Here are 16 tips to having your own back.

When we have low self-esteem we don’t trust ourselves. We don’t trust our judgment, ideas, opinions, and abilities. We don’t live lives that are authentic and true to who we are. We don’t get to feel our full range of emotions and we certainly don’t get to feel good about ourselves and live our best life.

9 Common Traits of People Pleasers I didn’t realize I was a people pleaser. In fact, I would have argued that I was very confident, bold even. I don’t fawn over people or seem overly compassionate, outwardly. Most people assume I am confident and autonomous. I probably learned this behavior to compensate for my low self-esteem.  People pleasing detracts from our happiness because we spend so much time worrying about everyone else. I wish I had been aware of my people pleasing tendencies much sooner; I would have saved myself so much suffering.

Recently I have been feeling burnt out.  It’s the end of summer and this time of year I always find myself totally spent and in need of a reset. 

Heck…every season I need a reset!

In summer I want to absorb every ray of sunlight, attend all the social interactions, do all the traveling, eat all the yummy bbq, and drink all the cocktails. I burn my candle at both ends because it’s also a very busy season for me in my career and in the volunteer work I do as well. My overdoing and over indulging have depleted me, mind, body, and soul and it’s time for me to get motivated to do something about it. 

I think the best advice comes from people with experience in the things we are struggling with in our life, people who have been there and lived it.

But sometimes we aren’t aware of what we are creating in our lives while we are in the thick of it, we don’t have the big picture view that can shine a light on where we might be on the wrong path.

It’s very much like the expression we can’t see the forest through the trees.

We have our heads down and we’re plugging away at life and sometimes we lose sight of the point of it.

I get one life, so of course I want to make it the absolutely best life that I can and for me that includes luxury and comfort. Sometimes I forget to make the best of my everyday life. I get busy and run from thing to thing without stopping to smell the roses. So I compiled this list of 50 Simple Luxuries to inspire me to enjoy the moments, big and small, I hope it inspires you too.

While going to work may not be our ideal activity, most of us do want to earn money to pay for housing, food, and the other necessities of modern life. I’m going to go a step further here and say I want to enjoy my work and to be engaged. I want my work and my life to balance and compliment each other. 

When it comes to work we can sometimes get into a negative mindset. Because when we believe we have to do something, like it’s against our will, we rebel against it.  The reality is, we work because we want to.  Gasp!! Yes, I said we want to. If you truly don’t want to work, then don’t.

Now I’m not saying you should quit your job and live on the generosity of others. I do believe we should take care of ourselves and live within our own means.  But the work you do and how you choose to feel about that work are both 100 percent up to you.

I want to support the life I choose to live and enjoy the work I do while I’m at it.

Over and over I experimented and learned new things about health and wellness. I created my own healthy lifestyle by taking what served me and leaving what didn’t. This is what I’ve learned.

This is a list is simply what I have noted about my summer skincare, what I’m doing well, where I need work, and what I’d like to do differently. It’s in no particular order just as things came to mind.

My goal here is to get myself back on track and in the process maybe you can find inspiration and motivation for your own skincare routine. If you are nailing it already then yay you!

I love the idea of hitting the reset button in January and again in July, about six months apart because I believe it will keep my weight and fitness steady and strong.