Urgh!

Anxiety, stress, fatigue, insomnia, hormonal ups and downs!

It ain't great!

Fortunately, there are ways to find support through your menopausal years.

Rituals.

It's not all about candles and crystals.  Rituals are part of our every day lives.

From the moment we get up in the morning.

We have a morning ritual or routine of exercise or making our favourite coffee.

It is a marker to connect and set the intention for the way we want the day to begin.

Stress, overwhelm, fatigue are all too familiar for a lot of people.

With family life, work, exposure to constant information through our phonesand more we can soon get weighed under with the pressures of the day.

Thats when mindfulness becomes a good practice.

Mindfulness is the awareness of ourselves inside and out.

Thich Naht Hahns famous phrase describes mindfulness perfectly

"Paying attention on purpose in the present moment."

Have the winter blues set in for you yet?

I'm not going to lie,  The sky was pitch black when the alarm went off this morning.For a moment I thought it was the dead of night, then realised we are in the darkest months of the year which for some can feel quite oppressive and isolating.