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Everything For an Everything Bath at Elemental Herbology

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A bath is the ultimate in self care and having the right products is essential. These products are all brilliant. All hail the ‘everything bath’ – the ultimate in self-care, me-time! Based on traditional Chinese Medicine, Elemental Herbology have everything you need for your everything pamper – from diffusers that will turn your bathtime into  a spa, to bath & body oils, to luxury haircare, to decadent body care and beyond! 

Sweet Orange & Rosemary Exfoliating Hand & Body Wash, £14, www.elementalherbology.com. Encourage a feeling of euphoria with this gently exfoliating hand & body wash, enriched with a zesty essential oil blend to cleanse the body and energise the mind. 

Sweet Orange & Rosemary Exfoliating Hand & Body Wash

Zest Sugar Body Polish, £40, www.elementalherbology.com. Awaken your year-round summer glow with this zesty sugar polish, enriched with a nourishing blend of superfood plant oils to maintain skin health and reveal brighter, smoother skin.

Zest Sugar Body Polish

Neroli & Bergamot Shampoo, £25, www.elementalherbology.com. Found in select spas, salons and hotels around the world, this uplifting shampoo is sulfate and chemical-free. It nourishes and restores the hair while calming the mind, bringing hotel luxury to your home. 

Muscle Melt Body Balm, £29, www.elementalherbology.com. Instantly soothe tired and aching muscles with this warming muscle balm. This luxurious balm-to-oil formulation uses natural anti-inflammatories to help reduce tension and speed-up muscle recovery.

Muscle Melt Body Balm

Take Time for Self Care with HEINRICH BARTH: the N.07 Mykonos Range

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HEINRICH BARTH: the N.07 Mykonos Range, bath, relaxing, self care, Greece’s golden sunshine averages 26° C throughout summer, in a range of terrains on Mykonos. The flora on the island is famed for Mediterranean herbs inspired HEINRICH BARTH to create this range from Basil, Sage, Rosemary, Chamomile, Lavender, Olive leaf extract, Fig leaves, Honey, Peppermint, Nettle, Sunflower and Soybeans, to name a few!

Gazing upon this range of beautiful, rich local produce, HEINRICH BARTH, named after the 19th century German explorer, found inspiration for their ‘N. 07 Mykonos’ capsule line (named ‘N. 07’ because July, the 7th month, is the start of their summer).

N. 07 Mykonos from HEINRICH BARTH (all Paraben free and without artificial colouring):

N. 07 Mykonos Skin Softening Body Cleanser (cruelty-free and Vegan-friendly)

250ml RRP £22 / 100ml RRP £13

This rich smelling body cleanser is infused with a blend of locally grown herbs (fig leaves, sage, rosemary, lavender, basil), taking us back to the golden beaches of this stunning Aegean island. The experts at HEINRICH BARTH have enthused this cleanser with a range of botanical extracts, to make the formula extra nourishing and gentle, and leave your skin superbly soft and smelling good enough for the Gods.

The Skin Softening Body Cleanser comes in 2 sizes, large and travel sized, to make it easier to take your holiday memories to other destinations.

N. 07 Mykonos Shampoo All Hair Types (cruelty-free and Vegan-friendly)

250ml RRP £21 / 100ml RRP £13

The experts at HEINRICH BARTH set out to create a rich, nourishing and revitalizing shampoo from the ingredients available on Mykonos. In a blend of mallow, honey, peppermint and nettle these ingredients come together to cleanse the scalp from any sea water or excess salt, soothe and regulate oil production in the follicles. The results are worthy of the best beaches on the island, and the aroma is intoxicating; scent from above!

I tried the shampoo and the body cleanser. Both smell divine and do the job well. Great products.

 

All products available at www.HEINRICH–BARTH.com

@worldofheinrichbarth

5 Ways To Be Good To Yourself

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awesome cat picturesLife can be tough sometimes and kindness goes a long way. Sometimes no one is tougher on me than myself, which got me thinking: it is time we all started being kinder to ourselves. We live in a world where doing something for yourself is often thought of as selfish, but it is not. Since becoming a parent I never put myself first, let’s be honest, I didn’t do it even before my son was born, but with the wisdom that comes with age I have realised that you have to take care of yourself before you can care for others. A lovely health visitor told me after I had my son that I should treat myself as a toddler and my son as the baby. ‘If you don’t look after yourself,’ she said, ‘you cannot look after your baby.’ How right she was. Self care is important. With that in mind, here are my five tips for being good to yourself.

Do Something You Love.

Watch a TV show, go for a walk, get your hair done, have a bath, get a massage. It doesn’t matter what it is. Take the thing that makes you happier than anything else and do it for as long as you can. Self care is self love. I am a workaholic and sometimes I don’t take the time to just ‘be’. I am not saying you have to practice mindfulness or meditate, just do something fun. Treating yourself is important. I treat my husband and son, but sometime  forget to give myself the same treatment. The more you love yourself, the healthier and happier you will be.

Get moving.

Exercise is a necessary evil. It may not be fun at the time, but it will get the endorphins going, as well as making you healthier in the longer term. The key is finding an exercise that you don’t hate. Even going for a walk for 30 minutes 3 times a week will make a difference to your health and happiness. Read more about the benefits of walking here.

Invest in Yourself.

