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  • .⠀ ‘THE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD THAT SAYS YOU CAN’T DO THIS IS A LIAR.’ —Unknown⠀ .⠀ When I went to my physio appointment last week, my physiotherapist told me it was time for us to start cutting the cord. 😩⠀ .⠀ We started with 2 sessions per week at the beginning of the summer, and we’re now down to 2 sessions a month, and I feel stronger than I have in ages. I’m slowly adding distance to my runs and throwing in the occasional sprint here and there, and I’m starting to feel like myself again.⠀ .⠀ My biggest hurdle right now is getting over the fear of injuring myself again. I am surprised at how much space this worry has taken up in my head, and while I guess it’s understandable, I have found myself using my injury as an excuse not to push myself. ⠀ .⠀ I recently heard of a motivational saying @rachelhollis uses when she’s struggling through a workout and decided to give it a shot. She repeats the phrase ‘LAST ONE / BEST ONE’ as a reminder to herself to make each rep BETTER than the one before. After months of only being able to run half a mile without having to take a break to stretch my Achilles, my mind is having a tough time accepting the fact that my body no longer needs me to do this.⠀ .⠀ It’s all mental at this point, and with my physiotherapist’s blessing, I’m officially ready to stop letting fear get in my damn way!⠀ .⠀ 👇How do you push yourself when you feel like giving up?
  • .⠀ ‘PEOPLE WILL LOVE YOU AND PEOPLE WILL HATE YOU AND NONE OF IT WILL HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU.’ —Abraham Hicks⠀ .⠀ 👆THIS.⠀ .⠀ I have spent the greater part of my life worrying about other people’s perceptions of me. The idea of someone not liking me makes me want to hyperventilate into a brown paper bag, and since I grew up in a household so focused on ensuring we presented ourselves ‘properly’ to the outside world, I have never felt like I was enough. ⠀ .⠀ Becoming a mother did nothing but amplify these feelings, but as my daughter has gotten older, I’ve realized that it’s up to me to break the cycle. I want her to grow up feeling comfortable and confident with herself and her body, and that has forced me to evaluate the messages that were given to me as a child and the impact they’ve had on me, and figure out how I can do things differently.⠀ .⠀ One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned this year is that the things people say to us are usually a reflection of how they feel about themselves and rarely have anything to do with us. ⠀ .⠀ Someone who calls you out for making healthy food choices probably feels insecure about their own weight.⠀ .⠀ Someone who goes out of their way to make snide comments about your sense of fashion probably feels uncomfortable with their own appearance.⠀ .⠀ Someone who criticizes your parenting is probably worried you’re a better mother than she is.⠀ .⠀ And on and on it goes.⠀ .⠀ It takes some practice to see your interactions with others this way, but I promise that if you dig deep enough, you’ll almost always find a reason why someone is treating you the way they are, and 9 times out of 10, it will have nothing to do with you.⠀ .⠀ Rant over. Happy Friday! 🥂😘
  • .⠀ ‘A WOMAN IS LIKE A TEA BAG - YOU CAN’T TELL HOW STRONG SHE IS UNTIL YOU PUT HER IN HOT WATER.’ —Eleanor Roosevelt⠀ .⠀ 👆True story!⠀ .⠀ Happy Thursday!
  • .⠀ ‘MAKEUP IS NOT A MASK THAT COVERS UP YOUR BEAUTY; IT’S A WEAPON THAT HELPS YOU EXPRESS WHO YOU ARE FROM THE INSIDE.’ —Michelle Phan⠀ .⠀ While I’m hanging onto the last shreds of warm weather as long as humanly possible over here, I have to admit I’m kind of excited to start playing around with some of my fall-inspired eyeshadow palettes! The colors in this @toofaced Natural Eyes Palette are so pretty and will pair perfectly with a chunky sweater and sexy boots!⠀ .⠀ 👇What’s your favourite thing about fall?
  • .⠀ ‘NOTHING TRULY GREAT EVER CAME FROM A COMFORT ZONE.’ —Unknown⠀ .⠀ I don’t know about you, but I’ve found September to be really exhausting so far. 😩⠀ .⠀ It’s taking me longer than usual to get things done, I’m staying up way too late to compensate for my lack of productivity throughout the day, and I’m pressing snooze at least a thousand times each morning. I’m not motivated with my workouts and I’ve been making poor food choices, and I’ve just been feeling…blah.⠀ .⠀ I’m pretty sure I feel like this every September, lol, and while we were racing off to school last Friday, I made a promise to my sweet girl that I would pull myself together effective immediately.⠀ .⠀ No more late nights and no more frantic mornings for this mama! ⠀ .⠀ I could sit here and rhyme off a million excuses and reasons why I’ve been slacking, but that’s not going to get me anywhere. Instead, I challenged myself to SUCK IT UP and find my motivation and discipline again.⠀ .⠀ Injured or not, it’s time to stop making excuses and get back to it!⠀ .⠀ 👇How do you motivate yourself when you’re in a rut?
  • .⠀ ‘WHAT IF TODAY, WE ARE JUST GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING?’ —Charlie Brown⠀ .⠀ Here’s to surviving another crazy, messy, chaotic, fabulous freaking Monday! 🥂
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