There is 2 main topics we are going to be talking about this week. One of those topics is that it is finally coming into spring and how this positively impacts us girlies and our mental wellbeing which we will chat about today and the other topic tomorrow is going to be focusing on letting that a**hole go. In the nicest way possible, I have worded that. my conversations have drowned this week in ‘just let it go and trust the magic of new beginnings’, easier said than done I know but when a new season like spring comes in, we relate that to spring cleaning, lighter mornings and evenings and feeling fresh.. How are you going to focus on all the newness, if you still have somebodies child weighing you down. Girl, please.. you can’t.
The first question is, are you more of a spring babe or a winter babe? If you are like me and suffer with the darker nights and mornings in winter, soon we will be able to say bye to our lummie alarm clocks and allow the brightness in the morning to wake us up.. a win is a win! (but if you are a teen, I am going to be extremely stereotypical and say that you may still need an alarm clock. The good old iPhone ringtone to wake us up (the lummie clocks are amazing, but more for oldies like me!) sigh. The iPhone ring tone actually negatively impacts me in a morning, I was listening to the Sleep Dr, Matthew Walker – Diary of a CEO podcast on YouTube (click here) and it was super interesting to learn more about our sleep patterns and cycles. Which got me thinking about my patterns and my young people’s patterns and dramatic shifts that I witness when the seasons change. It is really important that we do reflect on our own sleep cycles and mood changes with the seasons, so we can either prepare ourselves or embrace new months and the feel good factors that they can bring, as they come in. Seasons changes are just just like life – naturally things will and they do change, and all we can do is just roll with the times.
Which brings me on to the month of Spring, Spring is known as the season of ‘NEW’ and us welcoming ourselves back in. How have we got to March already? I want to ask you, what is it that you have achieved/goals you have set in the new year but haven’t completed/achieved up until this point?! And what is it, that you are wanting to achieve? How are you going to set a REALISTIC goal that you can tick off and feel good about yourself? I have said this before girl, and I will say it again – rather than creating a bigggggg list of goals or saying ‘ I am going to do better ‘ if you are still living at home with parents/carers ‘ I am going to behave more ‘ or ‘ I am going to attend more of my lessons ‘. Set yourself mini things to do, to work up to that point!! Because we all have our bad day’s and our can’t be arsed days and hormonal days. Give yourself s p a c e and grace to allow those days to happen.
The beautiful thing with a new month is it subconsciously allows us to feel ‘brand new’ or like we can set new goals for the month ahead, without overthinking the month before! Clean your house, gut out your bedroom – put some new bedding on! Buy that candle, get a long shower and put a childhood feel good song on and dance about like nobody is watch or simply go on a long walk to gather your thoughts and take a notebook with you! Press record on your phone, you never know what may happen! Get rid of those old clothes that you don’t wear, it is old energy and you don’t need it. IF YOU AVEN’T WORN THE CLOTHES IN TWO YEARS, WHY ARE YOU KEEPING THEM?1 That is to me included, over the past 18months I have become quite brutal with myself in chucking things away/giving things away and I often ask for help, from people I know will MAKE me chuck stuff away, that I simple don’t need. I always use the 1st March as an excuse to go and buy new tea towels, coasters and little things that I know I need, I just don’t ever top them up!
Some of my young girls have started the gym! And seeing how good it has made them feel, has motivated and inspired me to do the 75 day soft challenge.. which is basically doing one form of exercise every day for 75 days, reading a page in a book & (for me) drinking 2l of water a day. I AM OBSESSED! And I still have my treats on a weekend, and I APPRECIATE it so much more. Is the 75 day soft challenge something that you could start in spring, to make you feel better about you? I always anticipate emotions and trends that will arise, especially as I work with young people and spring always reignites the whole ‘body goals’ thing, because we all ultimately know summer is just around the corner. A main point to highlight here is, if you are happy – keep doing you boo! but if you aren’t, what can you do about it?
Keep those questions in mind Queen, because it is a new season! Lighter nights, the vibes are going to be vibing and seasonal depression should start to lift. I don’t know about you, but I think that is a win. Be patient with yourself, there seems like a lot of new beginnings and endings that are happening and whilst it can be painful, it is also so exciting. Learn to trust in it! Download some free resource sheets here from pinterest to help you adjust to Spring xo
