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oh good morning good morning good morning if you guys have never took the time to ice roll this is
something you should definitely do i want to get a really good one this one is just from target
but it does the job it really does i've been like waking up super puffy and i just think it's like
all the food i was eating in europe and i'm just like getting back into my routine and but it does
such a good job of puffing your face when you wake up in the morning and it just wakes me up
like honestly really reduces the inflammation on the face it just wakes you up i love it
so i'm about to make breakfast and this morning i just want something like really light but still
tastes really really good thank god i have daily harvest in my fridge because i have not gone to
the grocery store i just i don't know what it is i don't feel like it i don't feel like
cooking anything crazy but i want to get back into my routine as i slowly transitioned from
vacation mine to being back home so this morning i'm going to be making a strawberry peach smoothie
from daily harvest it has strawberry banana peach raspberry oats goji berries are all organic that
sounds so good like i just want something fruity and nice nothing too crazy and it's so easy it's
all in here i could just take the lid off and then it has like a straw so i can just reuse the cup
which i love and then i'm going to make their forager bowls this is a raspberry and mulberry
seeded forgivable like doesn't that sound good like that just sounds so like lavish and the crazy
thing is i'm doing absolutely nothing like this takes me so quick to cook this so this one has
raspberries apples almonds cauliflower butternut squash coconut it is um organic and transitional
organic if you're a person that's always on the go you need something like daily harvest in the
morning you can pop this in the microwaves cook them on the stove and it's so quick but you're
eating clean still so that's something i really love i love daily harvest so i just want to thank
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i've not gone to the grocery store since i've been home i've been running around doing so many things
these are the moments that i'm appreciative for daily harvest it is something that's made such
a difference on my health journey just because i will always have something on hand so i'm not
slipping up and these are the things that i always talk about tips that i give you guys
if you're on a new health journey if you're just beginning it can be hard to make an adjustment so
i always recommend to people have something on hand at all times that you can just grab and go
for those times that you're busy you don't feel like cooking or you may be having like a week
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so i'm just gonna sit down eat my breakfast really quickly i have a really really busy day i have a
lot of things i want to get done today really trying to get back into the swing of things into
my routine and i just like really want to start off today really really fresh do all my routines
and kind of get the most of the things done on my to-do list that i'm going to create so something
i've been implementing is listening to mantras while i eat breakfast i could easily like take
this time and be on my phone be distracted be in other people's worlds i really really want to
start practicing really taking my mornings for me and every minute that i can and just making
sure i'm preparing myself and giving myself the energy i need instead of being focused on what
other people are doing or what's going on like i gave myself a moment earlier to check my phone and
i swear like once you listen to something positive it really has an effect on you so try that if you
never have but i'm listening to i am affirmations for women by alana fox on youtube um if i remember
i will link it down below but it's literally my favorite it always gets me so motivated so
i'm just gonna play these and just like get myself in the mindset you know what i mean get
myself into what would the woman i am striving to be do in this moment and this is something
she would do she would focus on herself she would give herself the energy she gives to other people
first i've been doing it and it makes the world of difference energetic i am powerful i am loved i am
okay so i am finished with breakfast i've done this before in my morning routine so this is
probably nothing new to you guys but i've become a person where i cannot work if my environment
is messy and i used to not be like that i used to be a messy girl but now i just cannot and
let me show you guys this house that is made stuff everywhere
i just like to pile things here the dishes are a no like that's a huge no this is where
we put everything after traveling like you just threw it in here and was just like no
the woman i want to be is clean so i like to implement that in my mornings every single morning
try adding this into your morning routine it's really really helpful and i just put a timer on
for 20 minutes and whatever i get done in that 20 minutes is what i get done but my house is cleaner
than it was when i woke up either way you're benefiting from it so try it out
so
quickly i have to tell you guys this candle right here it's lit but it is the best fall
smelling candle fig tree by anthropology and it's like not overly fall it's like
