Welcome to February!
We hope you are excited to jump into a brand new month, and a new theme. This month it is: Hold Me Up, and our oil is Birch- the oil of support.
We will be talking all about that old chestnut that is the basis of most relationships, and the thing that women most want: support.
Our “book” is a movie this month, and it’s that cute little Pixar classic: Up, which is all about love, loss, and relationships, both intimate and platonic. It explores the nature of friendship, and what it means to open UP your heart to another, whether it be to support or provide support, or to go on adventures together.
We would love to start this month noticing how well you are supporting yourself. We all know the story: you can’t look after others unless you first look after yourself, but do you approach it with the gravity that it really deserves? The QANTAS staff wouldn’t be too happy if you disobeyed their instructions and put the oxygen mask on your kid before your own, and for good reason. So over the month we would love you to approach this idea of self-support with the same intensity.
We can’t stress enough just how important supporting yourself will be over the coming year. We mentioned last week that change is our only constant and the change must begin with the way you treat yourself. We want you to become your own best friend- the person who holds you up, challenges you, and always provides a safe place for you to land.
This week we want you to do a simple exercise*: firstly, take out a pen and paper, and write down at least ten things you would do for your best friend if she came to you for some love and support. Perhaps you’d give her a hug or take her out for dinner, run her a bath or make her a cuppa- write them all down. Secondly, circle three things you think would be the most fun, and make the most difference to her. Lastly: get out your diary and schedule those three things in for yourself. Now. Do it before you think up any excuses.
Today is the day you take ownership of being your own BFF, and getting very clear on the best ways you can support yourself.
Go to it!
*From the book We by Gillian Anderson and Jennifer Nadel