No, I don’t mean buying shoes. I mean saving, actual investing and education. Saving for a pension or a rainy day may not be as fun as shopping, but it is the ultimate in self love. As is paying for further education. Invest in yourself and your future and you will stand out from the competition. Even if you are in a job you love there is probably a qualification that you can do to further your career and add to your salary. Who knows, your employers might even pay for it.

The government also have a new lifetime ISA. The good thing about the lifetime ISA is that the government top it up, so you will actually get free money. Read more about ISAs here.

Take Some Time Out.

Take a long weekend or take an afternoon off to read and drink good coffee. If you are a self employed freelancer like me then you are probably not very good at giving yourself breaks. Be a good boss and treat yourself well. There are plenty of Bank Holidays so even if you do not have much holiday time you can take a long break somewhere. You don’t have to go anywhere, you can just potter around the house or read a book. Staycations are also great. York, Cornwall, Edinburgh and London are all great destinations to spend some time.

Be Naughty.

Eat an entire cake, have two glasses of wine with lunch, have some afternoon sex, spend a lot of money on something you always wanted. If you love coffee, invest in a good coffee machine from gourmesso.co.uk. Sometime being a bit naughty is a good thing.

 

What tips would you add?

The Energy Bus Book Review

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theenergybusbookreviewThe Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel your Life, Work and Team with Positive Energy By Jon Gordon is a self help book with a difference. Written as a fictional story about a negative businessman who’s life changes when his car breaks down and he is forced to take the bus. The driver, Joy, has 10 rules to a positive mindset. I found the book helpful with fascinating facts about the heart and Abraham Lincoln. Facts, rules and fiction are all woven together into a book that inspires positive energy and gives you the tools to bring that positive energy to your life and work place. 

Easy to understand and implement. Recommended for work and home. 

The book, which is written in the style of a fable, takes place in a business setting,  and includes an Action Plan and 10 simple rules, using the analogy of a bus ride, to build a positive, high performing team. The Energy Bus has proved hugely popular in the US amongst sports teams and their coaches and Gordon, a former  College lacrosse player, regularly gets asked to address sports teams teaching them how  to maintain a positive mindset throughout gruelling training sessions.

Discover how to stay positive and avoid ‘energy vampires’

According to a global Gallup poll, negativity in the workplace is rife, with only 1 in 8 employees being psychologically committed to their jobs and likely to be making positive contributions to their organisations.

Energy coach Jon Gordon wants to change that.  In his bestselling self-help book, The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to fuel your life, work and team with positive energy, the author offers lessons on staying positive and avoiding ‘energy vampires’ who will ‘suck the life out of you and your goals and vision’ if you let them. Gordon offers 10 simple rules to achieving positive results which, when applied, have an impact on health, family, team and personal success.

The author draws on his experience of working with thousands of leaders and teams  to provide  readers with insights and practical strategies to help them achieve a positive team and culture. Written in the style of a fable, the book tells the story of a man, struggling in his job and marriage, whose car gets a flat tyre, forcing him to take a bus to work.  The bus driver’s positive attitude helps him to turn his life around.

“While this fable takes place in a business setting, this book was written for everyone.  We are all part of a team, and every member of our team – whether it’s our work team, sports team, family team, or school team, can benefit from the 10 simple, powerful rules shared in this book.  After all, positive people and positive teams produce positive results, and the essential ingredient is positive energy.” Jon Gordon

 

 About the author:

Jon Gordon’s best selling books and talks have inspired readers and audiences around the world. His principles have been put to the test by numerous sports coaches and teams, organisations, schools, hospitals and charities. He is the author of The Wall Street Journal best seller The Energy Bus, The No Complaining Rule, Training Camp, The Shark and The Goldfish and Soup: A Recipe to Nourish your Team and Culture. Connect with him at www.JonGordon.com

 

Published by Wiley.

The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy is available here.

ISBN: 9781119089148

 

 

Learning To Listen To Your Body

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Recently I came down with a bout of stress related illness and I beat myself up over having time off. I felt like I was letting everyone down. Now we all get sick and we can’t help it. When it happens we all need to listen to our bodies and just go with it. It’s harder said than done learning to listen to your body and not push yourself so hard. I’m the worst for this as I will try to everything. Work full time, commute an hour to and from work, do photography at the weekends and evenings then edit those pictures and schedule articles on my days off. When I tell people what my week is like the response is always “How the heck do you do it all” In truth I have no idea. So it would make sense that my body sent me a persuasive little message. Sarah just stop….Slow down your not ever going to be a super hero. Stepping outside ones self and looking in as though you were a good friend is something we all need to do now and then.

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Reevaluating your life is a good thing. If you need some time off to recharge your energy then so be it.

My top 10 Tips For Listening To Your Body

1. Take a deep breath and take care of No1. Sometimes this is as important as looking after others.
2. Don’t stress out over the fact you can’t manage to do everything. These are what I have had to preach to myself over the last week!
3. Make a nice cup of tea, take a bath, get into clean pjs and get back in bed.
4. Turn off your phone when you get in from work or at 6pm
5. Don’t let others make you feel bad that you need to take care for yourself.
6. Learn to say NO.
8. Know your limits and don’t push yourself too hard.
9. Relax as stress builds up and can cause serious health problems.
10. Finally grab a good book and let your body really relax with out social media and drift off to sleep!

I believe it’s important for us to help others in life. If your feeling stressed out or poorly then learning to listen to your body can help with a lifetime of difficulties.