True Balance - The Gentle Wellness Coach

27/04/2025

Happy Sunday!

I'm going to run a free Zoom class soon focused on chill! Abit of stretching and a bit of breathing to give us all 20/30 mins of chill.

Are you interested?

If yes would you prefer it on a Saturday morning or a weekday lunchtime? Let me know x

04/10/2024

Please help my cute boy meet his goal before the end of the year 💙

https://youtube.com/?si=06ERkmhpT3HvjeJB

18/07/2024

Another cool video from Logie..And not just for kids! If you're on your mat this morning why not add in a nice big star and little ball 💙⭐️⚽️

This is Big Star little Ball

16/07/2024

From Logan 💙🧘‍♂️🧘‍♀️ and side note to the mums who fall for the BS that it's selfish to care for themselves.. our kids learn to care for themselves by watching us..what we do, they do. So treat yourself well, for you, and for them ❤️

join Logie and Gem as they do a full body stretch, You Can Do This Anyday or Everyday, Also good For Bedtime, Also In My Very Own Bedtime Routine ...

14/07/2024

Can I let you in on a secret..

Joking, its not much of a secret if you've been around here any length of time.

I don't love all this wellness stuff.

I'm just one deeply exhausted mama using all the tools I can find to help me show up well for my boy and my life.

My life demands a lot from me, as most of our lives do in one way or another and I have very little (aka 0) time to fill my cup.

So I grab at the simple things, the easy things, the gentle things. I'm never on my mat for more than 10 minutes (unless I'm teaching or chilling). I never aim for perfection. I almost always have a child interrupting whatever it is I'm doing.

But you know what.. it works. I'm able to cling on through the many 3am wake ups, the really long days, and all the twists, turns and challenges that come my way each day. Even though the ways I care for myself don't look like much.

Never let anyone kid you that you need to go hard, or push to your limits, or aim for perfection. You don't need to do a "full" workout for it to "count".

Just do what feels good, and keep doing it, over and over whenever you can.

You deserve to feel good and it doesn't have to be another hard thing on your endless to do list.

07/07/2024

Logan's Cornwall video 💙🌊

Bude CollageMusic - Seaside Holiday Fun By Logan Drake

19/02/2024

Did you know that if you improve by 1% every day for a year, by the end of the year you'd be about 37 times better than when you started...

What a win for the slow and steady vibe..

Numbers aren't my thing and even thinking about % frazzles my brain so rather than thinking of a 1% improvement every day I prefer to think of it as 1 "thing".

If I do 1 thing every day for my wellbeing for a year that's a huge improvement.

What 1 thing can you do that will improve how you feel?

Some days it may be big, some days tiny, but whatever it is we can all do something❤️

17/02/2024

I haven't posted much for a while..partly as I have 0 capacity for it, partly because I hate social media and partly just because.

But I'm starting to try and prioritise my own wellbeing a bit again (as one very sleep deprived exhausted mama) ... its not easy but I'm trying! So in theory I'll have things to share, especially for others who like me may struggle with it all!

That being said, who's still here?! Do we want Facebook posts? Insta? Email newsletters? A FB group so it's easier to find posts? Threads?! So many options! Let me know your thoughts if you're still here on the very silent inconsistent fb page haha

17/02/2024

I just re read this post and it's still relevant..
I meet many people who feel broken in some way.

Occasionally it's kind of true, eg recovering from an injury. But more often when they say they feel broken what they mean is they feel like their body is letting them down.

And often the reality isn't that you're broken.
It's that..

- you're overwhelmed
- you haven't had time or capacity to care for yourself well
- you need a little bit of extra tlc and self care

My best tip if you can relate to feeling broken is to meet yourself where you're at and just do tiny little things that make you feel good, and over time all these tiny little things add up 💙

Someone said something to me the other day and it's been playing on my mind alot.

"I feel broken".

It makes me feel sad. Its horrible. But maybe also quite relatable to a lot of us too?

Do you ever feel like that? Nothing works as it should? Everything's an effort? Why isn't your body just doing what it should?

And then to make you feel even more broken, when you try to do things to "fix" the problem you often feel worse?!

It really sucks.

I don't have the magic answer but I will offer you my best tips, not from a book or a course but from what's worked for me, in the depths of chronic illness or exhaustion or burnout.

⭐️ Less is more - stop trying to push and go harder, it makes things worse

⭐️ Give yourself grace for all that you CAN do. If you show up to a class and can only do the tiniest, gentlest movements, its still a win.

⭐️Don't give meaning to things. You're not a failure because you couldn't do an exercise. You're body isn't broken because you're hamstrings are tight. Just let things be what they are without giving them power over how you see yourself.

⭐️ When you feel broken you need more love not less. Don't punish your body or push it even more. Approach it as if it's something precious that needs care and attention.. because thats the reality!

Can you relate? Have you ever felt broken ? What tips would you add?