How Self-Care IS Self-Love {Self-love Series #1}

On February 6, 2024 By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Emotions, healing, Mind, Mind, Heart& Soul-Motivation&Inspiration, Mind-Mental Health, spiritual healing7 Comments

“Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.” ~ Rumi

Happy February aka Self Love month darlings! I know I know, its supposed to be valentines this and valentines that everywhere. Unmissable even if you don’t celebrate the day.

Just yesterday as I was out shopping a friend asked, “what are you getting for valentine’s day? what gifts are you giving on valentine’s day?” I replied, “Every year I gift myself on Valentine’s day.” She looked at me like I was speaking a foreign language. I excitedly exclaimed to her “Self love baby!”

Self-love is one of my favorite topics to talk about. One of the reasons that I love talking about it so much is because its such a wholesome topic and also that it’s different for everyone. The BEST thing about it is, it facilitates massive healing shifts within.

So, How do we go about loving ourself in that healing way? Where do we start the self-love journey?

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How to Create a Healing Morning Routine

On January 29, 2024 By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Emotions, healing, Mind, Mind-Mental Health, Positive Self Reflection, spiritual healing7 Comments

“She woke up every morning with the option of being anyone she wished. How beautiful it was that she always chose herself.” ~ Tyler Kent White

Do you want to have the vision of having a beautifully fulfilling day? A day when you feel purposeful, impactful and ready to take on those big dreams…but you just can’t get out of bed with the right frame of mind or energy??

Believe me, you’re not alone. Come on, let’s face it, leaving the comfort of a cozy bed in the morning (with a huge to-do list to tackle) isn’t exactly the best thought to start your day.

A few years back, almost every night for months and MONTHS, I would promise myself that the next morning, I would get up early and go about my lengthy morning routine that I carefully planned in my mind. At that time I wanted every morning to start off with yoga, a walk, journaling, meditation, intention-setting, a thorough workout, AND reading. (bit much eh..phew!)

And for most of those months, every time my alarm clock went off, it felt like there was an invisible force dragging me back into the comfort of my bed and asking me to just cozy up and sleep.

Sound familiar?!

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3 things to put on your 2024 TO-HEAL list(+Free 2024 Growth Planner printable)

On January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Emotions, Mind, Mind, Heart& Soul-Motivation&Inspiration, Mind-Mental Health, Positive Self Reflection, spiritual healing9 Comments

Do you like New Years resolutions? While we are absolutely all for goal setting, positive intentions and working toward creating a better future, we also know new year resolutions can make you feel guilty or shameful of where you were at until this point. And that is NOT a healing way to start the new year.

It’s hard for us to guess what 2024 will look like or what 2024 will bring in these completely unprecedented times. Everyday there is something new that comes up that stops us in our tracks. This past year it was AI, genocide and world weirdness(!).

So, while we can’t see our 2024 in a crystal ball, the least we can do is let go of some behaviours we may have that come in the way of us achieving our dreams and fully healing. And that means, it will lead us to clarify the way for a surely positive and healing 2024.

When we master this, think of it as healing foundation work, we can then put all our new year to-heal things in our journal(download your FREE growth journal at the end of this post) and begin working on making them a reality!

Well lovelies, here are 3 things to put on your 2024 TO-HEAL list.

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