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Maybe August Is the New January | National Wellness Month and 10 Simple Wellness Habits

Could August be the gentle fresh start we've been waiting for? Inspired by the Full Moon and National Wellness Month, this heartfelt reflection explores mindfulness, emotional wellbeing and 10 simple wellness habits that can help you build healthier routines - one small, meaningful step at a time.

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Nothing was achieved.
Nothing was wasted.
I wasn’t falling behind.
I was living.

P.S. Summer pulls me out into the world. Autumn says, “Lovely. Now go home and put the kettle on.”

#feelfridayzen #noscrollsunday

Maybe some moments feel too beautiful to keep to ourselves. A reel can’t quite carry the stillness of Raven Crag, the clouds moving above the Lake District, or the feeling of the world opening around me. But perhaps, for a few seconds, it can leave a little space beside me. Then something I experienced becomes something we have shared. That may be the loveliest part.
And you get the view without the uphill climb. Honestly, I may have given you the better deal!😂

#feelfriday #lakedistrictuk #mindfulliving

Some days, wellness looks calm and graceful. Other days, it looks like a September swim, pouring rain… and watering yourself with a watering can because apparently the sky wasn’t doing enough.
For those who are new here - every week I have a No-Scroll Sunday: a day away from social media to return to real life. And yes, sometimes I share a little of what I did afterwards… because living in the moment doesn’t mean the moment can’t become a lovely memory too. There was even a little 🦆 zen army cheering me on. Nothing polished. Nothing profound. Just me, the rain, the water… and one gloriously silly day of feeling completely alive.
Maybe joy doesn’t always wait for perfect weather. Sometimes it simply says: Well, you’re already wet… you may as well enjoy yourself. 😂 🌊

#tuesdaythoughts #noscrollsunday #joyintheordinary

Not every life will make sense from where we’re standing - and perhaps it doesn’t have to. A windy Feel Friday thought from Higger Tor…

#quietplacesfortiredminds #feelfriday

I don’t want to say goodbye to summer by counting everything I did. I want to sit for a moment with what it left in me.
My best friend’s words among the poppies still bring tears to my eyes. I can still feel the mountain rain against my face, the heat and my heart pulsing on early runs, the freedom of dancing beside the sea at sunset, and the tenderness of giving water to one thirsty little pigeon. And yes - the sunrise quietly happening behind me while I confidently watched in the wrong direction. 😂
Those moments passed. Yet somehow, they haven’t.
Maybe presence can’t stop a season from ending. But it lets some of it stay.

#quietplacesfortiredminds

I know… I say every sunrise feels like never before. But this one really did. North Landing, before most of the world had woken up. Just the sea, the first light… and a very committed seagull choir making absolutely certain nobody slept through it. 😂🐦
If your week has been loud, let this be your quiet place for a moment. 🌊🫶🏼

#feelfridayzen #quietplacesfortiredminds #northlanding #flamborough

September is creeping closer, and my daughter is still questioning why she needs school when life itself is a school. Fair question. I’m still questioning it too..This summer she wanted to see sweet peas because she thought there might be actual peas involved. There weren’t. But off we went to find out anyway. And maybe that’s enough of a lesson for me…Stay curious, go and see. Find things out for yourself. And occasionally accept that sweet peas are just flowers.
Life can be disappointing like that. 😂🌸

#staycurious #littlemomentsoflife

I’m learning that peace doesn’t always arrive when life becomes easier. Sometimes it arrives when I stop needing myself to be anything other than where I am. Messy days included.

#feelfridayzen #quietplacesfortiredminds

Somewhere along the way, I became a responsible, sensible adult who apparently has very important things to do. Bills to pay, emails to answer. Things to overthink at..say.. 2 am for absolutely no useful reason. And running through a field of sunflowers? Obviously, very mature behaviour. But every now and then, something in me forgets to behave like a proper grown-up.

She wants to run, laugh too loudly.
Get ridiculously excited about a field of flowers. And do something simply because it feels good.
I used to think growing up meant leaving parts of ourselves behind. Now I wonder if growing is actually finding our way back to them. So yes… I’m 43 and running through sunflowers.

Very serious personal development happening here.

#innerchild #stillfiguringitout

_Sometimes I wonder if, because I speak so much about peace, people imagine I have somehow figured life out. I haven’t. I still overthink things. I still have days when I question where I’m going. I still want things that haven’t found their way to me yet. I still get disappointed, tired, impatient… and sometimes a little lost. I’m not sharing these reflections from the other side of life. I’m living them too. Maybe that’s why I keep returning to quiet places like this. Not because I have all the answers… but because out here, I remember I don’t need to have them all today. I just need to keep walking..

#stillfiguringitout #lifeunfiltred

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Maybe the best plans don’t need a plan at all. Just somewhere beautiful…and enough time to notice it.

#feelfridayzen #theworldiswaiting

_If you’re coming… Leave your worries on the shore. We’ll collect moments instead. 🌊

#quietplacesfortiredminds

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Maybe August Is the New January | National Wellness Month and 10 Simple Wellness Habits

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