a good mixture like you get a fall hint smell and they last forever your entire house smells
good forever so i really really i know they're expensive these candles are expensive but i'm
obsessed with them like i literally they have the best holiday candles it's like
a really luxurious fall candle i would say if i can find it linking down below i will like i like
having this on all day and then if i want more of a pumpkiny smell i got this one from target for
10 bucks and you know what it actually like works like my when you walk in my house it smells like
pumpkin but it's not overpowering either but it lasts all day long like i can continuously smell
the pumpkin cinnamon pumpkin muffin by scented soy candle and it is so good so if you're looking
for like a fall candle definitely check out target and the brand scented by soy candle
okay so now it's my favorite time of the morning i feel like you guys already know what i'm about to
do it's like literally my favorite thing i talk about all the time just give me a bit of advice
like if you struggle with anything like depression anxiety i've recently got re-diagnosed with ptsd
anything like that i feel like it's just crucial especially when you're going through a really
like hard time with it like you're in one of your moments where it's just like consistent it's so
important to spend time with yourself and sit with your feelings and try to understand where
it's coming from recently my therapist told me to pick up this book that i'm reading right here
it is called what happened to you conversations on trauma resilience and healing if you struggle
with any type of trauma i highly recommend this book i've only gotten through the first chapter
it can be kind of a hard read but for me why it brings me such peace is that i can kind of
understand what is going on in my mind in my body when i'm going through kind of a hard time so i
like to read a chapter in the morning or at night whatever i'm feeling so i might jump into this
this morning and then you guys know my five minute journal i'm thinking about creating my own though
just because like i love this five-minute journal i want to like space where i can really script and
write out my affirmations every single day and my goals for the month a year i don't know i might
create one of my own if you guys want one i may sell it just let me know if that's something
you're interested in but you guys know i love it it's like literally my favorite thing i love the
five minute journal so i'm gonna definitely do that and then i'm going to journal i think it's
so important and then my therapist has me working on a few things right now and i like to just do
this in the morning by myself like i like to just shut my door in my room or my office and
just be by myself and i really just take this time to really pay attention to what
she has me doing so i can actually heal and if it makes me feel a certain way or i go whatever
i make sure i allow myself to feel safe enough to do that but i'm not doing this and consistently
working out eating healthy i flop like i become a different person and it's really really hard
for me to get back on track i know it's really hard sometimes like you're like i don't want to
spend time with myself because you don't want to deal with whatever it is holding you back
but that is what's going to set you free so try it out i like it so let's get into it
how do we go through and make meaning out of our lives when there's so much pulling at us
how do you rest and what i would say that i'm most proud of through all of it is that
through every moment i was present i was healthy i was myself and i could confidently say that i
thrived throughout all of what was challenging and wonderful at the same time that is called wellness
so i was just reading this book and i found this so interesting so i wanted to share
it says more than 130 million babies are born in the world every year each arrives in their own
unique set of economic and cultural circumstances some are welcomed with gratitude and joy others
are more like me experiencing rejection from a young mother who dreamed of a different life a
couple crushed by pressures of poverty and an enraged father perpetuating a cycle of abuse
that's actually so crazy and insane of how true that is and it's just insane to think about like
when you are born you're like born into a certain set of circumstances and you from a young age have
to figure out how to not allow that to bring you down with it or get stuck in the same cycle
it's something my therapist talk about all the time crazy this book is so good you guys like
um definitely highly recommend if you have experienced a trauma or anxiety depression
ptsd such a good read and it just gives you perspective that you're not alone so the next
thing i did is just picked a journal prompt when i was journaling and if you guys want to try this
you guys definitely can so the journal prompt i picked today write down the words you really
need to hear right now and i just thought that was so powerful we kind of always are looking
outward for acceptance for people to tell us how good we're doing in life i can be that person for
myself like i can tell myself what i need to hear and truly believe it it's really really
powerful i kind of just hype myself up you know just like reminding myself of who i am and that i
don't need to be anybody else but myself and that is good enough shows you like you could really
