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Glow Up

That Girl: New Healthy Habits I’ve Adopted

I thought I’d share my latest habits so that it may hopefully inspire others as well. Starting with the Scorpio Full Moon from 15/05/2022, I decided to challenge myself every day with new habits and routines that propell me in the direction of my goals, but also improve my wellbeing and mental health (we’re all about the holistic glow up here, ladies).

Relationships

Rewrite the Toxic Narrative of Being Single

Unfortunately, in today’s society being single is akin to a sentence. Social norms have made us feel like our relationship status is directly correlated with our worth, our status in society, and consequently our inherent value. And it certainly does not help that this false and toxic belief is further perpetuated by the media which regurgitates the same cliches about singlehood or single women (cue scenes with women binging on icecream tubs, all weepy-eyed with a bird’s nest of a hair while stalking their exes, or the trademark one night stand scenes with the eskewed belief that “it’s just…

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Glow Up

How To Cultivate Inner Peace: Daily Practices

Physical clutter: Keep a clean, tidy, organized home. We often forget just how much of a negative impact that clutter, dust and stale energies can have on our wellbeing. It blocks our energies and anchors us in lower vibrations, and like a domino effect or vicious cycle, it can keep you stuck in an unhealthy place. Prioritizing a clean, tidy space can make all the difference in how you feel, your mental health, and your inner peace. If you have a stressful job or lifestyle, try implementing small steps for your home’s upkeep, start with 10-20 min every day in the evening to put away clutter, wipe down surfaces, put away dishes into the dishwasher, smooth any bedding, etc. A little improvement in your environment goes a long way, and you’ll feel so much better.

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Lumen's Diary

21 Things I Wish I Knew At 21 (A Letter to My Past Self)

You’re stronger than you can ever realise. You have a 100% survival rate. You’re a survivor, and you should be proud of that fact, instead of letting yourself be guilt-tripped by toxic people who were never in love with you, never in love with who you are, only the idea of you. Of course they were more loyal to their idea(l) of you than the actual you. See the truth of the situation as it was: they were not real friends.

Lumen's Diary

My Journey of Healing: How Selflove & Selfcare Changed My Life

Everybody’s journey of self-love is different, but the first step is to begin. And as someone who’s been there, struggling by anxiety and lacking security in my identity, I can safely say it gets better. Self love changes everything. Everything, in the best ways. It changes how you view yourself and by extension it changes how you view life and the act of living. And when you know you deserve the world you will stop tolerating those who believe you deserve anything less.

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Lumen's Diary

It’s Time For You To Heal: A Guided Meditation

If you are reading this, the universe is saying that it’s time for you to heal. You don’t have to sit with the open wound, burying it under pretenses, self-sabotage or other unhealthy habits. All those approaches popularised in movies, TV shows and books, they are outdated and do nothing for your true wellbeing. Pretending it doesn’t hurt? Pretending it doesn’t exist? Pretending you’re totally fine? None of those things are serving you, love.

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Relationships

3 Ways We Self Sabotage & How To Stop It

I know a thing or two about self sabotage. In fact, the sad thing is that almost everyone does. Self sabotage is when you consciously or, most often, unconsciously follow an action or choice by which you are essentially betraying yourself. These choices are in the detriment of your physical, mental or emotional health. It may involve boundaries, it may involve doing things you know cause great stress. It may even mean going back to a toxic ex or friends, out of the wrong reasons.

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Lumen's Diary

How To Get Over a Break Up: A Guide For Healing

This is going to be a lengthy, messy and raw one. This is me saying you’re not alone, you do deserve to be in a happy and healthy relationship, and yes, it gets better. Everybody goes through this. This is a step by step guide that takes you by the hand on how to get over a break up, and which you can refer to again and again, as many times as you need.

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Entrepreneurship

Essential Selfcare Habits For Entrepreneurs

Whether you’re a budding entrepreneur or a seasoned one, these essential selfcare habits will help in the long run so that you won’t experience burnout. Trust me, when you’re clocking in over 50 hours weekly, or balancing both a fulltime 9-to-5 and your own side hustles, life can get very hectic very fast. That hustle & grind is the success mindset which will lead you far in life, but it’s important to also practice some much-needed selfcare practices to recharge and center yourself. Here’s how…

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Glow Up

7 Things You Should Do Before The New Year

The new year is right around the corner. Many of you may be wondering “What can I do to prepare for the new year?”. I’m sure you are familiar with years when Halloween, Christmas and New Years Eve flies by and you wake up in the first weeks of January in an anxious rush, feeling like you should be making Big Changes and filling your calendar and planner with Big Goals for the year… and you no longer know where to start!