅. But it feels too good to leave it out.
Happy New Year Everyone

How 💲$MUCH$$💲 do you love me?

It's always a great discussion to have with parents and often ends in the realisation that:

✨️Our love for our children/families is often so immense that no gift quite feels enough to express it.
So, we often find ourselves going BIG or ALL OUT - whether we can afford it or not.

In the hope, particularly for our children that they will see 'how much' they mean to us.

It then leads into a discussion of:
✨️What were our favourite memories of Xmas or for those who didn't have a nice time in those years. What memories they want to create for their families.

We hear the simplest of things that didn't go remotely towards what they received:

🌟decorating the tree
🌟the family games on the lawn
🌟making a certain item for the table
🌟making a .........
🌟going into town for a hot chocolate on Xmas Eve.
🌟staying up late for the Xmas lights
🌟sleeping in the lounge on Xmas Eve.

💕Connection 💕Connection 💕

Not stuff - that puts financial pressure on mum and dad or unnecessary volume that ends up in the dump. 😕

Stay tuned over the next couple of days as I share some of the ideas from my wonderful mums from classes and beyond.
Feel free to share yours below too.