"I want to dive into social issues, topics that challenge the status quo, dive into human behaviour and what makes them tic and to really just questioning EVERYTHING. I NEED  to keep learning and growing as a human." ~ Amanda

1. They connects us to how we want to feel.

How do you want to feel for the day?

Want to embody a bad ass boss vibe? Want to feel more low key and comforting? Want to express your rebellious bold self? Want to feel more adventurous and fun today? Look at your closet and identify certain outfits or pieces that help you connect to how you want to feel for the day.

We are so inherently tied to our feelings and our clothes can help us connect to them on a deeper level.

2. The colours we wear can affect our mood.

When I wear red, it totally shifts my mood. If I am feeling bold, I wear red. When I want to feel sexy, I wear black lace. When I wear white, I feel light and bright. When I wear pink, I feel feminine. Studies have proven that colour affects our mood, so give you mood an extra boost and wear a colour that can affect you in a positive way.

I can feel JOY when I catch a glimpse of the colours I'm wearing throughout the day.

3. It's a nonverbal communication...

"There's this idea that if we love ourselves, then we're only eating healthy food, exercising every day of the week; doing all these chores... To eat & exercise the way "they" tell us we should... I would argue that NONE of that is loving ourselves. It's not loving yourself if you're following someone else's rules of what you "should" be doing for your body. I would argue that that's abandoning yourself. Actually loving yourself is pausing every day and asking yourself how you feel and what you want to feel" ~ Roni Davis

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"Our culture revolves around food and drink. You can't turn on the TV without seeing something about how someone looks. There's ads for every different way to exercise or food to eat. It's an obsessed culture with body and vanity. Men, boys, women, girls, everyone has to deal with it." Cheryl Botas

"I needed something good to come from the worst imaginable experience (Tiffany's son, Braedon, passing away) I think anyone could face in this world, so I started the Braeden foundation before I even knew what it would do."  ~ Tiffany Agnew

"My biggest takeaway of 2020 personally, was the focus on the relationship with my husband..." ~ Amanda 

"ADHD, isn't an attention deficit, it's a 'regulation of attention' deficit, the attention is there, it's either on everything or super focused on one thing and regulating between these two polar opposites is super difficult." ~ Sarah

"Death and talking about it is almost like the last taboo, you know? Everybody is out there telling you about their sex lives and it's being more normalized... But death; who do you hear talking about that?" ~ Elisabeth

Depending where you live and what protocols are in place regarding physical contact during the Pandemic, the Holidays for 2020 are going to look very different for so many.

You might not get to see a loved one because you can’t travel. You may not be allowed to get together with close friends and family or be able to see a loved one in the hospital or special care home.

I am not going to sugar coat this. It is devastating and I am not going to push aside the loss, grief and trauma that so many are experiencing. It is not helpful to ignore these feelings, so it is important to recognize, validate and feel all of it.

However, we don’t want to get stuck in these feelings long term. So for me, how I best process, feel and move my emotions through my body is to journal or talk with loved ones. Getting it out via writing or speaking helps it move through my body and release. Then I can make some room for new feelings.

What I hope to do with this article is to help you...

"It's just not normalized to be proactive about our mental health, it's very reactive...It is not routine enough to be asked about our mental health, vs our physical health, we need to change this" ~ Laura

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