52 Self Care Sundays

This week on the pod Philippe and I discuss smoking in the house, pescatarian diets and the benefits of affirmations.

In this week's episode Philippe and I discover that men can do Kegel exercises too!

This week is a double episode. Part 1: Philippe and I discuss self-care after experiencing a traumatic event. *Trigger Warning* Please skip the first 22:45 mins of the episode if you are at risk of being triggered hearing about a child having a health related scare. Part 2: Philippe and I chat about my first day back to work tomorrow after maternity leave.

This week on the pod Philippe and I search for silver linings and discuss ways to be more optimistic in the name of self-care all while sipping bubbles in a hotel bathroom.

We are on vacation! We almost didn't take this trip due to how much we have going on but getting out of our day to day environment has already helped to de-stress, reconnect and slowdown.

This podcast episode is a day late due to an accidental night out in support of a friend's self care. 😬

Do you have a hard time asking for help? For little things, big things, trivial things or serious things? We do too. Philippe and I discuss why it's so hard to ask for help and why we should probably work on getting better at it in the name of self-care.

"Gua Sha", which translates to "scraping" in Chinese, is an ancient East Asian practice that involves using a flat tool to pull or scrap across the skin to increase blood flow. Intense as this sounds, yes, you can try this at home! Philippe and I chat about our first time with Gua Sha. Spoiler alert: loved it.

Cultivating an attitude of gratitude is scientifically proven to benefit you in so many ways. This week Philippe and I discuss being grateful and how we can include daily gratitude into our self-care practice.

How do you feel when you present an imperfect self or an 'unfinished' product to the world? Philippe and I chat about this and the kind of self-talk that bubbles up when you are doing something vulnerable.