Mondays Are Good Days

"I have a simple message for today and it stems from my current personal life happenings. If you saw on Instagram last week, I was preparing for surgery (which I’m currently recovering from for the next few weeks).

The anxiety I was having a few days before was pretty extreme. After researching the internet for information to try and calm my nerves and finding nothing, I reached out to my community..."

I think about the expectations and my standards for myself as a person and what I hope my life to look like. What do I want to do more of, what do I want to practice, where do I want to be better…

I focus in on what brings me joy, what makes me feel good, and what is important to my routine, rituals and livelihood…

For me, a huge part of my life is staying active. And you know that this is a huge theme of Mondays Are Good Days: that movement is medicine.

Here are some other ways to cultivate that feel-good energy to fuel you through your day!

This letter will help "...generate power and determination in the transitional and maybe uncertain parts of your life right now, as well as thoughts on reframing our minds to eliminate half the struggles we feel and combat them in an equanimous way…"

The sentence “Mondays Are Good Days” is so simple because I believe the way to achieve the mindset is just as easy. And it’s done by bringing awareness to how much control and happiness we can bring into our lives when we focus on the small things, those little good things in life.

I’d like to check in with you: Are you feeling refreshed & in charge?

This blog post has three affirmations to use throughout your day & other mental self-talk practices. I will present the affirmation to you, explain how it helps me and my mindset, and give you examples on how to implement - because that’s the most important: actively making a change to create something better.

If I need to wake up, if I need to disconnect from my thoughts - this flow helps. This one IS a challenge so it gives you no choice but to FOCUS. Be deliberate with every move and work hard to find the FLOW between your movements and your breathing.
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Forget EVERYTHING else. Find your rhythm, focus on what your feeling in your muscles (you will FEEL it with this one). Peacefully move through this sequence 💛
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Feel the stretch and channel the strength to keep working hard from INSIDE of you. Call on it. Count on YOU. ⠀

Try this flow out and let me know how it goes :) perfect for waking your body up in the morning or perfect way to get the blood moving before you start a workout.

There are ways we are holding ourselves back from our full potential - without even realizing, but lucky for us they’re easy to fix.

Takeaways:

1. BE HEALTHY AND ACTIVE. There is no hidden message or underlying subscious thoughts here - love your body, appreciate it and nourish it.

2. You are beautiful and jealousy is an ugly trait that will tarnish you from the inside out. Practice analyzing your thoughts and looking for jealousy, then correct the thought immediately. Channel that energy into working on yourself or use it to push you past someone who are jealous of. You are a winner and a lover.

3. There are ways we are holding ourselves back from our full potential - without even realizing, but lucky for us they’re easy to fix.

I'm all about setting yourself up for success, and the little extra things we do in the morning go a long way. 

Here are easy and effective ways to start your morning off great!

If you are planning on kick-starting a change in your lifestyle and want to be more active and motivated, I definitely recommend drinking ACV. It gave me a reminder every morning that I was going to be healthy, motivated, and active. 

Try making this smoothie in the mornings. It is refreshing, light, delicious, and has an incredible amount of benefits for your gut and for your brain.