#itsoveroctober

Self-Care isn’t all straight forward, it’s not always face masks and long hot baths or candles or cake (although great forms of self-care) sometimes it’s allowing people to be there for you, allowing people to help you up when you’ve fallen or encourage you to do things you’re struggling to do. So the last 2 days have been spent listening to those who care and knowing that their words come from a place of care. #itsoveroctober https://www.instagram.com/p/B3hlRLdgSeb/?igshid=1nltkt7jky6pb

So today is world mental health day. As many people know I have struggled with my mental health for a number of years and have been through some difficult situations but every pain has it’s purpose and I’m slowly learning to use my struggles to move forwards. Today’s it’s over October wasn’t spent doing face masks or taking time out but was simply doing everything a lot slower, giving myself time to process things, allowing myself to think and feel and just being able to sit with my emotions, that’s self care too! #itsoveroctober #emotionalfirstaid https://www.instagram.com/p/B3csdsMAHIQ/?igshid=1ef4r82daubsq

Today’s self care was asking for help. Opening up to people close to me and letting them in, moving away from self-isolation and onto dealing with things! #itsoveroctober https://www.instagram.com/p/B3agSmwAkVD/?igshid=rf285hbnfmqe

Took a lot more than 10 minutes to do something for myself, I spent the day watching Netflix and napping and just following the signals from my body and my mind about resting. Sometimes you have to have those days, it’s okay to rest, it’s okay to take time for you! #itsoveroctober #selfcare https://www.instagram.com/p/B3QOTENAaQs/?igshid=1x6mz8x2zjmho

Some days you win, some you don’t. Today was a tough day, so stripping back to basics in terms of self-care. Tomorrow will be a new day but for tonight it’s time for me. #itsoveroctober #itsokaynottobeokay https://www.instagram.com/p/B3NoJyrgDDb/?igshid=12i1tw9chu6v

10 minutes of uninterrupted me time. Headphones in, music on, bit of mindfulness looking at all the different shades of green, the changing colours of the leaves, the shapes of the clouds, the people passing by. What are you going to do for yourself today? #itsoveroctober https://www.instagram.com/p/B3KKB46gWr5/?igshid=snkadmorb46s

So today I wrote a letter to my Nan for her birthday and had a right good cry, was at least 10 minutes of unprotest tears and do you know what? It was okay. The whole world didn’t fall to pieces because I cried and it felt good. Sometimes all you need is 10 minutes to be real with yourself and let yourself feel. So my 10 minutes of selfcare today was to acknowledge my emotions and to remind myself it was okay to have them. #itsoveroctober #10minutesofselfcare https://www.instagram.com/p/B3IZN1JAEvi/?igshid=15gawa683rtcy

Nice little FaceTime with my favourite to kick off #itsoveroctober! Taking back control of my life one act of self-care at a time! https://www.instagram.com/p/B3F1ArYg25C/?igshid=1mi3vxy6ywkip