just be there for yourself and back yourself i just feel good like i feel like i'm ready
for the day ready to take on my day and just keep this momentum going what do you need to do in the
morning to kind of start the momentum to kind of snowball into getting to the things you need
to get done like how can you shift your mindset from i don't want to do anything i just want to
slam the couch how can you get yourself to want to do it how can you motivate yourself and something
i'm doing every single day is like setting an intention for the day or a mantra for the day and
the one that i've been loving i heard kyra say this in her video and kyra amani said this in
her video and i also heard it on tick tock i don't chase i attract what belongs to me will
simply find me that is something i'm saying every day every single day yes i don't chase i attract
what belongs me will simply find me ugh isn't that the truth of life i just say a mantra every single
day and i just been saying this one over and over again because it just speaks volumes to me so now
it's time to go into the gym if you are struggling like me right now with your fitness journey me and
my fitness journey are like you know just punching each other right in the face left and right it's
been tough it's been really really tough and it's been an adjustment to come back home and try to
jump back into it right away and she's not working out the way that i want it to so i'm slowly easing
my way back into it so yeah this has been tough but we all go through these moments how i'm gonna
do it it's just easy my way back into it not gonna play too much pressure on myself but i'm
also not gonna allow myself to continue to create excuses of why i can't do this so i'm going to get
myself up right now to go to the gym if i can do it you can do it even if you just go downstairs
and do a 15 minute to 30 minute workout do 12 30 on the treadmill do a cycling class something
to just move your body and get started if you're struggling like me this is your sign you shouldn't
have clicked this video okay let's get up let's work out together you better be getting up you you
better be getting up you better be getting up you better be getting up i'm gonna wear this top from
white fox and it is like literally so cute and when i tell you guys this set it feels almost like
lululemon but without the lululemon price it feels like so stretchy and it just like holds you in all
the right places but it's like so smooth it's like butter going on your body if you've ever worn a
workout set like that this is what this feels like i love this top it gives such good support i went
to lululemon and i got these biker shorts because i've been needing some new biker shorts all the
ones i have like have holes in them they're like cotton and they just like have gotten old and one
thing i like about lululemon is like that doesn't happen so i went and got these shorts these are
the lululemon aligns and these are it like what let me put them on and let me show you what they
look like because they look so good but before i put on my workout set i know i'm gonna get a few
questions about this pajama set so i just went and picked up this new set that i got from skims and
you guys when i say it's like the softest thing ever it literally is it is so good so cute but
okay i'm gonna change okay so this is them but it's like the perfect length so i would have
everything linked it down below let's do it i'm gonna stop thinking about it just like cut out the
thoughts like stop thinking about it and just put my shoes on and just go downstairs and get it done
okay so we are home we're done from our workout y'all that was my first workout in a long time
and i know all i did was 12 30. i know all i did was 12 30 but y'all that was just so hard
for me to get through like i didn't even want to film myself after a second because i was
struggling and that's just embarrassing like i don't know i and it wasn't even physically but
it was more so mentally like i just wanted to not be there what is going on you guys i have no idea
i have no idea but we are not about to let this take over we're not we're not i will take it very
slow i'm not going to jump into crazy weight training or hit training or cycle even cycling
right off the bat like 12 30 is the perfect sweet spot it is challenging enough to where
you can actually lose weight and see a difference on your body but not like challenging mentally to
where you have to like really really push yourself to get through it i'm able to at least get myself
to go downstairs and get it done so if you're struggling like that try something easy and just
start i don't know i was thriving before i left and i keep saying this but like i freaking was
y'all i was losing weight i was just on it i was so happy mentally i was just thriving i was like
uploading on youtube all the time september is just to kind of break the back half bad habits
i formed in europe and just get with it and not let it take me down so leave me some encouraging
words down below encourage each other i love you all so much so now i'm about to get in the shower
because i stink i sweat it a lot i don't know what it was but your girl was sweating down there
a lot so um i'm gonna get in the shower and then we'll do some skincare i'm gonna go on a whole
new skin journey and i'm gonna document it for you guys i'll talk about it when i do my skin tomorrow