World Mental Health Day is October 10. According to Mental Health Australia, 1 in 5 Australians are affected by mental illness. This year Mental Health Australia is encouraging all Australians to make a personal promise to improve their own mental health. #lookafteryourmentalhealthaustralia Too often we ignore our mental health and yet it is all part of our total well-being. In the past, speaking out about our mental health was taboo and many suffered in silence or worse. Finally, today we…
This week the Focus of the Week in the Women Living Well After 50 Facebook Group has been Creating ‘I Am’ Statements to build self-confidence and self-esteem. We then used these statements as daily affirmations to reinforce positive energy and thought. This was a…
Why do we find it difficult to treat ourselves with the same kindness that we show others? Kindness is something that we all need in our lives especially in the world today, with so much anger, stress and anxiety? Last week in the Women…
Children’s books and spending time with children can remind us of the simplest things in life. My daughter has been reading to her sons since they were born and both now have a love of books even at the young ages of 6 and…
During the Pandemic, I’ve seen an increase in emails from sites I have subscribed to offering all manner of ways to get through this period of #ISO. I have to admit that lately I’ve been clicking DELETE rather than reading most of them as…
Today, I’ve written a guest post for my Best Blogging Buddy, Leanne from Cresting the Hill as part of her Midlife Symphony series. The Midlife Symphony is all about bloggers sharing what they’re doing to make the second half of life the best half…
Creating your Signature Self Care Cocktail is this week’s tip on Self Care Sunday with Sue. During the week I discovered a podcast , The Self Care Architect Series by Janae Fletcher and she was discussing the idea of a Self Care Cocktail. I…
This week I found a quote which gave me the idea for this week’s Self Care Sunday with Sue tip which I share in the video below. I’ve written before about Comparison and Appreciating your Self-Worth which you can read here. I love social…
Last Thursday was the day the World Health Organisation had set aside for World Mental Health Day. I’ve written often about the subject of mental health as I believe we need both mind and body to be healthy for ageing well and living well.…
This week, Self-Care in September again encouraged us to be introspective by defining our core values, accepting and making peace with our flaws as well as having the courage to ask for help when we need it. Self-Care in September – Part 3 DAY…
