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The Wonderful You!! + Birthdays + Aries!!

Count down to my birthday is on!! woohoo!
Who else is an Aries?

I love birthdays because its a celebration of the wonderful YOU in this world! The day is purely dedicated to you. You are celebrated, made to feel special and those close to you share their appreciation to have you in their lives.

When we start to dread birthdays we forget that this is a day to really embrace and feel special about who we are and all the amazing adventures, accomplishments, obstacles, life gifts and challenges we have experienced and received. With every year we have become wiser and gain greater gifts within our lives.

Age should be celebrated, not covered in shame or sadness. YOU should be celebrated, not hidden under modesty or lack of self love.

When discussing birthdays to someone the other day, I caught myself rolling my eyes and they mentioned they didn’t like to draw attention to this day and that it was nothing special.

Whoops!!

I blame this automatic reaction on my star sign.

After receiving this unexpected reaction from me, I explained to them why I feel so passionately about celebrating how wonderful YOU are and the importance of acknowledging self and allowing others in your life to as well.

This morning as I was reading an Aries moon sign (which is something I don’t do that regularly) this caught my attention:
‘..teaching others to be self-approved is very empowering and quite a gift to share. The world needs to learn to be okay in its skin, and your Aries moon sign means you were born with this ability.’

Ahh hello moon signs!!

This is an area within BareVitality I am very passionate about!

I most definitely still have times of natural self doubt and criticism, however I have learnt to acknowledge them and reprocess the train of thought. I believe that loving and fully respecting yourself and your body is the most powerful tool towards your health and happiness. Its a tool we need to continuously revisit and strengthen. At some times in our lives more than other.

Self love and acceptance governs our ability to maintain a health weight, ability to be successful and follow through with projects, our emotional health, physical health and overall mental wellbeing and life happiness.

So my loves with all my Aries power and passion toward helping women reach their optimal state of vitality. STOP! Now take 3 deep breathes, close your eyes and off the top of your head state with confidence 5 things as to why you are wonderful!

Done?

Ok now take those 5 things today. Nurture and utilise them in your day.

Tomorrow morning repeat this process and the day after and the day after and so on…

We don’t need to wait to our birthdays to celebrate how wonderful we are. We should be doing it everyday. On your birthday however you should be putting that extra bit of love into yourself and allowing yourself to be open to others celebrating your wonderfulness with you.

Lots of love xx

Claudia

Image via Behance

Horoscope reference via the Numinous

11/04/2016
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Health,Mindfulness

Help, my motivation is refusing to cooperate!!

Lacking motivation towards your health and fitness goals lately? It happens to all of us at different stages of our health and fitness journeys and that’s ok! It’s the steps we next take to get us back on track that’s what is most important.

Ask yourself why are you lacking motivation? Does it stem from self-doubt or criticism, anxiety, general life obstacles, lack of enjoyment, feeling overwhelmed, impatience, losing sight of your priorities…

Consider as well, am I wanting to achieve these goals for MY health and happiness? Make sure the reasons are not because you think they are expected of you or because of other negative self beliefs. Why do you want to lose weight/ get fit/ start eating healthier for YOU? Not for the expectations or approval of those around you or because you feel you need to match the current trend society is portraying of the ‘perfect image’ of fit, healthy and happy.

There is no such thing as perfect & no such image of what health should look like! Health is about how your mind and body feel. Reaching optimal health should be about creating a perfect individualised balance of all life’s elements to be able to support all your dreams, adventures, and aspirations with vitality, energy, ease and passion. Create and maintain this balance and everything else will just come into place the way it should. Listen, trust and care for your body and it will provide you with what you desire!

So again I’ll ask, why are these goals so important to YOU and YOUR health and happiness??

Understanding the reasons behind your fading motivation is the key to addressing the issues and getting back on track. Take note of the self talk happening inside that head of yours. Is it constructive? Is it realistic? Dispute these negative thoughts and excuses as they come up and nurture them to positive self talk.

For example;

Initial goal & motivation: ‘I have to have a flat stomach in 2 weeks or I’ll look fat and ugly at the beach’ .

Problem;

1) Destructive criticism & self talk.

2) Other people’s judgment & expectations is negatively fuelling your goal.

3) The goal is purely image focused and based around an unrealistic ideal.

Motivation starts lacking: ‘This is to hard’ or ‘It’s raining’ or ‘I can’t find time’ .

These are the next lot of excuses that appear in your self talk as a result of not having the self-love and internal excitement to motivate yourself to power through and achieve your goals.

So go back and make sure your goals are YOURS. Challenge any negative self talk and resolve the underlying issue behind it. Enjoy your journey – make it fun, celebrate your accomplishments along the way, learn from your fall backs, pick yourself up and jump back on the path to the vibrant, healthy new you.

Last of all remind yourself daily;

‘I am capable of anything I put my mind and heart to and I choose to live my life full of as much vitality, health and happiness as I can create’

28/08/2014
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