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If you haven’t heard of it before, it’s a 30 day cleanse/reset that’s pretty strict I’m sorry, but I just can’t stomach a whole heap of meat and vegetables for breakfast and there’s only so many times I can eat eggs. * I am SO hungry, I really want to eat at a restaurant (something I did regularly before I started this) and I’m  re-obsessed with solving the milky tea problem. So 15 more days to go, but then there’s a reintroduction period which is like 16 more days with only a little ‘cheating’ in that time as I reintroduce different food groups.

As you may already know, I discovered doTERRA essential oils mid-last year. They are something I’m very passionate about, however I feel like I haven’t done the best job of merging my love of oils with my personal blog – With the beginning of the new year, I thought this was an opportune time to get clear on my vision for both my blog and my doTERRA business, and to share this with you. This year I want that to change and I plan on using my blog as a platform to share my journey.

I have this elderly lady who lives in my building, and whenever I run into her in the elevator she always gives me a random bit of life advice. The lady spoke before I could and said “well I think it’s wonderful that you’re taking time for yourself. If you take time for yourself you’re selfish, if you don’t take time for yourself it’s your own fault. I don’t want her to think it’s okay to forget about your hopes and dreams.

I have an almost 2 year old and after getting dressed in the morning (clothes are usually her choice) she regularly runs to the mirror and says ‘beautiful’ to her reflection. At what point do we go from that to judging our body, listening to the ‘mean girl’ in our head and pointing out our flaws rather than our strengths? While I think there’s probably a happy middle ground, if I had to choose between one extreme or the other, I’d choose hers, but (like probably most of you), I tend to pick the latter. It’s easy to blame society and that definitely plays a big part – confidence is often called cockiness and magazines pick out the flaws in celebrities’ bodies.