30 Day Self Care Blueprint

Guest post mania; here and there and everywhere!

May 17, 2012 by Tamara 23 Comments

Sometimes I write guest posts for other bloggers and websites.

Sometimes I do interviews for other bloggers and websites.

Both are great opportunities for me to stretch my creative abilities and reach out to a whole new audience. If you’ve found my blog via a guest post or interview, welcome and thanks for stopping by! Please consider subscribing to my blog (and to my about-to-be launched monthly newsletter), by entering your email address in the box to the right (and again in the box to the left).

Earlier this week, I had an interview up on Happy Mums at Home; part of Kirri White’s “Rockin’ Mammas” series (I love being referred to as a “Rockin’ Mamma”; who wouldn’t?). You can read the entire interview here (as well as the very kind words Kirri had to say about me; I love her just as much!).

I’ve also got a guest post up at Mom Inc. Movement, a web-based business designed by a couple of local mom-friends whose mission is to help working moms connect with each other and promote their businesses. Give them some love! I’m writing about Klout (don’t know what Klout is? Better hop on over there quickly!) and how not to lose it over the busy summer holidays.

Thanks Kirri and Julie for sharing your respective corners of the web with me!

And a quick note regarding Kirri’s ‘30 Day Self Care Blueprint‘ online course. I did not hear back from Becca, my giveaway winner, despite posting her win here, on Facebook and sending her an email. I waited until last evening at 10 and decided to draw another winner’s name. Kirri and Deb need some information to finalize course registration and get materials off to participants.

The NEW winner of the giveaway is (by random generator again), commenter #17, Lulu!

Her comment was number 16,

but she tweeted so got the 17th entry as well!

I’m off to email her and post to Facebook and Twitter. Hoping to hear back from you soon, Lulu! I really want to give this prize away!

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The 30 Day Self Care Blueprint winner

May 11, 2012 by Tamara 6 Comments

Last night I determined the winner of last week’s 30 Day Self Care Blueprint giveaway. I can’t tell you how glad I was to be using a random number generator rather than using your comments to decide who most deserved to win. You all do!

I was incredibly moved by the life challenges you described and your reasons for wanting to participate in this course (if you haven’t already, please read the comments on the original post). If I could afford to purchase registrations for all of you I would (unfortunately, I have yet to earn a cent from blogging…). Even if you’re not the winner of the giveaway, I encourage you to register yourself (and a friend; it’s only $1 more if you register before May 13th) and join me in an incredible month of self-discovery and growth.

Without further ado,the winner of the 30 Day Self Care Blueprint on-line life coaching course, as determined by random number generator

is commenter #20, Becca, who said

Becca, I need you to contact me via e-mail (tgrand@telus.net) within the next couple of days. There’s some information I need to pass on to Kirri and Deb to make sure you’re registered for the course!

Thanks so much for sharing your comments with me. I’ll be posting updates on my experience with the course throughout the month of June. If you take part, I’d love to hear your thoughts about the 30 Day Self Care Blueprint!

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Bathroom beauty bootcamp: straight sets between skin care steps

May 9, 2012 by Tamara 30 Comments

Yesterday was just about the busiest day I’ve had in a long time.

My hubby is away on travel (funny how I appreciate him most when he’s away) and I have three kids who need to be in three different places all at once. Between the back and forth shuffles to schools, the challenge centre, after school Mad Science Camp, an evening Cub meeting and an evening group training session, I had clients to see and meals to prepare. Add to that a crappy night’s sleep thanks to a very large bear, determined to get into my bear proof (ha!) kitchen and yard waste bin or wake the whole neighbourhood up trying.

Believe me when I say there was very little time for any sort of a workout. Yet somehow, I managed to squeeze one in; during morning bedroom clean up and the (many) steps of my skin care routine (one of the advantages of the Arbonne RE9 system!). I’m calling it my bathroom beauty bootcamp!

Pushups to fatigue. Make bed. More pushups. Choose clothes for the day. Last set of pushups. Jump into shower.

Dumbbell lateral raises to fatigue. Wash face. More lateral raises. Spritz on toner. Last set of lateral raises. Apply serum.

Bicep hammer curls to fatigue. Moisturize. More hammer curls. A little primer. Last set of hammer curls. Foundation and mascara.

