Okay so I thought I’d be able to make back to back content on recreational self-care this month but I’ve been so swamped this last week. I don’t know how I made it through. So I’m not promising anything, but I thought it’d be good to come here & share some thoughtful, self-care gifts for you and your people that will be especially useful for starting 2023 with intention & mindfulness. (Oh and btw this is also a list of things I’d like so if you’re my friend pay attention to h

We’re almost at the end of our body confidence series! 🙌🏾I just wanna say I’m so proud of myself for staying consistent and getting here. This will be the final blog post of the series and I thought what better way to close this conversation than to close this chapter than to talk about how we can start practicing falling in love with our bodies where they’re at. That way if you choose to make any changes to your body it comes from love and not hate. This post will basicall

Hello Sunshine☀️ Last we spoke here, I was sharing why and how to make space for community care in the world of self-care. In that post I spoke more about giving community care, which I think, or at least in my personal experience, is easier than receiving. In the last few months or so, I’ve really gone through a challenging season of letting people in, asking for help and not running away when I receive the love that I’ve been wanting and that I so freely give to others. It’

I believe many of us have heard all this talk about love languages and if you haven’t, let me explain in a nutshell. The five love languages (words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, physical touch & acts of service) developed by Gary Chapman are basically the different ways we express and receive love. We don’t all communicate love in the same way and in that same breath, we prefer to receive love in different ways. The conversation on love languages has been foc

Over the past 3 weeks or so I’ve had it rough. My social battery has been depleted twice, my anxiety has been through the roof, my work life has also been pretty busy and I was also going through some random personal issues. Needless to say, this adult midterm has been a gift to me. I needed to rest and reset so I can go back to functioning at my optimum level. I know I’ve said this 100 times but rest is one of the most important ingredients for success, happiness, health and

Your body is your home. You’re stuck with it until you die. Feeling at home in your body and connecting with it is super important for your journey with self. Whether it’s body neutrality, body love and self love, connecting with your physical body is such a wholesome experience that will take you through this journey of body love. Heck, physical touch is one of the love languages you can practice for yourself. Physical touch in this case does not mean just massages, spa trea

I always looked forward to the day I’d finally get my period. When I first got my period, I felt so deceived! It was nothing like the commercials for sanitary pads and tampons where babes were running around all happy with no worries. I got cramps, my moods were all over the place, my cravings were intense and not to mention the few leaks and stains I experienced here & there. Kwanza my first period came during a graduation party but that’s a story for another day. After my f

I’m a firm believer in loving yourself first. The fact remains that you can’t adequately and fully give love to someone else if you’re unable to love yourself. I stay saying you can’t pour from an empty cup. This season, the love season is notorious for showing other people love but hardly do we ever hear the message of showing yourself love in this season. Love is love and you deserve some too and from yourself especially. Sometime back on my Thursday Talks on Instagram, I t

Holidays are a great time to relax, unwind and spend time with family. The most wonderful time of the year is often filled with high-stress moments from gift shopping, to hosting, holiday traffic, long queues at the mall, passive-aggressive family members, family fights etc. Then now there’s also COVID. A lot of the time, we’re usually quite busy on the days leading up to the holidays that we may forget to intentionally plan and make purchases then we end up being emotionally

If you’ve interacted with my Instagram, you’ve seen and heard the word self-care A LOT! And I’m going to use it even more because finding time for ourselves in this fast-paced world is vital to living a happy and fulfilled life. However, sometimes self-care just seems like another thing added to our to-do lists and sometimes we don’t even know where to start. You may start with a google search for ‘self-care ideas’ which gives you so many suggestions that you get even more lo