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Perhaps today wasn’t the best day to try out the

Perhaps today wasn’t the best day to try out the picking the girls up and walking the dog combo! We were all drenched by the time we got back to the car, but my goodness did I feel alive!

Almost 6 months since all this started and I was certainly happy to have them both back at school full time. It’s been pretty stressful at times, but we’ve also had some moments of joy. I’ve learned a lot about myself and had my eyes opened to many things in the past 6 months. Mostly a keen to sense to really understand me and what I want out of life. No settling, no agreeing to things that make my stomach contract. I want my mind and body to feel joy and expansive about the decisions I make in my life. That’s the test. How does doing this make my body feel? And then choose to trust that precious innate instinct that I’ve so often overridden!

One of the things that my mind and body wants more than anything is a daily walk, whatever the weather. They (my mind and body) complain when I don’t go and keeping them happy is on my list of non-negotiables.

What’s on yours?

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School's out for Summer... And rather than feel p

School's out for Summer...

And rather than feel panicky about 6 weeks of intensity with the girls, I'm feeling well and truly prepared for this short period before school starts fully again! One of the plus points of lockdown is that 6 weeks seems like nothing now!

What are you getting up to over the next 6 weeks?

Photo was taken in Windsor last Wednesday where we had a picnic lunch after dropping hubby off at Heathrow.

Saturday lunch...or any lunch Crab, avocado, broa

Saturday lunch...or any lunch

Crab, avocado, broad bean and filled gem lettuce salad courtesy of @signesjohansen

Good quality delicious food is one of my top priorities. As I eat, I’m pretty much imagining the cells of my body thanking me for the good food - my taste buds certainly are! Not to say that I never eat commercially processed food, but by the time I’ve read a long list of ingredients that I would not have put in if I’d made it myself and my stomach has started I’m churning and saying no, I’ll often put it back.

We had this with @petersyard rye and charcoal crackers. 😋

Thank you @hjbrandingstories for the stop motion tutorial!

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How are you feeling? It's a full moon🌕 tonight

How are you feeling?

It's a full moon🌕 tonight! I've always loved the moon🌕, but I've never focused on its cycle before and how that might interact with our own rhythms.

I've tracked my own menstrual cycle for about 4 years now using the @naturalcycles app, but haven't done much more than observe where I am in my cycle. Lockdown has given me the opportunity to really focus on more than just the day of my cycle but also how I'm feeling as I move through my cycle. It's helped me to focus on my the energy of my body and mind, when I want to be outgoing and visible and when I want to retreat. I've also worked out that day 20, 21, 22 of my cycle, but particularly day 21 are when I just want to have a lot more time to myself and I have very little patience for my children 😬 How does this help? Well, it means I can plan to have more time for myself, allow the children to watch tv more and also to pack less in, so the day is less likely to be stressful.

Where does the moon fit in? The moon cycles every 28 days or so like menstruating women. If you're not menstruating or you take hormonal birth control, you can use the moon to track how you feel throughout the month. If you are menstruating (and not on any form of hormonal birth control), you can observe the moon's cycles in addition to your own. I'm currently reading @_maisiehill_ 's Period Power and her suggestion is to start with just writing down one word to summarise how you feel each day of your cycle. After a few cycles you will almost certainly start seeing a pattern. For example, day 21 would often be "irritable".

Do you follow your own or the moon's cycles? Does how you feel throughout the month change?

It's 1 July 2020! We're halfway through 2020 and

It's 1 July 2020! We're halfway through 2020 and we've been in some form of lockdown for 101 of the 182 days of this year so far! 😱

This period of time has given me plenty of time to think and reflect on my life before lockdown.

💡 What did I love 😍?
💡 What activities brought be joy/lit me up/made me feel happy 😄?
💡 What activities did I absolutely hate 😫?
💡 Where was I spending my time ⌚️?
💡 Was it productive or was it "wasted"?

And then thinking about how I want my life to look as we return to a new normal...

What do I want to bring back?
What do I want to leave behind?

I'll probably write it all down one day, but for now, the one word that I constantly come back to is "Space". I'm looking for space in my life. I'm done with the "busyness" badge of honour. Already now I'm looking at each day, each week, looking at what I want to do and then making sure that each entry has space around it. Space to think, space to focus, space to listen to my mind, to my body and to others.

What are you wanting more of as we head into July and out of lockdown?

I love reading a book. A real paper book. I read

I love reading a book. A real paper book. I read every night as part of my wind down routine and it's really a non-negotiable part of the day. Over the past year or so, I'm definitely honing in on my skill of picking the book that I need to read in that moment. Rarely fiction nowadays - there are just too many informative non-fiction books covering topics that I want to know more about.
I kept seeing this book getting rave reviews and then I heard @glennondoyle on @katenorthrup's podcast and I added it to my long list of books to read. When my book club took me up on it as a suggestion and then added it for July, I knew it was a sign to dive straight in.

As a mother of daughters who is only just working out at the age of 39 who she really is, this book could well be my bible for the coming years and it will definitely be on my reading list for them as they hit their teens. My hope for them is that they never lose themselves amongst the societal narrative and pressures.

Spending so much time with my girls in the last 14 weeks, has had me struggling with their strong personalities and their defiance, but at the same time part of me says - don't lose that, always remain true to you and what you want.

I read my books with a pencil in hand and mark every sentence or paragraph that I find interesting. This book is heavily marked! You will almost certainly be seeing more quotes from it in the coming weeks, for now this final note in the book is an excellent place to start.

What books have you been reading which have given you a different perspective?

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