Last weekend I took time out for ME and it felt so good!

Sometimes I wonder how come it so easy to tell others to take care of themselves but when it comes to us it is near to impossible. I believe most of us have a deep rooted tendency to ignore what we really need and want!

Well, in my case this creeping feeling of “need” has been present for a while, but I had kept on making excuses not to listen. Then I remembered what happened the last time I didn’t listen to guidance I’d been receiving and I tell you that were enough to make me jump at the opportunity to attend the workshop that took place last Sunday.

For all purposes this workshop was of a holistic nature, after all this is the business I am in, but I tend to be quiet selective in what I attend. It has to feel right and it has to “speak to me”. As it goes the facilitator asked us all why we had come along and some had some really valid a deep reasons, when it came to my turn to explain my presence I could only say, what was ultimately the truth .. I had no idea what the workshop was about, I had not read the description or spoken to anyone about it, I had merely booked my place based on the inkling that this was what I needed. Needless to say this received a round of laughter, but the facilitator said nothing else of it but that all reasons were good reasons. Now how about that! We do not NEED to have a reason (well a good one anyway) to do something for ourselves, we just need to go with the flow and act upon the signals that our body gives us.

Point being that between working, being a mummy and a wife, there is ME and I also require attention and a boost of self empowerment every now and then.

So the next time you feel you really need something for yourself, think about what is stopping you, see the possibilities of YOU TIME and at first possible opportunity go for it. You do not need to go to a workshop to have time out, but any time with you, for you will do! I could also do with a cinema visit, a night out with the girls, a holiday and some retail therapy but that can wait ;-) What I really needed then was time to re-connect with what I really want and yes I got just that!