Arms done. Face done. Clothes on and I’m out the door.

Imagine how much I could accomplish during my weekly 7 minute cellular renewal masque?

Where could you find 10 minutes in your busy day for a workout?

Please don’t forget to enter my giveaway for Kirri White and Deb Dane’s ‘30 Day Self Care Blueprint‘; a guided, online self-care course for moms who might need a little help taking care of themselves! All you need to do is comment on this post. I’ll be drawing one random winner’s name Thursday evening and announcing them here, on my blog, Friday morning.

Disclaimer: I have no relationship with Arbonne Canada other than a love of their skin care products and the friendship of one of their hardest working consultants!

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Need some self-care help? Win 30 days of self-care guidance!

May 4, 2012 by Tamara 24 Comments

As a full time mother and wife and a part time personal trainer and group fitness instructor, I spend a lot of time focusing my energy on other people’s needs. Helping others to identify and reach their goals. Listening and questioning and offering support.

Sometimes so much that taking care of myself and my own needs gets set to the side.

While exercise, yoga, knitting and clean eating help me deal with the minor stresses of life, sometimes I feel like I don’t have enough time to really focus on my innermost challenges. The things that I need to work on to move forward with my life goals and make me better at helping others realize theirs.

I need some self-care help!

A few months ago I heard a life-coach speak at a local ‘mompreneurs’ event. I knew at once that having someone like her in my life would lead to amazing things. Yet, somehow, I never managed to find the time (or the money) to make that phone call. Too busy putting out the day-to-day fires to plan for the longer term.

Enter my friend, Kirri White (of Happy Mums at Home). I met Kirri through a Facebook 30 day meditation challenge (I tried, but simply could not get into a groove with meditating on my own). Kirri is a life coach who focuses on teaching women (especially moms), how to nurture and care for themselves as well as they nurture and care for the others in their lives. As a mom of three young children, she understands ‘mother guilt’ and wants to teach women to put their needs front and centre.

In the short time that I’ve known her, her blog posts and Facebook updates have never failed to inspire, cheer and make me think!

She and her colleague Deb Dane are the brains behind the ‘30 Day Self Care Blueprint‘, an on-line, life coaching course to help women find and celebrate ‘me’ time.

What is ‘The 30 Day Self Care Blueprint’?

“An individualised action plan that is based on the pillars of Self-care, Self-knowledge and Self-love. You will leave with a tangible, workable self-care plan aligned with your current life circumstances, your core values, and designed to enhance your self-worth and well-being!”

Who will benefit from “The 30 Day Self-Care Blueprint”? Anyone who identifies with any of the following statements!

“You have been struggling with investing time, energy and resources into your needs, your dreams or your health.

You have lost touch with what nurtures you or fires you up!

You have put yourself last for too long and want to start honoring yourself.

You are looking for a deeper relationship with yourself and want to gain an understanding of who you are, what you want and what you really need.

You are looking to let go of perfectionism, find self-compassion and give yourself permission to accept yourself as you are. This is self improvement without perfectionism!

You are ready to start where you are right now and make a plan for how you will move forward – one step at a time, with patience and positivity.

You want a tangible, workable self-care plan aligned with your values and designed to reduce unhelpful ways of thinking, improve your self-worth and enhance your well-being.”

For more information about “The 30 Day Self Care Blueprint”, click on the button above.

I’ve already registered and received my ‘homework’ reading. And because I signed up early, I received a second course for only $1. I’d like to offer the second course to YOU, one of my readers, to use for yourself or to give to someone in your life who needs some help with self-care. Mother’s Day is just around the corner; wouldn’t this make a perfect gift?

To enter, please leave a comment on this post (see the ‘Comment’ box below) telling me who you’d like to give this course to (it can be yourself) and why. Feel free to ‘Tweet’ and ‘Share’ this post with your friends to encourage them to enter as well and earn yourself an extra entry or two! Just make sure to comment that you ‘Tweeted’ and ‘Shared’; each in a separate comment to make them count!

Comments will close at 9 pm (PST), Thursday, May 10th and the winner (chosen by random number generator) will be announced on my blog, as well as on my Facebook page the morning of the 11th. (Worried about missing the announcement? Subscribe to my blog at the top right hand corner of this page; just underneath my photo!)

What are you waiting for? We all need a little self-care help!

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