Self-care are you doing it???

Often the first thing that falls off the train of life when things get to busy is: self-care  

 It is so easy to put everyone else first..... 

BUT 

when it comes right down to it, you cant pour water a cup of water from an empty water pitcher.

As, I talked and drove today, this conversation kept coming up so I thought I would share some of my thoughts on it. I know without a doubt self-care is important and it is taken for granted often.

There are 6 areas of self- care:

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Balance within these areas is so important so that you are able to have water in your pitcher that you personally need and so that you truly have what is needed to help others. 

I found a GREAT listen and you can always google more ideas but with any of these ideas remember to start small. If you start off too fast you many experience some feeling of guilt, but it is important to remember you are just as important as any other person.

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Take some time for you........

it is IMPORTANT!!!

Sometimes within the sunshine there is darkness that is not always talked about and sometimes within the darkness there is sunshine

Sometimes within the sunshine there is darkness that is not always talked about and sometimes within the darkness there is sunshine that we forget to focus on or don’t see it till someone else helps us to see it. I have created this blog to look at some of the dark moments BUT then to also look at some of the moments of sunshine! 

I also want to share ways that I have found to help see the joy and the sunshine more and not always focus the times of darkness.  We are all truly blessed to have this life and I think sometimes we forget that.

A little background I come with an abundance of knowledge of having 3 children with all different forms of special needs and sometimes are a large focus in my personal life. I remarried in the summer of 2015 and between the 5 of us; we all share some level of anxiety disorders.  We are learning daily how to work with the different anxieties and some days are a little more crazy and fun than others, but there truly is a sense of love within our home for each of our differences.

A bit more about me I graduate from Lethbridge college in 2014 with a diploma in Special Needs Educational Assistant and then after working a year in the field I decided I wanted a little more. So, I am currently attending Mount Royal University in the Child Studies program minoring as a Child and Youth Care counsellor.

Take a little peace from each day and remember that behind the clouds the sun is always there.